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This wasn’t what the Culver City High football team envisioned. When the Centaurs took on Crenshaw, widely regarded as the best team in the L.A. City Section and probably one of the top teams in Southern California, last week at home, Culver City saw itself hanging tough with the No. 1-ranked team in the L.A. Times’ poll and the No. 5-ranked team in the state. The Centaurs, who beat the Cougars two years ago and almost rallied from a 21-0 deficit before losing to them by a touchdown last year, pictured a hard-fought game with a chance to win...
Something happened a few days ago that happens almost every year at this time. Lee Hamilton called. Hamilton is the long-time sports talk guy in San Diego who annually puts me on the air to begin the Lakers’ season. I’m focusing on high school and college football, the Dodgers and my editing duties at The Observer. But when he calls my mind clicks in on the Lakers. As we talked on and off the air it became clear to me that the Lakers’ toughest opponent in defense of their NBA championship will b...
The key to the Dodgers’ chances in the playoffs is for the guy in left field to be Manny Ramirez, not the imposter who’s been there this season. They need the dynamic leader who led them to a first round playoff sweep of the Cubs last year, not the confused batter who struck out frequently in recent weeks. But which Manny will we see? After the Dodgers clinched their division championship Saturday night and celebrated in the clubhouse and then on the field as they saluted adoring fans, Ram...
