Sports
The school's colors are crimson and white and its mascot is The Sheik, based on the Rudolph Valentino movie, The Sheik.
In 2009, while playing football against West Adams Preparatory High School, Spencer Juarez was injured. He died the following day, and the death was later declared a "massive cerebral edema due to blunt head trauma" by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“...I didn’t come to this with any particular cachet. I was just a person who grew up in the United States. And when I looked around at the people who were sportscasters, I thought they were just people who grew up in the United States, too. So I thought, Why can’t a woman do it? I just assumed everyone else would think it was a swell idea.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 85 (June 17, 1991)