Centennial, Sierra Canyon seeded No. 1 in basketball regionals
The combined attendance Saturday night for four high school championship basketball games played at Honda Center was 12,501. Those who stuck around to witness the…
How USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb balances family and basketball
BOULDER, Colo. — A three-month-old baby sleeps peacefully in an almost silent room in the tunnels of CU Events Center. While music thumps on the court,…
High school basketball: City and Southern Section championship results
CITY BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS Saturday Boys’ Open Division: Taft 64, Fairfax 62 Boys’ Division I: Grant 63, Venice 53 Girls’ Open Division: Westchester 51, Granada Hills…
Zack Davidson leads Mater Dei boys’ basketball to Division 1 title
He is the big brother, both spiritually and literally. It would seem to be a tough position, the only senior on a historically dominant Santa…
Brandon Miller’s presence hanging over Alabama basketball season
It took until the second television timeout of Saturday’s game before the ESPN announcing crew assigned to Alabama-Arkansas discussed the biggest story in college basketball…
Garfield defeats Arleta for its first boys’ basketball City title
Eventually, Jamaal Barnes realized he simply couldn’t lose his son. The Garfield High coach didn’t quite see it until this year. His son Jayden was…
High school basketball: City championship results
CITY BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPSThursdayBoys’ Division II: Eagle Rock 53, South Gate 49Boys’ Division V: Port of Los Angeles 67, New Designs Watts 37Girls’ Division III: Vaughn…
Eagle Rock wins City Section Division II boys’ basketball title
As the awards were being presented to his players for winning the City Section Division II boys’ basketball championship Thursday night with a 53-49 victory…
Girls basketball showdown: Who wins, Sierra Canyon or Etiwanda?
This is like Medusa, the fearsome deity of Greek myth, turning a poor fellow to stone — and he being grateful for the opportunity. This…
High school championship schedule: City and Southern Section basketball and soccer championships
CITY BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS TBA Boys’ Division V: University Pathways Public Service/New Designs Watts winner at #1 Port of Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Wednesday Girls’ Division…
Prep Rally: It’s championship weekend for high school basketball, soccer and wrestling
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. My name is Eric Sondheimer. It’s championship weekend for winter sports in Southern California. Get your…
Taft tops Westchester to advance to City boys’ basketball final
Since he was 7, Souljah Niles of Taft said he first heard the story of his father, Kenyatta, being a standout basketball player at Monroe…
High school girls’ basketball: Southern Section semifinal results and championship schedule
GIRLS’ BASKETBALLSOUTHERN SECTIONOPEN DIVISIONSaturdayPool ASierra Canyon 89, Sage Hill 45Ontario Christian 74, Bishop Montgomery 70Pool BEtiwanda 71, Mater Dei 58Corona Santiago 65, Windward 47 DIVISION…
Kansas, Big 12 highlight biggest winners from men’s college basketball
The Big 12 has been the class of college basketball all season, and on Saturday Kansas made an argument for being the class of that conference.Just a…
High school boys’ basketball: Southern Section semifinal results and updated schedule
BOYS’ BASKETBALL SOUTHERN SECTION OPEN DIVISION Friday Pool A Corona Centennial 73, Bishop Montgomery 55 Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 70, Sierra Canyon 53 Pool B…
Harvard-Westlake boys’ basketball defeats West Ranch
Brady Dunlap raised his fist in the air. It was the final seconds of Harvard-Westlake’s 59-50 victory over Santa Clarita West Ranch before a sold-out…
High school basketball: City semifinal results and updated schedule
CITY OPEN DIVISION Semifinals, Saturday at Pasadena CC #8 Westchester vs. #4 Taft, 5:30 p.m. #3 Fairfax vs. #2 Birmingham, 7 p.m. DIVISION I Semifinals,…
Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2023 finalists announced
Finalists have been announced for the 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame class.Among NBA stars named finalists were longtime Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, Miami Heat…
High school boys’ basketball: City playoff results and updated pairings
BOYS’ BASKETBALL CITY OPEN DIVISION Semifinals, Saturday at Pasadena CC #8 Westchester vs. #4 Taft, 5:30 p.m. #3 Fairfax vs. #2 Birmingham, 7 p.m. DIVISION…
It’s Western League vs. West Valley League in City Section Open Division basketball semifinals
First-year Fairfax coach Jamal Hartwell has his basketball team in the City Section Open Division semifinals with some impressive coaches. There’s three-time City champion Derrick…