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The trading deadline is Monday and it’s anyone’s guess if the Dodgers will acquire an established starting pitcher. Yu Darvish, Sonny Gray and a very expensive Justin Verlander are available for the right price. But the Dodgers haven’t been participating in the bidding for an elite starter for a couple of years. They’re proud of their farm system and reluctant to part with their top pitching prospects. Clayton Kershaw has a back injury considered not as bad as the one last season that resulted i...
Mike Trout is back and the Angels are in the running for a wild card berth in the playoffs. Who would have thought the Angels could still have a chance when Trout, one of the best players in baseball, had to miss 39 games after damaging a thumb while trying to steal a base. Or when injuries occurred to a whole bunch of teammates. The list is staggering. Pitchers Garrett Richards. C.J. Wilson, Tyler Skaggs, Huston Street, Matt Shoemaker, Andrew Heaney and most recently centerfielder Cameron...
The Los Angeles Chargers will start their training camp on Sunday, July 30 at 10 a.m. at the Jack Hammett Sports Complex in Costa Mesa. All 12 Charger practices at the Complex will be open to the public and admission is free. Although admission is free fans are encouraged to reserve seating passes, available on first come, first served basis, in advance through: chargers.com/camp. New head coach Anthony Lynn and his new staff are happy to be in Los Angeles and they look forward to playing in the StubHub Center in Carson until they move into...
The Los Angeles Rams’ official season starts Saturday, July 29 when their training camp begins at 3 p.m. at the University of California, Irvine campus. This will be the second straight year the Rams have chosen UC Irvine for their training location. Rookies reported to camp last Wednesday and the veterans report on Friday. New coaches and new players will give the 2017 Rams a different look. Last year the team finished with a record of 4-12. Their offense was worse than their record. Rams new head coach Sean McVay hopes to bring a new a...
Rising out of the South Bay oil fields, refineries and miles of landfill sites of the past century the emboldened City of Carson will start celebrating its 50th anniversary in February 2018. Undoubtedly the Los Angeles Chargers who begin playing at Carson's StubHub Center this August for the next three years will be part of the festivities. The scenario seemed highly unlikely on January 12, 2016 when the NFL Los Angeles relocation committee rejected the then-San Diego Charger and Oakland Raider...
Last weekend when the Dodgers made it 29 wins in their last 33 games Clayton Kershaw and Justin Turner asked the same question. “Has this been a five-week hot streak or is this who we are?”“Í don’t think it’s fair to us to say it’s just a five-week hot streak,” said Turner. After winning nine straight games – six of them on the road – the Dodgers started this week with two wins against the White Sox in Chicago and they’ll complete the week with a four-game series at Dodger Stadium against Atla...
The Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA are happy to be at home inside the Staples Center. They are 15-5 overall and 10-0 at home. They look like the NBA champion Golden State Warriors when they play at home. They are starting to dominate teams and they are doing this with smiles on their faces. Regardless of what you do you have to enjoy what you do, said Sparks head coach Brian Agler last Monday after their win over Indiana. It’s nice to see our players not only having success but it’s good to see...
The All-Star break is over as teams resumed play on Friday. The Dodgers hope they can continue being dominant the rest of the way. The Dodgers, at 61-29, have the best record in baseball this season. They have two pitchers, Clayton Kershaw and Alex Wood, with 10-game winning streaks. They had the most players in the All-Star game. five with Corey Seager, Cody Bellinger, reliever Kenley Jansen, who struck out the side in the ninth inning, Justin Turner and Wood, who replaced Kershaw. The...
Although the Culver City football team has performed at a high level this summer in passing league games they realize they must improve if they expect to compete for league and CIF championships in the fall. “We are looking pretty good right now but we still have to get better,” said head coach Jahmal Wright after they beat Brentwood during a recent game at Culver City. Wright is always looking for perfection but he realizes its’ still early. “It’s June so we have some time to get to where we...
The Los Angeles Sparks began their longest home-stand of the season last Thursday when they faced Connecticut. They play three more home games starting with Monday's game against Indiana at 7:30 p.m. On Thursday July 20, they battle Chicago at 12:30 p.m. and Tuesday, July 25, they play Seattle at 7:30 p.m. At press time the Sparks were the only team that had not lost a home game this season so home court is very important to a team that lost two road games in a row to Minnesota and Seattle last...
Anyone who thought the Clippers would fade away by losing exceptional point guard Chris Paul should think again. Recovering quickly, the Clippers got Paul to sign a new Clipper contract for a few days before they’d trade him to Houston, the team he desired. Then they got three established players and a 2018 first round draft choice from Houston. Don’t forget Paul didn’t have to do that. Free agents can simply sign with another team. Then a few days later the Clippers signed forward Blake Griffin...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Last season 23-year-old Corey Seager was the National League Rookie of the Year. This season 21-year-old Cody Bellinger is well on his way to being the second straight Dodger to win that award. It’s easy to see that the Dodgers have the heart of their batting lineup for what appears to be many seasons. The other half of the story is that these kids are carrying the team’s offense already. Bellinger has hit 24 home runs and has 55 RBI in 57 games. Don’t forge...
The Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA are moving in the right direction right now. They are currently riding a six-game winning streak and the six new players they signed in the off season are starting to make a difference. The 10-3 Sparks play their next home game on Sunday, July 2 against the Washington Mystics at 2 p.m. at Staples Center. The Sparks are led by Alana Beard, Chelsea Gray, Jantel Lavender, Nneka Ogwumike, Candace Parker, Odyssey Sims and Riquna Williams. Several of the new players...
Kevin Durant played for the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2008 through 2016. He was recognized as one of the NBA’s best players but he was never on a championship team. As a free agent last summer he signed with the Golden State Warriors who had won a championship two seasons ago then lost in the finals the next season. It made perfect sense to him. He wanted a championship and they had a good chance to get him one. But a lot of fans regarded him as a traitor. Not for leaving but for joining the e...
One of the main reasons Rams coach Sean McVay was hired a few months ago was because of his strong offensive background. As the offensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins he was in charge of one of the top offenses in the NFL last year. Now McVay is trying to transform a Rams offense that was one of the worst in the NFL last season. The offense starts with the quarterback, a strong offensive line and fast and sure handed receivers. During the off season McVay has signed veteran offensive...
By Fred Altieri Sports Reporter Graduating student athletes were honored last week at the 2016-17 Culver City High Senior Athlete of the Year Banquet. More than 50 seniors received the prestigious Dave Sanchez Award for excellence in the classroom. In addition, eight senior student athletes were also recognized for receiving scholarships to colleges and universities. "To receive the Dave Sanchez Award each athlete had a 3.5 GPA or higher for all four years attending Culver City High School....
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor What seemed very likely several weeks ago is now official. Jerry West is joining the Clippers. At 79, West still enjoys accurately evaluating players, a talent he's had since his playing days. Retirement isn't for everyone his age. West, a Laker great as a player, became the Lakers' general manager, engineered the trade that brought in Kobe Bryant and presided over six NBA championship years with the team. He left for Memphis, reportedly because of a financial...
Nine players in the history of major league baseball have hit 600 home runs in their career But only one hit No. 600 with a grand slam. That happened last week when the Angels’Albert Pujols hit a towering drive down the left field foul pole at the Angels’ stadium, a ball that barely escaped being foul. Pujols had hit 598 and 599 earlier in the week. Pujols, the Angels’ first baseman, became the fourth youngest player to hit 600 major league home runs. He joined Sammy Sosa as the only playe...
Magic Johnson trying to bring in players to the Lakers and Jerry West doing the same for the Clippers. That surely would appeal to fans of Los Angeles' NBA teams. It could happen. Johnson has already been hired by Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and West recently met with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and coach/general manager Doc Rivers. Nothing is official but West would like to join the Clippers after the Lakers passed up their chance to welcome him back. There won't be many quotes in this story beca...
The 2016-17 Culver City High student athletes culminated another successful school year on and off the field. The highlight of the season started in the Fall 2016 when the girls volleyball team won the CIF Division 5 Championship at Cerritos College in November. It was the seventh CIF Championship for Culver High and the first since the girls basketball team won the 2013-14 CIF basketball crown. The girls beat La Reina High in four sets: 25-22, 25-18, 25-20 and 26-24 to win their first CIF...
The Los Angeles Rams finished their organized team activities this week and will start their mandatory minicamp next week under new head coach Sean McVay. If the first few weeks of workouts are any indication the new coaching staff has created a more positive attitude within the ranks of the players. The players appear to be more focused and the coaching staff has a better command of moving the players from station to station during workouts. Everyone appears to be on the same page which...
Although the Los Angeles Sparks are the defending WNBA champions, they are still trying to find the right combinations on defense and offense this season. With six new players on the roster it's going to take time to reach that championship level. With a 34 game regular season the time is now. "This is the first time we have had all of the players ready," said Sparks coach Brian Agler, after the Sparks beat the Chicago Sky 79-70 last Tuesday at Staples Center. The win was Agler's 300th WNBA...
With Mike Trout going on the disabled list for 6-8 weeks the Angels' chances of making the playoffs this season are dim. The 25-year-old outfielder has been American League MVP twice, including last season and runnerup three times in his five major league years. This season he was hitting .337 and led the American League in walks. Trout suffered a torn ligament in his left thumb on a stolen base attempt Sunday against the Miami Marlins. He had a choice of how to deal with the injury and elected...
The defending World Series champion Chicago Cubs couldn’t score a run in their first two games of a series last weekend against the Dodgers. So I went to Dodger Stadium Sunday trying to learn what was going on. Well, to be honest I went to see which superb pitcher, Clayton Kershaw or Jon Lester would prevail. Neither one was having a good day. Kershaw, in fact, gave up four home runs. But I enjoyed the day because the Dodgers won, 9-4 the 47,000 fans had a good time and most of the crowd was i...
The UCLA softball program hopes to continue its post season success this weekend at the College World Series in Oklahoma City starting with the game they played on Thursday, June 1 against Louisiana State University (LSU). Check your local listings or the Bruin website to find out when their next game will be played. The Bruins are currently 5-0 in the post season and that includes victories over Lehigh, San Jose State and Cal State Fullerton in the Regionals and two wins over the University of...
