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Rivals United for a Kure, the major support group for nonprofit Kure It Cancer Research, which raises funds for underfunded cancers, held its inaugural golf tournament at Pelican Hill Golf Club in early June. A full contingent of golfers signed up for a beautiful, sunny day of...

Local favorite college football team, the University of Southern California Trojans, held on to a strong lead during an Oct. 7 game against the Oregon State Beavers for a 38-10 win. The USC team includes Newport Beach native, Chase McGrath, as kicker.

What happens when you pit USC supporters against UCLA supporters? You get Rivals United for a Kure, the largest fundraiser for Kure It Cancer Research, which held its fifth annual gala on November 13 at the City Club Los Angeles. The USC/UCLA football rivalry was forgotten for...

Trojan fans throughout Newport Beach were no doubt cheering when USC Wide Receiver JuJu Smith Schuster’s pass reception sealed a 21 – 17 victory for the Trojans over the Colorado Buffalos. USC is now 2-2 in conference play, and 3-3 overall. Photo by Jim Collins

Driving around Newport Beach you can see USC banners and flags flying proudly outside homes, but those flags were drooping during the Holiday Bowl as USC alumni and fans throughout Newport Beach shared their disbelief while watching Wisconsin squeak past USC 23-21....

If you heard loud cheers emanating from Newport Beach homes (particularly on Balboa Island where USC flags proudly wave) on Saturday, Dec. 27, it was USC alumni rooting for their alma mater to bring home the Holiday Bowl trophy. The game against Nebraska was exciting, and close....

UPDATE: Matt Barkley announced yesterday he will complete his senior year at USC and not enter the NFL draft this year. By Will Salem | NB Indy For most people, the holidays bring times of rest and relaxation with family.  For Newport Beach resident Matt Barkley, this Christmas...

By Will Salem | NB Indy Newport Beach’s own Matt Barkley is quietly having a great year at USC and although is not currently on the short list of players expected to be finalists in Heisman Trophy voting he’s having a year that can be compared other USC Heisman winners. At the...

Jeff Yokoyama has always been designing, making and selling clothes, but differently. His first venture, at 24 years old in the ’80s, became the industry standard by selling his youth oriented surf brand directly to local surfers on beaches and in schools.  Quickly progressing...

How do you know what to do in the way of green and sustainable gift giving?  Substitute the word “quality” for “green,” and let that guide you. Provided the manufacturing process is not horrible, if you give someone a gift that they cherish for a lifetime, it never hits a...

By Megan Pluth | NB Indy National qualifiers were happening all over the country this past weekend for both high school and collegiate sailing. The College Pacific Coast Championships took place in Long Beach, hosted by USC and the United States Sailing Center at Long Beach.  The...

If you’ve been living under a rock, have been out of the country, or simply aren’t paying attention to every station on television, let me inform you that the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is under way. In its new format, 68 teams have the chance to take home...

  By Brian Lichterman | Sports Editor   Tomorrow, Newport Beach’s own Matt Barkley may or may not lead the USC squad against Notre Dame in the 82nd rendition of one of the greatest intersectional rivalries in college football. USC has won its last eight games...

  If you thought the circumstances surrounding Braylon Edwards, Ben Roethlisberger and Santonio Holmes weren’t scandalous enough, this week yet another alleged scandal has been reported out of the NFL.  Brett Favre allegedly sent inappropriate text messages to a former...