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Taft, Dominguez Headline Division I State Regional Bracket
Written by Evan Barnes 02 March 2008
Poly No. 1, Narbonne No. 3 in girls’ Division I bracket There’s no time to rest for CIF City champions Taft and Narbonne or Southern Section Division I-AA champions Dominguez and Long Beach Poly as ... read more >>

View Park Crowned With Second City Title Sweep
Written by Evan Barnes 02 March 2008
Small school champs make it two it in a row over LACES Don’t look now but the most successful basketball power in the area isn’t Crenshaw or Dorsey – it’s tiny View Park Prep, who completed their ... read more >>

POLY SHUTS DOWN MILLIKAN 66-33 FOR THIRD CIF TITLE
Written by Evan Barnes 01 March 2008
If there was any doubt that Long Beach Poly wouldn’t leave the Walter Pyramid with the CIF title, it was eliminated when senior forward Jasmine Dixon registered two blocks on one of Long Beach Millikan’s ... read more >>

Burns Takes Over as 51st President of Sugar Bowl
Written by Evan Barnes 21 February 2008
The New Orleans native is the 2nd Black President in the organization’s history For Ronnie Burns, being announced as the new President of the Sugar Bowl Committee was a moment he has prepared for his ... read more >>

Woods Unveils Statue of Father at Learning Center
Written by Associated Press 24 January 2008
PAYING TRIBUTE TO DAD: Tiger Woods speaks to the crowd as the statue of him and his late father, Earl, stands in the lobby. Woods spoke about how the statue symbolized his father's unconditional ... read more >>

Taylor Posthumously oted to NFC Pro Bowl Team
Written by Associated Press 27 December 2007
NEW YORK (AP) - Pro Bowl voters honored the memory of Sean Taylor. They also used a lot of votes on Dallas Cowboys and none on the NFC South, which didn’t get a player into the league’s ... read more >>

UCLA Signs a Heralded Class of Four on the First Signing Day
Written by Sentinel Staff Writer 22 November 2007
UCLA head coach Ben Howland announced Nov. 14, the signing of a heralded class of four student-athletes to National Letters of Intent to attend UCLA in the fall of 2008. It was the first day of the early ... read more >>

Resolution for Don King
Written by Kenneth Miller (Contributing Writer) 22 November 2007
LAST LAUGH: Boxing promoter Don King always seems to get last laugh on his competition. Here, he promotes blockbuster pay-per-view event featuring Roy Jones Jr. and Felix Trinidad. Famed boxing promoter ... read more >>

Sports Lawyer Glenn Hopes to Reverse Trend for Blacks
Written by Sentinel Staff Writer 08 November 2007
California attorney Everett L. Glenn, is expanding his business law practice with the establishment of Entertainment & Sports Plus. The firm will focus on providing tools and services to help athletes ... read more >>

COMENTARY: Tha Duce
Written by Kenneth Miller (Contributing Writer) 11 October 2007
It is rather fitting that more than 50,000 people will be showing up this week to celebrate my 30 years with the Sentinel as Taste of Soul unveils itself to the world again on Sat. Oct. 13 on Crenshaw ... read more >>

Track Star Jones Admits to Steroid Use
Written by Sentinel Staff Writer 11 October 2007
The five medals won by Marion Jones in Sydney are history after the track sprinter sent a letter to close family and friends admitting that she used steroids before the 2000 Olympics.On Monday she agreed ... read more >>

U.S. Soccer's Next Big Thing
Written by Martin Rogers, Yahoo Sports 23 August 2007
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - In 1998, Wyclef Jean was getting immersed in his solo career after leaving The Fugees, David Beckham was playing in his first World Cup and Ronaldinho was tearing up the Brazilian ... read more >>

The Crucifixion of Vick is Unjustified
Written by Kenneth Miller (Contributing Writer) 23 August 2007
It is ironic that Falcons star quarterback Michael Vick’s federal guilty plea has divided him as wide as the Red Sea from his football legacy.Bobble head talk radio hosts, bland television commentators, ... read more >>

Woods Wins Bridgestone Invitational for Record-Tying Sixth Time
Written by Associated Press 09 August 2007
Associated Press AKRON, Ohioâ€” Firestone always seems the perfect place for Tiger Woods to show his best stuff. This year, the timing could not have been much better. In the final event before ... read more >>

Purses Average An Unprecedented $448,909 At Hollywood Park
Written by Sentinel Staff Writer 19 July 2007
INGLEWOOD, Calif.- Handle soared by 8.9 percent to a record daily average of $11,335,575 as Hollywood Park closed its 63-day Spring/Summer Meet Sunday with impressive increases in on-track business over ... read more >>

Olympic Track Star Jones is Broke
Written by Sentinel Staff Writer 05 July 2007
Seven years after winning a women’s record five Olympic track and field medals and snagging multimillion-dollar endorsement deals, Marion Jones is broke.The sprinter is heavily in debt, fighting ... read more >>

Emery Is Ray Of Light For Senators
Written by Evan Barnes, Sentinel Staff Writer 07 June 2007
The Ottawa Senators advanced to this year’s Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in team history and goaltender Ray Emery is a big reason why.After splitting throughout early this season with ... read more >>

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