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The Clippers are Hot!
Yes, the Los Angeles Clippers currently have six-game winning streak! The last time they accomplished this was 20-years ago in March of 1992. It appears that they have regained their stride after losing Chaney Billups with achilles tendon rupture. The team has come together in a timely manner with only 13 games remaining for the [...]
The Lakers are Pressing On
The Los Angeles Lakers had to press on after the 93-102 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, last Thursday. What did the Lakers learn from this woeful loss? One thing was this: they had no defensive answer for Russell Westbrook who scored 36 points on the way to victory. They have about three weeks to [...]
The Sports Beat.
By Brad Pye, Jr. Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond. Jackie Robinson, the first African-American MLB player in history with the then Brooklyn Dodgers, would be proud that a group headed by Magic Johnson, a black, is now owners of his old [...]
Freshman Exodus to the NBA Is Natural
By Deron Snyder Prior to last year, just two freshmen had ever left Duke University for the NBA draft during coach Mike Krzyzewski’s long tenure. Now, in his 32nd season at the school, Krzyzewski has lost freshman players in back-to-back years: The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Kyrie Irving with the No. 1 pick in 2011, and [...]
Philly Teens Repeat Win for Polo Championship
One of the teams from Philadelphia’s Work to Ride polo program captured the United States Polo Association Tournament Championship in Charlottesville, Virginia taking the crown for the second consecutive year. They defeated a team from Palm Springs, California’s El Dorado Polo Club 20 to 19 in a nail-biting arena polo shootout. “The kids we played [...]
Tiger Woods Earns First PGA Tour Win Since 2009
NATIONAL- After years plagued by injuries and scandal, Tiger Woods pulled away from his competition Sunday to capture his first PGA Tour win since September 2009. Months after capturing the BMW Championship, Woods became a tabloid fixture for his affairs with several women that led to the end of his marriage. His golf game also [...]
The “Big Payback” Clippers vs. Hornets
By G. George IVN Sports Wrier Los Angeles- CA–The rematch game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the New Orleans Hornets would be a revenge game for the Clippers. I would call it the “Big Payback”. In the last meeting between the two teams in New Orleans, the Hornets defeated the Clippers 97-90 in a [...]
THE SPORTS BEAT… Notes, quotes and things picked up on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond
BY BRAD PYE, JR.—Los Angeles, CA — Tiger is back! Apparently all the way back. Now it’s on to the Masters in Augusta, Ga., and a bid to become a step closer to Arnold Palmer’s all-time record of 18 majors’ triumphs. Tiger has 14 majors’ victories going into the 2012 Masters. Tiger tuned up for [...]
The Lakers Battle the Roar of the Grizzles
By G. George, IVN Sports Writer Los Angeles, CA– On Sunday night, the Los Angeles Lakers (30-19) faced the Memphis Grizzles (26-21) who loss to the Clippers on Saturday 85-101. In the second game of a back-to-back for the Grizzles, Coach Lionel Hollins had his team ready and refueled for the Lakers. He said, “When [...]
CP3 to the Rescue for the Clippers
Los Angeles, Ca– On Sunday, the Los Angeles Clippers (25-18) faced the Detroit Pistons (16-28) at the Staples Center. After a close win against the Houston Rockets on Saturday 95-91, it would be another hard fought battle ahead for them. It took the performance of Chris Paul (CP3) to rescue the Clippers yet again on [...]
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