Sports & Outdoors Archive

Weekend Planner: Heart, Wine and Meteors

Find out what's happening in the Palm Springs and desert resort cities of Southern California for the weekend of August 9, 2012.

Erik Sandoval

Driving Passions

Palm Springs Life visited five classic-car enthusiasts to see their vehicles and learn why they own them and how they use them.

DONALD OSBORNE

‘I Fight for Everybody Around Me’

Boxer Timothy Ray Bradley Jr., known as “The Desert Storm,” owns an undefeated professional record in 29 bouts. He’s preparing for a June 9 date at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where he’ll battle 147-pound Manny Pacquiao for the world welterweight title.

Judd Spicer

Park and Go

In April, as contractors were still renovating a former clubhouse in Borrego Springs, a botanist studying larkspur became the first scientist to use the Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center.

Janice Kleinschmidt

CAMEO - Your Serve, Kevin Connolly

You can see on the surface — 25 U.S. Open-blue tennis courts — that Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa wants competitive players. The color of the courts asserts, “This is where the pros play.

STEVEN BILLER

Be Cool. Go for a Tramway Ride.

Enjoy a change of scenery. Hike trails dark and rich with earth while caressed by a cool breeze. Breathe in fresh mountain air and marvel at white fir and sugar pine.

Seven Ways to Beat the Heat on the Course

Summer golf is right around the corner. But before teeing up, prep for playing in triple-digit temps. Here are seven suggestions to help you keep cool on the green.

Judd Spicer

Set Up Camp

Camping is a great way to step off the rat-race treadmill for a couple of days and reconnect with your inner Thoreau. Here are a few suggestions for camping in surrounding parks and recreation areas.

Mona de Crinis

Chicks With Sticks

More than a sport, polo — especially in the desert — is a lifestyle. People in the game have known each other’s families for generations, and on match day, the play on the field accounts for only a fraction of the fun.

JAN SILVER MAGUIRE

An Insider’s Guide to the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument

In the 12 years since the Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument was founded, technology has tightened its grip on us all. Scientists say many of us can no longer see the flash of a bighorn sheep’s rump, hear the peep of a towhee, or count the receding ridges of the Santa Rosas — not because the rump, towhee, and ridges aren’t there, but because we can no longer perceive them. Tiny screens have stolen our senses. The 280,000 acres of monument just outside Palm Springs is the perfect place to reclaim them.

ANN JAPENGA