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Eight teams are chasing the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, creating an intense jostling near the top. Steve Aschburner NBA TV's experts debate which team is currently the second-best team in ...

The accolades keep piling up for the Danish Capital of America, as Solvang, California was named the Best Small Town in the West by USA Today. Last week, the Denmark-inspired tourism hub in Santa ...

Cal Poly has been ranked the best overall master’s-level university in the West for the third consecutive year in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Colleges guidebook. This is the 33rd straight ...

West Coast college baseball aficionados are puffing out their collective chests one month into the season, and they have good cause. UCLA, Southern California and Oregon have combined to win 53 of ...

NHL action is back, and so are weekly power rankings. The top teams in the Western Conference are all very good, so head-to-head results carry the most weight. The gap between the second and ...

The Houston Rockets haven't played at their best consistently throughout this season, but some other Western Conference contenders have faced their own struggles. The Rockets aren't out of the running ...