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The Los Angeles Rams' defense got its third consecutive save of the early 2016 NFL season but more impressively may be the impact the team's 3-1 start is having on their new generation of Southern California fans. The Rams beat the Arizona Cardinals, 17-13, on Sunday afternoon, October 2. The Rams rallied from behind for the second consecutive game on the road, this time at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. For the third consecutive game their defense prevented the...
The USC women's volleyball team won itsr third match in a row against Arizona State last Wednesday at the Galen Center on the USC campus. They will battle the University of Arizona on Friday in another tough Pac-12 match at 7 p.m. Their 3-1 win over Arizona State marked the 1000th win for the Trojan women's volleyball program. USC was led by its outstanding freshman outside hitter Khalia Lanier who recorded her eighth double-double of the season. She had 22 kills and 11 digs. Other Trojans that...
The Los Angeles Sparks will play the Minnesota Lynx in the 206 WNBA Finals starting Sunday October 9, in Minnesota at 12 p.m. at the Target Center. Game 2 will also be played in Minnesota at 5 p.m. and Games 3 and 4 will take place in Los Angeles. Game 3 will be played at USC's Galen Center on Friday, October 14, at 6 p.m. and Game 4, if necessary will take place at Staples Center on Sunday, October 16, at 5:30 p.m. To reach the finals the Sparks beat the Chicago Sky 3-1 in a best-of five-game...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor If you've read this column over the years you probably know I traveled with the Lakers for a long time and got to know Chick Hearn very well. We frequently sat together on plane rides and I had the pleasure of knowing his wife, Marge, too. I haven't known Vin Scully as well because I didn't travel with the Dodgers but we became friends through a lot of conversations in the Dodger Stadium press box. The Lakers began flying charter many years ago but they used to...
The greatest athlete in the world blew away the field at Santa Anita Park on a hot October afternoon with the sun-baked San Gabriel Mountains towering in approval just furlongs away. California Chrome struck such a dominant tone on Saturday, October 1, 2016 in the Awesome Again Stakes that it even threatened to blur the thoroughbred's most recent must-see wins. "I can't say enough about the ride. It was just perfect. The horse is great and the people involved with the horse are great," said Art...
The 2016 Los Angeles Rams are developing a taste for winning the close ones. For the third consecutive game their pressure defense denied the opposition the go-ahead score on the last drive of the game to run their season record to 3-1 and remain tied for first place in the NFC West Division. On Sunday, October 2, the L.A. Rams beat the Arizona Cardinals, 17-13, as they rallied from behind for the second consecutive game on the road, this time at the University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale,...
The Lakers held the annual media day on Monday and opened training camp in Santa Barbara Tuesday eager to please their new coach. Luke Walton has already pleased them. In the off season since Walton replaced Byron Scott the young players who experienced a 17-65 season a year ago were pleased with his positive approach. Without question, Walton and the players bonded. The test, of course will be in how the team does when the wins and losses follow. Nice guy Walton, who encourages them, is great f...
Autumn 2016 ushered in the Culver City High football team with a three-game winning streak as the Centaurs systematically beat University High, 35-7, on Friday night, September 23, in West Los Angeles on the Wildcats' newly installed synthetic turf field. The Centaurs jumped out to a 28-0 lead in the first half before covering the Wildcats' lone score in the second half with one of their own in the fourth quarter. Despite the margin of victory Culver missed a number of other scoring...
The UCLA Bruins and USC Trojans football teams will host Arizona and Arizona State on Saturday. If you are a fan of both teams you will need to flip a coin to determine which game you will attend. USC is 1-3 and 4-0 Arizona State play at 5:30 p.m. and 2-2 UCLA and 2-2 Arizona kick off at 7:30 p.m. If you decide to stay home USC’s game will be televised on Channel 11 and UCLA will be on ESPN. Both teams are coming off heart-breaking losses to Pac-12 teams. Utah beat USC 31-27 and Stanford d...
The Los Angeles Rams are turning heads while attracting media hits as they won their second consecutive thriller, 37-32, on the road in a hot, muggy Raymond James Stadium last Sunday. Jameis Winston and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were trying to shove the ball down their throat on the final drive of the game but didn't succeed. All this, after the threat of lightning passing through the Tampa area had the NFL suspending the game for over an hour right at the two-minute warning and the Rams hanging...
With part owner Magic Johnson and his wife Cookie looking on the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA began their 2016 playoff run looking like the same team that started the season 20-1. The Sparks have one goal in mind and that is to win the WNBA championship. If they play like they did last Wednesday the only thing standing in their way are themselves. They have all the ingredients to win a championship. Their starting lineup of Ogwumike, Candace Parker, Essence Carson, Kristi Toliver and Alana...
The 2016 Culver City High football team won their third consecutive game of the season as they went on the road to beat University High, 35-7, on Friday night, September 23. Quarterback Jonathan Martin threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as the Centaurs jumped to a 28-0 halftime lead. Also scoring for Culver: running back Brandon Oum and wide receivers Justin Cox, Kevin McGuire and Charles Ross. Culver kicker Carlos Barillas converted all five extra-point attempts. Oum was the team's...
It boiled down to the last play of the game but the defense prevailed in the red zone as the Los Angeles Rams came away with a much-deserved 37-32 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday, September 25, 2016. The game had a strange ending as it was suspended for over an hour due to lightning that moved into the Tampa Bay area with just two minutes remaining and the Rams hanging onto a slim 5-point lead with the ball but facing a 3rd-and-11 situation at their own 5-yard line. The Rams threw a...
The UCLA Bruins football team will try to do what USC failed to accomplish last week, beat Stanford. Stanford, rated in the top 10 nationally, is the defending Pac-12 and Rose Bowl champion. They also have one of the best players in the nation in Christian McCaffrey. The Bruins lock horns with the Cardinal on Saturday at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. and the game will be televised on Channel 7 or ESPN. UCLA will have to play its best game of the year if it expects to beat...
If you’ve read this column over the years you probably know I traveled with the Lakers for a long time and got to know Chick Hearn very well. We frequently sat together on plane rides and I had the pleasure of knowing his wife, Marge, too. I haven’t known Vin Scully as well because I didn’t travel with the Dodgers but we became friends through a lot of conversations in the Dodger Stadium press box. The Lakers began flying charter many years ago but they used to fly commercial and one time Hearn...
A full harvest moon arose from the southern hills and smiled upon the 2016 Culver City High football team as it cruised to a second consecutive victory at home over a South Bay opponent. The Centurs controlled much of the game against North Torrance High, 37-14. Despite the margin of victory the Centaurs missed a number of opportunities to put more points on the scoreboard at Jerry Chabola Stadium against a determined Saxon squad with a potent offensive backfield. The Culver offense scored five...
It was a bold new day rising in the City of Angels as the Los Angeles Rams stunned the Seattle Seahawks, 9-3, in their official Southern California return debut after having spent the past 21 seasons calling St. Louis home. Sunday, September 18, 2016 was a very important first-step for this pro football-starved fan base. The football gods may not have christened the win but 91,046 fans enthusiastically re-embracing their beloved Rams despite the decades-long absence certainly did. Undeniably,...
The Los Angeles Rams defied the odds as they held on to beat the Seattle Seahawks, 9-3, before 91,046 fans celebrating their successful return debut to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Sunday, September 18, a place they last called home 37 years ago. The Rams defense came through in clutch situations including a fumble recovery by Alec Ogletree with Seattle marching in the last minute to secure the game. Greg Zuerlein kicked three field goals for all nine of Los Angeles' points. He kicked a...
The USC and UCLA football teams are preparing for something very important. USC will play Stanford Saturday. UCLA will play Stanford the following Saturday. Last year Stanford beat USC, then beat USC again in the Pac-12 Conference championship game. Stanford has been the Pac-12 champion in three of the last four years and has Heisman Trophy runnerup Christian McCaffrey returning. Stanford has beaten UCLA for eight straight years, including a 56-35 rout last season. So, although UCLA will be...
It was good ol' fashioned home cooking and plenty of offensive firepower for Culver City High Football on Friday, September 9, at Jerry Chabola Stadium. The Centaurs rolled up 35 first quarter points on the visiting Torrance High Tartars and cruised to a 49-14 victory in their 2016 home opener. The Centaurs racked up a whopping 711 total yards on offense under the direction of quarterback Jonathan Martin, the rushing of Brandon Oum and Kevin McGuire and the receiving of Charles Ross, McGuire,...
UCLA and USC play important road games Saturday after winning their home openers last Saturday. The Bruins beat UNLV 42-21 and the Trojans exhausted Utah State 45-7. Both teams will need to be at their best when UCLA travels to Utah to face BYU and USC has a date on the Farm when the play No. 7 Stanford in Palo Alto. Stanford is led by consensus All-American, last season’s Rose Bowl Offensive Player of the Game Christian McCaffrey. He ran for 2,019 yards last year and became the first player i...
You wouldn't wish a game like this on your worst enemy... unless of course you're the San Francisco 49ers and you've just humiliated the new Los Angeles Rams 28-0. It happened in the 49ers' home-opener at Levi's Stadium during the second featured match of Monday Night Football. The Rams looked like a team that never made it out of the locker room except during the pregame warmups to check out the windier and cooler conditions. Their virtual absence also helped the 49ers look like a legitimate...
The Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA will end their regular season against San Antonio tonight (Friday) at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. The Sparks are 25-8 and securely in second place going into the eight-team playoffs. After the Olympic break the Sparks had some problems recapturing their winning ways. Last Tuesday they looked like the team that set WNBA and Sparks records before the Olympic break. They beat a good Phoenix Mercury team 90-85. Against the...
The Culver City Centaurs beat Torrance High in Friday nights football gam 49-14. Read the full story this week from Sports Reporter Fred Altieri...
Yasiel Puig is back with the Dodgers. Possibly a new, improved Yasiel Puig. After careful consideration the Dodgers decided to bring the controversial 25-year-old outfielder back from their Oklahoma City farm club. The announcement was made on Friday, September 2. As a result Puig will be eligible to be with the Dodgers for the October playoffs the same as several other players who were brought up when roster limits were increased to 40 for the season's stretch drive. The Dodgers received...
