For those of you who are regular readers Bill Simmons (AKA “The Sports Guy”) at ESPN.com you know that he bought season tickets for the Clippers this year, and he has grown fond of the lovable losers of Los Angeles. I think he’s a masochist — a Red Sox fan who finally has one Atlas-like […]
Archives for December 2004
Better Angels of Our Nature
An ugly loss, like the one the Lakers suffered last night in Chicago, is the kind of game that can make you mad, notice only the flaws, the inconsistencies, the problems with your team. And no doubt, with this season’s Lakers there are flaws, certainly more than we are used to. But we need to […]
We Interrupt This Broadcast…
As of 2006, the Lakers and Dodgers will both call KCAL (channel 9) home. (This is only for over the air games, both teams also have deals with Fox Sports for cable.) That could be good news for the Dodgers, KCAL does a nice job with pre- and post-game shows, having reporters with the teams […]
Chicago: The Lakers’ Kind of Town?
When you and I watched last night’s Laker game, we saw Kobe’s great defense — and a breath-taking block in crunch time — and Brian Cook draining threes — including a key one late in the fourth quarter — and we rightly applauded a hard-fought road win. When the Chicago Bulls coaches watch the tape, […]