By Elliott Teaford

elliott.teaford@langnews.com
@ElliottTeaford on Twitter
Down but defiant, the Kings
went back to work Thursday night
for perhaps the last time at Staples
Center this season. They said all
the right things after doing almost
none of them while failing behind
the more opportunistic San Jose
Sharks three games to none.
We have to win one game, for-
ward Mike Richards said 24 hours
earlier. We cant worry about win-
ning four games all at once. We
should be comfortable playing in
Staples Center against San Jose.
Weve played against them lots and
weve had success against them in
our building lots.
We cant look ahead to Game 5
without winning Game 4.
The Kings handled their busi-
ness with a 6-3 series-extending
victory over the Sharks, forcing
NHL PLAYOFFS
Kings take must-win Game 4
Western Conference: L.A. stays alive with
home victory, its best efort yet against Sharks
MARKJ.TERRILLAP
KingsgoalieJonathan
Quick,top,cantstop
thisshotbySanJoses
MattNietoduring
ThursdaysGame4at
StaplesCenter.
KINGS 6, SHARKS 3
Up next:vs.SanJose,7 p.m.
SaturdayatSAPCenter.
TV:FSW
THE SCORE The Kings nally channeled
some of that Stanley Cup
swagger on Thursday.
It was just one game and
probably wont make a dif-
ference in the Western
Conference quarternals
results, but this sure was
a good way to soothe some
heartache.
The Kings played physi-
cal, their stars played well
and they had a killer in-
stinct.
Where, oh, where has that
been all series against the
Sharks?
Their physical brand of hockey
and a ne outing by Jona-
than Quick gave the Kings
a 6-3 win Thursday at Sta-
ples Center.
Robyn Regehr and
Brent Burns ended the
game, after the buzzer
sounded on the Kings rst
win in the series, with
gloves of and trading
punches. It was that kind
of afair.
The Kings cut San Joses se-
ries lead to 3-1 with Game 5 to be
played Saturday in San Jose.
Yes, the Kings, behind a strong physical
performance, do know their way to San Jose
CLIPPERS 98, GOLDEN ST. 96
Up next:Game4 atGoldenSt,
12:30p.m.Sunday,OracleArena.
TV:Ch.7
THE SCORE
The girl checking me into my
downtown Oakland hotel had the
spirit, the bright, yellow neon shirt
she wore practically shouting the
three most popular words in the
Bay Area this weekend: Loud.
Proud. Warriors.
So did the guy at the rental car
counter, the cashier
at the gas station
and the parking at-
tendant valeting my
car.
Loud.
Proud.
Warriors.
No matter where
you went, no matter
where you looked,
Warrior pride was everywhere.
The girl at the bus station. The fa-
ther and son riding riding BART
Thursday morning. The two nuns
walking down Broadway.
The Clippers came here to play
the Warriors.
Turns out the were going up
against an entire city.
A very loud.
Very proud.
Very Warriors city.
And that was before stepping
foot into Oracle Arena Thursday
for Game 3 of this rst round West-
ern Conference playof series.
The loudest, craziest, wildest
arena in the NBA.
But somewhere between L.A.
and Oakland the Clippers bought
some ear mufs and a little bit of
perspective.
They werent playing an arena,
they were playing a team. They
didnt have to beat 19.596 loud fans,
they had to beat the 12 guys wear-
NBA
Clippers
find way
to tame
loud beast
HANSGUTKNECHTSTAFFPHOTOGRAPHER
ThefemaleMMAfghtersknownastheFourHorsewomen,fromlef:MarinaShafr,JessamynDuke,ShaynaBaszlerandRondaRousey.
By Brian Martin
brian.martin@langnews.com
@TheBMartin on Twitter
It is a topic best avoided.
Any mention of last years The Ultimate
Fighter in the vicinity of Ronda Rousey is like
taking a stick to a hornets nest.
The UFC reality show, with female coaches and
ghters for the rst time in 18 seasons, was viewed
as a vehicle to highlight the wom-
ens bantamweight champion and
promote a title defense against ri-
val coach Miesha Tate.
It turned into a six-week or-
deal away from home that became
even more tumultuous once the episodes aired
and Rousey took issue with the editing.
Rousey swears in both promises and color-
ful language she will never do the show again.
Yet from darkness comes light.
Without that show, there would be no sister-
hood at Glendale Fighting Club.
There would be no Monday nights watching
WWE Raw in Rouseys Venice home, followed
Group of MMA fghters known as The Four
Horsewomen are a force to be reckoned with
ADAntonioisleavingthe
Lakerscoachingstaf,but
itsheadcoachMikesbrother
andleadassistant,Dan,who
isheadingelsewheretoserve
asMarshallUniversityshead
coach.
NBA
Lakers assistant takes
college coaching job
FULL STORY ON PAGE 10
Blog:InsideUCLA
The skinny:BeatwriterJack
Wangwillhostalivechat
todayatnoontoanswerany
questionsaboutUCLAfootball
(oranythingelse).
ON THE BLOGS
Talk Bruins football
today on UCLA blog
PLEASE VISIT INSIDESOCAL.COM/
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Jill
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Columnist
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POWER
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I always tell my guy fighters, theyre your sisters.
So the way you would respect your sister is the way
you respect them. The girls are first in our gym.
Theyre like our saints basically in the gym.
Edmond Tarverdyan, owner of Glendale Fighting Club who trains The Four Horsewomen
Vincent
Bonsignore
Columnist
MMA PAGE 6
Tryexplainingtoyourmother
aboutthelackofprogress
overthelaunchoftheDodg-
ersnewchannel.Theconver-
sationstartswithAristotelian
logic,butendsupchanneling
AbbottandCostello.
MEDIA
Maybe you should just
catch Dodgers on radio
FULL STORY ON PAGE 3
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strugglingagainstDallas.PAGE 8
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