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CIF Championships Have Familiar Ring To Them
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 11 December 2008
Hmmm, don't I know you from somewhere? The teams that reached championship weekend of the CIF playoffs might be asking this question as several matchups will be rematches against teams they know ... read more >>

Miami Coach Decries Lack of Diversity In Ranks
Written by Associated Press 04 December 2008
After 2008 season, Randy Shannon will be only Black football coach at a BCS school CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP)-Of the 65 coaches leading programs affiliated with the Bowl Championship Series, Miami's ... read more >>

A Rivalry It's Not
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 04 December 2008
If you think Saturday's game between USC and UCLA at the Rose Bowl won't be memorable considering the states of both programs, think again. It'll be remembered as the day the Trojan defense ... read more >>

Florida State's Rolle wins Rhodes Scholarship
Written by Sentinel News Service 27 November 2008
Florida State safety Myron Rolle won a Rhodes scholarship less than three hours before the Seminoles kicked off in College Park against Maryland. Rolle was one of seven finalists who interviewed in ... read more >>

Prep Football Top 10 (11-20-08 Edition)
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 20 November 2008
The final poll of the year and now it's time to march in the postseason. Good luck to everyone playing. 1. Long Beach Poly (10-0) - The road to defend their Pac-5 championship starts Friday against ... read more >>

Cougars Roar In Wild Home Thriller
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 20 November 2008
For the first time in 41 years, Los Angeles Southwest College hosted a football game and for a few hours on a clear Saturday afternoon that turned hazy from fires across the Southland, the campus ... read more >>

Prep Football Top 10 (11-13-08)
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 13 November 2008
It's the final week of the regular season so here are the next-to-last rankings of the year. 1. Long Beach Poly (9-0): Only Long Beach Jordan stands between them and the No. 1 seed in the Pac-5 ... read more >>

Inglewood's Evans commits to Notre Dame
Written by Evan Barnes (Sports Editor) 13 November 2008
The wide receiver is also selected to U.S. Army All-American Bowl Inglewood wide receiver Shaquelle Evans had two reasons to feel proud before his team's game against Santa Monica last week. First, ... read more >>

Prep Football Top 10 (11-6-08 Edition)
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 06 November 2008
Two more weeks 'til the playoffs and the contenders are starting to take shape. On to the rankings leading into Week 9 1. Long Beach Poly (8-0): Compton might be the last remaining challenge ... read more >>

Crenshaw Shuts Out Dorsey
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 31 October 2008
The 34-0 victory is largest since 1999 The energy was electric on both sides at the annual Crenshaw-Dorsey game but all it took was the opening kickoff to permanently send it over to the Crenshaw ... read more >>

Sentinel Prep Top 10
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 30 October 2008
Week 7 shook up the polls so here's where the rankings stand heading into Week 8. 1. Long Beach Poly (7-0): 76 consecutive league wins and counting. And it gets no better for opponents because ... read more >>

Former Dorsey standout Chris Mims dead at 38
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 15 October 2008
Former National Football League defensive end Chris Mims, who played at Dorsey High School and Los Angeles Southwest Junior College, was found dead today in his Los Angeles apartment. He was 38 years ... read more >>

Black and Beautiful!
Written by Evan Barnes (Sports Editor) 01 October 2008
Angel City Classic draws more than 52,000 If you could describe what the Angel City Classic is, you couldn’t just say that last Saturday was a game between Morehouse College and Prairie ... read more >>

Compton edges Dominguez
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 25 September 2008
22 years. That's how long it had been since Compton had defeated Dominguez before last week's 12-8 victory. The Tarbabe players may not have been around that long ago, but they celebrated ... read more >>

Sentinel Prep Football Top 10
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 25 September 2008
1. Long Beach Poly (2-0) - No shocker here, they destroyed Newport Harbor 26-2 and are ready for a rematch with Carson tomorrow.2. Loyola (2-1) - Nearly pulled off the state's biggest upset ... read more >>

Russell excels in first training camp
Written by Josh Dubow, Associated Press 31 July 2008
NAPA, Calif. - JaMarcus Russell was greeted at his first NFL training camp with some good-natured ribbing from veteran teammates acting surprised that he knew his way to the Oakland Raiders summer home ... read more >>

NSEF to host Gridiron War IX Saturday
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 26 June 2008
Nationwide Sports & Education Foundation (NSEF) will host their 9th annual Gridiron War football showcase on Saturday featuring some of the top high school players in the region. The game will be ... read more >>

Gridiron War IX on June 28
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 19 June 2008
Ten years ago, tennis was not widely regarded as one of the more popular sports within South Los Angeles. Children not even old enough to speak had already mastered dunking their miniature size basketballs ... read more >>

Local talent feels breeze of NFL Draft
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 01 May 2008
'GIANT' STEP: USC cornerback Terrell Thomas, shown here after defeating UCLA last year, was taken in the second round by the New York Giants. The Rancho Cucamonga-born Thomas joins former teammate ... read more >>

Vikings Udeze Recovering From Leukemia, finds Donor in Brother
Written by Associated Press 24 April 2008
Former Verbum Dei, USC standout contracted disease in January EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — His head shaved bald and his face a bit thinner than before, Kenechi Udeze otherwise looked fit and strong ... read more >>

Bradford Waiting to Catch NFL Call
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 24 April 2008
Former Fremont Star on NFL Draft Board Like most of the nation’s top football players, Mark Bradford is anxious to hear his name called at this weekend’s NFL Draft. “It would be ... read more >>

Dungy To Stay As Colts Coach
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 24 January 2008
After weighing over his options during the previous week, Tony Dungy announced on Monday he will return for his seventh season as Indianapolis Colts head coach. The highest profile Black coach in the ... read more >>

All Sentinel Team, L.B. Poly Tops CIF-SS Picks
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 27 December 2007
Nick Koza for Sentinel PhotoMIGHTY CASEY: Long Beach Poly defensive end Jurrell Casey headlines three Poly selections on the 2007 All-Star team. Casey (134 tackles) was a major factor the Jackrabbits ... read more >>

Trojans Smelling Like Roses After 24-7 Victory Over UCLA
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 06 December 2007
When USC lost to Stanford in October, their chances of a national championship were dead. When they lost to Oregon that same month, their chances for the Pac-10 title were alleged to be dead. But after ... read more >>

Coliseum Collapse: Birmingham, Carson Advance to City Finals
Written by Brian W. Carter (Staff Writer) 06 December 2007
In the NFL over the last few years, there has been no bigger rivalry than the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts, with both teams having faced each other in high profile regular season and playoff ... read more >>

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