By Greg Beacham/AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) –The Los Angeles Lakers have hung a modest black banner at their downtown arena to celebrate their unbeaten run to the championship of the […]
Lakers win NBA Cup, then ….
Anthony Davis for the defense
By Hugo Baker,Orange County Tribune with wire service reports When the Los Angeles Lakers face the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday in the fifth and possibly final game of their NBA Western Conference […]
How far can these Lakers go?
By Greg Beacham/AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) – LeBron James didn’t respond at first after Dillon Brooks called him old and questioned his abilities early in the Lakers’ first-round playoff series […]
U.S., China in island dispute
The disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea have become the focus of an international dispute over just who those islands belong to. According to the Associated Press, the U.S. has […]
Biden on voting rights issues
Calling on the memories of the civil rights movement, President Joe Biden traveled to Selma, Alabama on Sunday to draw a connection between that bloody confrontation and the struggle to protect voting […]
Now, Anthony Davis dominates
By Tim Reynolds/AP Basketball Writer Anthony Davis is healthy. His numbers have never been healthier. And, not coincidentally, the Los Angeles Lakers are playing like the team they expected to be. With […]
Why the Lakers can’t shoot
By Tim Reynolds/AP Basketball Writer The season isn’t even two weeks old. Only 5% of the games have been played. Drawing any conclusions at this point would be ridiculous. Except, perhaps, this […]
New drought threat on horizon?
The drought is back. Sort of. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday declared a drought emergency in two Northern California counties, an action that underlines the differences in conditions in different parts […]
Now, it’s 17 titles and counting …
New York Yankees. Green Bay Packers. Los Angeles Lakers. When you think of major sports dynasties, these teams come to mind. Sure, the New England Patriots, Boston Celtics and a few other […]
