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Like shooting ducks on a pond. Or fish in a barrel. You choose. But that’s how easy it was for the Dodgers, beating the feeble Giants 5-0 with Brad Penny scattering four hits over 6.2 innings to take the easy win on Opening Day . I’d like to say Penny was splendid, […]

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Just a few final thoughts on Saturday’s game at the Coliseum.

Good Things:
1. Easy Shuttle from Dodger Stadium (at 3:00 PM, at least).
2. Batting Practice.
3. Vin Scully Pre game celebration.
4. Dodger Godmother Rachel Robinson sitting with the common folk.
5. Making the fans realize the purpose of the event was about ThinkCure and not about the game […]

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Well, when I published “Mamba Valuable Player, Part 1,” you may have been led to believe that more parts were to follow. Well, here are those more parts. There are three serious candidates. Each of them merits a separate superlative.
Without further ado:
Who Has Been the NBA’s Best Player This Season?
Answer: LeBron James. (Kobe fans: […]

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Lakers 126, Wizards 120: Chicks dig the long ball. Apparently, so do the Lakers and Wizards. 57 trey balls in all were launched during this overtime contest, with both sides connecting at literally historic clips. Seven Lakers reached double figures, but Washington refused […]

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Are you one of the 115K expected to make tonight’s exhibition between the Dodgers and Red Sox at the L.A. Coliseum?  Share your photos and experiences with us at SportsHubLA.com.
Pics, memories, reaction, send them all to comments@sportshubla.com.

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Every time I hear the name Kevin Love and see the so-called experts naively underestimate him because he’s one of those White Men Who Can’t Jump, I always think of me and Larry Bird.
Quick backtrack: In 1978, the L.A. Times sent its young NBA reporter, another alleged b-ball expert, to French Lick, Indiana, to write […]

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Yes, there is still a lot more college hoop to be played this season. We’re still in the midst of the Sweet 16 in the NCAAs, the NIT is nearing the semi-final stage (if you care), and the CBI (what?) is preparing to begin its best of three championship series (Seriously, if you’re […]

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Following their win over Texas A&M, NCAA officials ruled Russell Westbrook’s dunk at the buzzer was actually after it, turning a 53-49 win into a 51-49 win. And while some of us were simply to lazy to go back and make the correction in our postgame analysis, the more narrow score was appropriate indeed, […]

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Y E S T E R D A Y…
UCLA 88, Western Kentucky, 78: To the naked eye, this would appear like a fairly easy game for UCLA. To the eye that’s naked but actually watched the game, not so much. After building up a 21-point lead to start the second half, the Hilltoppers […]

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The McDonald’s All American game has long been one of the premier events for high school basketball players, this year’s edition being no exception. Even better, though, the 2008 edition may have taken place in Milwaukee, but it had a decidedly L.A. flavor.
It all started Thursday night when the West swept the […]

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