Can Susie Wiles be to Donald Trump what her father, Pat Summerall, was to John Madden? Summerall followed a distinguished NFL playing career with an even more distinguished career in the broadcast booth, most famously pairing with Madden, the former coach, for 22 seasons. “Madden made for an expansive, excessive, endlessly voluble analyst, and Summerall…
History will be made Saturday when the Southern Section crowns its first girls’ flag football champions at El Modena High’s Fred Kelly Stadium. The prime-time matchup at 4:45 p.m. will feature No. 1-seeded Orange Lutheran against No. 2 Newport Harbor for the Division 1 title in a rematch of their regular-season meeting Aug. 24 in…
The punch — the one that got Puka Nacua ejected against the Seattle Seahawks — is in the past, if not completely forgotten. Nacua will no doubt hear from the NFL about a fine, but the Rams’ star receiver otherwise has moved on. “I try to definitely put that one behind me,” Nacua said Friday…
Each minute that ticked away in the second half of Friday’s scoreless MLS playoff game with the Vancouver Whitecaps brought LAFC closer to what could have been the end of its season. Without a goal, the best the team could hope for was a penalty-kick shootout, soccer’s version of a coin flip. Yet LAFC’s offense…
GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALLSOCAL REGIONAL PLAYOFFSTuesday’s Results First Round DIVISION I Huntington Beach d. South Torrance, 25-19, 25-20, 25-15 San Luis Obispo d. Etiwanda, 25-16, 25-23, 25-23 Francis Parker d. Saugus, 3-2 Palos Verdes d. Orange Lutheran, 16-25, 25-16, 25-17, 25-13 Oaks Christian d. Murrieta Valley, 26-24, 25-11, 17-25, 16-25, 16-14 Liberty d. San Marcos, 25-20, 20-25,…
ATLANTA – Otega Oweh knocked down four free throws in the final 10.3 seconds and No. 19 Kentucky claimed the first big win of Mark Pope’s coaching tenure, knocking off No. 6 Duke 77-72 in the Champions Classic on Tuesday night. In the frenetic closing seconds, Duke (2-1) tied the game at 72 on Cooper…
DETROIT – Erik Spoelstra blamed himself for a “horrendous mistake” after calling a timeout the Miami Heat didn’t have with 1.1 seconds left in overtime Tuesday night, a technical foul that gave the Detroit Pistons the tiebreaking free throw. Malik Beasley made it and the Pistons went on to beat the Heat 123-121 on the…
ATHENS, Ga. – Clemson transfer RJ Godfrey scored 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds and Silas Demary Jr. added 17 points to help Georgia beat North Florida 90-77 Tuesday night at the Peach State Classic. Vanderbilt transfer Tyrin Lawrence scored 15, and freshman Asa Newell, a consensus five-star recruit, had 13 points…
In Las Vegas last summer, a veteran NBA coach spoke about the Lakers’ decision to hire JJ Redick noting that nothing can prepare someone — an assistant, broadcaster, whoever — for the massive volume of decisions a head coach needs to make on a nightly basis. Most of the choices are relatively small — what…
UCLA’s quest to scratch and claw its way to a bowl berth after a slow start to the season continues. In front of a Rose Bowl crowd split 60-40 between UCLA blue and Iowa black during homecoming, the Bruins left the Hawkeyes black and blue thanks to a potent run game and strong defensive effort….
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