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Rafer Johnson lighting Olympic flame in '84 ultimate moment for Coliseum, his family
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoIt could be could argued that Rafer Johnson lighting the torch to open the 1984 Summer Olympics is...
NFL’s original shutdown corner, Fresno County legend Jimmy Johnson, dies at 86
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 1 month agoJimmy Johnson, who grew up in Kingsburg and went on to become one of the greatest cornerbacks in NFL...
Jimmy Johnson, Hall of Fame cornerback who starred for 49ers, dies at 86
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 1 month agoPro Football Hall of Famer Jimmy Johnson, a lockdown cornerback who spent his entire 16-year career...
Hall of Fame defensive back Jimmy Johnson dead at age 86
Associated Press via Yahoo Sports· 1 month agoPro Football Hall of Fame defensive back Jimmy Johnson, a three-time All-Pro and member of the...
Letters to Sports: Dodgers' Emmet Sheehan and Dave Roberts deserve more praise
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 12 months agoThe Dodgers' Emmet Sheehan was once an overlooked college baseball player who embraced challenging...
Famous birthdays for Aug. 18: Robert Redford, Josephine Langford
United Press International via Yahoo News· 10 months agoRobert Redford arrives for the premiere of "The Old Man & the Gun" at the Elgin Theatre during the...
Fresno County Sheriff’s detectives seek help solving gang homicide. Reward offered
Fresno Bee· 1 year agoFresno County Sheriff’s detectives are asking for help solving a Kingsburg homicide in late 2022...
Bill Plaschke recalls his most memorable moments inside 100-year-old L.A. Coliseum
LA Times via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoA television cameraman photographs the Los Angeles Xtreme cheerleaders before an XFL game in 2001....
Black College Students: An Endangered Species, Unless They Play Ball
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis article originally appeared in The American Prospect. One thing seems certain if the Supreme...
Photos: Roz Wyman dies; council member helped bring the Dodgers to L.A.
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRosalind "Roz" Wyman won a seat on the Los Angeles City Council when she was just 22, back in 1953....