Breaking Down the Top Contenders for This Year’s NCAA Basketball Championship
March Madness is almost here, and college basketball fans everywhere are getting ready for the thrills, upsets, and buzzer-beaters that make this tournament one of the most exciting events in sports. With Selection Sunday imminent (March 16, mark your calendar), it’s time to start analyzing the top contenders for this year’s NCAA Championship. This year’s […]
All Ball Sports: Girls Got Next: Redondo’s Zimmerman, Costa’s Yeh leading the way
by Paul Teetor Women’s basketball is having a cultural moment – locally with great players at both beach city high schools, nationally with USC’s star freshman JuJu Watkins and professionally with some great rivalries in the WNBA. After years of being ignored and belittled by the great unwashed mass of male sports fans – […]
Just birding in the park, or, Winging it with Bob Shanman
After three decades serving South Bay birders, Bob Shanman has closed Wild Birds Unlimited. But he’s not retired from birding by Bondo Wyszpolski This is a story about a shop that’s closed and a store owner who’s retired, but of course there’s more to it than that. Both the man and the store had a […]
Bridging Across States: The Story of Kentucky Athletes Who Found Success in South Bay Sports
Kentucky, a state renowned for its fervor in college basketball and horse racing, has witnessed the emergence of exceptional athletes who transcended their local sports scene to excel on the grand stages of South Bay sports. The stories of Rajon Rondo, Randall Cobb, Sydney McLaughlin, Walker Buehler, and Allyson Felix stand as testaments to the […]