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Something's Up With Scott Kazmir
For a guy with such an extensive injury history, Scott Kazmir’s last few years in the league have gone about as well as anyone could have hoped. He tossed 183 innings and had a 3.10 ERA pitching for the Astros and A’s in 2015, and managed 136 innings in 26 starts for the Dodgers last year. He went ...
The Dodgers Somehow Pull Off The Trick Of Being Rich And Charming
This is part of an occasional series comprising MLB season previews....
The Lakers' Blatant Tanking Is A Marvel To Behold
About one quarter of the way through this NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers shockingly appeared to be a somewhat competent basketball team. They began the season by winning 10 of their first 20 games, beating the Rockets and blowing the doors off of the Golden State Warriors in the process. D’Angel...
Dodgers Interpreter Fires Up The Team With A Deadlift
Will Ireton, interpreter for the Dodgers and pitcher Kenta Maeda, donned a singlet, slapped the team logo on his torso, and did a trap bar deadlift in front of his coworkers. Anything to keep the clubhouse loose and relaxed....
Nikola Jokic Blindly Pulls Off Stylish Assist
The Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic is known for his smooth passes, but did you know he can do it without looking? With the Nuggets up 45-31 in the first half, Jokic corralled a missed three-pointer and then, triple-teamed in the paint, tossed a pass backwards over his head to a streaking Will Barton w...
The Buss Brothers Sure Don't Seem Very Competent Or Well-Liked
Five days ago Los Angeles Lakers president and part-owner Jeanie Buss went to court to prevent her older brothers, Jim and Johnny, from removing her as the team’s controlling owner. They claim the entire thing is a misunderstanding and that they were calling for the annual meeting to vote on the tea...
What's Eating Isaiah Thomas?
The Celtics lost 116-102 to the Clippers last night, and after the game Celtics star point guard Isaiah Thomas was spotted doing that thing no team ever wants to see their star player doing: refusing to take off his uniform and staring into space....
Angel Garcia Goes Off On Keith Thurman: "He Ain't From Philly, He Ain't Got A Big Dick"<em></em>
Danny Garcia lost to Keith Thurman last night in a split decision, and his father and trainer, Angel Garcia, took the loss about as well as you’d have predicted he would. He used a post-fight rant to share some thoughts on the validity of Thurman’s win (he thinks it was disgusting), how he would hav...
Buss Brothers Claim They Aren't Trying To Take Control Of The Lakers Away From Jeanie Buss
A day after the Los Angeles Times published a fairly damning report detailing how Jim and Johnny Buss were trying to wrest control of the Lakers away from their sister, Jeanie Buss, the pair of brothers are trying to say that they never intended to do so....
Keith Thurman Isn't Getting Into That Freudian Shit
There’s a time when a fighter, soon to stand nearly naked before the multitudes at a potentially defining moment of his career, just gets sick of talking. Some get sick of it sooner than others. “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler, GOAT of all bald-heads and co-author, along with Thomas Hearns, of perhaps the...
Report: Jeanie Buss's Brothers Tried To Take Away Her Control Of The Lakers
Jim and Johnny Buss attempted to remove their sister, Jeanie Buss, from her role as Los Angeles Lakers president and controlling owner, reports the Los Angeles Times. According to the Times, the brothers sought to hold an emergency meeting to elect a new board of directors for the Lakers next week. ...
What Kobe Bryant Was Capable Of
The story originally appeared in The Los Angeles Times Magazine on Oct. 31, 2004 and can be found in Kaye’s ebook anthology, Men: What They Do, How They Think, And Why. It is republished here with the author’s permission....
The Ben Bishop Trade Is Startlingly Smart
The first reactions to Sunday’s Ben Bishop trade were naturally along the lines of What the hell? Bishop, probably the best goalie in Tampa Bay Lightning history, is headed to a Kings team that only the day before got back its own franchise goalie, Jonathan Quick, after a four-month injury rehab. Bu...
Lonzo Ball's Dad: I Didn't Mean "My Son Will Only Play For The Lakers," I Just Said That To Will It Into Existence
Lonzo Ball’s father, LaVar Ball, said something on a radio show yesterday that implied his son would only be interested in playing for the Los Angeles Lakers: ...
Look At What They Did To My Boy
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The Warriors And Clippers Still Don't Like Each Other Very Much
What was once an intense rivalry between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers has cooled some lately. Last night’s Warriors victory—in which the Clippers were up 12 at the half before the Warriors dropped a 50-point third quarter on them and took over the game—was their tenth in a row ...
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Draymond Green Talks Wild Shit, Tries To Kick An Opponent, Has Very Draymond Green Game [Update]
The Chris Paul-less Clippers are doing their thing and playing the Warriors tough up in Oakland tonight. Draymond Green had a pretty horrendous first half, adding five turnovers to his three fouls. He also had five points and ended the half with a +/- of -9....
Todd Gurley Finally Shows Lateral Movement
Todd Gurley, who averaged 3.2 yards per carry last season because every defense playing the Rams challenged either Jared Goff or a sack of leaves to beat them through the air, showed an ability to cut and dodge a defender when he torched some poor sap in pickup basketball at a California gym over th...
Report: Lou Williams Traded To The Houston Rockets
Attention: The stove is hot and the Lakers braintrust is ready to cook....
Kobe Bryant's Longtime Agent Reportedly Hired As New Lakers GM
Earlier today the Los Angeles Lakers burnt their front office down, firing GM Mitch Kupchak and swapping out former president of basketball operations Jim Buss for Twitter user Magic Johnson. Owner Jeannie Buss said that the team wanted to fill their GM job “in short order” and it seems that the sea...