Text messages from press row . . .

It took Magic Johnson all of one game to say, enough already. . . .

The Lakers legend and TNT studio host told his audience after Tuesday night’s season-opening, 95-93 Lakers loss to the Houston Rockets that the Kobe Bryant mess has become untenable and needs to be addressed ASAP. . . .

Said Johnson, a Lakers vice president and minority owner: “They’re going to have to make a decision on Kobe. It’s got to come to a head in the next week or two. It’s got to be trade him, or you’ve got to come out and say, ‘We’re going to keep him.’ One or the other.” . . .

Was Jerry Buss listening? . . .

Before the game at Staples Center, the Lakers played a highlight video that included the message, “Drama Is Here. Can You Feel It?” . . .

How could you miss it? . . .

If Bryant, booed when he was introduced, thought that pregame reception was icy, wait until he shows up wearing an opponent’s uniform. . . .

It’s probably worth noting amid all the hoopla that before Joe Torre was hired by the free-spending New York Yankees, won four World Series championships in 12 seasons and developed a reputation as a calm and steady skipper, he managed for 14 seasons in the National League with little success. . . .

His only division title was won with NL most valuable player Dale Murphy, 17-game winner Phil Niekro and the Atlanta Braves in 1982. . . .

He won no playoff games. . . .

Torre’s overall National League winning percentage, including below-.500 stints with the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals, was .471. . . .

Grady Little’s was .525. . . .

Alex Rodriguez, a shoo-in to win the American League most valuable player award for the third time, could cement his reputation as a once-in-a-generation player by switching leagues and becoming the NL MVP. . . .

Only Frank Robinson, with the Cincinnati Reds in 1961 and the Baltimore Orioles in 1966, has won both the NL and AL awards. . . .

The Boston Red Sox’s sweep of the Colorado Rockies in the World Series capped a year of anticlimactic championship moments. . . .

Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts dominated the second half against the overmatched Chicago Bears in a soggy, turnover-marred Super Bowl, Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs swept the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals and Scott Niedermayer and the Ducks needed only five games to overpower the Ottawa Senators in the Stanley Cup finals. . . .

Not to be outdone, Florida overwhelmed Ohio State in the Bowl Championship Series title game in football and the NCAA tournament final in basket- ball. . . .

The World Series has not gone seven games since 2002, when Troy Glaus and the Angels rallied to disappoint Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants, and three of the last four have resulted in sweeps, two by the Red Sox. . . .

Eric Dickerson, traded to the Indianapolis Colts in a blockbuster Halloween deal 20 years ago, still seems to be haunted by the deal, saying he would have retired as the NFL’s all-time rushing leader if he’d stayed with the Rams. . . .

Says Dickerson, sixth on the all-time list behind Emmitt Smith, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Curtis Martin and Jerome Bettis, “Walter Payton said to me, ‘Man, I just want to thank you for getting traded because you would have shattered all of my records.’ I had a coach [John Robinson] that liked to run the football. We had a great offensive line. It was a perfect situation.” . . .

Except that the Rams wouldn’t pay him what he was worth. . . .

Perhaps even more exciting than the incredible 15-lateral touchdown play that gave Trinity University a 28-24 Division III victory over Millsaps last Saturday was the breathless call by student play-by-play announcer Jonathan Wiener. . . .

The sophomore English major might still be screaming. . . .

On YouTube, he’ll never stop. . . .

BTW, the seven players who touched the ball during the “Mississippi Miracle” -- Stephen Arnold, Blake Barmore, Josh Hooten, Brandon Maddux, Shawn Thompson, Michael Tomlin and Riley Curry, who scored -- were named co-offensive players of the week in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. . . .

Its last significant victory was over Michigan, its years-in-the-making home winning streak ended last month and, with two losses already, its chances of winning another conference title are in serious doubt. . . .

Like USC, Appalachian State has fallen on hard times.

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jerome.crowe@latimes.com