We are on the ground. And it took only 30 hours. OK, yes, that is nothing, compared to centuries past, when a continental passage was made by ship and took weeks or months. But for us softies of the 21st century, 30 consecutive hours in transit is a big number.  Particularly when two long plane rides are involved.

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We are spending the day today … and Friday … traveling to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates for, yes, jobs. Journalism jobs. Print journalism jobs. We hardly believe it, either, but after the events of the past 10 weeks, this all seems  like one irresistible tide of fate. Just when we were unhappily […]

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A real “man bites dog” story. News, that is. David T. Bristow, former San Bernardino Sun sports staffer, was sworn in Friday as a federal magistrate judge for the U.S. Central District Court. Yes. Our David Bristow, former Sun agate clerk and the guy who covered, home and road, the historic first season of the […]

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Services for Jim Long,  former San Bernardino Sun and Victorville Daily Press sports writer who died last week at age 46, will be held Friday, Oct. 9, his wife, Judith Pfeffer, said in an e-mail. Here is the information: “The graveside (outdoor) service celebrating the life of Jim Long will be at 2 p.m. Friday, […]

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The Los Angeles Kings’ move, last week, to hire Rich Hammond as their own newspaper-style reporter continues to make news … this time in the Planet’s Paper of Record, the New York Times. This is good for Rich Hammond. Not only is his mug now up on the NYT Web site (and yours and mine […]

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I received word Thursday night that Jim Long, a former newspaper colleague, has died. He was only 46. He died at 6:02 p.m. at Kaiser Hospital in Fontana, according to his wife, Judith Pfeffer. He had been in failing health for the past two years. He suffered a stroke in October of 2007, worked hard […]

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If you look at the comments received from my previous post, about the L.A. Kings hiring their own beat reporter … I am informed that this goes on practically everywhere (!) in these United States. Happens all the time. However, I would suggest that most of the examples cited fall far short in scope and […]

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This is a milestone in sports journalism. And could be the start of a trend. The Los Angeles Kings announced today that they have hired Rich Hammond of the Los Angeles Daily News … to cover their team. Not to work as a publicist. Not to write press releases. To cover the team the way […]

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I’m almost done reading a book at the apartment I’m staying at in Paris. It’s by a very prominent journalist who spent nearly his entire working career in newspapers, and I’m just powering through it and nodding my head a lot and thinking, “Yep, that’s how it works.” I was struck by a particular passage. […]

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Aside from a few insensate boors, Paris is almost universally admired. Usually loved. The grand monuments of Paris generally are what is remembered by the visitor.  The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe … the stations of the cross for the first-time Parisian pilgrim. I have found myself appreciating small things, over the […]

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