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February 18, 2026

Hall of Famer Jerry West joins LA Clippers as consultant

West was introduced at a news conference Monday with Doc Rivers, the Clippers' coach and president of basketball operations, and Executive Vice President Lawrence Frank. He had been an executive board member with the Warriors and is expected to have a sim

Raiders running backs are content sharing the spotlight

Lynch, the Oakland native who came out of retirement to play for his hometown team, is the featured runner and the marquee name in the backfield. Richard and Washington, both in their second year, are the understudies but actually much more than that.

Watsonville’s Galassi, Alaga qualify for SAF Bass Fishing National Championships

Alaga, and Galassi, best friends and fishing buddies since the ages of 11 and 14, respectively, finished fifth at this year’s California Open on May 14 to qualify for the SAF Bass Fishing National Championships at Pickwick Lake in Florence, Alabama later

Stanton homers in 6th straight, Marlins fall 9-4 to Giants

Baseball's $325-million man homered in his sixth consecutive game to give him a major league-leading 44, but the Miami Marlins fell 9-4 to the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.

PONY Baseball: Brouse fans 17, leads team to league championship

Nationals player Adrian Banuelos scored the Nationals’ only run, giving them a lead in the first inning. But Los Diamondbacks responded with two rallies of their own in the third and fourth, rocketing them to a secure 7-1 lead.

Next level local, 2/8: Nikki Hiltz

Aptos High alumna Nikki Hiltz, now a redshirt senior with Arkansas, placed ninth in the Millrose Games Wanamaker Mile in New York while competing against several of the top female milers in the country on Saturday.

Boy's MBL Track & Field: MVC 4×400 sets record; 3 other locals win titles

MVC, a team devastated by injuries from the first week of the season until the last, capped off the year with a shining moment of victory at the Monterey Bay League division championships, winning the 4x400 and shattering the school record with a time of

Monte Vista Christian adds two new head coaches to athletics department

Dek: Juan Diego Alvarez to lead girls’ soccer program, Al Toney takes over boys’ basketball team 
Monte Vista Christian announced the addition of two new head coaches for the upcoming 2024-25 prep sports year.  The school’s athletics website posted in June that Juan Diego Alvarez and Al Toney were brought on board to lead the girls’ soccer and boys’ basketball programs,...

A's lose 12-inning marathon to O's

Britton's AL-record run of converting 60 straight save attempts was ruined when he blew a two-run lead and failed to get out of the ninth inning in a game Baltimore ultimately won in the 12th, 8-7 over the Oakland Athletics.

Watsonville history: Watsonville High has many traditions, one of them is written with a ‘z’

Before last week, I was never curious as to why Watsonville used a z instead of an s at the end of its mascots' name. Like I said, I accepted it. It’s not a spelling mistake, which was my first thought when I went to my first high school basketball game, it’s the unspoken rule — like not putting ketchup on a hotdog. No Watsonville alumnus asks why, they just accept it.