Archive for December 6th, 2007
Dodgers Sign Andruw Jones
By Kevin Arnovitz | Los Angeles Unified Sports District, Los Angeles Dodgers, ColumnThe Dodgers land outfielder Andruw Jones with a two year/$36.2 million contract. This represents the fifth highest average salary in Major League Baseball history. Jones brings with him ten consecutive Gold Gloves, an .839 career OPS, along with 368 home runs over twelve years. In 2007, Jones batted .222/.311/.413 for a […]
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For the Record, Andrew Bynum is Not Better Than Kobe Bryant in Real Life
By John Krolik | Fight On or Kiss Off, Los Angeles Lakers, ColumnOn TrueHoop Tuesday was a link to a piece by APBRmetrics “guru” David Berri, who gives a whole new meaning to the term “idiot savant,” about how Andrew Bynum has been more effective, per-minute, than Kobe Bryant.
First, defending Berri a little bit: the post wasn’t quite as aggressive as Henry Abbott, TrueHoop editor, made it […]
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Why Karl Dorrell Proves the Need for More Minority Hiring
By Andrew Kamenetzky | UCLA, The Mind of AKSaturday. USC-UCLA. Fourth quarter. USC ball. Third and goal from the UCLA two. Stafon Johnson stopped in his tracks, with 10-yard flag against the Trojans. Presumably spooked by Pete Carrol’s propensity to go for it in such situations, Karl Dorrell accepts the penalty and gives 3rd and 12 […]
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Y E S T E R D A Y…
Lakers 111, Nuggets 107: He drops 51 and still manages to lose. Welcome to the life of Allen Iverson. I thought these sorts of things weren’t supposed to happen to him anymore? We’re not in Kansas Philly anymore! He’s supposed to have enough help now with […]
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