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The LA Sparks started their longest road trip on a 4-game win streak but lost to the Dallas Wings 85 to 79 last Sunday. The Sparks (18-7) who were almost perfect from the free throw line making 25 of 27 attempts, were out rebounded by the Wings 31 to 47 including 16 offensive rebounds by Dallas. The Sparks continue on the road and are scheduled to play their next four road games in just eight days. Three of the four games are with playoff contenders. Including a much anticipated, August 11th...
How do we stand in regards to our school district's five-year goal of bringing district employees’ salaries up to “within” the median salary for L.A. County? Our district has been playing the salary game of keeping up with the Joneses for the last four-plus years. They have been trying to catch up with other, better state-funded districts in L.A. County by “reinvesting” our one-time district savings in across-the-board employee raises. Playing Coy Back in 2012 when this program of district raises was announced I asked the logical question,...
A three RBI performance by sophomore Lars Nootbar and stellar long relief pitching from Chris Clarke was the difference as the Trojans completed a come-from-behind 4-3, 10 inning victory over crosstown rival UCLA (5-5) in the College Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium. The Trojans (7-4) tied the game with two outs in the six inning with three runs on a two-run triple off the top of the right field wall by Nootbaar scoring Cory Dempster and Frankie Rios and an RBI single from Matt Acosta driving...
A three RBI performance by sophomore Lars Nootbar and stellar pitching from relievers Chris Clarke and Solomon Bates was the difference as the Trojans completed a come-from-behind 4-3, 10 inning victory over crosstown rival UCLA (5-5) in the College Baseball Classic at Dodger Stadium. The Trojans (7-4) tied the game with two outs in the six inning with three runs on a two-run triple off the top of the right field wall by Nootbaar scoring Cory Dempster and Frankie Rios and an RBI single from Matt Acosta driving in Nootbar to tie the game. The...
For the next two seasons the LA Chargers will be playing in their temporary home in Carson while the Rams' new stadium is being built in Inglewood. This is not just a short-sighted remedy. The NFL owners will be watching closely how the 30,000 seat StubHub stadium is run. If the Chargers' organization can make a nice profit out of this smaller "pocket-sized stadium," this may intrigue the NFL to re-think its idea that every new stadium it builds has to cost billions of dollars. Pro football is...
The UCLA women’s volleyball team took one step closer to reaching the NCAA final when it beat Murray State and Baylor last Friday and Saturday in the first and second rounds of the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championships. Both matches were played in Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. Now the 10th seeded 26-6 Bruins travel to Minneapolis to face the seventh-seeded 29-3 North Carolina Tar Heels on Friday (today) in the NCAA Regionals at 7:45 p.m. The winner of that game will face the winner of between second- seeded 27-4 Minnesota and...
The Centaurs swept the Quartz Hill (27-3) Lady Rebels 3-0 25-18, 25-18, 25-19. Lena Johnson was named Player of the game. She led the Centaurs with 10 kills and 8 digs. Jessica Stewart and Megan Shimoda each had 10 assists. The Centaurs played one of their best matches so far this season and just had 5 receiving errors, while serving 10 aces and making 17 blocks on the much larger Quartz Hill team. La Reina (21-7) of Thousand Oaks lost only two sets while going undefeated (12-0) in the Tri-Valley League. The Regents beat Alemany in a five-set...
The Centaurs swept the Quartz Hill (27-3) Lady Rebels 3-0 -- 25-18, 25-18, 25-19. Lena Johnson was named Player of the game. She led the Centaurs with 10 kills and 8 digs. Jessica Stewart and Megan Shimoda each had 10 assists. The Centaurs played one of their best matches so far this season, having only 5 receiving errors, while serving 10 aces and making 17 blocks on the much larger Quartz Hill team. The Centaurs move on to play Tri-Valley champion, La Reina, this Friday at Cerritos College at...
The Pac-12 women's volleyball league continues to be one of the most competitive leagues in the nation. Seven out of the 12 teams still have a chance to win the league championship going into the month of November. This weekend UCLA and USC continue their quest to win the title and get a high seed in the NCAA tournament. UCLA will play Colorado tonight at 6 p.m. in the John Wooden Center on the UCLA campus and on Saturday they battle Utah at 8 p.m. in Pauley Pavilion. The Bruins, who are current...
On a deeper, personal level, I don’t like how Colin Kaepernick is using his stardom for social protest. That said, most of us don’t like to have someone else hold a mirror up to us to show our flaws. And in doing so, Kaepernick is trying to prod us into doing something we would rather not acknowledge or even think about. Most of us tend to protect ourselves by looking past the everyday societal reflections we encounter without ever stopping and really looking at them--mostly out of fear of how we will see ourselves. So, we go on with our daily...
When Jayce Johnson arrived at Santa Monica High midway through his junior year, he was still a young, 7-foot, 230 lbs man-child with an uneven basketball past and even a more uncertain future. But, this month, Johnson's future became a little bit clearer when he announced that he has chosen to play for the Runnin’ Utes of Utah in the PAC12. The Utah basketball program has been looking to replace their own 7-foot starting center who is expected to enter the NBA draft next spring, following his sophomore year and. I hope Utah understands what t...
By George Laase Special to the Observer ... And Now, A Word From Our Sponsors I was quite fortunate to be able to photograph a playoff game between our Clippers and the San Antonio Spurs recently. The first quarter was so fast-paced and frantic. It seemed it was over in a flash. On the other hand, the second quarter and the whole second half seemed to drag on endlessly. The next day I got on the internet and found a report showing the number of television commercial breaks that occurred during the game. There were two commercial breaks in the...
By George Laase Special to the Observer Back in 1994, CBS Sports bought the rights to the NCAA men's basketball tournament with an eight-year contract averaging $215 million annually. This month, a single, 30-second TV ad airing during the men’s Final Four will cost the advertiser around $1.5 million. The prospect of selling future advertising during the College Football Playoffs is seen as being so lucrative that ESPN bid more than $5.5 billion over the next 12 years for the rights. As the NCAA coffers continue to balloon, lawsuits are p...
