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Sep 8, 2024 | 
thesportingtribune.com | Jude Ocanas |Jude Ocañas
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
thesportingtribune.com | Jude Ocanas |Jude Ocañas
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
uscannenbergmedia.com | Jude Ocanas |Jude Ocañas |Sophie Sullivan |Laurie Carrillo
The USC women’s beach volleyball team was one of the 90 NCAA National Championship teams celebrated Monday at NCAA Sports Day in the White House. The team’s visit to the White House has become an annual tradition, capturing their fourth consecutive National Collegiate beach volley championship this past season. Finishing with an overall record of 37-5, the Trojans defeated crosstown rival the UCLA Bruins in a three-set sweep, winning their record sixth title in eight years.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
uscannenbergmedia.com | Jude Ocanas |Jude Ocañas
Women’s sports are not for the future; it is the now. Annenberg Dean Willow Bay says the historic boost she gave to women’s sports this week by purchasing Angel City FC and making it the most valuable women’s sports team on earth is “only the beginning.”She sees excitement for the team and women’s sports as “contagious” and shared her views about this new endeavor, which ties into her work leading one of the nation’s leading journalism schools. “We believe this is a historic moment in sports.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
uscannenbergmedia.com | Jude Ocanas |Jude Ocañas
Dallas Cowboys training camp is almost underway in Oxnard, California, meaning football’s return is just a handful of Sundays away. With a new campaign on the horizon, the Dallas Cowboys can begin to look forward after a historical meltdown in last season’s Wild Card game versus the Green Bay Packers. After another season ending in playoff misery, Dallas headed into the 2024 offseason with glaring holes on both sides of the ball.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
uscannenbergmedia.com | Jude Ocanas |Jude Ocañas
LOS ANGELES – Storm guard Jewell Loyd scored 30 points and had seven assists en route to a Seattle Storm (17-8) victory 89-83 versus Los Angeles Sparks (6-18) Tuesday afternoon at Crypto.com Arena. In Seattle and Los Angeles’ first matchup at Crypto.com Arena this season, former Sparks power forward Nneka Ogwumike made her first appearance back in LA in Storm threads. Ogwumike spent 11 fruitful years on the Sparks and was integral to their 2016 championship run.
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Jul 12, 2024 | 
uscannenbergmedia.com | Jude Ocanas |Jude Ocañas
LOS ANGELES — Minutes are not simply given on a Curt Miller-led basketball team. They are earned. When the 2024 season started, Miller threw down the gauntlet, “Fight for the role you want, and be a champion in the role you have earned.”Amid a turbulent Los Angeles Sparks season—with injuries and losses mounting—guard Aari McDonald’s play has become a bright spot for Los Angeles. “I’m starting to find myself. I’m on rhythm, but there’s still an opportunity to grow,” McDonald said pregame on July 2.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
uscannenbergmedia.com | Hali Mecklin |Jude Ocanas |Jude Ocañas
USC President Carol Folt on Wednesday released the full results of the 2024 USC Culture Survey, which assesses USC’s commitment to its values of accountability, diversity, equity and inclusion, integrity, excellence, well-being and open communication. Some results from the more than 15,000 responses showed confidence in the university’s administration. Some did not.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
uscannenbergmedia.com | Jude Ocanas |Jude Ocañas
LOS ANGELES — Minnesota Lynx forward Bridget Carleton scored 16 points and grabbed four rebounds, lifting Minnesota to an 82-67 victory Tuesday night over the Los Angeles Sparks at Crypto.com Arena. The Lynx’s (16-6) 3-point shooting was the centerpiece of their dominant victory, made possible by their quick ball movement and off-ball motion. Minnesota converted on nine of 18 shots from 3-point range and raised its WNBA-leading 3-point conversion rate to 39.1%.
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Jul 7, 2024 | 
uscannenbergmedia.com | Jude Ocanas |Jude Ocañas
LOS ANGELES — Greatness and prestige are etched along the walls of Crypto.com Arena, magnifying the stars that step onto the court, creating All-Stars like Dearica Hamby. With the arena rafters adorned by many championship banners, expectations naturally run high for Los Angeles basketball. This season, however, the LA Sparks (5-15) have struggled in meeting these heightened expectations.
