Shohei and the Blue Crew are lighting up Korea, every gambler and hoops fan in America is seized by March Madness and is feverishly filling out his or her brackets and Jimmy […]
Opinion: Sports Re-Animated
Opinion: Women copying the worst in men’s basketball
I don’t expect women to be “ladies.” I expect them to be women, just as I expect men to be men. Gender confusion aside, I’m surprised about the level of thuggy violence […]
Opinion: There’s real good real estate for sports in Las Vegas
The theory that women’s professional sports would never be “big league – that is, attracting big audiences in the arenas and stadiums – took a forearm shiver (look it up!) this week […]
It’s a Super Matchup Sunday
By The Associated Press A quick look at all the details about this Sunday’s Super Bowl NFL Championship • San Francisco (14-5) vs. Kansas City (14-6) at Las Vegas Sunday, 3:30 p.m. […]
A sad outcome, but good game
Oh, let them have one. The Detroit Lions’ fan base has been suffering for so long that it only seems fair that – despite our local loyalties – their team finally (played […]
Clips, Lakers swept Thunder
The Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday night 128-117 to improve their record to 26-14, good for fourth place in the NBA Western Conference. Paul George led the team […]
Playoff: the more the merrier
Well, I’m glad that’s over. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy watching the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday, but I grumble to myself about how long it took to get […]
Gambling, football embrace
Modern day sports, as you may know, is as much about money as it is about effort, tradition, on-field heroics and sideline clipboard brilliance. Foremost among American sports is football, but it […]
Five prime sports stories
By Pete Zarustica/Orange County Tribune Of all the interesting people and events that made 2023 a particularly interesting sports season, the person – and event – that towered over all of them […]
Holiday wish list for sports
In the old, bourbon-besotted days of yore, sports columnists facing a Christmas holiday and bereft of anything remarkable to write, turned to a creaky tradition: a mock “wish list” for athletic celebrities […]
