Interesting day, Monday, on the Los Angeles pro sports scene. —Kobe Bryant sets a Madison Square Garden record by scoring 61 in the Lakers’ victory over the Knicks. —Manny Ramirez turns down the Dodgers and GM Ned Colletti and their offer of $25 million for one season. Turning point days, for the area’s most popular […]

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This is my second full day back in Southern California. And on my first full day back, while watching the Super Bowl, my younger brother asked me, “So what was the first thing you wanted to do when you got back?” At that moment … I hadn’t thought about that. Now, I have. And I’m […]

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I’ve been back in the Western Hemisphere for, let’s see … 16-plus hours now … so I’m back to being an expert on all American sports. Thus, I can speak authoritatively on the Super Bowl, which begins in only XLIII commercials from now. Which reminds me of something else:

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