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(Games at 7 p.m. Friday unless noted.) Poly (2-0) vs. Mission Viejo (3-0) at Veterans Memorial Stadium Two undefeated, nationally ranked teams will take the field in Long Beach tonight as the No. 10 Jackrabbits host the No. 25 Diablos (per MaxPreps’ rankings). Mission Viejo beat Poly 42-14 last year and is ranked ahead of the Jackrabbits in the CIF Southe Section’s Division 1 poll this week. “It...

VIDEO: Is something wrong with St. John Bosco football offense? We discuss why the St. John Bosco football offense isn’t putting up the big numbers that helped the Braves win the CIF-SS and CIF State titles last season. Advertisement Click here to subscribe to Digital & Home Delivery - 50% off About the Author JJ Fiddler is a sportswriter and videographer who has been coveri...

TORRANCE >> In a showdown of nationally-ranked programs, St. John Bosco wore down Chaminade in the second half for a 31-17 victory over the Eagles. “They’re a good football team, that was a quarterfinalist last year,” said Bosco coach Jason Negro. “I didn’t think we’d play so poorly offensively; we should’ve been up by more at halftime.” The first half was all about the defenses, though, as ...

The heat wave this week in Southe Califoia has forced area high schools to adjust practice and game times for their sports team, and to adhere to guidelines that are in place to protect the safety of the athletes. The San Feando Valley and Inland regions have felt the most disruption, as temperatures in those areas have soared well above 100 degrees since Monday. In the L.A. City Section, so...

Here are the Week Zero games for local high school football on Friday. Games at 7 p.m. unless noted. St. John Bosco at St. Thomas Aquinas, 4 p.m. Reigning CIF-Southe Section and CIF State champion Bosco opens the season in Florida against the defending state champion Raiders, and that’s nothing new. Coach Jason Negro has scheduled eight out-of-state opponents in the last six years. The Braves ar...

BELLFLOWER >> “Our expectations are to win a national championship,” St. John Bosco senior Jaiden Woodbey said after a recent practice. “We have the mentality and leaders to do it.” St. John Bosco is one of few high school football programs in the country where a player can say something like that with conviction. Coming off of its second CIF State title in four years, Bosco is a legitimate ...

Tampering is an NBA problem, no doubt. Particularly when the tamperers and tamperees are one and the same. Paul George made it known, through the many media outlets and “industry sources” at his and his agent’s disposal, that he wanted out of Indiana and into Staples Center. His contract doesn’t end until next year. So now the NBA is investigating the Lakers for getting too public about George. This has become the definition of tampering, apparently. You might as well punish an ostrich for buryi...

BELLFLOWER >> Most of the local high school football teams are participating in preseason scrimmages this week, and reigning CIF State champion St. John Bosco hosted its scrimmage Thursday against Long Beach Wilson. Bosco, ranked No. 4 in the nation according to MaxPreps, dominated the abbreviated game and special teams portion in preparation for the Aug. 25 season opener in Florida against St. Thomas Aquinas. “It was about time we played another opponent,” Bosco coach Jason Negro said. “I...

Little context is required to understand John Stevens’ loyalty. Since Stevens was 18, the Kings coach’s employment record consists of three hockey organizations. He tued 51 in May. Before the Kings promoted him to head coach in April, his other NHL head coaching stint was for the same Philadelphia...

Trumaine Johnson will play for the Rams in 2017, but it seems increasingly unlikely that the Califoia native will stick around long term. As expected, the Rams failed to agree to terms with Johnson, their top coerback, before Monday’s deadline. That means Johnson will play out the 2017 season un...

Patrick Rodgers shot a 7-under 64 on Friday to take a two-shot lead after the second round of the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic in Silvis, Ill. Rodgers had eight birdies and a bogey to finish at 13-under 129 at TPC Deere Run. Finishing on the front nine, he had five birdies in a seven-hole stretch b...

Lacrosse came to Avonna Usher, a 16-year-old junior at Granite Bay High School northeast of Sacramento, the way sports come to many young athletes — at school. The pure pleasure of hurling a 40-yard pass has driven her to attack her leaing disability, improve her grades and win a verbal commitment...

The St. John Bosco defense shined at the Edison High School “Battle at the Beach” 7v7 event on a hot Saturday afteoon. The Braves went 3-1 in pool play and defeated Cathedral and Edison in the first two rounds of the Gold Division pool play before falling 7-6 to Mater Dei in the championship. “I w...

EL SEGUNDO >> The crowd hovered around LaVar Ball, reporters and cameramen eager to document what Lonzo Ball’s outspoken father might say next. LaVar Ball never has shied away from his bold proclamations. So he wrote everyone’s headline for them. “I don’t think the Lakers are going to make the...

EL SEGUNDO – Extensive research led Magic Johnson down a path that was not limited to watching Lonzo Ball play in person and on video. Johnson also traveled to Ball’s former high school in Chino Hills where the Lakers’ president of basketball operations asked detailed questions to his principal and ...

EL SEGUNDO >> The first son bo into a basketball family, Lonzo Ball was bred for stardom. What he knew about Magic Johnson, a superstar who last played in the NBA a year before he was bo, came from the stories his father, LaVar, told and what he could glean from the grainy footage of games...

Jimmie Johnson sped off on the final restart and eaed another slice of NASCAR history, winning at Dover Inteational Speedway for the 11th time and moving into a tie for sixth on the career victories list. Johnson again made an impact Sunday at his favorite track — and he worked hard to take this...

STANFORD – Cal State Fullerton got an impressive pitching performance from John Gavin and just enough timely hits to defeat Stanford 4-1 on Friday at the Stanford Regional of the NCAA baseball touament at Sunken Diamond. Gavin went seven innings, allowing just one run on three hits and striking ou...

Interview with St. John Bosco football head coach Jason Negro at the college showcase with 50 colleges represented. Bosco will be trying to repeat as CIF Southe Section Pac-5 Division and state champions. With three months until the season begins, the team currently has 22 players with a Division 1 scholarship offer.AdvertisementLet's block ads! بخوانید...

LOS ANGELES >> Fourteen years ago, when Joe Maddon was the Angels bench coach, his team handed the ball for Game 7 of the World Series to an untested rookie named John Lackey. On Wednesday, as manager of the Chicago Cubs, Maddon will hand the ball for Game 4 of the National League Championship Series to a wily old veteran named … John Lackey. And, to hear Maddon tell it, there is little difference. “He hasn’t changed at all,” Maddon said. “He’s in better shape. That’s my answer. He’s actua...