Los Angeles, Ca – The LAUSD 5K “Move It” Challenge and Health Festival took place this Saturday, April 23rd at Dodger Stadium beginning at 8:00 AM. The excitement was widespread for all who took part in the fun and festive District-wide event.
Before the race the main stage had a few special guest from Los Angeles Rams LB Cameron Lynch and mascot Rampage to get the crowd excited for this event. Aussie native Kym Johnson from Dancing with Stars was on hand to add to excitement. Hollywood High had their band and cheer squad hype up the crowd as well to show off the great talent inside the LAUSD family.
There were two course a 1K for younger kids and 5K for rest of family. After the races everyone had opportunity to go to Health and Nutrition Workshops and Booths, Interactive Kids Zone filled with Games, and Sports Clinics. The main stage continued with Live Entertainment, finishers of races turned in raffle ticket for chance of winning great prizes.
GOALS
Encourage LAUSD students, families, and employees to move every day, eat balanced meals, and train to walk or run in a 5K
Raise funds to support school athletic programs and student field trips that contribute to LAUSD students’ health and wellness
Create an annual campaign that puts the District’s commitment to health and fitness into action
Another great hit were the food trucks that had great dishes for all tastebuds. In the end this fundraising event was here to support a healthier LAUSD!
NFL Running Back of LA Rams Todd Gurley with few Inglewood High football players before the Kelley Blue Book Distracted Driving Awareness Event. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
Inglewood, Ca – It’s always great to see folks coming together for a great cause of bringing awareness to #DriveSmart. Kelley Blue Book, with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and The Conor Lynch Foundation hosted “Distracted Driving Awareness event featuring Los Angeles Rams Running Back Todd Gurley. This event took place at Inglewood High School in the gym before 1,100 students and the school band.
The focus was to bring attention to the dangers of distracted driving during Distracted Driver Awareness Month (April). KBB teamed up with the NHTSA an Lynch Foundation to educate students on the importance of driver safety. Todd Gurley was able to tell his personal story to the kids how distracted driving had took the life of one his high school friends. Gurley said, ” If I can reach just one student with today’s message, it’s well worth it.”
NFL Running Back of LA Rams Todd Gurley & Inglewood Principal Kyle Douglas at the Kelley Blue Book Distracted Driving Awareness Event at Inglewood High School in Inglewood, Ca on April 21, 2016 (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
Their was a video portion of the assembly that told of High School boy from Notre Dame High School who lost his life due to a distracted driver hitting him. The students were also presented stats like, 61% of drivers use mobile phones while driving in the US. The NHTSA estimates that 25 percent of all crashes involves some form of driver distraction.
FACT – According to distraction.gov, the average time a driver takes their eyes off the road while testing is five seconds. When traveling at 55 mph, that’s enough time to cover the length of a football field blindfolded. Pretty scary fact when you think how many folks text and drive.
Take the Pledge: “One Text or Call Could Wreck It All”
LA Rams Todd Gurley posing with Inglewood Football players on April 21, 2016 (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
2016 NBA Playoffs Basketball (5) Portland Trail Blazers vs (4) Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Ca on April 17, 2016. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
Chris Paul gliding in the paint during the 2016 NBA Playoffs Basketball (5) Portland Trail Blazers vs (4) Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Ca on April 17, 2016. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
Los Angeles, Ca- The Los Angeles Clippers did what they were suppose to do, that’s win on your home court. Clippers were able to easily defeat the visiting Portland Trail Blazers 115-95. They played big ball a lot with their line up having Blake Griffin back.
The Clippers had six players in double figures in the win which allowed everyone to get involved. They only made 6 three point shots all in second half, so Portland will have a tough time once they shoot their normal percentage from downtown.
Jamal Crawford
Wesley Johnson (Block)
Austin Rivers
A great first round battle No 5 Portland vs No 4 Los Angeles that saw a 42-42 tie just before half. The Clippers finished the 2nd quarter with 8 consecutive points for 50-42 halftime lead. All that was missing in an exciting first half was Kevin Love droppin’ dimes with the Hoopers. There was no family love on the court between Damian Lillard of Portland and Jordan or Paul.
The Clippers had no three point baskets in the first half with only two attempts. The conventional two pointer was the name of the game. When you shoot 50% in first half you really don’t need to three ball. They also had a slight edge in points in the paint in first half 20/16. The eight point halftime lead was the largest in the half.
You could tell earlier in this game the Paul was looking to score with 14 points in first half of the game before finishing with team high 28 points. Big time players have to find a way to step up and lead their team any way they can.
Doc was asked what was impression of Griffin tonight?, “He was great. Assertive, I loved his energy.”
Now the team will get a practice in tomorrow and regroup and be ready to play Wednesday night back at Staples for game two in this first round match of No 4 vs No 5 game. If the Clippers can continue to win the points in paint & 2nd chance points they will be hard to beat.
Portland vs Clippers 7:30pm at Staples Center April 20th….
JUCO Baseball 2016: Antelope Valley College vs West L.A. College special game supporting Autism Awareness at West LA College in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
Los Angeles, Ca – West LA College Baseball had something special brewing on warm Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats wore special powder blue uniforms with multi-colored puzzle pieces for Autism Awareness. They dropped a close game in extra innings to Antelope Valley College 5-4 in 10th inning. Even the close lose could not diminish the positive awareness that was raised. Pregame ceremony included checks to support Autism and first pitch by few youth with Autism.
West LA went down fast in the 1st inning giving up a two run homerun to left fielder Timothy Dodd who sent ball sailing over gate in left. It was great way to start off the game before West LA tightened up their defense.
JUCO Baseball 2016: Antelope Valley College vs West L.A. College special game supporting Autism Awareness at West LA College in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
JUCO Baseball 2016: Antelope Valley College vs West L.A. College special game supporting Autism Awareness at West LA College in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
The score stayed same 0-2 with both teams playing good defense and make sure to leave guys stranded on base. Antelope Valley pitcher Arturo Sanchez finally gave up a double in 5th inn to center fielder Brandon Bailey who drove in first run. Before the inning was over West LA had drove in one more run before leaving Bailey on 3rd base.
It looked like this 2-2 game was leaning towards West LA, in 6th inning after an error to reach first Antelope Valley went down then 1-2-3. With the bats warming up Andrew Figueroa got on base and stole base to put himself into scoring position. Then Andrew Banuelos singled to bring in Figueroa, next Javier Garcia hit a monster triple to a gap deep center-right field. But Sanchez regrouped fast and struck out the next batter keeping score 4-2.
West LA continued to play heads up baseball only allowing one run in 8th, before an error in 9th to allow for the game to go extra innings. In the top 10th inning Antelope Valley John Serrato had the winning RBI single for the come from behind win 4-5.
Brothers of Phi Beta Sigma Adopt a school at Compton Centennial High School in front of the marquee in Compton, Ca. on April 15th. (Photos by Jevone Moore / Full Image 360)
Compton, Ca- It’s always a way to make change, that can lead to a DREAM! Today at Compton Centennial High School the youth received a special treat and trust of positive energy. The Brothers of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Los Angeles Alumni Chapter chose Compton Centennial High School for their adopted school program.
Today service was from the heart of each person who went into a classroom and spoke about their experiences in life. A common theme echoed by the adults to the youth today was strive for college, go after your dreams and write them on paper. The great teachers at Centennial allowed for a break in class time for their students to be inspired by business professional who graduated from college against different obstacles.
Brother Sherman Mitchell a Sigma, CSUN Alum from Compton High School shared how he sat in these same seats next door and choose to make a choice of following his dream. Now two master degrees later, being a homeowner in Compton and still being a positive influence to his community.
The Sigma’s have been doing programs at Centennial for the last couple years. The school’s great leadership has allowed for a great partnership. Michael Baslee Activities Director at the school who also teaches a leadership, History classes at Centennial is a member of Phi Beta Sigma. He has been a guiding force to allow other opportunities like this to serve on campus and make direct impact. Also giving support is Principal of Operations Douglas Brown who had some of his brothers from Kappa Alpha Psi also attend today’s event of speaking to the youth. We even had few women from the Sororities of Zeta Phi Beta, & Alpha Kappa Alpha. After the event Brown said, “Next year we would like to have all nine greek organizations here.”
So Thank You from the Centennial Community to the Brothers of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc.
Take look below at little fun strolling at Lunch time for the youth in the quad.
NCAA 2016 USC Trojans Spring Practice on campus in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
NCAA 2016 USC Trojans Spring Practice Coach Tee Martin with receivers Steven Mitchell, Michael Pittman, JuJu Smith-Schuster, & Ajene Harris on field at USC in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
Los Angeles, Ca – This marks the first Spring Practice session with new Head Coach Clay Helton and newly named Offensive Coordinator Tee Martin. You can tell something new is in the air at Howard Jones Practice Field. They will take the field in 2016-17 season with a new quarterback as well.
The practice had a good tempo to every period with guys flying around but, a glaring difference coaches were taking an extra second or two to coach up the players. Before it was last get as many reps in as possible oppose to0 the new coach it up now on the fly routine.
QB Max Browne throwing at the Trojans Spring Practice on campus in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
WR Darreus Rogers flying down field at Trojans Spring Practice on campus in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
Redshirt Junior quarterback Max Browne seems to be the No 1 guy taking all the first team reps, with redshirt freshman Sam Darnold as the No 2. Not too far behind is redshirt sophomore Jalen Greene who has moved back from playing receiver last season this spring.
We spoke to OC Martin after practice to gain his insight on how he felt the team was doing under his reign. He said, “Our goal this spring was to create an identity & we’re doing that, but we are not a finished product yet.” You can tell after watching these great weapons Browne has around him the Trojans will be fun to watch. A few guys stood out in practice from JuJu Smith-Schuster hands, Darreus Rogers looked faster, and the true sophomore RB Ronald Jones II.
Isaac Whitney
Jalen Greene
JuJu Smith-Schuster
The USC Trojans will play their Spring Game on Saturday 16th at the Coliseum to close out their practices.
They will open up next year on the road in Arlington Texas against Alabama on September 3rd.
Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant acknowledging the crowd at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Ca on April 3, 2016. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
Los Angeles, Ca – Will there ever be another Los Angeles Laker like the Greatest of All Time, Kobe Bryant? Indeed, will there ever be another NBA player in history like Kobe Bryant? After a 20-season NBA career, the GOAT, No. 8, No. 24, the greatest player ever, is hanging up his sneakers. The Staples Center is sold out for tonight, has been sold out for this game for months with a crazy buzz of energy – all for Bryant. Great job to the NBA schedulers who allowed No. 24 to finish his career on the Lakers’ home floor, the only floor Kobe has ever called home court.
Two decades after entering the league as the Number One draft pick for the Charlotte Hornets; a score after being the thirteenth pick overall in the 1996 NBA Draft; a lifetime after being acquired by then-Lakers General Manager Jerry West, Kobe is still giving fans of the game feelings. Brought to Los Angeles by the man who is himself The Logo of the NBA, Kobe began his journey to greatness when he was so young he needed a cosigner on his first NBA contract because he was a minor. How silly do those GMs who chose one through twelve on that day feel? One can only speculate as Kobe’s GOAT numbers jump off the page:
NBA Most Valuable Player (2008)
5 x NBA Champion (2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, 2010)
2 X Olympic Basketball Gold Medalist (2008 Beijing, 2012 London)
2 X NBA Finals MVP (2009, 2010)
18 x NBA All Star (1998, 2000 – 2016)
4 X NBA All Star MVP (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011)
15 X ALL-NBA Team (1999 – 2013)
12 X NBA ALL-Defense (2000 – 2004, 2006 – 2012)
2 X NBA Scoring Champion (2006 – 2007)
NBA Slam Dunk Contest Champion (1997)
NBA ALL-Rookie Second Team 1997
All of these accolades earned with the blood, sweat and thousands of hours the “Black Mamba” has spent on the floor without a crowd, without a team, just a ball and a hoop. Why, then, does Kobe only have one NBA MVP? Haters gonna hate. Dominance engenders jealousy. It is simply insane that the most athletic, competitive, driven, and gifted player in his era hasn’t been recognized more often. I guess people hate on greatness even when it’s so glaringly obvious. Even without scoring another point, Kobe leaves as the Lakers all time leading scorer in team history, a record which may stand for ages.
Asked about how he will approach his final game, Kobe didn’t hesitate, “just like the others. Same routine. Same people.” All business for the silent assassin!
Love him or hate him, true basketball fans will remember where they were April 13th, 2016 when Kobe laced ‘em up for the last time. Woe to the Jazz. He’ll be playing their tune!
13th PICK in Draft finishing his career on 13th of April!
Kobe Bryant during last game vs Boston at Staples Center, in Los Angeles, Ca on April 3rd, 2016. (All Photos by Jevone Moore / Full Image 360 / fi360 News)
AFL 2016 April 9th Arizona Rattlers vs LA KISS game action in the first half at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
AFL 2016 April 9th Arizona Rattlers vs LA KISS WR Brandon Collins reaching for more yards in the first half at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
Anaheim, Ca – The Arizona Rattlers (2-0) came in and took tonight’s game from the LA KISS (1-1) in every aspect of the game. When the final buzzer buzzed the KISS were outscored 69-28. The team just looked a step slow versus a historical franchise that has had its fare share of championships rings in the AFL.
Arizona had jumped out to 14-0 lead is 1st quarter before the KISS knew what hit them. LA KISS receiver Donovan Morgan scored their first touchdown on the night with 8 yards pass from Nathan Stanley to make it 14-7 game. Arizona added two more scores before halftime to take 35-21 lead into the locker room.
LA KISS Girls
KR DJ Stephens
LA KISS Girls
If you just looked at stat sheet and not the score this game looked closer on paper with Arizona scoring on 6-7 times in red zone with 278 total yards on offense. Then LA KISS were 3-4 in red zone with 273 yards total offense. The one telling stat is Arizona scored 20 points off KISS turnovers with 3 sacks and plenty of hurries from Stanley which lead to too many miss throws.
Coach Omarr Smith was asked after game about tonight’s loss, “Know my team knows what championship football looks like.” & “I knew Arizona was going to play well tonight and execute at high level.” Smith took responsibility for the loss and look to improve in all three phase of the game.
As always a bright light on this LA KISS team is Morgan who lead his team with three touchdowns in the game 92 yards. For the Rattlers a hometown hero from So Cal quarterback Nick Davila had 5 touchdowns and went 20-26 for 193 yards passing. His main target was big #1 Rod Windsor who pulled in 4 touchdowns to lead Rattlers.
Rattlers DB Allen Chapman with an interception in the second half at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Full Image 360)
The LA KISS fall to 1-1 on the season and will travel for their first road game of the season to face the Cleveland Gladiators (1-1). The Gladiators are coming off 41-29 victory over the Tampa Bay Storm. Let’s watch and see how this team hands this early adversity to start the season.
Buddy Hield and Breanna Stewart Take Home the Hardware at the John R. Wooden Award Ceremony
College basketball’s brightest stars gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Friday night to put a final bow on what was another successful college basketball season. The College Basketball Awards Presented by Wendy’s was hosted by the College Gameday crew of Jay Bilas, Jay Williams, Seth Greenberg, and Rece Davis.
The evening was full of special moments, including highlight packages of the season’s greatest plays, plus the best dunks of the year. Also featured were Tom Izzo and Denzel Valentine’s appearances on ‘Dancing With the Stars’, as well as Minnesota’s Rachel Banham and her social media interaction with Lakers superstar, Kobe Bryant. The cornerstone of the evening was the John R. Wooden Award, which is awarded to the top male, and top female players of the college basketball season.
2016 College Basketball Awards Jerry West, Julius Erving, Karl Malone, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – (Photo by Michael Ewing/fi360 News)
The College Basketball Awards Presented by Wendy’s – in coordination with the Los Angeles Athletic Club and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame handed out a total of 8 awards on the evening. The main event of the night was the Wooden Award presentation, but the 7 other honors given out were awards for outstanding player at each position for the men, as well as the women’s Wooden Award, and the Wooden Legends of Coaching Award, which had previously been announced. Texas Tech coach Tubby Smith was honored with the Legends of Coaching Award, during his acceptance speech he gave much praise to Mr. John Wooden as well as the entire Wooden family.
Award Winners: Bob Cousy Award, given to the nation’s most outstanding Point Guard 5’9” Tyler Ulis, who averaged over 7 assists per game in his sophomore season with the Kentucky Wildcats. Upon receiving the award, Ulis said he came into this season with one thing in mind, “My role was to lead this team, and I tried to do that.”
Jerry West Award, given to the most outstanding Shooting Guard Buddy Hield, Oklahoma University, averaged over 25 points per game this season. When asked about coming back for his senior season he said, “It’s been special, I wouldn’t change it for the world. I am glad I came back.”
Julius Erving Award, given to the most outstanding Small Forward Denzel Valentine, Michigan State University, averaged 20 points, 7.6 assists, and 7.6 rebounds per game. When asked what it means to be given an award named after Dr. J he said, “ He is a legend, it is just a blessing and an honor.”
2016 College Basketball Awards presented by Wendy’s – Michigan State Denzel Valentine (Photo by Michael Ewing/fi360 News)
Karl Malone Award, given to the most outstanding Power Forward Georges Niang, Iowa State University. When asked what this season was like he said, “It was great, the memories will last in my mind forever.”
Kareem Abdul Jabbar Award, given to the most outstanding Center Jakob Poeltl, Utah, when asked what it means to win an award named after Kareem Abdul Jabbar he said, “It is so amazing, Kareem is the best center to play the game.”
Coming as no surprise, Breanna Stewart was named the Women’s Wooden Award winner, as she led the University of Connecticut to their fourth straight NCAA Championship, along the way Stewart became the first Women’s player to ever win four consecutive NCAA titles. This was her second consecutive season winning the Wooden Award. When asked about the pressure of going after four straight NCAA titles Stewart said, “It’s a huge challenge, and I credit a lot of it to Coach Auriemma and the rest of the staff for all they do for us.”
The Men’s award was a little less predictable, but ultimately the award went to Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield, as he edged the Julius Erving Award winner, Denzel Valentine. Hield led the Sooners to the final four this season and finished his senior campaign averaging over 25 points per game. During his acceptance speech Hield said, “It’s been fun and I can’t be more blessed to be around college basketball, I can’t be prouder and I thank my family for supporting me through the whole journey.” Hield was accompanied by his family to the ceremony, also during his speech he reminisced on building his own basketball hoop with his brother and cousin, it was a very touching moment from a true gentleman.
2016 Long Beach Grand Prix Pro / Celebrity Drivers at Media Day for the Last Race. (Photo by William Johnson)
Long Beach, CA – This year will mark the 40th year for Toyota Pr0 / Celebrity race on April 16th on the streets of Long Beach. The Long Beach Grand Prix will continue on with the race being their 42nd year for the main races. Some familiar faces have chosen to be in this last race, 19 former winners to round out one of the largest fields. On April 5th the Celebrities had the opportunity to participate in two practice rounds to get back acquainted with the speed of the cars and the track. This great event has been able to benefit RACE For Kids in the tune of over $2.3 million over the past 24 years. All good things must come to an end, two time winner Alfonso Ribeiro said, ““We love being here, I look forward to it every year, even when I wasn’t racing in it. I always looked out for what happened.”
Alfonso Riberio before the first practice round at Media Day of Long Beach Grand Prix. (Photo by William Johnson)
Some might ask what brought on this change, The head sponsor Toyota is moving its North American headquarters from Torrance, Ca to Plano, Texas. So we can blame cheaper land, tax credits, tax incentives that the city of Torrance overlooked. Sometimes the grass is greener on the other side….
“Toyota said they weren’t able to commit to providing the support that’s required for the (pro/celebrity) race,” said Grand Prix of Long Beach President and CEO Jim Michaelian. “The cars, the mechanics, the training for drivers. It’s huge, and they felt that now that they’re in Texas, they were no longer able to keep the race going at a functional level.”
So fans better enjoy this race and cheer on their favorites celebrity as they blaze the track for the last time in Long Beach. The rest of Long Beach Grand Prix will continue at least to 2017 on paper based on the current contract. For tickets or more info on 42nd 2016 Toyota Long Beach Grand Prix click here : 42nd TLBGP
