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Local Businesses Rally Around World Series Teams In a show of support indicative of the City of Culver City, local businesses are rallying to assist Westside Baseball’s Westchester Babe Ruth World Series teams make their trips to Virginia and Washington, respectively. Westside Baseball, which includes Culver City among other areas, had its 14U team and its 15U team qualifies for the Babe Ruth World Series. Only 10 teams from across the country qualify for this prestigious event. The 15U team won its district title in El Segundo, its State t...
Many Dodgers Contribute To Remarkable Streak As the Dodgers have burst from last place to a runaway lead in the National League West division, it has truly been a team effort. Examining a sheet of accomplishments provided by the Dodgers’ public relations department in the press box before Saturday’s victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, I underlined passages that would be helpful for this piece. Soon I realized I was underlining almost everything. Here are some of the best ones and a few others tha...
USC, Now An Underdog, Tries To Recover Can this really be happening? USC, so dominant on the football field in the recent past, enters the 2013 season trying to recover from a dismal year. Not only did USC lose to UCLA, it finished with a 7-6 record after being ranked No. 1 in the nation at the outset. The season ended with a loss in the Sun Bowl, and reports surfaced about a dispute in the locker room among players, with quarterback Matt Barkley among the peacemakers. Barkley, previously a...
‘Touchdown For Youth’ Scores With Kids As part of its commitment to the Los Angeles area, the L.A. Sports Council Foundation and USC are once again teaming up on “Touchdown For Youth,” a charitable program that sends thousands of economically disadvantaged kids to a Trojans home football game each year. The program is funded through tax-deductible contributions from individuals and corporations. For each $30 donation, one child will attend the game; USC distributes the tickets to youth groups affiliated with the university’s athletic departmen...
Culver’s O’Connor Chooses James Madison Culver City resident and former Culver City High football and baseball star Lukas O'Connor has enrolled at James Madison University for the fall 2013 semester. O'Connor was Culver’s quarterback and an outstanding pitcher for the Centaurs two years ago. He plans to major in kinesiology. James Madison University is a comprehensive university that is part of the statewide system of higher public education in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is the only university in America named for President James Madis...
