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News
March 28, 2013
How the Dodgers' New TV Contract Exemplifies Major League Baseball's Problems
Cable subscribers are subsidizing a dying industry
Blogs
February 15, 2013
NBA Players Love the Card Game Bourré. Now Some Reality TV Vets Are Plotting to Make It as Big as Poker
Get a book. Collect a stack. Raise the stakes. Repeat. That's the objective of bourré, the underground card game popular with the pro athlete set. Chances are you've heard about it and didn't even know it. Remember when Taft High School alum and ex-NBAer Gilbert Arenas pulled a gun on his the ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2012
Phil Jackson is Back at Lakers, 95 Percent Certainty, after Firing of Mike Brown: He'll Convince Kobe to Let Nash Have the Ball
By Paul Teetor Phil Jackson is back - unofficially, but with 95 percent certainty, pending a signed deal, etc. etc. This changes everything for the Lakers. How can simply replacing Coach Mike Brown with the Lord of the Rings make such a huge difference? Suddenly an LA Lakers vs. Miami Heat Final ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2011
When it Comes to Pro Sports Championships, L.A. is Not #WINNING
We're beginning to think L.A. is the Rodney Dangerfield of cities -- you know, no respect. Despite our celebrity, natural beauty, and second-only-to-New York size, we suck in so many ways. Our traffic is the worst. Our roads are almost the worst. Our do-nothing City Council gets paid more than any o ... More >>
News
September 8, 2011
Farmers Field or Blade Runner Stadium?
The downtown NFL arena deal allows a sea of billboards, congestion and millions in public costs
Blogs
June 16, 2011
Breaking News: White People Riot Too
YouTubeWhite-on-car violence in Vancouver.A sad echo of the Lakers championship riots of 2010: Racists seemed to come out of the woodworks to blame the mayhem on Latinos. Guilty. But here's the thing: One out of every two people in L.A. is Latino. So, yeah, when shit goes down, good or bad, ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2011
Lakers: Five Reasons L.A.'s NBA Dynasty Isn't Over Yet
The best player in the NBA is still with us.The Lakers flamed out like Charlie Sheen in rehab -- in spectacular, unprecedented fashion (via a sweep the likes of which coach Phil Jackson has never seen). And now Phil Jackson says he's coached his last NBA game and Kobe Bryant is talking about ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2011
Lawn Mowing Under the Influence: 5 Great Beers for Summer
WineGourmet / http://winegourmet.wordpress.com/ In much of the nation, the ground has only recently thawed and temperatures still dip down to horrifying depths. (A high of 47, is that some kind of sick joke? How could anyone live like that?) Meanwhile, here in Elysium it's already hitting 90 ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Sports Bar Report: Where Do Laker-Haters Drown Their Sorrows?
schudog3/flickrSonny McLean's Not every adopted Angeleno hops on the Laker bandwagon. Many of the guys with whom we play pick-up. The gruff, white-bearded bartender at the local pub. "I'm from Jersey, see," the bartender said on a Sunday afternoon, doling out free samples of a new Irish w ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2010
An Open Letter to Paula Deen
Dear Paula Deen: When I heard Tuesday that you had been named Grand Marshal of the 2011 Rose Parade, my reaction was not a pretty one. And while I wasn't expecting the email response I gave Janette Williams, the Pasadena Star-News reporter, to be printed - I'd thought I was setting up a phone inte ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2010
How Honest is L.A.? Honest Tea's Pop-Up Store Puts SoCal Ethics to the Test
NBC ChicagoHonest Tea's "Honest Store" Despite our downfalls, we'd like to think we draw the line when it comes to stealing. To test this theory -- and the honor system -- try heading to Maryland-based organic tea company Honest Tea's unmanned pop-up "Honest Stores," loaded with one dollar b ... More >>
Blogs
July 9, 2010
Best Coast Is Best California Band of 2010 (According to Bostonians)
Drew TewksburyA few years ago, The Phoenix, Boston's leading alt-weekly, came up with a neat annual music future: they surveyed the US state-by-state and had their music critics pick the best "new" band from each state. The first year they did this, 2008, they also picked the best group and s ... More >>
Blogs
July 8, 2010
Suspect Steve Quintanilla Sentenced For Setting Off Lakers Unrest In Downtown Los Angeles
Lakers fans on June 17.Remember those riotous Lakers fans in June who set a few fires, threw rocks and bottles at police, and destroyed a taxicab? The Los Angeles City Attorney's office didn't forget, and today it announced that Steve Quintanilla has been sentenced to three months in jail f ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2010
Lakers Victory Parade Scheduled For Monday
The Los Angeles Lakers will get a parade downtown Monday to celebrate the team's championship win Thursday night against the Boston Celtics. The 11 a.m. parade will run down Figueroa Street from Staples Center to Jefferson Boulevard. The team will ride on a special float. Between 500,000 and ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2010
Should Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Be Included Among Staples Center's Statues Of Local Sports Heros?
USA Today columnist Mike Lopresti wonders aloud why Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is not among those local sports heroes honored with statues outside Staples Center. Magic Johnson, Wayne Gretzky, Oscar De La Hoya and Chick Hearn are there. But no Kareem. Lopresti writes: " ... When the famous Lakers-Ce ... More >>
Blogs
June 18, 2010
LAPD Chief Beck Victorious After Lakers Unrest Quashed
So more than 40 people were arrested following the Lakers championship victory over the Boston Celtics Thursday. A taxi was set ablaze. A Lamborghini was violated. A few people got beat up. A bicyclist was hit by a police cruiser. A few law enforcement officers were hurt by debris thrown at t ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2010
Will Patrons Of Other Downtown Events Get Through The Lakers' Lockdown Tonight?
cliff1066 via FlickrIt sounded logical enough. Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck warned ruffians to stay away from Staples Center for Thursday night's final game of the NBA championship series between the Lakers and the Celtics. So he implied that people without tickets to the game wouldn ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2010
Despite Tickets Controversy, Mayor Villaraigosa Says He'll Be At Lakers Game
Despite a snowballing controversy about his acceptance of often four-figure tickets, sometimes from sources who have business before City Hall, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says he'll be at the Lakers championship match-up with the Celtics at Staples Center Thursday night. Because, while accept ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2010
LAPD Declares 'Unlawful Assembly' As Crowds Amass Near Staples Center Following Lakers Victory
[Updated at 10:55 p.m.]. Some fans were starting to get out of control Thursday night following the Lakers' 83-79 win over the Boston Celtics. A few people appeared to have been beaten up as unruly men gathered at Flower Street and Olympic Boulevard near Staples Center. Some hooligans attacke ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2010
LAPD Prepares For Deciding Game In Lakers Championship Series; Some Fans Predict Mischief
It looks like the Los Angeles Police Department is already gearing up for Thursday's deciding game in the NBA championship series between the Lakers and Celtics at Staples Center, with CBS2 reporting that police are staffing up for the evening in a bid to avoid last year's embarrassing "Laker ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2010
Mayor Villaraigosa Urges Lakers Fans To Behave
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gave his "can't-we-call-just-get-along" speech to the media Wednesday, one day before the Lakers and Celtics face off for the NBA championship at Staples Center downtown. Mayor V. wants to avoid the kind of mini-riot -- including a bonfire and looting - ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2010
LAPD Chief Says Outsiders Without Tickets Won't Be Allowed Near Staples For Lakers Final
ABC7Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and police Chief Charlie Beck on Wednesday warned outsiders not to come to the Staples Center area during and after Thursday's final game in the team's championship series against the Boston Celtics. Outsiders without business at Staples would be sto ... More >>
News
June 10, 2010
Meg Whitman's Uphill Battle
She's fashionable as an outsider, but that guarantees nothing against Jerry Brown
Blogs
June 8, 2010
Will The Lakers-Celtics Game Block Your Shot At Voting?
Janice Hahn.Some officials have expressed concern that the Lakers' televised, 6 p.m. NBA Finals game against the Boston Celtics Tuesday could discourage fans from getting to the polls after work and further impact low voter turnout for the statewide primary. At least one campaign, that of Lt. ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2010
Jack Nicholson Could Be Wearing Green If Lakers Lose Series
Jack Nicholson must wear an all-green outfit and tape an advertisement touting the virtues of Boston if the Los Angeles Lakers lose the NBA championship to the Boston Celtics, according to a wager between Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. Should the Lakers win, Bosto ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2010
Mayor Villaraigosa Heading To Lakers Game Despite Controversy Over Accepting Valuable Tickets
Fox 11 NewsDespite a brewing controversy over his acceptance of high-priced sporting-event tickets, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa plans to be front-and-center at the Lakers NBA finals game against the Boston Celtics Thursday night, his office confirmed. The mayor is "attending with ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2010
LAPD And Boston Police Leaders Bet On Lakers-Celtics Game
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck.The top cops of the Los Angeles and Boston police departments are betting their pride against the best-of-seven NBA finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Chief Charlie Beck and Boston Police Commissi ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2010
Top 5 Sports Bars West of the 405
Sports are in full swing right now with the NBA Playoffs, the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the beginning of Major League Baseball season. In honor of all this adrenaline-filled activity, we decided to help out those poor Westsiders who are afraid of driving east by giving them our top 5 sports bars west ... More >>
News
March 11, 2010
Manny Pacquiao: The Fight of His Life
Boxer goes for his greatest win yet — congressman
Blogs
June 18, 2009
Transformers, Bel-Air Brats and Kobe, Oh My! Lakers Parade at Coliseum Brings L.A. Together
Jeff CowanLakers fans: Storm Troopers and Transformer Bumble BeeLos Angeles doesn't really do civic pride. We're too aloof and jaded for that sort of thing. We're a secular, sunglasses indoors, windows up, bowling alone type of town (except that when we bowl, it's usually at some swanky alley with a ... More >>
Blogs
June 11, 2009
Today in Photographs: June 11, 1984
L.A. Lakers' forward James Worthy battles the Boston Celtics' Kevin McHale in an NBA Finals game.LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL
Blogs
June 4, 2009
A Little Something for the Lakers Fans: Great Songs About Our Team
It might be a hellish commute tonight with a host of Lakers flag-sporting vehicles anxiously crawling across the freeways in the hopes that their drivers can get home in time to catch the first game of the NBA Finals, where the Lakers square off against Orlando's Magic at 6 p.m. Instead of stressin ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2008
Laker Fans Brawl at the Staples Center
Laker fans, embarrassed by their team's drubbing at the hands of the Boston Celtics, got a small, violent, modicum of revenge last night at the Staples Center as they stomped the bejesus out of some Celtics fans who had gathered to watch Game 2 of the NBA finals. Hey, if you can't beat 'em, make ... More >>
Blogs
June 5, 2008
Laker Mania Sweeps Hollywood
Five hundred Los Angeles Laker fans swarmed the Hollywood Billiards Sports Bar & Grill on Thursday night to watch Kobe Bryant and the boys take on Kevin Garnett and the Boston Celtics in game 1 of a best-of-seven series. The famous rivals were squaring off in the NBA finals for the 11th time and fir ... More >>
LA Life
May 15, 2008
Pau Gasol
King Pau
Eat+Drink
March 6, 2008
Ciudad: The Great Leap Backward
Every four years, Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken go back to the City
Film+TV
February 28, 2008
Will Ferrell's Semi-Pro Is Only Half Bad:
His half
News
October 4, 2007
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Just another perfect day
News
May 31, 2001
Character of the Happy Warrior
The education of Mark �Mad Dog� Madsen
Supplement
November 26, 1998
Generation XX
20 years of covering the unheard music

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