By DAVE SKRETTA, Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Figure skater Kamila Valieva will testify by video at an appeal hearing Sunday that will decide if the 15-year-old Russian star can still compete at the Beijing OIympics despite an ongoing doping case. Just 30 minutes ahead of the hearing’s scheduled 8:30 p.m. start in Beijing, Court…
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Q. I was in a discussion group of women in their 70s who indicated they were afraid of getting older. As one of the group members, I feel the same way. Our fear was about illness, physical limitations, becoming dependent, dementia, lack of finances and more. I guess we are afraid of old age. What…
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It’s safe to say no one in their right mind would ask to be audited. The term “audit” generally strikes fear in most of us, as it’s associated with bad behavior and negative consequences. The IRS audits and then penalizes taxpayers. Companies fail SEC audits, and stock shares plummet. Politicians resign in disgrace when corruption is…
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HONOLULU — The Cal State Fullerton men’s basketball team had road showdowns with two of the other Big West Conference contenders this week, but neither one went the way the Titans hoped. Hawaii blitzed Fullerton with a 17-0 run early in the second half on Saturday night, turning a tight game into a 72-55 Rainbow…
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By TIM REYNOLDS BEIJING — Usually at the midway point of an Olympic women’s bobsled race, the standings are super close. Not this one. Kaillie Humphries’ first day of Olympic competition for the United States was a runaway, putting the American in complete control of the inaugural women’s monobob race. She leads Canada’s Christine de…
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By JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO BEIJING — Kendall Coyne Schofield hasn’t entirely quit her day job while captaining the United States women’s hockey team at the Beijing Olympics. In her second year as a Chicago Blackhawks player development coach, Coyne Schofield is pulling double duty at the Games by checking in on Chicago goalie…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> After the San Juan Hills girls basketball team built a big lead by the end of the first quarter Saturday night, Beckman guard Sara Hameed led her on a 17-0 run in the second quarter to take the lead at halftime. That wasn’t the end of her heroics. The senior’s biggest…
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By PAT GRAHAM ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Freestyle skier Eileen Gu’s quest for a second gold medal at the Beijing Games ran into a slight detour when gusty wind and snow postponed the qualifying round for women’s slopestyle on Sunday. Qualifying will now take place Monday and the final the following day. The switch avoids putting…
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Scores from Saturday’s CIF-SS girls basketball playoff games, and the matchups and updated schedule for the second-round games. CIF-SS GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Games start at 7 p.m. unless noted OPEN DIVISION Saturday Pool A Etiwanda 71, Windward 58 Mater Dei 49, Rosary 44 Pool B Sierra Canyon 79, Bishop Montgomery 28 Corona Centennial 70, Orangewood…
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Scores from Saturday’s games in the CIF-SS girls soccer playoffs and the updated matchups and schedule for the second-round games Wednesday, Feb. 16. CIF-SS GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS All games 3 p.m. or 5 p.m. DIVISION 1 First round, Saturday Corona Santiago 1, Huntington Beach 0 Brea Olinda 1, La Mirada 1 (Brea Olinda wins on…
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