Perhaps you saw it, or read about it: Kobe Bryant, ejected from the Lakers’ loss to the Charlotte Bobcats at Staples Center on Wednesday night. He picked up two technical fouls in a 30-second span late in the game and was sent to the locker room. That makes 15 technical fouls this season, and if […]

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I was asked this question, in one form or another, several times at my fantasy baseball draft last night. It has been nearly three weeks since I was fired by the down-sizing-till-it-hurts San Bernardino Sun after nearly 32 years of service. So, hey, what’s next? Nothing much. The report:

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The venerable Sun Baseball League conducted its 26th annual draft last night, and I’m sure you all are dying to know how a batch of current and former sports journalists divvied up the talent. Here is the first round:

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Here is an interesting but very long read from the New Yorker magazine about the decline in the print product of newspapers. It veers off to a long look at the Huffingtonpost website … but the main points — about the parasitical nature of almost all blogs toward the information gleaned/stolen/repurposed from newspapers’ original reporting, […]

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Yeah, I know: Nobody is interested in anyone else’s fantasy sports league. But that doesn’t keep those who are playing from having the greatest time. The baseball league I am part of, which is similar to Rotisserie ball — except better — conducts its 27th annual draft tonight. And everyone loves the draft — even […]

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It has been suggested this is the greatest NBA season since, well, forever. Or going back at least to the 1980s, when the Bird Celtics and Magic Lakers were electrifying sports viewing. But 2007-08 can’t be far behind. And as Exhibit Z we give you the Lakers-Warriors affray Monday night in Oakland.

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Hope USC fans enjoyed that one season. O.J. and the lads. Because they’re all about to bolt and Tim Floyd will be starting over. Again. O.J. Mayo is a sure thing to turn pro. Ignore any ambivalent statements he might have made about coming back. Not gonna happen. The Trojans would be OK if Mayo, […]

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Hard to win an NCAA championship with two scorers and three guys playing defense. But that was UCLA in its victory over Texas A&M on Saturday. UCLA 51, A&M 49, with Darren Collison (21) and Kevin Love (19) scoring 40 of UCLA’s 51. Josh Shipp, designated scorer, had zero points on 0-for-4 shooting, as his […]

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Oh, something that struck me while being at the NCAA games in Anaheim on Thursday: How disconnected I feel, already, from the people covering the event for media outlets. Even from the heights of Section 414 I could see people I know down there at the tables on press row. Frank Burlison, Mike Waldner, Billy […]

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I saw some NCAA Tournament games from the stands today for the first time in a very long while. Since I was in college at Long Beach State and drove to Logan, Utah, to see the 49ers play Weber State a lifetime ago. I saw the two early games at the West Regional at Anaheim […]

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