The NBA, where dreadful Finals happen. The Lakers won 87-81 at Staples tonight, but if that was supposed to make Lakers fans feel better — or even vaguely entertained — it didn’t quite do the trick. Kobe Bryant scored 36 points in an effort that would have exhausted Sisyphus, and Sasha “The Machine” Vujacic came […]

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My goodness, that was ugly. Toadstool ugly. Coyote ugly. The first half of Game 3 was an unsightly mess, littered with bad passes, stupid fouls, laughably errant shots and thoroughly inept offenses. The Lakers lead, 43-37, but you can’t really say they deserved to lead. They simply played not quite as horribly as did the […]

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I rode the Blue Line from Long Beach to Staples, an hour ago, and I can say with certainty I have never been on a Metro Link train that was as crowded. In the middle of the 17-stop trip, passengers were standing … up and down the train. I was on the line at 3 […]

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Lot of buzz here. Just that “big event” feel. I’m thinking there’s more electricity around the place than even in 2004, only four years ago. When I got my credential, I almost ran into Bill Walton, who looked quite spry (given reports of him being nearly immobilized for months by a bad back). Asked about […]

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