Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh are undeniably the greatest women’s beach volleyball tandem in history after winning their second consecutive Olympic gold medal today in Beijing with a straight-set 21-18, 21-18 victory over China’s Tian Jia and Wang Jie. [CLICK HERE TO READ THE LOS ANGELES TIMES' ACCOUNT]
The duo put the finishing touches on their preparations for [...]

Like most people, when I heard the NCAA had put Long Beach State’s basketball program on three-years probation forcing it to forfeit all games the past two seasons, including post-season, my first thought was: Great, does that mean they get a Mulligan on that 600-point loss to Tennessee in last year’s NCAA tournament?

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When Boise State running back Ian Johnson took the ball on a Statue of Liberty play, swept left, and ran into the end zone for the two-point conversion that beat Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, it not only capped the best, most exciting college football game of last [...]