Tag: rose bowl

B-2 Stealth Bomber Will Miss Rose Parade, but B-1s Ready to Step In

PASADENA, Calif.—Spectators at the upcoming Rose Parade won’t be getting a glimpse of the B-2 stealth bomber this year. A flyover by the impressive bomber has opened the floral procession along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena in recent years. But officials at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri said they have temporarily grounded their B-2 bomber…


High School Senior Bella Ballard Crowned 2023 Roses Queen

PASADENA, Calif.—Bella Ballard of Altadena was crowned Oct. 25 evening as the 2023 Rose Queen at Tournament House in Pasadena. Ballard is a senior at The Ogburn School, a distance learning school. She is a volunteer with Ronald McDonald House Charities, a volunteer soccer coach with Chelsea Football Club, a soccer player with the Santa…


Legendary UCLA Football Coach Dies in Newport Beach Home

The most successful coach in University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) football history, Terry Donahue, has died. The 77-year-old sports legend died in his Newport Beach home July 4 following a two-year battle with cancer. Donahue was the winningest football coach in UCLA and Pacific 12 Conference history with a historic 151 game wins, which includes the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Freedom Bowl,…


Newsom Laments Rose Bowl Move, but Stands by Ban on Fans

PASADENA, Calif. (CNS)—While lamenting the Rose Bowl game’s move out of Pasadena in favor of Arlington, Texas, due to a COVID-19-prompted ban on fan attendance, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Dec. 21 the state refused to put lives at risk by granting an exemption to the annual Pasadena tradition. “We love the Rose Bowl,” Newsom said….


Rose Bowl Game Relocated to Texas Due to COVID-19

PASADENA, Calif. (CNS)—The 2021 Rose Bowl game has been relocated from Pasadena to Texas, leaving Southern California without its signature New Year’s sporting event for the first time since 1942. Officials announced Dec. 19 that the game—a College Football Playoff (CFP) semifinal—will played at AT&T Stadium in Dallas on Jan. 1, 2021. The decision was…