Ohtani shines in the All Star Game spotlight
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer The summer doldrums for sports are here. Baseball, with the exception of all-star activities, is…
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer The summer doldrums for sports are here. Baseball, with the exception of all-star activities, is…
By Bill Vaughan Entertainment Writer After leading teams to four NBA championships, superstar LeBron James looks to apply his winning…
July 9, 1893 Chicago physician Daniel Hale Williams, the nation’s first black cardiologist, performs the first successful open heart surgery…
MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer When a parent hears that their child has cancer, it makes for…
SPORTS DIGEST By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer Baseball does a horrible job of promoting itself, mainly because baseball owners decided…
July 6, 2002 Former Compton resident Serena Williams wins her first Wimbledon tennis tournament, defeating her sister Venus, winning her…
MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer The week before the Al Wooten Jr. Youth Center was set to…
By Don Wanlass Contributing Writer The Dodgers are finding out that Shakespeare was right. “Heavy is the head that wears…
July 1, 1991 Georgia-born attorney Clarence Thomas is nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Thurgood Marshall, the high…
MAKING A DIFFERENCE By Darlene Donloe Contributing Writer After the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and many…