Dribbling for Cancer Cure

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UCLA’s ninth annual Dribble for the Cure, which has raised $1 million in the fight against pediatric cancer, returns to the campus Sunday morning, following 8:30 registration and 10:15 welcome ceremony. Dribble for the Cure starts directly afterward. Each participant needs to bring a basketball or buy one at the event. They will dribble the 1.2-mile course around the UCLA … Read More

Centaurs’ Barrillo Gets His Kicks

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A football team is like a puzzle. If one piece is missing, the puzzle is incomplete.  Players, parents, school administrators, coaches, the offense, the defense and special teams complete the puzzle. Culver City High School placekicker Carlos Barrillo makes the Centaurs a complete team. In nine games, Barrillo has scored 66 points, made 45 of 47 extra points and seven  … Read More

Student Signups

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Culver City Lacrosse Club participates in the West Los Angeles Winter League. The league consists of teams at each of the following grade levels, K-1, 2-3, 4-5, and 6-8. The West Los Angeles Winter League includes programs from Santa Monica, Palos Verdes, Manhattan Beach, Westchester, and West Los Angeles. Most games will be hosted at Culver City High School. Early … Read More

A Special at UCLA

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An earlier ‘Dribble for the Cure’. Photo: Ering Ng / Daily Bruin

UCLA will host the ninth annual Dribble for the Cure, which has raised $1 million in the battle against pediatric cancer,   on Sunday morning, Nov. 6m at the unlikelu hour of 8:30. Women’s basketball Coach Cori Close, and Steve Alford, coach of the men’s team, along with the UCLA Athletic Dept., will team with Bruin Hall of Famer John Vallely, … Read More

QB Martin Racks up a Big 5

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Culver City High School’s football team is embedded in a four-way tie for first place in the Ocean League, but that will change on Friday night. Deadlocked with El Segundo, Lawndale and Hawthorne at 2-1, the Centaurs will host Santa Monica on Senior Night at 7 o’clock inside the Jerry Chabola Stadium. Culver City, 5-3 overall, is ranked No. 2 … Read More

Bruins Have No Options

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UCLA cannot afford another loss in the Pac-12 l if they expect to have a winning season and earn a respectable bowl bid during the holidays. They have five more regular season games, beginning Saturday against No. 19 Utah at the Rose Bowl at 1 o’clock on channel 11. The 3-4 Bruins are 1-3 in the Pac-12, one mere game … Read More

Centaurs Chasing a Sweep

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The Culver City High School football team appears ready to sweep its next three Ocean League games after facing two of the best the last two weeks. They beat El Segundo three weeks ago and lost to Lawndale last week. On Friday, the Centaurs are at Hawthorne for a 7 o’clock game. Next week the Centaurs host Santa Monica at … Read More

Can Sparks Go All Way?

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Alana Beard. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

For the first time in years, the two best teams in the WNBA are playing for the championship. The Los Angeles Sparks and the Minnesota Lynx have each won one game in a best-of-five series. The most important game of the series is Friday night at 6 at the Galen Center on the USC campus. What makes the series so … Read More

Streaking Centaurs Off to Lawndale

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The 4-2 Culver City High School football team rode a terrific second-half comeback to 24-19 win over a very good El Segundo team last Friday in front of a packed Homecoming crowd inside Jerry Chabola Stadium. This week, the Centaurs will hit the road, playing another strong Ocean League team, 3-3 Lawndale, Friday evening at 7. It’s going to take … Read More

Best Start Since 2006

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Los Angeles Rams

At 3-1 with Buffalo coming up Sunday, the Rams are off to their best start in 10 years. The Rams play the 2-2 Bills at 1:25 Sunday a week after Buffalo pulled a 16-0 upset of New England. In first place in the Western Division of the NFC, the Rams are winning with different combinations every week. The offense, defense, … Read More