I never look at the sportsjournalists.com site … which I believe is sj.com, if you want to peruse it. It’s pretty much sports journalists discussing (or arguing about) events in sports journalism. But I know people who do look at the site, and occasionally they will tell me about how my name sometimes comes up. […]

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I promised I would get to the bottom of this, and it took a while, and I almost forgot, too, but … Back on my first full day in Beijing I noted a weird reality of the brand-new Main Press Center building — the signs posted in the men’s and women’s toilets asking users not […]

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Former L.A. Times staffer Roy Rivenburg has put up a second edition of his “Not the L.A. Times” web page. It isn’t as ambitious as the first, and has less content. But, hey, if you’ve ever tried writing satire … you know how hard it is to come up with six ideas, never mind 26. […]

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The Dodgers have it all goin’ on. Not only are they underachievers. Not only are they dead from the neck up. Not only can’t they get it together in the worst division in baseball. They also are thoroughly unlikeable — as people and players. A friend of mine (I’d use his name, but I didn’t […]

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The Angels middle infield situation is a train wreck. Maicer Izturis, out for the season with a torn tendon. Erick Aybar and Howie Kendrick, out of Wednesday’s game early with left-hamstring issues. Potential middle-infield backup Chone Figgins held out of Wednesday’s game with a sore toe. The Angels ended their 6-5 loss Wednesday with Sean […]

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