Well, several somethings. You don’t get to hear the national anthem. Often that’s no loss. But when Davis Gaines (of Phantom of the Opera fame) does it … and just nails it with a voice both supple and powerful … that’s a treat. And this whole pregame thing the Lakers have been doing with the […]

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A big story in the second round of the playoffs has been the total domination by the home team. Everyone plays better at home, but this is getting ridiculous. To the point that the home teams are about to be 18-1, if the Celtics can hold on to any part of that 10-point fourth quarter […]

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Good thing newspapers are dying. Otherwise we wouldn’t be able to get all these folks into the “press” room. I’m in the Chick Hearn press room, as it’s officially named, at Staples Center, and we basically are out of space here in the working area of the place. Every single work space has someone sitting […]

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