We had a pair of college golf tournaments in town on Monday with the first round of the Prestige at PGA West in La Quinta and the final round of the Alice and John Wallace Classic at Monterey CC in Palm Desert. North Carolina leads the Prestige after one round, led by top-ranked amateur David
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Bakersfield Condors 4-3 in the shootout on Sunday at Acrisure Arena. The Condors held the Firebirds scoreless in the opening period but added a goal of their own by Phil Kemp. Jacob Melanson tallied the game-tying goal in the second frame, which would be the lone goal in the
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The Prestige celebrated its 25th anniversary at the Greg Norman Course at PGA West. The Prestige is a three-day, 54-hole tournament where some of the premier college golf teams will compete in both a team and individual category. Before the competition, the Prestige hosted its annual junior clinic where boys and girls of all ages
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The World Number 1 ATP player, Jannik Sinner, will miss out on the BNP Paribas Open after accepting a three-month ban to settle a doping case. Sinner will be banned from February 9th to May 4th after testing positive twice for the banned substance clostebol in March last year. Due to his positive test, his
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It was a busy Saturday of high school sports with CIF-SS playoff action. Three teams were at home, while three teams were on the road. GIRLS BASKETBALL Temescal Canyon 51, Palm Desert 50 El Toro 51, Desert Christian Academy 37 Ramona 50, Twentynine Palms 47 Rosemead 50, Desert Hot Springs 35 BOYS SOCCER Coachella Valley
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the San Diego Gulls 5-3 on Saturday at Acrisure Arena. Justin Bailey gave the Gulls the 1-0 lead, but Ben Meyers erased that deficit on the power play after deflecting Nikolas Brouillard’s shot. POWER PLAY GOOOALLLLLtied game 1-1 pic.twitter.com/D3ZeMoq1qJ— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) February 16, 2025 San Diego scored
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The California Winter League has never had a team from China compete in the league until this year, but the game of baseball continues to grow to be a global sport. “It was very exciting for us because we knew that was going to raise our level of competition, was going to raise the level
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It was another busy night of local high school sports with the CIF playoffs, headlined by PS-RM and CV-Indio basketball. The Snake Pit was the place to be tonight.Rancho Mirage defeats Palm Springs 50-43 in the second round of the CIF-SS Playoffs. It was an electric atmosphere and another thrilling clash between the two rivals.
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It was another busy night around the valley for high school sports playoffs. A stunner at Shadow Hills.@ShadowHillsGir1 falls in the first round at home to South Torrance. Was not expecting that, especially after an undefeated league title where the Lady Knights outscored local opponents by an average of 51 points. Wow. @KESQ @KenjiitoKESQ pic.twitter.com/DIzBZ4gnwK—
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It was a busy Wednesday of high school sports, jam-packed with CIF-SS playoff action. JAKE with the JAM! Sheesh. Jake Brande catches a body in Palm Desert's first round win tonight over Long Beach Jordan. @KenjiitoKESQ captured one of the best highlights of the season. @PDHS_Athletics @HoopsAztec @jakebrande2026 @pdhsalumni @pdhsofficial @CIFSS @KESQ pic.twitter.com/rJBkxgSTVS— Blake Arthur
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Rancho Mirage guard Vincent Davis is this week’s student-athlete of the week. Here at Rancho Mirage High School, Vincent Davis is the definition of a great student-athlete. He’s been the captain for the past three years, is the homecoming king, and has a 4.6 GPA, but Davis ‘s never really been satisfied because he continues
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Two LA Galaxy players, Edwin Cerrillo and Mauricio Cuevas, met with Coachella Valley Unified School District migrant students at Palm View Elementary School on Monday. It was an event Cuevas said he didn’t want to miss. “We all have the same backgrounds, w all have, you know, the same upbringing,” said Cuevas. “Similar backstories to these kids
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KESQ) – Luka Doncic is expected to make his Laker debut tonight against the Utah Jazz at Crypto.com Arena while LeBron James is expected to return to action after a one-game absence. Doncic has not played since Dec. 25 because of a left calf sprain. The five-time All-NBA guard missed the first
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By Wayne Sterling, CNN (CNN) — Tiger Woods will miss this week’s Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego as he continues to mourn the loss of his mother. “I planned to tee it up this week, but I’m just not ready,” Woods posted on X Monday. “I did my best to
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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN New Orleans (CNN) — The Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday won their franchise’s second Super Bowl championship, putting an end to the Kansas City Chiefs’ dream of a three-peat with a dominant and complete performance on both sides of the ball, winning 40-22. The Eagles forced Patrick Mahomes and the high-powered Chiefs
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The playoffs are here for the winter sports. Seven teams for both boys’ basketball and girls’ soccer, three for water polo, and five for both girls’ basketball and boys’ soccer all look to claim the title. Here is a look at the schedule. WEDNESDAY, FEB 12 BOYS BASKETBALL – Palm Springs at West Ranch (Division
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the San Diego on Friday night at Pechanga Arena in overtime by the final score 3-2. Daniel Sprong scored the overtime game-winner and Philipp Grubauer made 30 saves to help earn the Firebirds their 24th win of the season. The overtime win was Coachella Valley’s third straight in the extra
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SANTA ANA, Calif. (CNS) – Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, who admitted stealing nearly $17 million from the Dodger slugger’s bank account to pay off illegal gambling debts, was sentenced today in federal court in Santa Ana to 57 months in prison. In addition to the four years and nine months in prison, Ippei Mizuhara was
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The NFL is headed to Australia and the Los Angeles Rams will be making it their home away from home when they play there in 2026, giving the team what Rams Owner and Chairman E. Stanley Kroenke said is a chance today for Los Angeles to serve as a gateway to the area and countries
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (KESQ) – The BNP Paribas Open released its player entry lists ahead of the 2025 event in Indian Wells. The tennis tournament features a star-studded lineup of top men’s and women’s players headed to “Tennis Paradise” to compete from March 2-16 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in the first combined ATP
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