Category: Sports

Ten years ago Los Angeles resident John “Khamadi” Grimble came up with a plan. He was recovering from an accident where he was hit by a car and a steel plate had to be inserted into his knee, so he had been physically inactive for a while.

The Drew League has been around for 40 years, since Alvin Willis established the summer league at Drew Middle School on the corner of Firestone and Compton Ave. The goal of the league was to bring back some of the school’s alumni for basketball games.
Years later, under the guidance of Dino Smiley, the Drew League has featured the likes of Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and several other NBA All-Stars.

Former Los Angeles Lakers great Michael Cooper has been diagnosed with tougue cancer. Cooper, head coach of the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA, made the announcement on Monday, one day after coaching the East team to a 125-124 win in the 2014 WNBA All-Star Game.

The slogan for the Reebok CrossFit Games is “The Fittest on Earth.” That is exactly true, as the athletes who will be competing at the StubHub Center in Carson this weekend have to be able to run, swim, climb, and perform various weight lifting exercises.

The Drew League has been around for 40 years, since Alvin Willis established the summer league at Drew Middle School on the corner of Firestone and Compton Ave. The goal of the league was to bring back some of the school’s alumni for basketball games.

The Divine Nine organizations have been competing in just about everything for more than 100 years. As college graduates move into their careers, and away from university campuses, people tend to lose touch with each other. But the friendly competition from events such as the Frat Games brings the Black fraternities and sororities back together.

Dorsey High School’s Alexander Madueke has many great attributes, but two in particular can take him a long way. He is intelligent, and he has a really strong right arm. He has a 3.5 grade point average, and from right field on the baseball field, he can throw base runners out at home plate. He can hit really well, too.

Walk into L.A. Sands Boxing Gym in Downtown Los Angeles, and you will find people getting it on. They are throwing punches, working on their foot work, and keeping their bodies in motion while working up a sweat.

International sports and entertainment company AEG announced Wednesday it is consolidating some of its Los Angeles-based operations by leasing a historic former warehouse near downtown’s L.A. Live complex.

Joshua Willard is creating a name for himself in the sport of skateboarding, and he is only 11 years old. He is following in the footsteps of Nyjah Huston, who made his first X Games appearance at that same age. Willard, like Huston, can be considered a child prodigy because his skills are so great for somebody so young.