Chris Gray

GLENDALE — Vanes "Nightmare" Martirosyan and "Mean" Joe Greene hail from opposite coasts, but hardly come from different worlds and the two undefeated junior middleweight contenders, both 24, have a lot more in common than meets the eye....

The boys' and girls' basketball teams at Edison, Fountain Valley and Marina begin their respective 2011-12 seasons this week in tournament and nonleague play. Below is a capsule look at the three schools. * Edison Girls' Team Head coach: Dan Wiley...

Grab some Q-tips, clean out your ears and get ready to hear over twelve hours of music featuring 50-plus bands and a slew of DJ`s. Hundreds ventured out to the 23rd Annual Houston Press Music award- the granddaddy of all Houston music festivals. No...

Mital Patel, of Laurel, a doctor of pharmacy student, was named to the dean's list at the University of the Sciences, in Philadelphia. The following Laurel students graduated from College of Notre Dame of Maryland, in Baltimore: Daniel Boateng, Master of...

A community in Wythe County gathered at sunset to remember a baby who tragically died and was found in a cave. The vigil came together quickly on Facebook. Notices started going out yesterday, tonight they met to honor a newborn at the very place where...

|TODAY| |HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING| South Dakota|  Aberdeen Central at Mitchell, 6 p.m.  Philip Tournament Ipswich-Leola, Lemmon/McIntosh North Dakota|  Oakes at Hillsboro  Rugby Tournament |HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ BASKETBALL| South Dakota|  Aberdeen Central...

TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Fairfield at Loyola, Md., 3:30 p.m. (ESPNU); Minnesota State Mankato at Northern State, 6 p.m. (Midcontinent Channel 27) PBA Bowling-World Championship, 4 p.m. (ESPN2) Boys' High School Basketball-St. Patrick (N....

The 2010-11 boys' basketball season gets underway this week for several of the local schools, and it was Fountain Valley that got a head start Monday at the Orange Coast Optimist//Pio-Turion Tournament at Western High in Anaheim. Below is a capsule look...

Roger Holmes is back in Baron blue. More than that, he has returned home. Holmes will now roam the sideline of a court where he once starred as a player, as he accepted the boys' basketball coaching position May 7 at his alma mater, Fountain Valley...

The final fields are set in both boys and girls golf as the last remaining sectionals were held Tuesday. In girls golf, sophomore medalist Ashley Armstrong shot a 74 at the Class AA St. Ignatius sectional at Cog Hill #1 to lead Homewood-Flossmoor to...

Congratulations to NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol, who was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th annual Sports Emmy Awards Monday night. Ebersol received the award in a ceremony featuring from Muhammad Ali and the commissioners/CEOs of...

The following is a list of confirmed dead as of Monday. List compiled from sources including Pentagon websites, New York Coroner's Office, and Times wire services, by Times researchers Cary Schneider and Kent Coloma and Times staff writer Myrna Oliver....