Football: Los Angeles Jordan stays in Division I

Staff Writer

July 31, 2010 4:48 PM PT

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These Bulldogs still have some postseason bite.

Los Angeles Jordan, which lost its coach and a number of top players following last season, will continue to compete in Division I for the City Section playoffs, according to Coach Javier Rodriguez.

The Bulldogs lost to City Section runner-up Narbonne in the first round last year. They’ll have to overcome the departure of Coach Elijah Asante to Carson and standout quarterback DeShawn Beck to the college ranks.

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.