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The Culver City High football team was on the verge of engineering an impressive fourth quarter comeback with about eight minutes remaining in the game. However, a first-and-goal at the West High five-yard line only resulted in a 23-yard field goal that left the visiting Centaurs one point shy victory as they lost to Warriors, 34-33. With playoff-like intensity the momentum swung mightily several times on opening night of CIF Football at Fred Peterson Stadium in Torrance on Friday night,...
The UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans hope to get on the winning track when the Bruins face UNLV and the Trojans battle Utah State on Saturday. Both teams will be looking for their first win of the 2016 season. The Bruins were beaten in overtime against Texas A&M 31-24 and the Trojans were whipped by Alabama 52-6. Is Alabama that good, are the Trojans that bad? Time will tell but the Trojans are hoping the Crimson Tide is really that outstanding. If USC, which plays one of the toughest schedules i...
The 2016 NFL regular season is suddenly staring the new Los Angeles Rams right in the face. Summer training and preseason games are now distant memories along with the HBO sports reality series "Hard Knocks." The real hard knocks are about to begin. The Rams' season opener is not only against the divisional rival San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium, it's the second game of a Monday Night Football package on September 12 starting at 7 p.m. Beginning the season on the road against a team that's...
The 3-3 USC women’s volleyball team hopes to have better results in the state of Texas than the football team did against Alabama last Saturday. The women of Troy will play in the Rice Adidas Invitational in Houston on Friday and Saturday. On Friday they face Sam Houston State and Saturday Oakland and Rice. The then No. 7 Trojans started their season with three losses two weeks ago but they came back with three wins in a row last weekend at the USC Raddison Classic at the Galen Center on the USC...
West Los Angeles College started the 2016 football season off with an offensive explosion when they beat rival Santa Monica College 47-34 last Saturday on the West Los Angeles campus. "We battled hard and I like the way we competed," said West Los Angeles head coach Marguet Miller after the win. "We beat a good team but we also need to make sure we don't beat ourselves. We have to improve on not turning the ball over." West Los Angeles' next home game will be Saturday, September 17 at 1 p.m....
The Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA are trying to recapture the magic that allowed them to be the best team in the league before the Olympic break last month. After the break they are 3-3 at Press Time. The Sparks are currently 24-6 and have three important games remaining on their regular season schedule. Right now the Sparks are a game behind Minnesota for the best record in the league. Whoever has the best record will have home court advantage throughout the playoffs. "After the Olympic break...
Boxing in Los Angeles has been flying under the radar at best in recent years but this may be the punch that ends up cold-cocking the region's sports landscape even when it pretends it's paying attention. This is a must-see event that many may undoubtedly claim they were there. The 2016 "fight of the year" in Southern California takes center stage at the Fabulous Forum in revitalized Inglewood this Saturday night, September 10. Barring a draw the loser will suffer his first professional career...
By Observer Staff Reporter John Kay and Steppenwolf, one of the architects of the hard-rock sound from the 1970's, make a rare appearance at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on September 10. In the late 1960's, Steppenwolf embodied that era's social, political and philosophical restlessness, building an impressive body of edgy rock 'n' roll that retains its emotional resonance more than four decades after the band's formation. Their big hits "Born to Be Wild," "Magic Carpet Ride," "Rock Me," a...
For many, many years major league teams stationed defenders at first base, second base, shortstop and third base. Then the shift came along. Analytics began proving information on where batters frequently hit the ball. Teams responded by adding an extra fielder to the most likely spot. And, of course, reduced manpower at the least likely spot. So, on Sunday the Dodgers and Cubs were scoreless in the bottom of the eighth. There were two outs, the bases were loaded and the batter was Adrian...
"It's not easy and I think that the most important thing here is, the guys that we released here over the last couple of days, in addition to those that aren't going to make the final roster," said Los Angeles Ram Head Coach Jeff Fisher on Tuesday, August 30. "... those are guys that have done nothing but one, compete for an opportunity at a roster spot, but two, also helped us to get better, they helped us to improve. So, you have to show appreciation for that." The Rams had just announced the...
It is with great pleasure and #CULVERPRIDE that we are announcing Elsy Villafranca as the next Principal of Culver City Middle School. Ms. Villafranca has been an Assistant Principal at Culver City Middle School since 2015 and has helped to guide student and teacher excellence in academics and achievement across a wide variety of programs since that time. Previous to CCMS, Ms. Villafranca was an intervention coordinator and English Language Learner Coordinator at Palms Elementary, as well as a...
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter The Culver City High football team plays its first game of the 2016 season on the road this Friday, August 2, at West High in Torrance. The defending Ocean League champion Centaurs will be seeking their first win against West in five years following their last win in 2011. Last season Culver was shut out 22-0 in a game that was undecided until the fourth quarter. This year's game is expected to be a hard-hitting close game with the Centaur players having gained...
The Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA need to find that winning combination that put them at the top of the league with a 21-3 record before the Olympic break a month ago. Since returning from the break they have lost their first two games to Seattle and Phoenix. Yesterday the Sparks were on the road against San Antonio and they continue their road trip against Dallas on Friday. Their next home games will start on Sunday, at 4 p.m. against Indiana, Tuesday September 6, against Minnesota at 7:30...
The USC women’s volleyball team, which was ranked No. 7 in the nation last week, found out that rankings do not translate into wins on the court. All three teams in the USC Baden Invitational, Marquette, UC Irvine and Santa Clara beat the Trojans. In the final game of the invitational UC Irvine swept USC 3-0. The good news is the Trojans have an opportunity to bounce back this weekend when they host the USC Radisson Classic at the Galen Center on the Trojan campus. They play Kentucky on F...
UCLA and USC football teams will start their 12 game regular season Saturday when both teams travel to Texas. UCLA will play Texas A&M at 12:30 p.m. on Channel 2 and USC faces the No. 1 team in the country, Alabama in Arlington at 5 p.m. on Channel 7. Both teams return home next week on September 10. The Trojans play Utah State at 11 a.m. at the Coliseum and the Bruins will battle UNLV at 5 p.m. at the Rose Bowl. This season the Bruins will be led by quarterback Josh Rosen, defensive lineman...
The Lakers will have a new training facility in 2017 and Coach Luke Walton is excited about it. "It will be three times the size of the one we have now," he said. "It will have two basketball courts and a capacity of 750 for games of our D-League team, the LA Defenders. The facility, called the UCLA Health Training Center, will be in El Segundo, just two blocks from the current one. Currently the Lakers are tenants in a facility they share with the Kings and there's an ice rink open to the...
The Los Angeles Rams preseason ended on a sober note on the road Thursday, September 1, as the team lost 27-25 to the Minnesota Vikings at their brand new impressive U.S. Bank Stadium. The Rams finish the 2016 exhibition season at 2-2 having won the first two games at home before losing the last two on the road. L.A. rookie quarterback Jared Goff moved the team 62 yards in seven plays into the end zone on the game's opening drive capping it off with a short one-yard pass to wide-receiver Kenny...
The Los Angeles Rams suffered their first exhibition loss, 17-9, on the road to the Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium on Saturday night August 27. Once again the Rams were trailing at halftime but couldn't rally from behind as the team had done in their first two wins of the 2016 preseason. The Rams took a two field goal lead on the kicking of Greg Zuerlein to take a 6-0 lead before the Broncos drove 72 yards for a touchdown. Zuerlein added a 48-yard field goal to help Los Angeles retake the...
Two seasons ago the Clippers had a 3-1 series lead over the Houston Rockets but faltered and lost their chance to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in their history. Last season the Clippers were eliminated in the first playoff round by the Portland Trail Blazers even though they finished higher in the regular season. So, a lot has been heard since about a Clippers curse. You know, word has gotten around that somehow, some way the Clippers will fall short. Here we go...
The Los Angeles Rams have wasted little time in establishing the LA Coliseum as a home-field advantage. They improved their preseason record to 2-0 by defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 21-20 on Saturday night, August 20 before more than 60,000 fans. The Rams also stuck to the script of being down at halftime before scoring the game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter. Los Angeles held its opponent scoreless in the second half for the second consecutive game before a highly supportive crowd...
The Lakers took awhile but they signed top draft choice Brandon Ingram this week. They also signed former top 10 draft choice Yi Jianlian, who played well for China in the just-concluded Olympics although the team lost all five of its games. Ingram is a candidate to succeed Kobe Bryant at small forward. Jianlian will try to earn a roster spot in training camp. The 6-11 Jilianlian hasn't done well while playing for four NBA teams since he was drafted by Milwaukee in 2007. He has averaged less...
The UCLA and USC women volleyball teams start their 2016 season this weekend. The Trojans will host the Baden Invitational and the Bruins travel to Loyola Marymount to play in the LMU Invitational. The Trojans will battle Marquette on Friday at 8 p.m. The Trojans will play two matches on Saturday when they face Santa Clara at 10 a.m. and UC Irvine at 8 p.m. All three matches will be played at the Galen Center on the USC campus. The Bruins start their season with a 4 p.m. match against Niagara...
July Fourth, 2016, I didn't spend my day outside, having a barbecue, watching the fireworks or going to any parties. Instead, I was at the best party on the planet. Now, news has brewed up about this, and I always think about how lucky I was to actually be at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to see Juno - The space craft - enter the orbit of Jupiter. A lot of people were watching it streamed on TV or from home on their computer, but I think I - and everyone else there - got the best...
Magic Johnson, the great Laker player and now part-owner of the Dodgers, was warmly received by 42,000 fans on his 57th birthday at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, August 14. Johnson and his two sons threw out the ceremonial first balls before the Dodgers played the Pittsburgh Pirates. In attendance were Johnson's wife, Cookie and former Laker star teammate Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. "It's a blessing for me to be here with the Dodgers and to be in Los Angeles," said Johnson. "This city has embraced me for...
The Los Angeles Rams couldn't have asked for a better return to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, August 13. On face value they beat the Dallas Cowboys 28-24 in a preseason game. But the real value was in the 89,140 fans celebrating the team's come-from-behind victory. Rams running back Aaron Green caught a nine-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Sean Mannion with 1:54 remaining on the clock to clinch the win. The Cowboys had a 24-7 lead at halftime before the Rams scored 21...
