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1. Los Angeles Rams (3-0): The Rams routed the Buccaneers at home behind 34-year-old wide receiver DeSean Jackson, who caught three receptions for 120 yards and a touchdown in the victory. Jackson does not seem to have lost a step and to steal a line from the Oscar Nominated film, Silver Linings Playbook: "DeSean Jackson is the Man." Next: -6 vs Arizona Cardinals - Sun, Nov. 3 – O/U 54.5 (ATS: 2-1 – O/U: 3-0) 2. Arizona Cardinals (3-0): Quarterback Kyler Murray is No. 3 in the NFL in pas...
Fresh off one of their most satisfying home victories since returning to Los Angeles in 2016, the 3-0 undefeated Rams now prepare for a second consecutive Sunday Shootout in Inglewood this weekend against the 3-0 undefeated Arizona Cardinals. This past Sunday, led by quarterback Matthew Stafford and defensive tackle Aaron Donald, the Rams took out the defending Super Bowl Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the G.O.A.T., quarterback Tom Brady in style, 34-24. "I thought it was a great team win,"...
Unexpectedly, the Centaurs took one on the chin last Friday night at home as they committed four turnovers to lose to a well-prepared La Serna High football team, 35-15. Culver City High finished the 2021 pre-league schedule with a 2-2 record and will now host their Bay League season opener against a forging Mira Costa squad. This is also a Homecoming Game for the Centaurs. The Mustangs from Manhattan Beach also bring a deceptively 2-3 pre-league record to this Friday nights' game starting 7:00...
Sports all over the world are finding out that there is a secret and quiet opponent hiding just around the corner. That opponent is the coronavirus. The virus stopped Culver City high school's varsity football team from playing its biggest and most attractive home game of the year when Warren high school called Culver City at the last-minute last Friday to say someone on their team tested positive. The game had to be cancelled and it was a shock and disappointment to the coaches, players and...
1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-0): Tight end Rob Gronkowski has four touchdown receptions in his first two games and a total of 90 in 133 career games. Charger great Antonio Gates holds the record at 116 touchdown receptions in 236 games. Gronk could catch Gates in the next few years. Next: -1 at Los Angeles Rams - Sun, Sep. 26 – O/U 55.5 (ATS: 1-1 – O/U: 2-0) 2. Los Angeles Rams (2-0): The Rams are off to a good start at 2-0 but will face an early season challenge Sunday afternoon against the Buc...
Sunday is Showdown at SoFi Stadium. The much-anticipated early season matchup between the undefeated Los Angeles Rams and the undefeated defending NFL Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers will finally become a reality this Sunday afternoon in Inglewood. The NFL heavyweight bout will feature Bucs quarterback Tom Brady (aka The GOAT) in his first appearance ever in Los Angeles versus quarterback Matthew Stafford, already paying dividends in just two games with the Rams. "I feel like we know it's a great...
The UCLA Bruins will travel north to take on an improving Stanford team at 3 p.m. and the USC Trojans will host a 2-1 Oregon State team at the Coliseum at 7:30 p.m. Both games will be played on Saturday. Every game in conference play is important and this weekend is no different. Stanford and Oregon State are 2-1. The Bruins need to prove that their 2-0 start of the season was no fluke because they lost to Fresno State last Saturday night in a thrilling game at the Rose Bowl and the Trojans...
One thing you can say about Culver City's fall 2021 varsity football team is they are not afraid of competition. For the third week in a row the 2-1 Centaurs will face a top ranked team. This week it's 4-0 Warren of Downey on Friday. Kick off is set for 7 p.m. inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium on the Culver City high school campus. "Each game is going to be tough," said long time Culver City assistant coach Cornell Myles after they beat Pasadena last Friday at home 43-34. "I am glad we are playin...
1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-0): The defending Super Bowl champions overcame four turnovers in a come-from-behind victory. The Bucs will remain a Super Bowl favorite if they can keep their 44-year-old quarterback healthy. Next: -12.5 vs Atlanta Falcons - Sun, Sep. 19 – O/U 52 (ATS: 0-1 – O/U: 1-0) 2. Kansas City Chiefs (1-0): How tough is the AFC West? After the first week of play, all four AFC teams are tied at 1-0. The Chiefs are always going to be tough to beat as long as they have quarterback...
Culver City high school has been involved in some of the biggest sports stories in Southern California in the last two weeks. Last week former Lakers star Michael Cooper was hired to coach the boys' basketball team and this week former Centaur football player Donte Williams was named the interim coach of the USC football team. Cooper, who is one of the best defensive players in NBA history will take over a team that won the Bay league last season. In his NBA career he made eight All-Defensive...
Rams All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey hit the nail on the head while addressing the media following the Los Angeles Rams impressive 2021 opening season 34-14 win over the Chicago Bears: "His command, his swag, like everything was great. That's like a debut that probably should go down in history. Just the way he played... It's just a debut that was nice." Matthew Stafford's highly anticipated debut as quarterback of the Rams was even better than advertised. Not only did he electrify the 70,455...
The UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans face tough competition this Saturday when they play two good teams. USC will travel to Pullman Washington to play Washington State at 12:30 p.m. and UCLA plays a late 7:45 p.m. game against Fresno State at the Rose Bowl. Both teams need to win. USC needs to start the post Clay Helton era off with a bang to show they can still play like a top 25 team despite the firing of their head coach last Monday. Their new interim head coach is hoping the change will...
Friday night football at Cuvler City High is always showtime and the 2021 season home opener was no different. The Centaurs spotted visiting Pasadena High a 28-17 lead going into halftime. Undaunted, they proceeded to blitz the Bulldog defense with four touchdowns in the second half to win 43-34, with the Centaurs defense yielding one lone score late in the fourth quarter. "It was a great win," said head coach Jahmal Wright. "I thought we made it a little tougher than it should have been. But...
The 1-1 Culver City varsity football team will face another tough non-league game Friday when they take on the Pasadena High School Bulldogs at 7 p.m. This will be the Centaurs first home game of the year after two games on the road against West Torrance and Loyola of Los Angeles. They beat West Torrance and lost to Loyola last Friday night. Now the Centaurs are looking to get back on the winning track against the Bulldogs after getting dominated by Loyola. The final score was 62-21. "We have so...
The Rams kick off the NFL's Sunday Night football game this Sunday when they take on the Chicago Bears at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood at 5:20 p.m. The game will be broadcast nationally on NBC. The Rams will take the field with a new quarterback for the first time in six years when Matthew Stafford lines up over center. He replaced Jared Goff and head coach Sean McVay hopes Stafford will be the difference that will put them in position to win close games. The USC Trojans are hoping to improve to...
Teams can learn a lot from a loss and Culver City's varsity football team is hoping correcting some of those mistakes will help them starting Friday night against Pasadena. "We definitely want to schedule opponents that expose us so that we see what our weaknesses are. So, when we get to the playoffs, we have high aspirations keeping this program, this train rolling. So, that's our goal to stay at that level. And the only way to stay at that level is to play teams that approach you to that...
The Culver City Centaurs successfully kicked off the 2021 varsity football season on the road with a 31-0 shutout over West Torrance High at Fred Peterson Stadium last Friday night. The tide has definitely turned between the two schools in the past decade. It was Culver City High's fourth consecutive win over the Warriors after having lost the previous five meetings in the series. The game also marked a new quarterback chapter in Culver City Football history as freshman quarterback Alonzo...
The Los Angeles Chargers have their 53-man roster and are ready to go. Despite an uninspiring 27-0 loss to the Seattle Seahawks last Saturday night in Seattle, the Chargers accomplished what they set out to do in the preseason. They kept their starters healthy and were able to evaluate the rest of the roster in the three preseason games. The Chargers ended up 1-2 in the preseason. On Tuesday, the Chargers announced their initial 53-man roster for the 2021 season: Quarterbacks (3): Justin...
It 's that time of the year. Fall is fast approaching and the leaves on the trees will be turning brown and brown is the same color of a football. Football is back in the fall after missing the 2020 fall season due to the pandemic. Culver City high school kicks off their 10-game regular season this Friday against the West Torrance Warriors on the road at 7 p.m. The Centaurs have a lot of shoes to fill, and they are hoping some of the younger players can step in and replace two All-State players...
UCLA Bruins football team will open their season against Hawaii Saturday at the iconic Rose Bowl in Pasadena at 12:30 p.m. on ESPN. The Bruins are hoping to turn the program around this season after fours years of losing. If they don't have a winning season in 2021 this will probably be Chip Kelly's last year as their head coach. With nine starters returning on offense and seven on defense Kelly will l have to produce to keep his job. UCLA fans are still waiting after three years for Kelly to...
Former Culver City resident Ted Sobel dives into sports and entertainment history with a book that touches the soul of baby boomers, sports enthusiasts of all ages and historical entertainment buffs. His book, 'Touching Greatness' tells a spectacular story of sports and entertainment through the eyes of one of the top sports journalists and broadcasters in Los Angeles history. Sobel credits his young years growing up in Culver City as a great foundation for his future success. He went to...
It's been a while since the Los Angeles Rams have consistently thrown the ball deep. In 2018 and 2019 Rams quarterback Jared Goff and wide receiver Brandin Cooks got together on some deep pass plays but it was never consistent. Cooks left the team last year and Goff was traded this year to the Detroit Lions for Matthew Stafford and the Rams also picked up DeSean Jackson, the former Long Beach Poly high school and California speedster. Can this combination help the Rams stretch the field and...
The 2020 Olympics, taking place in Tokyo, Japan this year has produced an abundance of happy and disappointing moments. Two of those moments involved former USC track stars, Andre de Grasse and Isaiah Jewett. Finally, de Grasse won a gold medal after knocking at the golden door for several years on the international stage after leaving USC. He came from behind and overtook two Americans to win the 200 meters in a blazing time of 19.62. He took third in the 100 meters last week to win a bronze...
Los Angeles Football Club was suddenly taking form, but they ran into a roadblock last Wednesday night when they played the Portland Timbers at Provident Park. They lost the game 2-1 in the final minutes of overtime. LAFC was riding a three-match winning streak, its longest since the summer of 2019. LAFC knew the Portland game was going to be a fight to the finish. "They're (Portland) a team that has experience and you know that when you play them, guys like (Diego) Valeri and Diego Chara will...
The girl's lacrosse team also picked up several post season honors when they placed seven Lady Centaurs on the All-Ocean League team. Senior goalie JoJo de la Trinidad was the Defensive Player of the Year after she recorded 131 saves on 224 shots on goal. Senior Valarie Garcia made the second All-League team scoring nine goals and recording 18 assists. Junior Larissa Andrick was placed on the first team after she scored 26 goals with 10 assists. Her twin sister Vanessa Andrick also made the...
