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For Domata Peko, the road to the

Super Bowl runs through Calabasas.

The Baltimore Ravens defensive

tackle, signed a month ago by the NFL’s

hottest team, was an assistant coach

this season at Calabasas High as he

waited to see where his pro career

would take him next.

“I loved my time there,” said the

6-foot-3, 325-pound Peko, 35, whose

first name is pronounced DOME-atah.

“Helped me stay in shape and keep my

tools sharpened, and to stay ready.”

There’s more to it than that. His son,

Domata Jr., is a freshman defensive end

at Calabasas, and the elder Peko was

one of several former NFL players on

the coaching staff, along with head

coach Chris Claiborne, and assistants

Curtis Conway, Travis Hannah and

Eric King.

“It’s awesome, man, to see him in

that situation because you know the

personal side of him,” said Clai-

borne, a former USC linebacker who

spent eight years in the NFL. “[The

Ravens] look like they’re having so

much fun. It’s one thing to be back in

the league. It’s another to be on a

team that’s having a good time and

competing at a high level.”

Peko, signed Nov. 12, is part of a

constant three-man rotation at

defensive tackle, and has started

two of his three games. It’s a plum

assignment for a 13-year veteran

who never won a playoff game in 11

seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals

and two with the Denver Broncos.

The 10-2 Ravens have won eight

in a row — including victories over

mighty New England, San Francisco

and the Rams — and are led by

DOMATA PEKO CELEBRATES Baltimore’s win over San Francisco on Sunday. Peko, who played 11seasons in Cincinnati and two in Denver, has started two of three games since he signed with the Ravens.

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HE PREPPEDFOR SUCCESS Defensive lineman Peko went from the high schoolsidelines in Calabasas to the hottest team in the NFL

ters in between games with

the national soccer team.

If Fleming was awake,

chances are she was beating

somebody at something.

It was exhausting.

“There was a point where

my parents said we gotta

pick one and kind of roll with

it,” Fleming remembered

this week.

So she picked soccer,

with her international debut

at age 15 marking the first

step on a path that has taken

the midfielder to two World

Cups, an Olympic medal

stand and through four all-

conference seasons at

UCLA.

“I don’t know if there

would have been a wrong

choice,” Fleming said, sit-

ting in the last row of a tiny

Jessie Fleming has yet to

find a sport she can’t domi-

nate.

Since she grew up in Can-

ada, she started with

hockey, starring in a full-con-

tact boys’ league until sev-

enth grade, when she quit to

follow her parents into dis-

tance running. There she

was undefeated in cross-

country, won three high

school championships on

the track and set a provin-

cial record in the 1,500 me-

JESSIE FLEMING rates as one of the best midfield-ers UCLA’s Amanda Cromwell has ever coached.

Scott Chandler UCLA

Bruins’ Fleminga northern lightGifted Canadian hasbecome a leader forUCLA as it reachesNCAA semifinals.

By Kevin Baxter

[See UCLA, D5]

Fifty million dollars.

That’s the site fee that

Matchroom Boxing pro-

cured to take the heavy-

weight championship show-

down between Andy Ruiz Jr.

and Anthony Joshua to

Saudi Arabia, a country with

a history of human rights

violations, including the 2018

killing of a United States-

based journalist, Saudi dis-

sident Jamal Khashoggi.

Boxing has a huge global

footprint. Every country

produces a fighter. Ruiz is

from Imperial Valley, but his

parents were born in Mexico,

where he has a following;

Joshua is a British-born Ni-

gerian.

The heavyweight cham-

pion has often been the face

of the sport, and they need to

travel outside the United

States and Britain to prove

they’re the best.

Muhammad Ali fought in

Manila; Mike Tyson in

Tokyo; Joe Frazier in Ja-

maica; George Foreman in

Venezuela; Lennox Lewis in

South Africa. And now, Ruiz

and Joshua in the Middle

East.

Joshua, an Adonis-like

figure, held four versions of

the heavyweight crown

when he made his stateside

debut at Madison Square

Garden in New York against

the portly Ruiz, a replace-

ment opponent and massive

underdog.

Ruiz stunned just about

everyone, scoring a seventh-

round knockout, much like

what Buster Douglas magi-

cally pulled off against

It’s no oasis for promotersChoice of SaudiArabia for Ruiz-Joshuatitle bout comes underintense scrutiny.

By Manouk Akopyan

[See Boxing, D5]

NFL ::WEEK 14

University

adminis-

trators, like

politicians

and football

coaches,

speak in code.

Rarely are

they direct.

So when

Carol L. Folt said last month

that USC’s football coach

would have to be someone

with “impeccable integrity,”

her audience could only

guess what she was actually

saying. The new USC presi-

dent used the word “integri-

ty” again when introducing

athletic director Mike Bohn,

resulting in further specu-

lation.

Was “integrity” an empty

word? Was it a warning to

the Trojan Family that

Urban Meyer wouldn’t be

hired? Or did it mean some-

thing else?

The answer came

Wednesday in Folt’s defense

of Bohn’s indefensible deci-

sion to retain Clay Helton as

head coach.

“[Bohn] believes very

strongly that coach Helton

has led the football team

with integrity,” Folt said to

Ryan Kartje of The Times.

“He’s deeply committed to

student-athletes’ success,

on and off the field.”

Folt gave some lip service

to winning — she described

her expectation as “excel-

lence with integrity” — but

the excellence part was

optional, evidently. If she

were looking for a winner

without Meyer’s history of

ethical lapses, Helton would

have been fired. Helton isn’t

the only coach in the coun-

try who doesn’t have Mey-

er’s baggage. Some of the

others actually win.

So if winning is a luxury,

the “integrity” she requires

is to be scandal free and

NCAA compliant.

If Folt’s quote above has

DYLAN HERNÁNDEZ

Excellenceused to beUSC’s goal By retaining Helton,new administratorsdemonstrate they’refine with status quo.

[See Hernández, D3]

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The quarterback ac-counts for four touch-

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SAM FARMERON THE NFL

[See Farmer, D6]

He has bone topick with Bohn Arash Markazi saysthe new USC athleticdirector made a hugemistake in retainingClay Helton. D2

Local schoolsmake a splashUSC and Pepperdinereach Final Four inmen’s water polo.They could still meetfor the title. D5

Pressure’s onOilers’ McDavid Hockey’s best playeris trying to bring backthe glory days inEdmonton. D8

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Tyson in Tokyo nearly 30years ago.

Contract clauses forcedfor a rematch, and EddieHearn, head of Matchroom,Joshua’s promoter, couldn’tpass up such an astrono-mical site fee — even if hefaced a tide of backlash.

Hearn said he’s followinga path that’s been paved inrecent years by FormulaOne, European Golf Tour,Saudi Cup and WWE’s near-$450 million deal, which al-ready has experiencedturbulence.

“Saudi Arabia is trying toshowcase these events toshowcase change. Whetheryou believe that or not, that’swhat we’re being told. That’swhat we see,” Hearn said.“[Boxing] is changing, andthere is going to be a hugeamount of investment fromthat region. What are you go-ing to do? Ignore it? Or takethe money?”

Billed as the “Clash onthe Dunes,” the Ruiz (33-1, 22KOs) versus Joshua (22-1, 21KOs) rematch will takeplace Saturday in Diriyah, asmall city outside of Riyadh,the capital, in a gladiator-style, three-sided temporaryvenue that seats 15,000 andwas built solely for the fight.An encore will stream onDAZN, with the main eventestimated to begin 12:45 p.m.PST.

“We have to be differentand groundbreaking. I’mnot trying to be the crazypromoter,” Hearn said. “Ifyou look at Saudi Arabia, wewanted to have a neutralvenue. There was a lot ofmoney being offered, and itgave us a chance to pene-trate the Middle East mar-ket, which is going to be pow-erful in boxing moving for-ward.”

Hearn said he’s been ableto tolerate criticism becausethe deal he scored for Joshuawas more than four timesmore than what the fightercould have earned in Britain.Hearn’s plan was to take thefight there, but Ruiz flexed

his championship musclesand forced a pivot.

The State Departmenthas issued a travel advisoryto Saudi Arabia, stating to“exercise increased caution”because of “terrorism andthe threat of missile anddrone attacks on civilian tar-gets.”

Joe Markowski, executivevice president of DAZN, saidhis company paid propor-tionately less for rights feesbecause of the location, buthe has received assurancesabout safety.

“We would’ve preferredthe fight to be in the U.S., butthey got an offer from theSaudi government theycouldn’t turn down,”Markowski said. “We’re see-ing what the world is seeing… the Saudi government isclearly investing in western-izing and opening them-selves up to the interna-tional sporting community.”

Others describe the ef-fort differently.

“This boxing match is thelatest in a string of examplesand tactics of deliberatesports-washing taking placeby the government in SaudiArabia to help change [its]image in the West,” said Philippe Nassif, Amnesty In-ternational USA’s directorfor the Middle East andNorth Africa. “They’reunder enormous pressureand sustained criticism bytheir self-inflicted public re-lations crisis following theKhashoggi murder and thewar crimes committed in thekingdom.”

Nassif said large-scalesporting events in SaudiArabia are distracting peo-ple from what’s really hap-pening in the country.

“To see something likethis event being used to helppolish Saudi Arabia’s imageis disturbing,” he added.“Slowly but surely, if theykeep doing this, it will chipaway at the notion that thegovernment is crackingdown on the people, jailingactivists and curtailing ba-sic freedoms and human

rights.”Nassif advised compa-

nies and athletes not tojump at big paydays withoutthoroughly examining thesituation.

Ruiz said he was at firstskeptical. “At first, I waskind of like, ‘Why are we go-ing all the way over there?’ ”he said. “But after seeinghow it is, the people, the cul-ture, it’s beautiful out thereand it’s an honor to fightthere. They are putting methere for a reason, to provethe doubters wrong.”

Added Joshua: “This [is]the mecca of boxing I’mhearing — the real mecca ofboxing. I’m going to turn thisinto something special, areal event.... I went to thevenue. It’s perfect, perfectlydesigned. Said my prayers. Itook time to really embracewhat’s going to happen Sat-urday.”

Ruiz’s trainer Manny

Robles, who operates out ofLegendz Boxing gym in Nor-walk, has his own set of con-cerns in a country that stillconducts beheadings andjust recently allowed womento drive.

“It’s a beautiful countrywith great people, but it’snot enough to feel safe,”Robles said. “I can’t take therisk of bringing my familythere. I’m flying solo on thisone with my team, and hopeand pray for the best that wecome back in one piece.”

In conjunction with thesale of tickets, which rangefrom $138 to $13,300, the kingdom offered special 90-day tourism visas to cele-brate Riyadh, giving fansfrom a list of 49 allowedcountries a chance to attendthe fight.

That could result in apro-Joshua crowd, becauseBritain is on the list and itsboxing fans are known to

travel. The U.S. is on the listbut Mexico is not.

Veteran boxing promoterRichard Schaeffer, whopresided over some big box-ing events when he was chiefexecutive of Golden BoyPromotions, was part of theWorld Boxing Super Seriesteam that staged Saudi Ara-bia’s biggest fight to date,last year in Jeddah.

“There are a lot of humanrights issues in plenty ofcountries,” said Schaeffer,founder of Ringstar Sports.“Look at the U.S. with its im-migration policies and theway children were treated atthe border. There are issueseverywhere, and we need tolook at [the Ruiz-Joshuafight] from a sporting pointof view and not a politicalone.”

Schaeffer said his previ-ous experience in Saudi Ara-bia was “excellent,” but add-ed, “By no means can weplay down the political cli-mate and the human rightsviolations there.”

WBC heavyweight cham-pion Deontay Wilder, whomay be in line to face the win-ner of the fight, has been aninterested observer.

“I’m not close-mindedwhen dealing with certainlocations or places just be-cause of history,” he said.“Everybody has negativehistory connected to them.Things can change for thebetter, and maybe this isSaudi Arabia’s opportunityto show change.”

Schaeffer acknowledgedthat promoting the Joshua-Ruiz fight would be an uphillbattle.

“There isn’t much buzzabout it here in the U.S. be-cause the media is not cov-ering it. It’s a mega event,but it’s suffering a bit from alack of publicity,” he said.“[News organizations] areconscious of sending report-ers out there given theKhashoggi murder. ... [Thelack of media] is a missedopportunity for the boxingbusiness and the growth oftheir sport.”

(The Times is not cov-ering the fight, whereas itlikely would have had it beenstaged in the U.S.)

Whether combat sportswill gain a footing in SaudiArabia remains to be seen.Endeavor, UFC’s parentcompany, severed ties inSaudi Arabia for a $400-mil-lion deal after the Khashoggimurder.

Other big players, such asboxer-turned-businessmanOscar De La Hoya, founderof Golden Boy, still want toget a piece of the action. DeLa Hoya, who promotesCanelo Alvarez, said hewould welcome an offer fromthe Saudis.

“If the [Saudi Arabia] op-portunity presented itselfwith Canelo, or any worldchampion that we have, thenwhy not? … Absolutely. Wehave no problem,” said DeLa Hoya, who never foughtoutside of the U.S. during hisHall of Fame career.

Alvarez will be in attend-ance, watching from thefront row and getting a feelfor the country.

“It’s an unknown and anuntapped market,” De LaHoya said. “Fine, if you havea guarantee, maybe a pro-moter doesn’t care aboutticket sales. … You have tolook at the commissions andthe safety of the fighters. It’smost important. Are theyprepared for any kind ofsituations?”

Ultimately, Hearn be-lieves he has no right to tell afighter where they can andcannot fight to make themost amount of money.

“I can’t put it any simplerthan that,” Hearn said.“Saudi Arabian officials toldme they want every megafight to be staged here. Myjob is to let the fighters knowof the opportunities that areout there on the table.

“At the end of the day, it’sa prize fight. Every fight canbe a boxer’s last in this sport.They are putting theirhealth and lives on the line.Who am I to say … don’t takeit?”

Choice of Saudi Arabia for title bout comes under fire[Boxing, from D1]

HEAVYWEIGHT boxers Andy Ruiz Jr., left, andAnthony Joshua will meet at Diriyah Arena.

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one USC moved a step closerto accomplishing Thursday,beating Bucknell 15-9 in thetournament quarterfinals inStockton to advance to Sat-urday’s final four, where itwill meet No. 1 Stanford.

Pepperdine, playing inthe NCAA tournament forthe first time in more thantwo decades, also won itsquarterfinal Thursday,beating UC Davis 15-12. TheWaves will meet Pacific onSaturday.

Pintaric, a former na-tional player of the year atUSC, is in his 19th season onthe coaching staff but hisfirst as head coach after re-placing Jovan Vavic, whowas fired in March over his

Marko Pintaric set a loftytarget for his first NCAAtournament as USC’s waterpolo coach.

“The ultimate goal,” hesaid “is always to make theNCAA championship.”

That’s not exactly a newaim since the Trojans, thedefending national champi-ons, have played in the last 14NCAA title games. But it’s

alleged role in a college ad-missions scandal.

The second-ranked Tro-jans easily cleared the firsthurdle between them and areturn to the NCAA final,outscoring Bucknell 8-1 inthe second and third periodsto turn a one-score deficitinto a 10-4 lead, then neverlooking back.

“We’re very fortunatethat we won the game andwe keep progressing in thetournament,” Pintaric said.

Senior Sam Slobodienscored three times on asmany shots, junior JacobMercep also had three goalsand senior Matt Maierscored two times less than aminute apart in the fourth

period to reach 100 in his ca-reer. The Trojans (15-5) havewon six of their last seven.

“For me personally it’samazing because it’s my lasttime ever playing waterpolo,” Maier said. “I’m notgoing to play after [college].So this is my last couple ofdays of playing [in] a 13-yearcareer. It’s a great experi-ence.”

USC beat Stanford (19-2)in the teams’ only othermeeting this season.

“The energy’s alwaysgreat when we play Stan-ford. I look forward to it,”Slobodien said.

Pepperdine (25-7) alsotrailed early before riding abig second period in its win

over UC Davis (16-8).Pepperdine scored on

half its eight power-playchances in the physicalmatch — the final man-ad-vantage goal coming fromSean Ferrari with two min-utes left to seal the victory.Davis scored just three goalsin 12 power-play tries.

Senior Chris Dilworthfinished with six goals andan assist while sophomoreBalazs Kosa scored fourtimes and helped on two oth-ers for Pepperdine.

Pepperdine played Pa-cific once this season, losingin Stockton in October.

Baxter reported from LosAngeles.

Trojans and Waves reach final fourUSC beats Bucknelland Pepperdine edgesUC Davis in waterpolo quarterfinals.

By Kevin Baxter

MEN’S BASKETBALL

AP TOP 25

No. 14 Auburn 81, Furman 78, OT

SOUTHLAND

Cal St. East Bay 72, Cal St. Dominguez Hills 48

Cal Poly Pomona 96, Humboldt St. 64

San Francisco St. 73, Cal St. L.A. 72

Chico St. 81, UC San Diego 73

Point Loma 80, Dominican 71

Biola 88, Notre Dame de Namur 79

WEST

St. Mary’s 61, N. Illinois 49

Cal St. San Marcos 67, Sonoma St. 59

Stanislaus St. 73, Cal St. Monterey Bay 69

Fresno Pacific 97, Academy of Art 79

EAST

St. Francis (N.Y.) 84, Hartford 78

SOUTH

High Point 70, Elon 66, OT

Howard 94, Hampton 91, OT

Louisiana Tech 74, Mississippi St. 67

Auburn 81, Furman 78, OT

MIDWEST

Wichita St. 95, Cent. Arkansas 69

SOUTHWEST

Abilene Christian 73, SE Missouri 64

Oklahoma 82, North Texas 80

ROCKIES

Montana St. 77, S. Dakota St. 70

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

AP TOP 25

Ohio State 67, No. 2 Louisville 60

No. 4 Connecticut 92, Seton Hall 78

No. 8 Florida State 78, No. 19 Michigan State 68

No. 13 N.C. State 66, No. 9 Maryland 59

No. 18 Gonzaga 70, Montana State 55

No. 24 Michigan 84, Syracuse 76, OT

SOUTHLAND

UC Riverside 80, Cal Baptist 64

Pacific 63, UC Santa Barbara 53

Cal St. East Bay 69, Cal St. Dominguez Hills 63

Cal St. L.A. 92, San Francisco St. 65

UC San Diego 64, Cal St. Chico 47

Humboldt St. 73, Cal Poly Pomona 70

Point Loma 79, Dominican 71

Biola 51, Notre Dame de Namur 44

WEST

UC Davis 75, Boston U. 68

Sonoma St. 55, Cal St. San Marcos 49

Stanislaus St. 62, Cal St. Monterey Bay 48

Fresno Pacific 95, Academy of Art 63

ROCKIES

Gonzaga 70, Montana St. 55

Utah 78, Oral Roberts 58

COLLEGE

RESULTS

auditorium on the UCLAcampus. “I’ve really enjoyedmy four years here and I thinkI’ve grown a lot as a personand a student and a player.

“So I definitely don’t regretwhat I’ve done.”

Nor does Bruins coachAmanda Cromwell, who madeFleming, the second-young-est woman to play for Cana-da’s senior national team, thejewel of her first recruitingclass. That confidence hasbeen rewarded with two tripsto the NCAA College Cup —soccer’s final four — the sec-ond of which begins Friday atwhat is forecast to be a coldand wet Avaya Stadium inSan Jose.

Seventh-ranked UCLA(18-4-1) will meet No. 1 Stan-ford (22-1-0) in its semifinalwith unranked WashingtonState (16-6-1) facing No. 2North Carolina (23-1-1) in theother game.

“She’s definitely one of thebest midfielders I’ve evercoached,” Cromwell said ofFleming, a two-time finalistfor the Hermann Trophy, soc-cer’s version of the Heisman.

That’s high praise sinceCromwell coached SamMewis, who had two goals andthree assists for the U.S. inlast summer’s Women’s WorldCup.

“She sees the game differ-ently,” Cromwell continued.“Her tactical awareness andher movement off the ball; ifyou’re not really keen to soc-cer you might miss a lot ofthings she does.”

Like sacrificing her ownperformance for the team.

Fleming’s three goals and fourassists this season are bothcareer lows but that’s becauseinjuries have forced her toplay farther upfield as a defen-sive midfielder, a blue-collarjob as important — and un-sung — as playing offensiveline in the NFL.

“This may be one of herbest years as a leader,” saidCromwell, who was a holdingmidfielder in her playing dayswith the U.S. national team.“[She] is helping us defen-sively, protecting the goal, get-ting shutouts, being a ball-winner.

“It’s not about her. It’s ne-ver about her. It’s always beenabout the team.”

And that team heads intothe College Cup riding a waveof momentum, having wonnine in a row and 12 of its last13. But that one loss cameagainst Stanford, the nation’stop-ranked and top-scoringteam behind junior CatarinaMacario, the reigning Her-mann Trophy winner and theheavy favorite to keep theaward this season.

Macario, who leads the na-tion in goals (32) and assists(23), didn’t score in her last

meeting with UCLA, one oftwo Pac-12 teams to shut theBrazilian out this season.Fleming is looking forward tothe rematch.

“They bring out the best inus,” she said of Stanford. “I’vereally enjoyed watching Catplay and I love a good chal-lenge and having the opportu-nity to play against someonelike her.”

Fleming, 21, has some un-finished business with Stan-ford, a team she has neverbeaten and one UCLA hasn’tvanquished in more than fiveyears. Some of those losses

have been painful ones.In her only trip to an NCAA

championship game, Flem-ing’s second-half penalty kickhelped UCLA rally from a two-goal deficit to tie Stanford in agame the Cardinal wouldeventually win.

Ten Bruins who played inthat 2017 game are still on theroster; five of them, includingFleming, are seniors whowould see their college careersend with another loss to Stan-ford.

“To be honest, it’s some-thing I was maybe puttingmore pressure on at the startof the tournament. Just thatthought creeping into theback of your mind like, ‘Oh,this could be my last collegegame,’ ” said Fleming, whosefirst three seasons at UCLAended in playoffs losses.

Fleming is all about havingno regrets though. This week-end isn’t going to change that.

“We’re just excited andwe’re just taking it one gameat a time,” she said. “We’ll doeverything we can on Fridaynight and see how it goes andhope for the best.”

Fleming, UCLA motivated for Stanford[UCLA, from D1]

JESSIE FLEMING, left, celebrates with teammates in a World Cup match forCanada. A former hockey player and runner, Fleming has played in two Cups.

Elsa Garrison Getty Images

MEN TODAY

Idaho State at Pepperdine ................... 6 p.m.Cal Lutheran at UC Riverside ................ 7 p.m.Cal State Northridge atPortland State ........ 7:35 p.m.

SOUTHLAND

AT TEXAS CHRISTIAN

When: 6 PST.

Where: Dickies Arena.

On the air: TV: ESPN2; Radio: 790.

Update: USC (7-2) won athird-place game at the Or-lando Invitational 77-62 overHarvard on Sunday, a smallconsolation after a 22-pointloss to Marquette in the sec-ond round in which Mar-quette star Markus Howardscored 51 points. Howardwent nine-for-17 from three-point range as USC madeonly three long-range shotsas a team. Opponents havescored 41.9% of their pointsfrom three-point rangeagainst USC.

— Thuc Nhi Nguyen

USC TONIGHT

Women’s soccer

Today’s semifinals in theNCAA women’s College Cupat San Jose:

8 North Carolina (23-1-1) vs.Wash. St. (16-6-1), 4 p.m.

8 UCLA (18-4-1) vs. Stanford(22-1), 6:30 p.m.

TV: ESPNU