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Deeper: How the Wedge Shaped Sage Burke’s Heavy Water Quest
Underground Newport Beach surfer Sage Burke has had a year. Couple very successful strike missions to Tahiti and Puerto Escondido. One very serious session at Maverick’s. Four months on the North Shore. But last month, when this season’s opening south swell lit up the Wedge in all manner of carnage, there was nowhere Burke would rather be — pulling in off the side wave into cavernous peaks onto nearly dry sand with his buddies. This was home. He’d been surfing this spectacle of a wave since he was 12 years old, and it helped fuel his worldwide tube quest in more ways than one.
NCAA Compensating Athletes
FILE - Wisconsin's Traevon Jackson dribbles past the NCAA logo during practice at the NCAA men's college basketball tournament March 26, 2014, in Anaheim, Calif. The NCAA and the nation's five biggest conferences have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims,a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start directing millions of dollars directly to athletes as soon as the 2025 fall semester. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Artist behind latest Kobe Bryant mural in Watts explains his inspiration
As the latest homage to the late Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi, a new mural is now on display in Watts. Brian Peterson, a muralist, decorated the walls of the gym at Nickerson Gardens as the Mamba & Mambacita Sports Foundation helped renovate the facility for kids in the neighborhood.
2024 Speedo Grand Challenge: Day 1 Finals Live Recap
Leon Marchand will go up against Michael Andrew in the 100 breast before taking on Hubert Kos and Chase Kalisz in the 200 IM. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography. 2024 NOVA SPEEDO GRAND CHALLENGE. May 24-26, 2024. William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center Pool, Irvine, California. Long Course Meters (50...
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