The Clippers made a surprise bolt out of the gate this season to take the top spot in the Pacific Division. A brief cold streak on the road and some nagging injuries let the Suns edge them out, but with the Lakers, yet again, falling on hard times...

Two thousand five was an odd year for the auto industry. Here are some of the pivotal highlights and low lights, good signs and bad, which in this world are sometimes all the same thing. The Fall of the SUV The long-predicted death of the SUV may ...

The Dodgers have sucked since 1988, but they may suck just a little less this season. Paul DePodesta’s love of Sabermetrics — which is baseball ruled by numbers and odd statistics — almost ruined our beloved team for good last ye...

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