La Quinta native Brandun Lee’s August 6th fight at Madison Square Garden is now canceled. To clarify: @ShowtimeBoxing announces the entire event is off. #boxing #PaulRahmanJr https://t.co/ZQtKhDvqx8— Dan Rafael (@DanRafael1) July 31, 2022 News broke while on air – I had this from @Brandun_Lee and Coach Freddy ahead of their @TheGarden debut. Always appreciated Lee's
Continue Reading
La Quinta native Brandun Lee is fighting Will Madera Saturday, August 6th at Madison Square Garden in New York. “I feel like I should have no nervousness at all,” said Lee. La Quinta native @Brandun_Lee (25-0, 23 KO) wrapped up sparring sessions today ahead of his fight next Saturday at MSG in NYC. @BaileyKESQ caught
Continue Reading
A majority of us keep active during the summer by going to gym, maybe a 6 or 7 am early tee time. Anywhere we can get indoors. But what do you do if you are 5,6, 9 or 10 years old? Well, those that live here in Indio come to the Indio Community Center. Where they play…BASKETBALL!
Continue Reading
The Coachella Valley Firebirds released the schedule for the team’s inaugural season. Here at News Channel 3, we’re getting fired up! Our group of stations will be your go-to place to watch firebirds games on television. As the team’s partner, we’ll bring you exclusive: Special programmingPlayer profilesDigital coverage We’re excited to bring you more details
Continue Reading
The Coachella Valley Firebirds have their home opener for the upcoming inaugural season. The Firebirds will drop the puck in the desert for the first time on Sunday, Dec. 18th at Acrisure Arena as they welcome the Tucson Roadrunners (Arizona Coyotes affiliate) at 6:00 p.m. Click HERE for the complete 2022-2023 AHL home opener schedule. The Firebirds’ Twitter
Continue Reading
Palm Desert shortstop standout Jordan Sprinkle has been drafted to the Major Leagues! The Chicago White Sox drafted Sprinkle, 21, in the fourth round of the MLB draft. With the 131st pick, the @WhiteSox select @UCSB_Baseball shortstop Jordan Sprinkle, No. 140 on the Top 250 Draft Prospects list.Watch live: https://t.co/Vpb66VBrPo pic.twitter.com/Nwj0ZTjAk1— MLB Draft (@MLBDraft) July
Continue Reading
Palm Desert alumna Desirae Krawczyk has reached her career-highest ranking on the WTA Tour. Top 10 @WTA Ranking 🤝 @desiraekrawczyk Des is a top 10 doubles player in the world & 4x Mixed Grand Slam champion. This is her career highest ranking but knowing Des, she’s ain’t satisfied with this! 9 more spots to climb!
Continue Reading
The 29 Palms All-Star junior softball team went undefeated in its season and finished second in the Southern California championships. 29 Palms lost back-to-back against West LA. This is the farthest any 29 Palms softball team has ever gone in the playoffs. Anisa Youso, Jenica Silvas, Jordyn Kipfer, and Maia Marerro all big contributors for
Continue Reading
While we are still three months away from the start of the 22-23 American League Hockey (AHL) season and the Coachella Valley Firebirds official debut, there are rumblings and excitement building for the newest edition to hockey. Seattles’ KIRO7 Sports Director Chris Francis says he believes the Firebirds are going to be better right away
Continue Reading
Jocelyn Camarillo, one of the top local youth athletes in the valley, can add another piece of hardware to her trophy room. Camarillo, an Indio native, won at the 2022 Youth and Elite Female Summer Festival Championship, held in Wichita, Kansas this week. Ranked No. 1 at 106 lbs and No. 2 at 110 lbs,
Continue Reading
La Quinta native and rising boxing sensation Brandun Lee has his next fight. Lee, 25-0 with 22 knockouts, will showcase his talent on Saturday, August 6th at Madison Sqaure Garden in New York against Will Madera. I’m back in action August 6th on the Jake Paul Vs. Hasim Rahman Jr. Pay-Per-View card! 🔥😎 The fight
Continue Reading
What a summer it has been for this 29 Palms softball. The All-Star girls squad made up of 13-15 year-olds is undefeated and moving on to Round 3 of the Southern California Softball Championships. The players call themselves “Deuce Nine” and a majority of them have been playing softball together since kindergarten. 29 Palms won
Continue Reading
Despite triple digit heat, the Palm Desert 10u All-stars have been thriving this summer. “I think it’s one of the best teams I’ve played on,” said Declan Brummett. “Now that I think about it, it is. We play hard, we have good coaches, and we work as a team which leads us to winning.” You
Continue Reading
She went back-to-back! Local tennis star Desirae Krawczyk successfully defended the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon. Krawczyk and her partner Neal Skupski beat Matthew Ebden and Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-3 Going back-to-back 🏆🏆@desiraekrawczyk and @nealskupski defend the Mixed Doubles title, beating Matthew Ebden and Samantha Stosur 6-4, 6-3#Wimbledon | #CentreCourt100 pic.twitter.com/YIkgn7zTfb— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 7,
Continue Reading
There are now four players left in each of the mens and womens singles draw at Wimbledon, but there is only one player left in the entire tournament competing in not one but two draws. And she’s from right here in the Coachella Valley! Desirae Krawczyk, the Palm Desert alumni, is heading into the semifinals of
Continue Reading
The first puck has yet to drop at Acrisure Arena, but the Coachella Valley Firebirds are already making history: Jessica Campbell has been named the first assistant coach and is the first female in this role in the American Hockey League. She brings years of experience on the ice as a coach and player. Jessica
Continue Reading
3-time Grand Slam champion Desirae Krawczyk is into the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in both Women’s and Mixed doubles. Krawczyk is the reigning Mixed doubles champion and is looking for her fourth Grand Slam title. Always a pleasure to chat with @desiraekrawczyk, especially at @Wimbledon 🎾We talked what makes #Wimbledon so special, 🍓’s and cream, making
Continue Reading
On Thursday at International Fight Week, the 2022 UFC Hall of Fame ceremony took place and local legend Cub Swanson was one of the inductees. Cub Swanson’s UFC Hall of Fame induction speech.[ @CubSwanson | #UFCHOF | Hall of Fame Presented by @ToyoTires ] pic.twitter.com/gyAM8WMX7q— UFC (@ufc) July 1, 2022 “The next thing I’m most
Continue Reading
USC and UCLA announced a major move that will shake the foundation of college sports. The two schools announced that they leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten starting in 2024. On Thursday, ESPN reported that the schools’ applications to join the Big Ten were accepted. Sources: USC and UCLA have been notified that their
Continue Reading
Kevin Durant may be on his way out of the Brooklyn Nets. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that Durant has requested a trade. As the Nets prepare to move one of the most valuable trade assets ever on the market, the entire roster will available to discuss in deals, sources tell ESPN. Teams have been calling
Continue Reading