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Sports
Hot Corner: Team USA wins big at Olympics, gets crushed in PR
For some sports fans, it’s often easy to forget the winter slate of Olympic competition exists. The summer games average over a billion more viewers than...
Features
LA sports rooting guide: What’s on tap for our teams?
LA is known as a Mecca for entertainment, and professional sports are no exception. The city is home to 11 professional sports teams, and...
Sports
Sports can still be influential, even if they’re not being played
The first draft of this column was about Italy canceling all professional sporting events in the country due to the outbreak of the coronavirus,...
Sports
#IStandWithCherry reminds U.S. that xenophobia is not confined to our borders
Don Cherry may be the only man capable of rivaling the late Craig Sager's flamboyant suits. Bleacher Report ranks Cherry's 25 most obnoxious outfits. Somehow Cherry, who was fired by Sportsnet Nov....
Football
One-week fantasy football: No draft, no duel
In traditional fantasy football, leagues of 10 to 14 people compete for the full 17-week NFL season. Before the season starts, the league's members...
Sports
More Simmons, less 'B.S.' in journalism
Thursday, the voice of Bill Simmons returned to the airwaves. The sportswriter, who was unceremoniously pardoned from his job at ESPN in May, launched...
Football
From the field to the hill, Jack Kemp '57
On a typical fall Saturday evening, Occidental students trickle into Jack Kemp Stadium to watch the Tigers take on their SCIAC foes on the...
Community News
NFL still has much to prove
Last year, when former Ravens running back Ray Rice knocked his then-fiancée (now wife) Janay Palmer unconscious in an elevator, the National Football League...
Football
Goodell fumbles again; Belichick, Brady gambit continues
The NFL officially kicked off the regular season Thursday night as the world champion New England Patriots and superstar quarterback Tom Brady defeated the...
Sports
MLB should ditch antiquated traditions
In an excellent segment from HBO's "Real Sports" that hit the internet this week, comedian Chris Rock ranted about baseball fandom and race, calling...
Sports
Dominant West may struggle to produce NBA champion
The marathon that is the NBA regular season has finally drawn to a close, and this week the main event of the playoffs has...
Baseball
Scully remains unique among MLB changes
Returning to call Dodgers games for a 66th straight season, Vin Scully makes watching baseball a truly unique experience in this era of sports...
