{"id":14998,"date":"2018-04-14T00:32:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T00:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998"},"modified":"2018-04-14T14:06:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T14:06:39","slug":"boys-basketball-pasadenas-darius-brown-ii-officially-signs-letter-intent-friday-areas-premier-point-guard-will-play-cal-state-northridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998","title":{"rendered":"Boys Basketball: Pasadena&#8217;s Darius Brown II Officially Signs Letter of Intent Friday; Area&#8217;s Premier Point Guard will Play for Cal State Northridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By BRIAN REED BAIOTTO, Sports Editor<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To some, Friday the 13th is regarded as an ominous or unlucky day, but for Pasadena High School point guard Darius Brown II, 4-13-18 will go down as one of the happiest days of his young life.<\/p>\n<p>DBII, who is without question the Pasadena area&#8217;s best point guard and offensive facilitator over the last two years, officially signed on the dotted line Friday afternoon at the Bulldogs&#8217; statue on the PHS campus to play for Cal State Northridge.<\/p>\n<p>He was surrounded by friends, teammates, coaches and family.<\/p>\n<p>What makes today&#8217;s signing and this story so significant and special is that Brown overcame the lazy and ignorant perceived notion that one has to be over 6-foot-2 or so to be effective at the collegiate level.<\/p>\n<p>While players with larger physical statures signed much earlier, DBII earned his scholarship the old fashioned way.<\/p>\n<p>He allowed his skills, stats, leadership and production to do the talking, and in many cases, DBII&#8217;s finest moments came while dominating those same players who got more attention because of their size.<\/p>\n<p>Brown will play for a Matadors program that is being revamped by first-year CSUN coach Mark Gottfried.<\/p>\n<p>Gottfried, 54, is a proven winner over a 20-year career.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s tallied 401 victories, which includes time at Murray State, Alabama and North Carolina State.<\/p>\n<p>Gottfried&#8217;s last stop was a six-year stint in the nation&#8217;s most successful conference, the ACC.<\/p>\n<p>He went 123-86 while leading the North Carolina State Wolfpack, and against Duke icon and the winningest college coach in history, Mike Krzyzewski, as well as North Carolina legend Roy Williams.<\/p>\n<p>A rebuilding mode takes time, but with Gottfried and the addition of a proven winner, CSUN is likely to see brighter days sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>In two years running Coach Tony Brooks&#8217; offense and team, Pasadena went 52-15 overall, which was an area best for games won over the 24-month span.<\/p>\n<p>Their 27-1 Pacific League record was the area&#8217;s most victories and most importantly, PHS had an area-high 11 (11-4) postseason wins.<\/p>\n<p>Brown and his Bulldogs made back-to-back appearances in the CIF-SS title games and they also led the way with five wins in the CIF State playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017-18, DBII averaged 15 points 11 assists, 5 steals and 5 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Brown had 18 points and 7 assists each night, and one might wonder why his scoring went down during his senior year.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a simple answer.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016-17, the vast majority of shots were divided between Bryce Hamilton, the Pasadena Sports Now two-time Player of the Year, Darius Mason and DBII himself.<\/p>\n<p>This past season, though, each of the three mentioned saw less shots and were fine with it, because it came with the addition of transfers Tavian Percy and Omari Moore.<\/p>\n<p>Both Percy and Moore were invaluable and they combined for 22 points and 12 rebounds per game, and both added so much to an already stacked and well-coached program.<\/p>\n<p>As good as DBII was in his junior season, his run in 2017-18 was extraordinary to watch.<\/p>\n<p>He missed some time because of an injured ankle, and upon his return, PHS won the next 16 games and averaged a nearly 30-point margin over their opponents during that stretch.<\/p>\n<p>In the 69 days between a Pacific League opening loss to Crescenta Valley and the end of the prep basketball season, the Bulldogs only two losses were to CIF-SS and CIF State champions from Chino Hills.<\/p>\n<p>To those who only know DBII through headlines and stats, his positive traits go well beyond being Tony Brooks&#8217; &#8216;coach on the court,&#8217; as well as hitting buzzer-beating shots and breaking the single-school assists records twice in one season.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from 20 assists in a game, it is pretty much inarguable that his biggest moment came on Feb. 23 at Maranatha in the CIF-SS Division 1 semifinal against a very competent Rancho Verde squad.<\/p>\n<p>Trailing most of the contest, PHS clawed back and tied the game at 46.<\/p>\n<p>With approximately 45 seconds to play in a winner-goes-to-the-championship game scenario, Omari Moore had the ball inside and passed it back out to Brown.<\/p>\n<p>DBII, drove to his right, lost a Rancho Verde defender with some nifty footwork and buried a jump shot with 33 seconds to play.<\/p>\n<p>That shot and one defensive stand earned PHS back-to-back trips to APU and another chance to play for a CIF-SS championship.<\/p>\n<p>DBII, thanks to a great family, including parents, Leah and Darius Sr., and brothers Davian and Drew, is a bright, mature and calculating young man.<\/p>\n<p>He always seems to know, much like a quarterback, what&#8217;s going to happen a few seconds on the court before everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>Cal State Northridge and Mark Gottfried got a diamond in the rough with today&#8217;s signing of DBII, as well as someone who would make any program proud to call their own.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BRIAN REED BAIOTTO, Sports Editor To some, Friday the 13th is regarded as an ominous or unlucky day, but for Pasadena High School point guard Darius Brown II, 4-13-18 will go down as one of the happiest days of his young life. DBII, who is without question the Pasadena area&#8217;s best point guard and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boysbasketball","category-featured-story","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Boys Basketball: Pasadena&#039;s Darius Brown II Officially Signs Letter of Intent Friday; Area&#039;s Premier Point Guard will Play for Cal State Northridge &#8226; Pasadena Sports Now<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boys Basketball: Pasadena&#039;s Darius Brown II Officially Signs Letter of Intent Friday; Area&#039;s Premier Point Guard will Play for Cal State Northridge &#8226; Pasadena Sports Now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By BRIAN REED BAIOTTO, Sports Editor To some, Friday the 13th is regarded as an ominous or unlucky day, but for Pasadena High School point guard Darius Brown II, 4-13-18 will go down as one of the happiest days of his young life. DBII, who is without question the Pasadena area&#8217;s best point guard and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pasadena Sports Now\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pasadenasportsnow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-04-14T00:32:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-04-14T14:06:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC03333.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"740\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Faith Fernandez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SportsPasadena\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SportsPasadena\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Faith Fernandez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=14998#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=14998\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Faith Fernandez\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3a07f42435c98e086c0007219bb0a0e0\"},\"headline\":\"Boys Basketball: Pasadena&#8217;s Darius Brown II Officially Signs Letter of Intent Friday; Area&#8217;s Premier Point Guard will Play for Cal State Northridge\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-14T00:32:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-04-14T14:06:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=14998\"},\"wordCount\":837,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=14998#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/DSC03333.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Boys Basketball\",\"Featured Story\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=14998#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=14998\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=14998\",\"name\":\"Boys Basketball: Pasadena's Darius Brown II Officially Signs Letter of Intent Friday; Area's Premier Point Guard will Play for Cal State Northridge &#8226; Pasadena Sports Now\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=14998#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=14998#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/DSC03333.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-04-14T00:32:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-04-14T14:06:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=14998#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=14998\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=14998#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/DSC03333.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/DSC03333.jpg\",\"width\":740,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?p=14998#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Boys Basketball: Pasadena&#8217;s Darius Brown II Officially Signs Letter of Intent Friday; Area&#8217;s Premier Point Guard will Play for Cal State Northridge\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pasadena Sports Now\",\"description\":\"All Boys &amp; Girls High School Sports in Pasadena, California\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pasadena Sports Now\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/SportsNowLogo-page001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/SportsNowLogo-page001.jpg\",\"width\":731,\"height\":61,\"caption\":\"Pasadena Sports Now\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/pasadenasportsnow\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/SportsPasadena\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3a07f42435c98e086c0007219bb0a0e0\",\"name\":\"Faith Fernandez\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cb7b2bb8178b78d9d440351ddc526123914bbc0c324b5b19ce7d3dc9299144ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cb7b2bb8178b78d9d440351ddc526123914bbc0c324b5b19ce7d3dc9299144ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cb7b2bb8178b78d9d440351ddc526123914bbc0c324b5b19ce7d3dc9299144ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Faith Fernandez\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pasadenasportsnow.com\\\/?author=6\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Boys Basketball: Pasadena's Darius Brown II Officially Signs Letter of Intent Friday; Area's Premier Point Guard will Play for Cal State Northridge &#8226; Pasadena Sports Now","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Boys Basketball: Pasadena's Darius Brown II Officially Signs Letter of Intent Friday; Area's Premier Point Guard will Play for Cal State Northridge &#8226; Pasadena Sports Now","og_description":"By BRIAN REED BAIOTTO, Sports Editor To some, Friday the 13th is regarded as an ominous or unlucky day, but for Pasadena High School point guard Darius Brown II, 4-13-18 will go down as one of the happiest days of his young life. DBII, who is without question the Pasadena area&#8217;s best point guard and [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998","og_site_name":"Pasadena Sports Now","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pasadenasportsnow\/","article_published_time":"2018-04-14T00:32:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-04-14T14:06:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":740,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC03333.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Faith Fernandez","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SportsPasadena","twitter_site":"@SportsPasadena","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Faith Fernandez","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998"},"author":{"name":"Faith Fernandez","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3a07f42435c98e086c0007219bb0a0e0"},"headline":"Boys Basketball: Pasadena&#8217;s Darius Brown II Officially Signs Letter of Intent Friday; Area&#8217;s Premier Point Guard will Play for Cal State Northridge","datePublished":"2018-04-14T00:32:25+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-14T14:06:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998"},"wordCount":837,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC03333.jpg","articleSection":["Boys Basketball","Featured Story"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998","url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998","name":"Boys Basketball: Pasadena's Darius Brown II Officially Signs Letter of Intent Friday; Area's Premier Point Guard will Play for Cal State Northridge &#8226; Pasadena Sports Now","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC03333.jpg","datePublished":"2018-04-14T00:32:25+00:00","dateModified":"2018-04-14T14:06:39+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC03333.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/DSC03333.jpg","width":740,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?p=14998#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Boys Basketball: Pasadena&#8217;s Darius Brown II Officially Signs Letter of Intent Friday; Area&#8217;s Premier Point Guard will Play for Cal State Northridge"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/","name":"Pasadena Sports Now","description":"All Boys &amp; Girls High School Sports in Pasadena, California","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#organization","name":"Pasadena Sports Now","url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SportsNowLogo-page001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/SportsNowLogo-page001.jpg","width":731,"height":61,"caption":"Pasadena Sports Now"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pasadenasportsnow\/","https:\/\/x.com\/SportsPasadena"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/#\/schema\/person\/3a07f42435c98e086c0007219bb0a0e0","name":"Faith Fernandez","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb7b2bb8178b78d9d440351ddc526123914bbc0c324b5b19ce7d3dc9299144ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb7b2bb8178b78d9d440351ddc526123914bbc0c324b5b19ce7d3dc9299144ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cb7b2bb8178b78d9d440351ddc526123914bbc0c324b5b19ce7d3dc9299144ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Faith Fernandez"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com"],"url":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/?author=6"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15002,"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14998\/revisions\/15002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasadenasportsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}