Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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The Lakers' injury problems ctinued when reserve forward Ryan Kelly suffered a torn right hamstring in a loss to the Golden State Warriors last week. Kelly is expected to miss at least six weeks....
The Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks "faced-off" in the always much-anticipated "Freeway" rivalry at Staples Center on Saturday. The Ducks were playing without an injured Corey Perry, one of their premiere players and also missing was a retired Teemu Selanne. The game took on a strange feel without Selanne out there on the ice. He was such a force for many years and one of the greatest poster-boys that the NHL ever had. Selanne retired after the Ducks lost to the Kings in...
Four SamoHi Seniors signed on to play in college on Thursday, 11/20. Cayman Hunter signed with Occidental Annie Quine signed with Babson College. Annie Quine signed with Babson College, and Whitney Jones signed with Rutgers University. All three girls signed with the softball program. New Williams signed with the basketball program at Auburn University. The signing ceremony occurred just before Midnight Madness, and a basketall scrimmage between the girls and boys Varsity...
The Dodgers will open the 2015 season with a three-game series against the San Diego Padres April 6-8. The Dodgers will then conclude the first week with three games at Arizona....
Friday, November 7: Santa Monica was winning at the half by 14-3, but lost the game 17-14 to El Segundo. photos by Ralph Hattenbach...
The NBA season began only two weeks ago but already there have been numerous surprises. The biggest one is the Cleveland Cavaliers' 1-3 start and apparent friction between LeBron James and the Cavaliers' talented point guard Kyrie Irving. When James left the Miami Heat and signed with his hometown Cleveland team and the Cavaliers then acquired Kevin Love, Shawn Marion and others the team became the favorite to reach the NBA Finals. Instead the Cavaliers lost their home...
Fans of both USC and UCLA football teams are welcome to attend the Culver City Rotary and Exchange Club’s annual tailgate luncheon on Tuesday, Nov. 18. The site will be the Elks Lodge, 11160 Washington Place. Football players and cheerleaders from both schools will be on hand for this friendly rivalry celebration. Tickets are $25 payable at the event....
The father of Laker guard Wayne Ellington was shot to death in a car in Philadelphia last week. Ellington has been granted a leave from the team. “He needs time to grieve and he’ll be welcomed back whenever he decides to return,” said Coach Byron Scott. On Sunday night, November 9, shortly after the Lakers earned their first win of the season, Ellington learned of his father’s death as he was about to depart from Staples Center. “He had the support of teammates and Gerald He...
UCLA won a big game at the Rose Bowl Saturday night 17-7 against higher ranked PAC-12 rival Arizona. QB Brett Hundley passed for over 200 yards and ran for over 100. 70,000 UCLA fans saw a great game and UCLA moved up from #25 to #18 in the country. photos by Ralph Hattenbach...
The stage was finally set for the Los Angeles Clippers home opener on the day before Halloween. The NBA strategically chose the Oklahoma City Thunder, a great rival who eliminated the Clippers in the second round of the playoffs last season, to kick things off. Commissioner Adam Silver was in attendance...maybe to make sure that former banned Clippers owner Donald Sterling didn't crash the party. Sterling's former wife and co-owner, Shelly, was sitting courtside in her usual s...
The new owners of the Dodgers arrived with a plan – outspend every opponent and win the World Series pretty often. They have produced a couple of highly competitive teams, but there's been no World Series appearance yet while the Dodgers' arch-rivals, the San Francisco Giants, just won their third World Series in the last five years. I think the Dodgers must revamp their plan. They have to continue spending a lot but don't make the mistake again of spending on free agents w...
Kobe Bryant has an answer for those who think he should request a trade from the Lakers. “I’ve heard the chatter that I should ask out and go to a contender for the last years of my career. But that’s not what I do. I’m extremely loyal to the Lakers.” The chatter began when the Lakers lost their first four games this season, the first time they’ve done that since the franchise moved to Los Angeles from Minneapolis more than 50 years ago....
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor Steve Nash is one of the best point guards ever to play in the NBA. He's been MVP twice and ranks third all-time in assists. Unfortunately for the Lakers, Nash did his remarkable work before he signed here at the age of 38. In two Laker seasons he played in only 65 games, 50 the first year and 15 last season as he was unable to ward off a back injury. Last week the Lakers and Nash jointly announced he won't play this season. He didn't announce...
By Mitch Chortkoff Sports Editor He's 19 years old, one of the most talented players the Lakers have and on the NBA season's opening night Julius Randle broke his right leg. The Lakers figured to have a difficult season. Now it looks more difficult. Randle drove to the basket in the fourth quarter of a 108-90 loss to the Houston Rockets, his leg buckled and he grabbed it. Team doctors on the scene at Staples Center said Randle suffered a broken tibia and a six-month recovery...
Many NBA coaches experiment with new players and new on-court ideas during exhibition games. The theory is that in the eight practice games permitted to each team it's a good time to see what improvements might be made over last season. But not every coach feels that way. The purpose of this column is to point out the differences without deciding which plan is better. How each team performs over the upcoming 82-game schedule and the playoffs will provide the answers. The Clipp...
Xavier Henry, a key reserve on the Lakers last season, will be out while a current knee injury is receiving attention. Henry has gone to New York to receive a second opinion following knee surgery. He will then go to Germany for treatment and is unlikely to be ready when the regular season begins Oct. 28....
Despite the crazy heat - SAMO XC did very well at the PV invite October 4. They brought home five team plaques- Anya Sturm and Lucas Jackson had the fastest SAMO times and ran well against tough competition. Athlete of the meet went to Dean Zhang and Hannah for their huge improvement and overall great performance at the meet 2nd - Var girls 3rd -Var boys 3rd - JV Girls 4th - JV boys 4th - Fresh boys!!!...
When the Dodgers were quickly eliminated from the current playoffs it was likely a major change was coming. It was a matter of who would be replaced by new owners who expect their big spending to produce a World Series product – manager Don Mattingly or general manager Ned Colletti. The answer was revealed this week when Andrew Friedman was hired to be the Dodgers’ president of baseball operations. Colletti, after nine years as general manager, was relegated to the role of...
On the day Byron Scott became the new coach of the Lakers this summer three surprise guests attended the press conference. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson and Jamaal Wilkes were there to support their former teammate. "I was very surprised and deeply touched," Scott told me last Thursday night prior to the Lakers' exhibition game against the Golden State Warriors. "I didn't know they were coming to the press conference. It meant so much to me." Granted a solo interview...
It was a big day for the Los Angeles Kings last Wednesday. They opened up the 2014-15 NHL season, received their long-awaited championship rings the day before, and finally got to raise their second Stanley Cup championship banner to the rafters at Staples Center in front of a standing-room only crowd of 18,514. All while the coveted Lord Stanley’s Cup was on display at center ice during the pre-game ceremony hosted by Bob Miller, Kings long-time play-by-play announcer. There was a general feeling of giddiness inside S...
It looked for awhile like there could be a Freeway World Series this season. So, how can we explain that neither the Dodgers nor the Angels made it out of their opening playoff series? Well, we can try. The Dodgers did what the Yankees did for many years – take advantage of the fact there is no salary cap in baseball, unlike the NBA which fines teams heavily who go far above the salary cap. With new ownership, the Dodgers collected the most expensive roster in baseball h...
The Clippers lost their exhibition opener, 112-94 to the Golden States Warriors Tuesday night at Staples center. Blake Griffin had 24 points and 12 rebounds including four shots from more than 18 feet out. Chris Paul contributed 14 points and nine assists. The Clippers returned from a week of training camp in Las Vegas. All NBA teams are permitted to play eight exhibition games....
Nick Young suffered a torn ligament in his right thumb at the Lakers’ practice last Thursday. He underwent successful surgery but will be out for about eight weeks....
As a professional volleyball player in my younger years I have a special affinity to that sport. As an Israeli woman I was obligated to serve in the army for two years which unfortunately ended my indoor volleyball career. But as we know, everything happens for a good reason. That was the trigger that started my beach volleyball days. Kerri Walsh Jennings is the best beach volleyball player in the world. She's won three Olympic gold medals representing the United States. But...
During most of my lifetime the New York Yankees have been baseball's biggest spenders and often had the best team. They piled up World Series championships but in some years they didn't win in the best-of-seven final test. So I learned as we went along. It became clear to me that in baseball, where there is no salary cap, a team could virtually assure itself of being in the playoffs by accumulating the most talent for a 162-game season. But in a short series a team with a...
