Palos Verdes High coach Guy Gardner is The Times’ football coach of the year for 2024. (Steve Galluzzo) The road to a championship usually involves plenty of twists and turns and it’s up to the head coach to straighten things out. Guy Gardner did that for Palos Verdes this season. A year ago, the Sea … Read more
No. 52 Tomuhini Topui of Mater Dei High was a dominating defensive lineman this season. (Craig Weston) Tomuhini Topui, who is 6 feet 3 and 315 pounds, was Mater Dei High’s Great Wall on defense this season. “Everywhere you could be up front, I was there,” he said. The junior was moved around from edge … Read more
An inside look at the Jets-Rams Week 16 matchup at MetLife Stadium: Marquee matchup Rams RB Kyren Williams vs. Jets front seven The Jets run defense, which has been leaky at times this season, gets a big test. Williams has rushed for 1,121 yards and 12 touchdowns this season on 280 carries. 4Kyren Williams has rushed for … Read more
There was a running theme to Coach Ben Howland’s assessment after UCLA’s 75-68 loss to Oregon on Saturday. “I thought we played really, really well in the first half … “ “The first half, we played great … “ “We obviously won the first half … “ Howland’s postmortem to the Bruins was a bit … Read more
When the wrestling season began, Cal State Fullerton Coach Ardeshir Asgari wasn’t sure who would be his heavyweight. Asgari was disappointed when 280-pound Zino Hessing, a wrestler he had recruited to take over the spot this season, dropped out of school last fall for personal reasons. However, Jonathan DyReyes has come to the rescue. But … Read more
A crucial Saturday for all the Bruins has additional implications for one of them as the the best third-string tailback–or so says the depth chart–in the country begins the battle to regain his starting job. “I’m not going to put a lot of weight on my shoulders, but it is a big game,” Jermaine Lewis … Read more
An inside look at Sunday’s Giants-Falcons Week 16 matchup at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta: Marquee matchup Falcons RB Bijan Robinson vs. Giants ILB Micah McFadden Of course, this is not a mano-a-mano confrontation, but these two combatants will meet up several times on the field. Robinson is an excellent player. He is fifth in the league in … Read more
The world’s best golfers teed it up Thursday at Shinnecock Hills and once again found the place hard to spell and even harder to play. The U.S. Open, which is usually a four-day experience in pain and suffering, began extracting equal amounts of both under friendly skies at gleaming Shinnecock, where a sunny disposition masked … Read more
Two-way star Shohei Ohtani announced he has signed with the Dodgers. (Photo illustration by Comrade / For The Times; photograph by Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) The Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes are over. The Dodgers, as they had long dreamed, held the winning ticket. In a blockbuster announcement Saturday, Ohtani agreed to a 10-year, … Read more
Bishop Alemany’s players and coaches pose for a photo after winning the Division III state boys’ basketball title. (Eric Sondheimer / Los Angeles Times) Michael Lindsay, the nephew of Hall of Fame basketball player Reggie Miller, turned his final basketball game into a moment to cherish Friday on an NBA court at the Golden 1 … Read more
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