by Cory Jones | Feb 24, 2020 | Opinion
I’m from Los Angeles and have been a Lakers fan for as long as I can remember. The Great Western Forum was 15 minutes from my house in Inglewood, California. This is the arena where the Lakers won five championships in the 1980s. It was Showtime. Magic, Kareem,...
by Ed Hogan | Nov 21, 2019 | Opinion
The Chicago White Sox were involved in a scandal to “throw” the 1919 World Series. Players were paid very little back then, which made them vulnerable to the deep pockets of sports gamblers. They were paid off, the Sox lost the series, and the players involved are now...
by Barry Howard | Apr 18, 2019 | Opinion
The first time I walked onto the grounds at Augusta National in 2002, the lush beauty overcame me. I have been privileged to attend The Masters several times through the years, and on each visit, I am inspired when I step foot on this immaculately manicured acreage,...
by Mitch Randall | Sep 6, 2018 | Opinion
Nike revealed this week that former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be one of the faces for its new “Just Do It” marketing campaign. The first installment of the campaign has a black-and-white photo of Kaepernick with these words embossed over...
by Roger Olson | Feb 13, 2018 | Opinion
It’s time for a national conversation about football. The facts are irrefutable now; U.S. football causes long-term and irreversible brain damage in many players. Anyone who doesn’t know this simply hasn’t been paying attention. And in some cases,...
