Susan Valot
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Susan Valot is a contributor to Only A Game.
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MLB's First Bonus Baby And The Hollywood Big Shot Who Changed Baseball
Through high school phenom Paul Pettit, the film industry helped change the way baseball does business.
#VegasStrong: How Shooting Survivor Nick Robone Healed With The Help Of Hockey
After he was shot in the chest during the Las Vegas mass shooting, UNLV men's hockey assistant Nick Robone saw the city unite behind its newest team.
The Story Of The First Climbers To Scale Yosemite's El Capitan
Sixty years ago this month, a team of climbers scaled El Capitan for the first time.
The Judo Tournaments That Brought LA Kids To A Japanese Internment Camp
Jack Sergel was an LAPD officer in the 1940s. But he was placed under investigation for bringing white students to a Japanese internment camp for judo tournaments.
Whether It's L.A. Or St. Louis, One Rams Fan Believes For Life
The St. Louis Rams are now the Los Angeles Rams, and, for the first time in two decades, L.A. will have its own NFL team to cheer for. One particular...
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California Mom: Secretary By Day, Sumo Wrestler By Night
Jenelle Hamilton is not your typical sumo wrestler. She weighs just 130 pounds and competes against men three times her weight. Now, six years after she hit the mat for...
National Pro Grid: Exercise Becomes Sport
A new pro sports league is capitalizing on the growing popularity of CrossFit. But can the National Pro Grid League take off? Susan Valot travels to Long Beach, Calif. to...
Southern California's Growing Hockey Rivalry
For the first time in history, two Southern California hockey teams are facing each other in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Fans of the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings...
Can CTE Be Detected In The Living?
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative disease thought to be caused by repeated blows to the head, has no treatment or cure. But that hasn't stopped former football players from lining...