SANTA MONICA — San Clemente’s girls basketball team exited the season Saturday the same way it started four months ago: full of fight. Orange County’s seventh-ranked squad pushed host Santa Monica for nearly four quarters and got the reigning CIF-SS Division 3AA champion in major foul trouble before falling 47-39 in the Division II ...

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He has covered 27 World Series, 19 Wimbledons and many other major events, including the Super Bowl, World Cup soccer, NBA Finals, four major golf tournaments and U.S. Open tennis championships. He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1966 and UC Berkeley with a B.A. in journalistic studies in 1971.

Table tennis is the only sport that has truly open qualifying for the U.S. Olympic team. Our Martin Rogers, who was quite the table tennis player in his heyday, tried out for the team in Santa Monica, and here's how it went.

He has covered 27 World Series, 19 Wimbledons and many other major events, including the Super Bowl, World Cup soccer, NBA Finals, four major golf tournaments and U.S. Open tennis championships. He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1966 and UC Berkeley with a B.A. in journalistic studies in 1971.

SAN CLEMENTE — The San Clemente girls basketball team pulled together when it mattered most. Those were the sentiments shared by San Clemente coach Kerri Husbands after the Tritons put forth a final spurt to defeat Mira Costa 51-47 in the second round of the CIF Southern California Division II regional playoffs on Thursday at San Clemente High School.

These kids are the future of table tennis, and may one day compete in later Olympic trials as their older counterparts recently did this previous weekend in Santa Monica, CA. Members on the organizing committee for this leg of the Hopes Program were Rajul Sheth, Bruce Liu and Yau-Man Chan, with Liu and Chan providing further assistance as ...

LOS ANGELES — When he walks onto the Galen Center court for the last time, Jonah Mathews will have 30 to 40 family members and friends in the crowd. Old classmates from Santa Monica High have been snatching up tickets in advance of his USC swan song. Those are the perks of being the local kid. “Everybody’s gonna be here,” he says.

The shot clock – 35 seconds for the boys, 30 for the girls and used at all three levels of competition – has been a part of the fabric for so long now that neither Chavarin nor Robinson are certain as to why the state ultimately decided to take that maiden plunge off the Santa Monica Pier. Twice. Robinson believes the clock on the girls ...

Liu Juan qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in table tennis Sunday. Huijing Wang, who finished second, also qualified, and Lily Zhang qualified previously. On the men's side, Nikhil Kumar and Zhou Xin joined previous qualifier Kanak Jha.