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Dopest Throwback Jerseys Spotted

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10 Earl Campbell’s #20 burnt-orange ’70s University of Texas. The teenager wearing it at the Lakewood Mall didn’t have the lower body, but then again only an ox had that kind of ass. 9 Roger Staubach’s #12 blue Dallas Cowboys. This Mexican cat was throwing up the dub while wearing......

A Fan’s Notes: Top Moments in Sports

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10. Lakers’ Kobe Bryant admits adultery, is charged with rape and gets the most fan votes for the all-star game. Go figure. 9. Oakland Raiders win the AFC Championship, beating the Tennessee Titans 41-24, and the Raider Nation tears up the Bay Area. 8. Raiders lose to the Tampa Bay......
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Is That a Threat?

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“We’re trying to create a worldwide Westside,” declares the snarling gent who calls himself Gangsta, as big ol’ dudes whisper into his ear and hand him incoming cell-phone calls. Meanwhile, the Killa, devouring his room-service grub, gives off menacing looks, and the Dope Dealer puffs away on fat Cuban cigars......

In From Out There

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Photo by Gregory Bojorquez In 1994, I was still a young lad, a student at Cal State L.A., and most of my politics revolved around going to as many Rage Against the Machine concerts as possible, absorbing lead singer Zacarias de la Rocha’s fiery words. That quickly changed when I......
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The Big Bang

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BOO YAA! That’s the sound of a shotgun. Like a sneak attack, the Boo Yaa Tribe is back for the kill with a bangin’ new album, West Koasta Nostra. So let’s go down to the outfit’s Santa Monica offices and catch up. Ever meet a small Samoan? The Boo Yaa......
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The Undeath of West Coast Flow

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“Dope as fuck!” says some homeboy, boogying his baggy khakis and house shoes to the bumping bass. It’s February, 10 years since the release of Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, and in the same warehouse where Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg shot the video “Fuck Wit Dre Day,” a new generation......
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Pursuits of Justice

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THEY HELD UP BLOWN-UP PHOTOS OF their fallen sons, and, one by one, took the bullhorn and told the crowd gathered in Downey how police encounters ended the lives of their loved ones. First it was the parents of Uriel Damian and Salvador Sibrian, whose sons died last November 16......

Other Assassinations in Mexico

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June 7, 1999: Francisco “Paco” Stanley, host of a popular TV variety show, shot to death after leaving a restaurant in Mexico City. Six people charged, all acquitted. Case unsolved.   December 22, 1997: Massacre in Chiapas. As they prayed, 45 Mayan Indian men, women and children were slaughtered by......