With LeBron James about to break the all time scoring record, the never ending debate about who is the greatest ever will kick into another gear. Until LeBron came along, it was widely agreed that Michael Jordan was the greatest ever, and that Kobe Bryant was the closest thing we will ever see to Jordan. … Read more
My Trojan loving buddies are excited again. After the wild football season they had, capped off by a Heisman for Caleb Williams that sadly ended with a heartbreaking one-point Cotton Bowl loss, basketball loomed all the more important for them to regain their passion. It’s not that the Trojans are not a very good team, … Read more
Whenever the Clippers and Lakers play each other, it’s a unique event. They call this rivalry the Hallway Series because they currently share the Crypto.com Arena, as they have since it was built at the end of the previous century, and there is literally a hallway separating their posh locker rooms. This happened to be … Read more
You may need to forgive many who forget Los Angeles has other Division I college basketball teams besides the ones that play (for the moment) in the Pac 12. Many are scattered through the suburbs and exurbs, including many smaller UC campuses where the sport is competitive, but hardly a priority. Among the others, … Read more
Under normal circumstances, a midweek January NBA game between the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons would be an overwhelming call to inaction. They are the next-to-last and last place teams in the Central Division, the Pistons the third-worst team in the league at 12-35, the Bulls far removed from their encouraging play of the first … Read more
Whenever the last NFL team to lose a game in a season goes down, there’s always a nice story about how the surviving 1972 Miami Dolphins pop a few corks and celebrate the fact that for another year their stature as the last team to go through a full season unbeaten has been cemented. This … Read more
AUTHOR’S NOTE: On our sister site www.leblanguage.net, much like many other daily media efforts during this time of year, we’re reprising “best of” from the soon-to-be ending year (and not a minute too soon, may I add). Each day through the end of this week, we have attempted to connect something that just occurred or … Read more
The last time we were inspired to write about the Brooklyn Nets, they were in an utter state of chaos. They began the year 2-7, losing by wide margins and plagued by scandal and outrage when Kyrie Irving once again chose perceived freedom of personal expression over all else, leading to a suspension and contributing … Read more
Today’s not only Christmas Day, but it’s the diamond anniversary of the NBA playing games on that day, For a majority of those years, particularly the last half-centrury after the NHL suspended playing them, they’ve had the entire sports world to themselves (Even British soccer takes a holiday). With little else to distract them besides … Read more
Part of my recent life journey is to adopt the favorite teams of some current and past very special people whose passions were inflamed by their fandom. For a variety of reasons, the Miami Heat rank even higher on that list than many others do. I’ve really learned to appreciate both the arrogance and pride … Read more