Sports
Rashaan Salaam accomplished the improbable, rising from playing 8-man football at La Jolla Country Day to becoming the fourth San Diegan to win the Heisman Trophy in 1994.
Dec. 6, 2016
Rashaan Salaam accomplished the improbable, rising from playing 8-man football at La Jolla Country Day in San Diego to win the Heisman Trophy in 1994.
Heisman Trophy winner Rashaan Salaam killed himself after struggling with depression, an autopsy report confirmed Thursday, but investigators will never know whether the one-time running back suffered chronic head trauma from playing football because his family did not consent to those tests.
Dec. 29, 2016
Rashaan Salaam, the front-runner of the moment for the Heisman Trophy, is an unlikely candidate.
Oct. 27, 1994
High School Sports
Eighteen boys came out for football at La Jolla Country Day this year.
Oct. 3, 1991
As Rashaan Salaam was going through a long list of “thank yous” Saturday, he got to Rick Wood and decided a little more was needed.
Dec. 11, 1994
Rick Woods, the La Jolla Country Day football coach, was in a quandary last season.
Sept. 27, 1990
Rashaan Salaam became the fourth 2,000-yard rusher in major-college history, running for 259 yards and two touchdowns in 29 carries as No. 7 Colorado closed the season with a 41-20 victory over winless Iowa State on Saturday in a Big Eight game at Boulder, Colo.
Nov. 20, 1994
NFC: Showing flashes of his rookie season, he rushes for 115 yards and two touchdowns in victory over Rams.
Dec. 9, 1996
The results of an magnetic resonance imaging test on the damaged left knee of La Jolla Country Day running back Rashaan Salaam are expected today, Torres Coach Rick Woods said.
Nov. 11, 1991