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The Lakers Are in Trouble

May 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Basketball, Kobe, Lakers, NBA

Game 2 final: Nuggets 106, Lakers 103. That’s a game apiece, with Nuggets having taken home-court advantage from the Lakers. That’s bad enough news for the Lakers. It gets worse. The Nuggets played the Lakers almost dead even in two games in Los Angeles. Thus, it appears quite likely the Nuggets can win another game […]

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Landon Update: Confederations Cup, Yes; Gold Cup, No

May 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · soccer

I went out to the Home Depot Center in Carson today to chat with some people for a couple of upcoming soccer stories, and here is a bit of news (at least to me) on Landon Donovan that I can pass along … Donovan, the Los Angeles Galaxy’s star forward, will play with the U.S. […]

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Donald Sterling: Worse Than You Thought

May 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Basketball, Clippers, Lakers, NBA

ESPN the Magazine has done a long piece on Donald Sterling, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, by far the least successful franchise of the four “major” North American sports. The profile is interesting on several levels, but these are the two that struck me while reading it:

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