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BEGINNING JUNE ON #SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES WITH:
Giving #USCAthletics ✌️ #congrats & #kudos for winning this year's annual #CrosstownCup over #UCLAAthletics 🐻

#FIGHTON ✌️🙂
CROSSTOWN CUP: USC Beats UCLA In The Annual All Sports Rivalry Competition
Photo courtesy of usctrojans.com TROJANS WIN THE ANNUAL CROSSTOWN CUP OVER THEIR CROSSTOWN RIVALS FOR THE 14TH TIME Looking back, When the Trojans pulled off that trick play at the Rose Bowl and co…
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June 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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NEW FROM #SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES:
My look at how #SoCal's two #NHL 🏒 teams,
The #LosAngelesKings 👑 & the #AnaheimDucks 🦆
Are doing so far this season...
SO CAL HOCKEY 2025-26: My Look At The Kings & The Ducks
Photo courtesy of lakingsinsider.com CHECKING OUT HOW THE TWO NHL TEAMS THAT CALL SO CAL HOME ARE DOING SO FAR THIS SEASON AS HOCKEY IS HERE ANAHEIM DUCKS Current Record (as of December 8th): 18-10…
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December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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NEW FROM #SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES:
Checking out how the two #NBA 🏀 teams that call SoCal home,
The #LosAngelesLakers ♒ and the #LosAngelesClippers ⛵
Are faring so far this season...
SO CAL PRO BASKETBALL 2025-26: My Look at the Lakers and the Clippers
Lebron James (right) and Kawhi Leonard (left). Photo courtesy of nba.com SEEING HOW L.A.’S TWO TEAMS THAT PLAY IN THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION ARE FARING SO FAR AT THIS POINT IN THEIR …
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December 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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#SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES' LATEST:
Catching up with the #Dodgers 🧢⚾ and the #Angels 👼⚾ as the season hits its third-way point...
SO CAL BASEBALL: A Dodgers & Angels Update
The Angels’ Jorge Soler (#12) congratulating Logan O’ Hoppe (#14) with Nolan Schanuel (#18) looking on during their series with the Dodgers. Photo courtesy of x.com CHECKING OUT SO CAL&…
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May 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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NEW FROM #SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES:
Reckonings about how my feelings and convictions regarding sports/sports culture have changed over the past several years;
Read on to find out the details...
PERSONAL SPORTS THOUGHTS AND MUSINGS
Dodger Stadium – a place that I’ve been to MANY, MANY times over the past nearly fifty years… SOME RECKONINGS FROM LITTLE OLD ME ABOUT MY PERSONAL VIEW OF SPORTS, HOW THE CULTURE …
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October 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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WITH 🎄 #CHRISTMAS 🎄 AND THE HOLIDAYS FAST APPROACHING,
Read on to see what my plans for #SoCalSportsChronicles will be for 2026 and beyond...
REVELATIONS: My Future Plans For This Sports Blog
Dodgers right after winning their second straight World Series title. Photo courtesy of featured.japan-forward.com THIS COMING JANUARY WILL MARK ELEVEN YEARS SINCE I STARTED THIS SPORTS BLOG. Which…
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December 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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NEW FROM #SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES:
My touching base with #USC ✌️🏈 as their second half is well underway;
Plus a commentary on the USC - Notre Dame ✌️🍀🏈 rivalry series...
USC FOOTBALL: My (slightly beyond) MIDSEASON REPORT
Trojans taking the field at the Coliseum before a game… ON THE HEELS OF THEIR LATEST RIVALRY CLASH WITH NOTRE DAME, HERE’S WHERE THOSE TROJANS FROM EXPOSITION PARK CURRENTLY STAND&#8230…
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October 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Every year I partake in what is my #1 tradition of #SoCalSportsChronicles:
My predictions of the annual #UCLAvsUSC 🐻✌️
#BattleForLA 🏈 #CROSSTOWNRIVALRY clash,
Which includes MY PREDICTION OF THE FINAL SCORE!
Click on the link & find out...
CROSSTOWN RIVALRY 2025: My Official Predictions of the 95th Football Meeting Between UCLA and USC
Nice shot of this line of scrimmage! Photo courtesy of reddit.com UCLA BRUINS (3-8) vs USC TROJANS (8-3) DAY & DATE: Saturday, November 29, 2025 PLACE: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum TIME: 4:30 …
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November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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HOT OFF THE #SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES' PRESSES:
My take on how the defending #WorldSeries 🏆 champion #Dodgers 🧢⚾ at this season's midway point...
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July 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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HERE IT IS!
First I previewed the Angels on my sports blog, #SoCalSportsChronicles,
Now I'm previewing the defending #MLB ⚾ champion #Dodgers 🧢 🙂
Click on the link to find out how I see their chances of repeating as #WorldSeries 🏆 champs...
LOS ANGELES DODGERS: Our 2025 Season Preview
Dodgers celebrating their 8th World Series championship! Photo courtesy of cnn.com LOS ANGELES DODGERS – 143rd SEASON, 68th SEASON IN LOS ANGELES 2024 Record: 98-64, first place in the Nation…
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March 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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MY LATEST FROM #SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES:
April 15th is the anniversary of Jackie Robinson playing his first game with the #Dodgers 🧢 and breaking the ⚾ color line.
I always do a commemorative post for that great occasion.
Please enjoy 🙂
JACKIE ROBINSON DAY: My Annual Commemoration of This Historic Icon
Image courtesy of x.com MY ANNUAL HOMAGE AND SALUTE TO THIS HISTORICAL ICON Seventy-eight years ago. April 15, 1947 – Opening Day of the Major League Baseball season. Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, …
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April 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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JUST POSTED ON #SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES:
A look at the teams in So Cal that don't play ⚾ that have started their seasons;
#LAFC 🏙️ ⚽, the #LAGalaxy 🌌 ⚽, #AngelCityFC 👼⚽, & the #LASparks 🎇🏀
SO CAL SPORTS: Checking Out Our Women’s Basketball and Soccer Teams
LAFC (in black) and the Galaxy (in white) battling during an El Trafico match. Photo courtesy from theviewfromavalon.com TAKING A LOOK AT MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER’S LAFC AND THE GALAXY, THE NATION…
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May 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Continuing the start of my college 🏈 coverage for my sports blog, #SoCalSportsChronicles,
With a look at #UCLAFootball 🐻
(who happens to be my alma mater 🙂)
and how I think they'll do in 2025...
UCLA BRUIN FOOTBALL: My 2025 Season Preview and Predictions
Bruins celebrating after making a play. Photo courtesy of gojoebruin.com UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (UCLA) BRUINS – 107th SEASON 2024 Record: 5-7, 3-6 in the Big Ten Conference Big…
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August 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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NEW FROM MY SPORTS BLOG, #SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES:
Belatedly recognizing & giving props to the men's 🏀 teams #CalStateDominguezHills 🐂 & #UCIrvine 🐜🍽️ for making their title games in #NCAADivisionII and the #NIT
#CONGRATSTorosAndAnteaters 😀
A SHOUT-OUT TO TWO SO CAL BASKETBALL TEAMS
TWO BASKETBALL PROGRAMS WHICH THE TERM “UNDER THE RADAR” WAS THE PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF THEM DURING THIS YEAR’S MARCH MADNESS First and especially foremost, I would like to offici…
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April 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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WRAPPING UP APRIL ON MY SPORTS BLOG,
#SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES:
Expressing something that's on my mind as the #NFL 🏈, #NBA 🏀, and #MLB ⚾ drafts are fast approaching;
To find out what the message is, click on the link...
NOT EXACTLY SO CAL SPORTS: An Open Message To Athletes
Being that this is a So Cal sports blog, I reckon that this shot of Dodger Stadium is appropriate here… WITH THE NFL DRAFT – THE BIGGEST DRAFT IN ALL OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS – RAPI…
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April 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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NEW FROM #SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES:
My commemoration of my collegiate alma mater's ⚾ team,
the #UCLABruins 🐻
Making their 1st #CollegeWorldSeries ⚾since 2013! 😀
OMAHA BOUND! UCLA Baseball Earns Its Sixth College World Series Berth
Bruins celebrating the moment their College World Series ticket was punched. Photo courtesy of x.com IN CASE YOU MISSED IT (sorry it’s a tiny bit late): FROM WORST TO FIRST! From 19 wins and …
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June 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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While I'm a longtime ⚾ & 🥎 guy,
The #NCAATournament is by far my favorite thing about 🏀
Every year in #SoCalSportsChronicles I do a preview/predictions post for the teams from SoCal in #MarchMadness;
Here's this year's,
Hope you enjoy 🙂
SO CAL IN THE BIG DANCE: A Look At The L.A. Teams In The NCAA Tournament
PREVIEWS OF THE L.A. TEAMS IN MARCH MADNESS, AND… PREDICTIONS OF HOW FAR THEY WILL GO This year only three teams from So Cal – two women’s and one men’s – will be in t…
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March 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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KICKING OFF AUGUST ON MY SPORTS BLOG,
#SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES,
With some reckonings regarding the #NFL 🏈 preseason having already started and 🏈 season in general fast approaching...
WHAT? IS FOOTBALL STARTING ALREADY?! Chargers, Rams Begin NFL Preseason
Chargers huddling at a practice. Photo courtesy of x.com Last week – on July 30th to be precise… A football game was played in Canton, Ohio on ESPN, which I saw a few plays of. The fact…
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August 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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#SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES' LATEST:
My answer to this question, as the #Angels 👼 begin part two of this year's annual #FreewaySeries ⚾ vs the #Dodgers 🧢 this week...
IS MIKE TROUT A HALL OF FAMER?
OAKLAND, CA – OCTOBER 03: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels walks back to dug out after a pop fly out in the fifth inning against the Oakland Athletics at RingCentral Coliseum on Octob…
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August 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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IF YOU'RE A ⚾ FAN,
I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD THIS NEWS BY NOW.
Being that I'm a longtime #Dodgers 🧢 fan,
I couldn't let this go by without giving homage to Kershaw on my sports blog,
#SoCalSportsChronicles.
So check it out 🙂
CLAYTON KERSHAW RETIRING: Thoughts & Props To A Dodger Great
MY HOMAGE & SALUTE TO THIS LATEST OF DODGER LEGENDS, WHO HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL BE HANGING THEM UP AT SEASON’S END After I saw the news on X (Twitter), When I think about it, Clayton …
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September 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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WROTE & POSTED THIS ON #SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO:
IMO I think this will be enjoyed;
Check out what my choices for this ⚾ team is...
MY ALL-TIME (fictional) MOVIE BASEBALL TEAM
Third in a series BEING THAT BASEBALL SEASON IS IN FULL SWING… It has been several weeks since I listed my all-time movie basketball team, in honor of the March Madness that was going on. Now…
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March 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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My sports blog, #SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES' beginning of SoCal's #NFL 🏈 coverage continues with my preview of the #LosAngelesRams 🐏
LOS ANGELES RAMS: My 2025 Season Preview and Predictions
Rams celebrating some good fortune. Photo courtesy of essentiallysports.com LOS ANGELES RAMS – 89th SEASON, 59th IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, and 10th SEASON BACK IN LOS ANGELES 2024 Season: 10-7,…
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September 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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NEW FROM MY SPORTS BLOG, #SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES:
Just what the title says,
My take on the #Angels 👼⚾ at the season's midway point...
ANGELS AT THE ALL-STAR BREAK: How They Stand
Taylor Ward (#3) and Jo Adell (#7) celebrating at home plate. Photo courtesy of espn.com MY LOOK AT THE ANGELS AT THE SEASON’S MIDWAY POINT LOS ANGELES ANGELS Current Record: 47-49, fourth pl…
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July 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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KICKING OFF SEPTEMBER ON #SOCALSPORTSCHRONICLES:
With my college 🏈 previews done,
It's time for SoCal's #NFL 🏈 teams to be looked at as that season's about to start 🙂
Starting with the #LosAngelesChargers ⚡
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS: My 2025 Season Preview & Predictions
I really like the white pants on these Charger home uniforms as opposed to the gold pants! photo courtesy of sportingnews.com LOS ANGELES CHARGERS – 66th SEASON, 10th IN LOS ANGELES 2024 Reco…
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September 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM