headline sports stories Kobe Showing He’s Not Done

With the type of numbers that Kevin Durant and Lebron James were putting up this season, it is not hard to understand why the world seemed to so quickly forget about just how darn good Kobe Bryant is.

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High School Sports »

[15 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
High School Football’s Top 25

Most teams wrapped up their regular season on Thursday – Saturday night and are gearing up for the playoffs.  Below is a look at how the LA Times’ top 25 Southern California HIgh School Football teams fared in their final regular season games:

College Sports »

[14 Nov 2009 | One Comment | ]
USC:  University of Second Class Football

If I would have uttered the title to this article in any of the past ten years I would have been committing sportswriter suicide and my words would have bordered on sacrilege.  That said, there is no denying the mediocrity that has been brought about by this season’s 3 loss Trojan football team, a team that is not likely to …

Soccer »

[14 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
LA Galaxy Back to the Final

Thanks to a 2-0 overtime win against the Houston Dynamo, the Los Angeles Galaxy have found their way back to the MLS Final for the first time since 2005.  Coming off of recent seasons of turmoil, including a not so smooth start to the David Beckham $500 million era, the Galaxy are now back at the elite level of MLS …

Basketball »

[14 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]
Lakers Clobber Phoenix, then Get Clobbered in Denver

If you look at an NBA team’s 82 game regular season schedule, there are always one or two games you can point to that you know are going to be tough for that team to win.  The Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers each played one of those games in the past week.  First Phoenix, who after playing five road …

Basketball »

[9 Nov 2009 | One Comment | ]
Kobe, Better with Age?

It may be early in the 2009-2010 NBA season, but judging by headlines like “Kobe’s Newfound Post Game Leads LA,” “Best Kobe Ever” or “Kobe Acts as Lakers’ Gasol-ine in Lakers Win,” it appears that Kobe Bryant has gotten off to a terrific start so far this NBA season. Add to the headlines the fact that, as of …