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July Fourth with the Dodgers was an independence day indeed, although some handled their freedom better than others.
Manny Ramirez was released from the substance slammer Friday, ending a 50-game drug suspension whose effects were immediate and overwhelming.
Less than three weeks after the parade, the NBA champion Lakers have already met the biggest threat to their throne.
We arrived in hilly Riverside County on a scorching Saturday afternoon, the fertility drug fatale and I, same game, different missions.
While the Dodgers were playing the 42nd game of Manny Ramirez's 50-game suspension Tuesday, Manny Ramirez was doing something very strange.
Midway through Kevin O'Neill's first public appearance as USC's basketball coach Monday, a cellphone rang.
The cameras didn't catch him. The champagne never touched him. The team partied far from him.
Kobe Bryant scratched at it until it bled. Derek Fisher clawed at it until it hurt. The rest of them dug and dug until it finally, willfully, wonderfully disappeared.
OK, Mr. Elusive Man, here's the deal.
It was a daring, soaring, amazing shot that landed the Lakers in the lap of history.