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Basketball has always been a game of skill, passion, and determination. Traditionally, male athletes have dominated the sport, but times are changing. In a world increasingly focused on gender equality and empowerment, programs like "She Got Next" are paving the way for a new generation of talented female basketball players. Designed exclusively for girls between 10 and 17, this transformative camp held last Saturday at Los Angeles Trade Tech College brought together 52 aspiring athletes nationwide. With a focus on ball handling, shooting, cond...
The Los Angeles Rams will host their 2023 Training Camp, presented by UNIFY Financial Credit Union, at the University of California, Irvine from July 25 – August 8. The team will host 7 practices that will be free and open to the general public. Fans can register to attend open Training Camp practices at therams.com/trainingcamp. 2023 Rams Training Camp Schedule DATES TIMES Saturday, July 29 Gates Open: 2:45 p.m. Practice Start: 4:25 p.m. Practice Ends: 6:25 p.m. Monday, July 31 Gates Open: 3...
The WNBA season has hit its midseason point and if I had to use a phrase to describe the Los Angeles Sparks season so far it would be bad luck is a real thing. The Sparks came into this season with hopes of returning to the WNBA playoffs for the first time since 2020, but injuries and illnesses are making it tough. All of Los Angeles' key players have missed time during some part of the season and some of those players continue to be out. Forward Katie Lou Samuelson has missed every game due to...
Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced today that the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will open the 2024 regular season with two games in Seoul, South Korea on March 20 and 21, 2024. The two-game set will be a home-and home series and the contests will represent the first ever regular season games in Korea. "We can't wait to play meaningful Major League games for the very first time in front of the outstanding baseball fans of South Korea next...
Culver City schools and especially the high school has never been known for boys' basketball, but the tide may be turning if the high school can make another run deep into the CIF and State playoffs. The girls high school team under the direction of coach Julian Anderson has produced championship and winning programs for the past 16 years but not the boys. Last season (2022-23) the boys' team took a giant step into the category of respectability. The boys' team, under the direction of head coach...
The LA Clippers have announced their roster for NBA 2K24 Summer League 2023 in Las Vegas, which takes place Friday, July 7, through Monday, July 17. Led by coach Dahntay Jones, the Summer League team will feature Clippers draft choices Kobe Brown (30th overall) and Jordan Miller (48th overall), along with returning Clippers Moussa Diabaté, Jason Preston, Xavier Moon and Keaton Wallace. The first Summer League media availability for the Clippers will be held at Honey Training Center on...
This Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series will be returning to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart (July 9 at 7 p.m. ET on USA, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), and this go-around the competitors will have to navigate the high-speed, door-to-door action for the first time 'under the lights' since the 1.54-mile track was recently reconfigured by narrowing the racing surface and raising the degree of banking in the Turns to 28 degrees. Earlier this season, Team Penske's...
The She Got Next Foundation is sponsoring a FREE basketball clinic for middle school and high school girls at Los Angeles Trade Technical College in downtown Los Angeles on July 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The clinic will feature games and training. The SHE GOT NEXT clinic will also include 5 on 5 games, healthy snacks stations, college and career mentoring, skills development stations, conditioning and injury prevention stations. It is also a way to make new friends with girls from different...
Jacksonville Jaguars to play two regular season games in London – a first for the NFL The National Football League has announced the opponents, dates, and locations for the five International Games to be played in 2023 across London, UK and Frankfurt, Germany. The Jacksonville Jaguars will kick off the 2023 NFL International Games on Sunday, October 1, as they play the Atlanta Falcons at Wembley Stadium, in what will be their landmark 10th regular season home game in London. The London focus t...
The We Got Next Foundation is sponsoring a FREE basketball clinic for middle school and high school girls at Los Angeles Trade Technical College in downtown Los Angeles on July 8, for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The clinic will feature games and training. The WE GOT NEXT clinic will also include 5 on 5 games, healthy snacks stations, college and career mentoring, skills development stations, conditioning and injury prevention stations. It is also a way to make new friends with girls from different parts...
Tuipulotu (name pronounced TOO-lee TOO-ee-poo-LOW-too), one of college football's most dominant pass rushers in 2022, led the Pac-12 and ranked third in the nation with 12.5 sacks, earning consensus All-America honors. In addition to the All-American recognition, he was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year, Pac-12 Defensive Lineman of the Year and first-team All-Pac-12. Tuipulotu added a pair of forced fumbles to become the only Trojan to top 11 sacks and force multiple fumbles in over 20 s...
The in-laws and nephew of seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson were found dead Monday in what Oklahoma authorities are investigating as a possible murder-suicide. Johnson subsequently withdrew from this weekend's NASCAR race in Chicago, his team said in a statement Tuesday, which added that "the Johnson family has asked for privacy at this time, and no further statements will be made." The bodies of Jack Janway, the 69-year-old father of Chandra Janway Johnson; his wife, Terry Janway, 68; a...
Phase 1 of the voting for this year's All-Star Game is in the home stretch, and Ronald Acuña Jr. (overall leader) and Shohei Ohtani remain the leading vote-getters in the National League and American League, respectively, in our second update of the 2023 Scotts MLB All-Star Ballot. From now until Phase 1 ends at noon ET on Thursday, you can vote as many as five times per every 24-hour period exclusively at MLB.com, on all 30 MLB club sites and on the MLB app. Your votes will help decide who...
The NBA confirmed what many UCLA fans thought of their 2022-2023 UCLA men's basketball team last Thursday Night, selecting three members of the team in the 2023 NBA draft. Jaime Jaquez Jr., Amari Bailey, and Jaylen Clark were all selected in the two-round NBA draft, which was held on Thursday Night, June 22nd at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, New York. Jaquez Jr., a 6-foot-7 forward, was selected in the first round at No. 18 by the Miami Heat. He should fit in well with the Heat, who play a t...
One of the biggest and fastest growing sports in America is Flag Football. Elementary Schools, Middle Schools and High Schools are all playing Flag Football and that is why Mar Vista Recreation Center is offering a Co-ed Summer Flag Football Clinic for boys and girls. The Clinic starts Saturday, July 8 and it will run for seven straight Saturdays to August 19. The time is set for 10 a.m. -12 p.m. The clinic will focus on the basic fundamentals of Flag Football, which includes flag pulling,...
The world's top pro beach volleyball players return to the South Bay as the AVP Pro Series Hermosa Beach Open kicks off Friday, July 7 through Sunday, July 9 • The AVP Pro Series Hermosa Beach Open is the AVP's second 2023 event in California, as 16 women's teams and 16 men's teams are set to compete for the titles • Tournament to run concurrently with the AVP Junior National Championship, with the U.S. Beach Club Championship to follow the Pro event, will bring hundreds of the country's top...
Isaiah Rodgers and Rashod Berry of the Indianapolis Colts and free agent Demetrius Taylor are suspended indefinitely through at least the conclusion of the 2023 season for betting on NFL games in the 2022 season. These players may petition for reinstatement at the conclusion of the 2023 season. Nicholas Petit-Frere of the Tennessee Titans is suspended for the team's first six regular season games of the 2023 season for betting on non-NFL sports at the club facility. He is eligible to...
On Sunday, at Dodger Stadium, Dodger veteran first baseman Freddie Freeman joined the 2000-hit club, adding to his other achievements - six-time All Star and three-time Silver Slugger. And appropriately versus their archenemy Astros. Even though the Dodgers lost, 6-5, in eleven innings, Freeman was delighted that he was able to accomplish that feat at home so that his family could be in attendance. In the stands were his dad, who lives in SoCal, his wife and three kids. Just five of the...
See below for every selection and reported trade from the NBA Draft 2023: First Round 1. Spurs draft Victor Wembanyama (Metropolitans 92) 2. Hornets draft Brandon Miller (Alabama) 3. Blazers draft Scoot Henderson (G League Ignite) 4. Rockets draft Amen Thompson (Overtime Elite) 5. Pistons draft Ausar Thompson (Overtime Elite) 6. Magic draft Anthony Black (Arkansas) 7. Pacers draft Bilal Coulibaly (Metropolitans 92) – Traded to Wizards 8. Wizards draft Jarace Walker (Houston) – Traded to Pac...
Culver City Observer Sports Editor Steven Finley is on vacation. His sports columns will resume next week....
The Los Angeles Sparks announced today the re-signing of Karlie Samuelson to a rest of season contract. Samuelson has appeared in five games (one start) this season with the Sparks, where she's averaged 9.8 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in 23 minutes per game. She's shooting 58.8% from behind the arc, good for 2nd in the WNBA, and 56.0% from the field. Samuelson had a standout performance against the Las Vegas Aces on May 27, where she scored 13 points to go along with seven rebounds...
Johnson has appeared in 33 games (six starts) in his three-year NFL career. In his first two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he recorded 48 receptions for 529 yards and two touchdowns. Johnson was selected by the Buccaneers in the fifth round (161 overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft. He appeared in two games for the Houston Texans during the 2022 season. Johnson played collegiately at the University of Minnesota, where he appeared in 49 games (37 starts). He finished second in school history...
The UCLA men's basketball program finally got a break when star defensive player Adem Bona announced his return to the Bruins for the 2023-2024 regular season. Bona had been considering entering the 2023 NBA draft, but a late season shoulder injury made it impossible for Bona to show his physical skills at the NBA combine. The 6-foot-10 forward was selected as the 2023 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and made the Pac-12 All-Defensive team. Bona ranked second overall in the conference in field goal p...
When the announcement came out on June 30th of 2022 that the USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins had decided to leave the Pac-12 conference for the Big Ten Conference for all sports, the first thought of many was the travel burden that both schools were about to take on would be brutal. That was confirmed last week when the Big Ten announced their 2024 and 2025 football scheduling format with future opponents for those two seasons, the first two for both USC and UCLA in the Big Ten. The Big Ten...
The Los Angeles Sparks has started this season off just like a roller coaster, high ups and very low downs. After eight games played the Sparks are 4-4 so far this season. Los Angeles has had some really nice wins like the two victories over the Phoenix Mercury and their 77-62, home victory last Friday night over the Chicago Sky at the Crypto.com Arena. But the lows come from two loses to the two teams at the bottom of the WNBA standings, the Seattle Storm and the Minnesota Lynx. In both of thos...
