A GRIP ON SPORTS • More than a decade ago, when both Gonzaga and Washington State were NCAA-caliber teams, there came a time when they shared a weekend in an L.A.-area hotel. Fun memories.

and Peter Gray had eight points and eight rebounds to lead Calabasas to a 70-62 victory over visiting Santa Monica in a Division 2AA first-round game. The Coyotes (21-5) will travel to La Mirada for a quarterfinal game Friday. Shawn Tuano had 19 points ...

Located on Sycamore Avenue between Santa Monica Boulevard and Romaine Street, the area now known as the Sycamore District is home to several media and entertainment businesses, specialty retail ...

In Santa Monica, tailgaters were out in force on Saturday, with many sporting their team’s gearing and preparing for the Big Game the next day. Jennifer McGraw reports for the KTLA 5 News on Feb ...

Ventura opened the Division 2 playoffs with a 10-5 win over visiting Santa Monica. Emily Ball and Ella Montano each scored three goals, Juliet Lazowski had two goals, Marty Pecht, Celia Young and Caelan Okinaga had goals, and Kiana Keller made 12 saves for ...

Orange Lutheran, Pacifica Christian and Capistrano Valley Christian receive top seeds in the playoffs, but two CIF-ranked contenders miss the field.

Southern Section Division 1 girls basketball bracket has the most South Bay area teams (six). There aren’t any all-South Bay head-to-head games in the first round, which begins Saturday, but there could in the second round.

The CIF-SS Division 2 soccer playoff fields released Tuesday included 11 local teams, six boys and five girls. Check out the matchups in all divisions.

Suburban league champ La Mirada (13-13) is home against Beckman (10-17) and La Salle (13-12) is at Santa Monica (15-8). Del Rio league winner La Serna (15-12) is home against Pacifica Christian (15-12) and Pasadena Poly (14-6) is at Santa Monica (15-8).

Whether or not more than a few Clemson fans will be in the 70,000 seats depends on more variables than there are would-be actors waiting tables in Santa Monica. “New team, new journey, new year,” Swinney said at his Signing Day press conference on Feb. 2.