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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Life After 'Death'

SMU has never bounced back from NCAA's penalty to football program nearly two decades ago

Thursday, April 28, 2005
Coach Pleads No Contest to Statutory Rape

Former UCLA football player and Rialto Eisenhower High School football Coach Glenn Thompkins pleaded no contest last week to one count of statutory rape involving a former female student at...

Friday, April 15, 2005
QUOTEBOOK

'I just manage the game downstairs. It's not a problem. It's easy. Everybody does it.'

Friday, January 28, 2005
A Lot Was Riding on This Guest Spot

Jockey Patti Barton recalls her appearance on Carson's show, and the wild story she told.

Thursday, August 5, 2004
Pistons Get Coleman From 76ers

The Detroit Pistons acquired Derrick Coleman and Amal McCaskill from the Philadelphia 76ers in a trade Wednesday for Corliss Williamson.

Sunday, June 6, 2004
Nothing to Something

After a tumultuous summer, Kobe Bryant questioned whether to continue his career. He opted to play and, despite the rough moments, has gone from ...

Friday, May 14, 2004
Services Are Scheduled for Leuzinger's Barrs

Funeral services for Lawndale Leuzinger sophomore Khelcey Barrs, who collapsed and died Tuesday night after he played in a series of basketball games, are scheduled for next weekend in Los Angeles.

Friday, July 11, 2003
2 Molested by Coach Sue the Little League

San Bernardino siblings say a background check would have revealed the perpetrator's record.

Saturday, June 7, 2003
Absolutely No Place Like Home for Galaxy

After eight games (and no wins) on the road, opening of Home Depot Center means a lot.

Thursday, May 1, 2003
USOC's Actions on Lewis Justified by IAAF

Track and field body says rules were followed in the clearance of athletes in drug cases.

Saturday, April 12, 2003
Red Wings More Rested, Used to Playoff Grind

DETROIT -- Fatigue was the concern, or at least the question, for the Mighty Ducks and Detroit Red Wings on Friday.

Wednesday, March 5, 2003
They've Found Their Trophy Life

Two of the most prestigious soccer trophies in the world are sitting in a radio studio in Santa Monica and two men armed with microphones are treating them like dime-store drums.

Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Shaq's Not Back in Time

Shaquille O'Neal was the lone Laker to miss practice Monday, less than a day after he played 26 minutes, some of them at point guard, at the All-Star game in Atlanta.

Friday, December 27, 2002
Otis Makes Quick Impact in Return to Dominguez

His team loses to Fairfax, 64-61, in his first game but serves notice it won't repeat last season's dismal showing.

Tuesday, October 29, 2002
NBA Suspends Fox for First Six Games After Altercation With Kings' Christie

Rick Fox put up little resistance Monday afternoon to a six-game suspension, his punishment for smacking and then hunting down Sacramento King guard Doug Christie in an exhibition game three...

Sunday, August 25, 2002
Manute Bol Back in U.S. -- as a Refugee

Sports: Ex-NBA player pays a heavy price for activism in his war-torn Sudanese homeland.

Wednesday, July 24, 2002
Williams' Children Are Unable to Settle Dispute

Two of Ted Williams' children withdrew their request to settle privately the dispute with their half sister over the Hall of Famer's remains.

Saturday, June 8, 2002
One Thing Consistent: Defense Isn't Resting

Lakers: Players say there's a reason for the Nets' 34.9% shooting, and it isn't simply an off night.

Wednesday, June 5, 2002
Net Fan Says Lakers Will Win

I need to start with a disclaimer.

Saturday, April 27, 2002
League Warns Montreal, Boston in Aftermath of Zednik's Injury

Boston and Montreal have been warned by the NHL to keep their emotions under control for Game 5 of their first-round series today at Boston, following Thursday's vicious hit on Canadien forward...

Wednesday, April 10, 2002
Titanium Bats Mostly Marketing Tools

The recent decision by the National Federation of State High Schools Assns. that allows baseball players to use titanium bats has amounted to much ado about very little titanium.

Wednesday, February 6, 2002
He Disappears More Than Doug Henning

I couldn't pass on the chance while I was back here to see Michael perform and do the amazing unbelievable things he has been doing, and you know how he likes playing in Madison Square Garden.

Friday, January 4, 2002
Dorsey Takes the Grand Prize

Quarterbacks: After watching Crouch win several major awards, Miami star's consolation is a national title.

Monday, September 10, 2001
High School Football Stats: Passing
Thursday, March 15, 2001
Schrader Discusses Earnhardt Crash

Motor racing: Driver says he will never forget what he saw as he looked into the Intimidator's car.

Thursday, February 22, 2001
Earnhardt Buried as Pastor Recalls Their Final Prayer

Dale Earnhardt was buried in his birthplace Wednesday in a private service, even as his team prepared to return the cars he would have driven to the track.

Thursday, May 25, 2000
View From The Other Side

What papers in the Portland area are saying about the series:

Saturday, May 20, 2000
Cypress Loses Its Regional Opener to East Los Angeles

The road to a fourth state championship just got a little longer and a lot rougher for the Cypress College baseball team.

Tuesday, May 16, 2000
Adam Petty Mourned by Family and Friends

As her devastated parents, stunned stock car racers and more than 1,000 other mourners looked on Monday, 14-year-old Montgomery Lee Petty bade a final farewell to her brother Adam.

Thursday, January 6, 2000
GRIPPING SEASON

Sure-Handed Fauria Catches On With Playoff-Bound Seattle

Monday, December 13, 1999
Help Might Be on the Way

It's unknown how much freshman Sandy Fletcher, who played safety on USC's football team, will be able to help the basketball team other than provide another 6-foot-3, 185-pound practice body when...

Tuesday, October 12, 1999
Odom comes to Clippers with an eventful past but basketball skills far beyond his 19 years

Lamar Odom was found unconscious in a Las Vegas-area brothel on Tuesday and taken to a hospital.

Sunday, August 8, 1999
Joe DiMaggio Jr.; Son of Yankees Baseball Legend Led Troubled Life

Joe DiMaggio Jr., the only child of baseball great Joe DiMaggio, died late Friday at a hospital in the Northern California town of Antioch, apparently of natural causes, hospital officials said...

Saturday, June 26, 1999
Memorial for Basketball Coach to Be Held Today

A memorial celebration will be held today in honor of a South Los Angeles basketball community figure who died last week after being found unconscious in his Century Boulevard home.

Saturday, April 17, 1999
Gretzky Ceremony to Delay Finale

The Kings said Friday that they would delay the start of Sunday's game against St.

Friday, March 12, 1999
Marbury Traded to Nets; Timberwolves Get Brandon

Stephon Marbury was traded to the New Jersey Nets on Thursday in a nine-player deal involving the Minnesota Timberwolves and Milwaukee Bucks.

Friday, December 18, 1998
Moseley's a Real Jonny on the Spot

Another storm blew through Sunday, and with it came Jonny Moseley, the flashy young skier who took the world by storm last February at the Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Tuesday, November 24, 1998
Johnson Gets Big Penalty

Hockey: King enforcer is suspended 12 games by NHL for hit on Beukeboom and will forfeit more than $95,000.

Tuesday, April 21, 1998
Former UCLA Star Toring Dies at 23

Water polo: Ex-Harvard-Westlake standout never recovers after being hit by a bus.

Wednesday, February 11, 1998
Weighty Issue

Tabloids Take Sumo's Akebono to Task for Engagement to Japanese-American Woman

Rebagliati Stripped of Gold

Snowboarding: Canadian winner of men's giant slalom tested positive for marijuana after race and is disqualified.

Wednesday, October 22, 1997
Johnson Ordered to Stay Away From Wife

Dennis Johnson is accused of grabbing his wife's throat and holding a knife to her face, and the former Boston Celtic star was ordered Tuesday to leave his Florida home and stay away from her.

Sunday, October 19, 1997
Prep Football / Update

A look at the Southern Section divisions in which Orange County's large-school football teams compete (rankings are from Southern Section divisional polls): DIVISION I A 24-7 victory by Los...

Monday, September 1, 1997
49ers Sapped by Injuries to Young, Rice

When the outcome was no longer in doubt, Warren Sapp danced in jubilation and Steve Young walked wobbly to the visiting sideline, where Jerry Rice was already standing on crutches.

Monday, July 14, 1997
Friend: 'Nobody Killed Ron Hansen'

Investigation: Case involving jockey's death has apparently reopened, but admitted race-fixer and former acquaintance says there was no murder.

Thursday, May 22, 1997
Even Ostertag Taking Shots at Shaq

Shaquille O'Neal can accept that he did not dominate Utah's Greg Ostertag in the Western Conference semifinals, averaging 22 points and shooting 49.4%, relatively neutralizing what should have...

Thursday, February 27, 1997
Militant Maggie Hathaway Never Quits Fighting for Her Cause

Years of crusading for the integration of golf culminated for Maggie Hathaway in 1971, when the first African American invited to play the Masters was announced at the first tee.

Sunday, January 12, 1997
Sutton Winning Daily in the Game of Life : He Takes Failure to Make Baseball's Hall in Stride While Celebrating Infant Daughter's Fragile Life

Don Sutton somehow does not qualify for the Hall of Fame, again.

Monday, December 9, 1996
Falcons Get Best of Saints

Bobby Hebert overcame two interceptions and a fumble to throw three touchdown passes Sunday as the Atlanta Falcons defeated the New Orleans Saints, 31-15.

Saturday, November 23, 1996
De La Hoya May Put Whitaker on His Itinerary

Boxing: Arum says Chavez is asking for too much money for rematch.

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