LeBron James, certainly one of great greatest basketball players in history, remarked recently that Shohei Ohtani’s 2025 season with the Dodgers may be the greatest athletic feat ever. He’s certain have enough […]
The greatest sports feats
Try to name that handicap!
“What’s in a name? That which we call an orange by any other name would smell as sweet.” With apologies to Bill Shakespeare, let’s consider the possibilities of the sad decade of […]
The Ducks lose way into first
By Hugo Baker Orange County Tribune How could you lose and move into undisputed possession of first place? It happened on Tuesday night at Nationwide Arena in Ohio when the Anaheim Ducks […]
There’s lots of kick in football
I don’t know if President Donald Trump is familiar with the origins of the sport variously called “soccer” or “football.” I’m not sure if he’s more knowledgeable about Cameron Dicker, either. You […]
Ducks rally and beat Penguins
By Hugo Baker Orange County Tribune The Anaheim Ducks continue to be one of the hottest teams on the ice of the National Hockey League as they won their third straight game […]
The Dodger ‘Sho’ topped 2025
There’s still three weeks or so of 2025 remaining, so this might seem a bit early to be proclaiming the high points of the area sports season. Of course, sports writers have […]
There’s good news in sports
I know that I sometimes spend a lot of ink (electrons?) criticizing various aspects of sports, but this year I feel this there’s a lot to feel good about as 2025 winds […]
A national football title for HB?
We’ve got – potentially – a national college football champion. Golden West College of Huntington Beach has posted a perfect 10-0 record and is ranked number one in the U.S. by JC […]
This King kept them guessing
In following sports with its highly-regarded stars sometimes flaming out and unknowns stepping up like Roy Hobbs, have you ever wondered if the scouts, the guys behind the NFL combine and the […]
‘We don’t need you, Blue Jays!’
Hey, you maple syrup-addicted Canucks. Lay off with the trash talk against Our Unicorn. Go kiss a moose! In Toronto on Saturday, with their team getting beat like a red-headed Manitobian, some […]
