Articles from the January 10, 2012 edition


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  • Football Players Bolster Culver Basketball

    Mitch Chortkoff, Sports Editor|Jan 10, 2012

    They weren’t available for summer competition and they missed the first eight Culver City High regular season games but four Centaur football players have joined the basketball team. And one, 6-foot-1 Malik Deckard, was a key player last Friday night when Culver overcame a 21-point deficit to win a non-league game from Lynwood, 78-76. Deckard had five assists, four rebounds and three assists He was named Culver’s Player of the Week. “Malik gave us a spark that we really needed,” said Coach J...

  • Tebow Silences Critics with Stunning Overtime Throw

    Mitch Chortkoff, Sports Editor|Jan 10, 2012

    The overtime began Sunday in Denver and 15 more minutes of drama seemed likely since the Broncos and Pittsburgh Steelers were tied, 23-23. But the overtime lasted just one play. After the Steelers’ kickoff went into te end zone and wasn’t returned, Tim Tebow zipped a pass to Demaryios Thomas and the resulting 80-yard touchdown ended the NFL playoff game. Like many watching on television around America, I was stunned. How fast it ended. How unusual, with the much-maligned Tebow winning the gam...