Now, this is a tough one. Do we roll our eyes over Anthony Rendon’s latest injury, which will put him out of the Angels lineup for the umpteenth time? Is this just […]
Tough Luck Tony’s latest fall
“Baker’s Dozen” was number 1
Writers influence writers, and no sports writer ever influenced me as much as Hugh Baker, the sports columnist for the Garden Grove Daily News (later The Orange County Evening News). From 1959 […]
The worst sports team name?
In the classic tale of Rip Van Winkle, the title character goes to sleep in colonial America and awakes 20 years later, stunned by the changes he missed, including going from being […]
Opinion: Caitlin Clark could surprise us by playing in NBA
If you’re one of the many who watched the NCAA basketball finals on Sunday and Monday, perhaps you came away with two observations: the UConn men’s team was the most team-like team […]
Opinion: Best baseball movies
We’re still in the “fantasy phase” of the 2024 Major League Baseball season in which everything – good or bad – is still possible. The Astros – as of Monday’s games – […]
Opinion: Sho me the money, or at least just sho us some answers
There’s a scene in the TV series “Justified” in which Deputy U.S. Marshall Raylin Givens – at gunpoint – asks a bad guy to tell him what he knows about a certain […]
Opinion: The 49ers got dragged all the way down to The Beach
Probably the most interesting thing about Long Beach State’s opening round 85-65 loss to Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament isn’t the fact that it was the […]
Opinion: Sports Re-Animated
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: 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 […]
Sports Opinion: Waving the white flag isn’t always wrong
I feel your pain, Steve Kerr. Kerr, coach of the Golden State Warriors, on Sunday pulled four of his starters – at halftime – against the Boston Celtics, who had a 44-point […]
