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Matthew Stafford during offseason

it’s been a long time since he’s been healthy through an offseason, where he’s been able to throw. I was just with him the other morning where he was in there early (at the facility) working, being able to do the things that are in alignment with preparing for the season.”

“Heading into the offseason, got a chance to be pretty darn healthy and continue to try to get to feeling as good as I can I feel, and then get ready to go again next year,” he said during his end-of-season media availability at that time.

Stafford did not throw during the Rams’ offseason program in the spring of 2022, then had his throwing workload in training camp on a pitch count as part of their plan to manage his elbow. In the 2022 regular season, he was limited to nine games as he missed time due to concussion protocol and a spinal cord contusion.

By Stu Jackson, Therams.com

In less than two weeks, the Rams are scheduled kick off their offseason program, with Organized Team Activity workouts slated to get underway on May 22. When it comes to Matthew Stafford’s participation, the quarterback will have “no limitations” and be “ready to roll,”

Westchester High School to host Collision

All Star Games set for Saturday April 15

The 23rd annual Collision

All Star Basketball Games will return to a high school gymnasium for the first time since 2017 and only the 8th time in the history of the event when perennial Los Angeles City Section power Westchester plays host on April 15, 2023.

High schools that have been honored to host Collision include Long Beach Poly, Los Angeles Fremont, Gardena Serra, Ocean View, Inglewood and Narbonne six years ago. Collision was grounded for two years 2020-’21 because of the COVID pandemic restrictions, but returned to El Camino College for 2022.

Featuring the top senior girls and boys representing the Los Angeles City Section versus the Southern Section, Collision remains the only post season all-star game with a purpose as the sections compete for pride and bragging rights.

The Southern Section girls have dominated in their rivalry 19-3, but the boys series has been ultra-competitive with the Southern Section clinging to a 12-10 advantage.

Alumni includes NBA MVP Russell Westbrook (Leuzinger), former UCLA and NBA standout and his wife Nina Earl-Westbrook (Diamond Ranch, MVP), Darren Collision (Etiwanda, MVP), Spencer Dinwiddie (Taft), former WNBA standouts Ebony Hoffman (Narbonne) and Lisa Willis (Narbonne), Chloe Wells (AB Miller) who was a Duke standout.

Girls game is scheduled to tip at 5p.m. and the boys games at 7p.m. for more information contact 310.924.7851 according to head coach Sean McVay.

“He’s doing really well,” McVay said last week at the NFL Annual Meetings in Phoenix. “I think he’d be better equipped to answer this, but I think

“He’s doing really well,” McVay said. “I think last year, there was such a unique combination and collaboration of things that prevented him from being

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