BETH HARRIS
Alana Gee, left, the widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma, and her daughter, Malia, center, leave the Stanley Mosk civil courthouse of Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Matthew Gee died in 2018 from permanent brain damage caused by countless blows to the head he took while playing linebacker for the 1990 Rose Bowl winning team, according to the wrongful death suit filed by Alana Gee. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Trial starts in concussion case of dead USC football player

By Beth Harris Oct. 21, 2022 01:08 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury heard opening statements Friday in the case of

FILE - Allan Roth, left, statistician of the Los Angeles Dodgers, sits in the booth with broadcaster Vin Scully in August 1963 in Los Angeles. Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night, Aug. 2, 2022, the team said. He was 94. (AP Photo/Harold Filan, File)
Vin Scully, Dodgers broadcaster for 67 years, dies at 94

By Beth Harris Aug. 02, 2022 11:43 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 1973, file photo, Southern California fullback Sam Cunningham, left, and running back Anthony Davis embraces in locker room after USC.s 42-17 triumph in the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game against Ohio State in Pasadena, Calif. Cunningham, an All-American fullback at Southern California whose performance against Alabama was credited for helping integrate football in the Deep South before he went on to a record-setting career with the New England Patriots, died Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, at his home in Inglewood, Calif., according to USC. He was 71. (AP Photo/File)
Sam Cunningham, who starred at USC and in NFL, dies at 71

By Beth Harris Sep. 07, 2021 05:48 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sam “Bam” Cunningham, an All-American fullback at Southern

FILE - In this Sept. 10, 1988, file photo, UCLA coach Terry Donahue is carried off the field by his players after UCLA defeated Nebraska, 41-28 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. The victory was Donahue's 100th as Bruin coach. Donahue, the winningest coach in Pac-12 Conference and UCLA football history who later served as general manager of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, died Sunday, July 4, 2021. He was 77. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
Terry Donahue, winningest UCLA football coach, dies at 77

By Beth Harris Jul. 05, 2021 12:09 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Terry Donahue, the winningest coach in Pac-12 Conference and

FILE - This Jan. 2, 2017, file pool photo, shows an aerial view of the empty Rose Bowl stadium before to the Rose Bowl NCAA college football game between Southern California and Penn State in Pasadena, Calif. No spectators will be allowed at the Rose Bowl for the College Football Playoff semifinal on Jan. 1 because of COVID-19 restrictions imposed by the state, county and city of Pasadena, The Tournament of Roses said Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. (The Tournament of Roses via AP, Pool, File)
No fans to be allowed at Rose Bowl for CFP semifinal game

By Beth Harris Dec. 03, 2020 03:09 PM EST
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — No spectators will be allowed at the Rose Bowl for the

Georgia, Minnesota players win national prep honors

By Beth Harris Jul. 24, 2020 02:10 PM EDT
Football player Arik Gilbert and basketball player Paige Bueckers have been

In this Dec. 5, 2015 photo, Los Angeles Times sportswriter, Chris Dufresne poses near the end zone before the Pac-12 championship NCAA college football game in Santa Clara, Calif. Dufresne, an award-winning former sports writer for the Los Angeles Times, died suddenly Monday while dining with his family at home in Chino Hills, 30 miles east of Los Angeles, according to a Times staff memo posted Tuesday, May 26, 2020, on Facebook. He was 62. (Gary Klein/Los Angeles Times via AP)
Chris Dufresne, heralded college football writer, dies at 62

By Beth Harris May. 26, 2020 03:42 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Dufresne, an award-winning former sports writer for