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February 5, 2026

Jon Jones stops Cormier in 3rd, regains UFC title belt

Jones reclaimed his UFC light heavyweight title by stopping Daniel Cormier in the third round with a vicious head kick and a finish on the ground at UFC 214, completing his rocky journey back to the top after 2 1/2 years of drama with his 14th consecutive

Sweltering heat wave cancels PCAL cross country center meets

After giving it much consideration, the Pacific Coast Athletic League this week was forced to cancel the second cross country center meet of the season due to blistering heat waves taking place throughout California. Wednesday’s Center Meet No. 2 at Toro Park in Salinas was...

Curry scores 35, Warriors rally to beat 76ers 124-116

Stephen Curry scored 35 points, Kevin Durant had 27 and the Golden State Warriors rallied for a 124-116 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night.

Without injured Curry, Durant leads Warriors past Magic

Kevin Durant had 21 points, a season-high eight assists and seven rebounds, Shaun Livingston scored a season-best 16 points in place of the injured Stephen Curry, and the Golden State Warriors pulled away in the second half to beat the Orlando Magic 110-100 on Monday night for their seventh straight win.

Weekly roundup, 1/11: More than a dozen players selected for local all-star game

Fourteen local players were selected for tonight’s 34th annual Central Coast High School All-Star football game at Rabobank Stadium in Salinas.

Hawks qualify for the CCS playoffs | Girls volleyball

The season will continue for the Mount Madonna School girls’ volleyball team after it qualified for a spot in the upcoming Central Coast Section playoffs.  The Hawks along with four other Santa Cruz County teams advanced to postseason play, which kicks off with first-round action...

‘Catz’s boys’ soccer suffers second-half collapse in loss to Salinas | Weeklys Sports Roundup

Watsonville High sophomore Justin Alfaro scored in the Wildcatz’s 3-1 loss to Salinas High in Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division boys soccer action at Cabrillo College on a cold and rainy Friday night. Alfaro gave Watsonville a 1-0 lead going into halftime when his...

Girls' Basketball: Hocom steps down after 4 years at Aptos

Hocom compiled a 78-36 overall record in his four years at Aptos, and helped the program capture its first Central Coast Section title since 1983 and first outright Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League crown since ’82.

CCS Football: Aptos exorcises 4th quarter demons, stuns SHP for Open D3 title

Undersized, overlooked and struggling heading into the playoffs on a two-game losing streak that robbed them of a league championship, the Mariners (11-2) completed their impressive run to the program’s fourth CCS title of the decade with a wild 35-34 comeback win over the Gators (11-2) at Westmont High.

Bellinger, Dodgers top Astros 6-2 to tie World Series 2-all

Hitless in 13 at-bats, Bellinger doubled and scored the tying run in the seventh inning , then doubled home the go-ahead run off struggling closer Ken Giles in a five-run ninththat lifted Los Angeles to a 6-2 win Saturday night and tied the Series at two games apiece.