Pomona News

Pomona council to address policy on impounding of unlicensed drivers' cars
POMONA - After hearing from Pomona residents and members of the Pomona Habla/Pomona Speaks Community Coalition Monday night, City Council members agreed to place an item on its Feb. 27 agenda on a policy addressing the impounding of unlicensed drivers' cars.

NHRA Top Fuel - The Sarge Is Ready For Fresh Start
POMONA, Feb. 8, 2012: Shortly after the curtain came down on the 2011 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing season, U.S. Army Top Fuel driver Tony “The Sarge” Schumacher quickly went in search of a 2012 calendar.

Immigrant Worker Firings Unsettle Pomona College
At Pomona College, dining hall employees were fired after questions about their residency status, prompting a debate over what it means to be a liberal college.

Pomona man guilty in grandmother's death
A Pomona man will be sentenced in March after a jury found him guilty of killing his grandmother in 2008 and dumping her body in the High Desert after visiting family.

Kiplinger Magazine Ranks Pomona Second Best Value
Kiplinger magazine recently released its annual ranking of the “Best Values in Private Colleges” in the United States. This year, Pomona College ranked second among liberal arts colleges behind Swarthmore College.

More evidence big football players face heart risks
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pro football players may generally enjoy a longer-than-average lifespan -- but the biggest players may be more likely than others to die of heart disease, a U.S. study suggests. The study, reported in the American Journal of Cardiology, followed more than 3,400 NFL players who were active between 1959 and 1988. It found that 334 had died by 2007 -- only about half the ...

Texas teen officially signs to play football … and rugby?
It's not unusual for a top athlete to compete in multiple sports in college. In particular, football players at certain positions (like wide receiver or defensive back) often participate in track & field in the spring as part, as the two sports and their training regimens tend to go hand-in-hand. Yet those aren't the two sports being taken on by Fort Worth (Texas) Nolan Catholic High senior ...

El Paso Sports Commission CEO: Triple-A baseball team would be unbelievable opportunity
Brian Kennedy, the president and CEO of the El Paso Sports Commission, said a possible Triple-A baseball team in El Paso would be an unbelievable opportunity for Downtown business and sports fans alike.

Women's Softball May Return to 2020 Olympics: A Female's Reaction
In 2005, the International Olympic Committee made the shocking decision to remove both baseball and women's softball from the Olympics. The decision to remove softball, a sport typically played by women, left female softball players across the world shocked, devastated and...

The Differences Between Softball and Baseball: A Female's Perspective
The International Olympic Committee has announced that softball, a sport primarily played by women that is similar to baseball, is one of eight sports under consideration for addition to the 2020 Olympic Games . The International Olympic Committee announced the removal of...