Commentary, predictions, rumors, maybe some smack on sports in Los Angeles
UCLA Bruins head baseball coach John Savage has been named the 2013 Coach of the Year by the Los Angeles Sports Council.
Savage guided the Bruins to their first NCAA College World Series Championship in June completing a two-game sweep of Mississippi State in the best two-out-of-three championship series taking the title-clinching game, 8-0.
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After Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan scored 14 points, grabbed 20 rebounds and blocked five Pelican shots in a win over New Orleans last month, I asked Clippers coach Doc Rivers if DJ’s game and role is similar to that of Boston Celtic great Bill Russell whose hall-of-fame career average was 15 points, 22 rebounds, nine blocked shots and four assists per game.
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The Los Angeles Clippers hit the road for their annual Grammy Awards Road Trip where they head east for the first of seven games in eleven days when they take on Carmelo Anthony and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden tonight.
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The Los Angeles Clippers today signed 13-year NBA free agent forward Hedo Turkoglu who was waived by the Orlando Magic two weeks ago.
“It feels great. I’m really excited. A little bit nervous.” Turkoglu told the Clippers after signing his contract. “It’s a new chapter for me. I’m just happy to be part of this great organization.”
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Finishing up a homestand before leaving town for the annual two-week Grammy Awards Road Trip, the Los Angeles Clippers made a monumental fourth quarter comeback – trailing by 17 points with just under five minutes left in the game – and beat the Dallas Mavericks, 129-127 to run the table on the four-game homestand.
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The Los Angeles Clippers will try to do what their hallway rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers, couldn’t do – win their last game at Staples Center before hitting the road for the two weeks known as the Grammy Trip.
The Clippers (26-13) host the Dallas Mavericks (23-16) tonight – five days after torching the Lakers by 36 points, 123-87 at Staples Center.
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It was a tale of two teams in Los Angeles Friday night at Staples Center.
For the Los Angeles Clippers, it’s the best of times completely dominating their hallway rivals from start to finish – the Los Angeles Lakers – who are going through the worst of times.
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For various injury-related reasons, the Los Angeles Lakers vs. the Los Angeles Clippers has lost a bit of its gleam.
That’s quite evident with the purple and gold side of the City of Angels Battle.
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In his pregame press conference, Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers was asked how he was going to have his team approach his former one – the Boston Celtics.
“We have to approach our team.” Said Rivers. “That’s how we approach the Celtics. With all the injuries and thing’s we’re dealing with, we can’t afford to look at anything but our team every night.”
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The Los Angeles Clippers enter their third game without all-star point guard Chris Paul tonight when they host the Boston Celtics at Staples Center.
Paul went down with a separated right shoulder last week in Dallas against the Mavericks that’ll keep him out of the lineup for six weeks.
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