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    Jan 7, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Alabama crushes Notre Dame, 42-14, for second straight BCS title

    Alabama has won its third Bowl Championship Series title in four years, overwhelming top-ranked Notre Dame, 42-14, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
    Alabama has won its third Bowl Championship Series title in four years, overwhelming top-ranked Notre Dame, 42-14, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. Coach Nick Saban's teams have won four national championships. He won his first as coach at...

    Tags: BCS National Championship Game, Stanford Cardinal, Jerome Bettis, College Football, Sports

    2. Jan 4, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Critic's Notebook: Grantland takes on the bigger world of sports

    When it comes to sportswriting, I tend to subscribe to George Plimpton's small-ball theory: The smaller the ball, the better the writing about the sport. This has a lot to do with my own biases (I'm a baseball fan, not much interest in basketball or football), but it also seems borne out by the literature. And yet, if Bill Simmons is right, the whole notion of a ball theory (small or large) might turn out to be moot.
    Los Angeles Times Book Critic
    When it comes to sportswriting, I tend to subscribe to George Plimpton's small-ball theory: The smaller the ball, the better the writing about the sport. This has a lot to do with my own biases (I'm a baseball fan, not much interest in basketball or...

    Tags: Malcolm Gladwell, Wrigley Field, George Plimpton, Gaming, Amy Winehouse

    3. Jul 15, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  3. The Sports Guy goes Hollywood: Can Bill Simmons make Grantland a must read for pop culture lovers?

    The Big Picture
    ESPN's Sports Guy Bill Simmons talks about how his new Grantland sports and pop culture site is making connections between the worlds of sports and show business...
    4. Aug 26, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  4. USC football: Trojans will play home-and-home series with Texas

    The Fabulous Forum
    USC Athletic Director Pat Haden announced that USC would play a home-and-home series with Texas in 2017 and 2018 and also play Utah State in 2013. The Trojans last played Texas in the 2006 Bowl Championship Series title game at......
    5. Nov 2, 2000 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Ring Lardner Jr., last of the Hollywood 10, dies

    Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
    Ring Lardner Jr., the Academy Award-winning screenwriter who was imprisoned for refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities Committee, has died of cancer. He was 85. The last survivor of the so-called Hollywood 10, a group of...

    Tags: Trumbo (movie), Real Estate, Cinema Industry, Long Island, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)

    6. Oct 30, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. What's in a nickname?

    A-Rod. K-Rod. F-Rod. I-Rod. B-Rob. We are not living in the Golden Age of sports nicknames. J-Roll. O-Dog. T-Mac. D-Wade. These are not nicknames; they're contractions, abbreviations.
    A-Rod. K-Rod. F-Rod. I-Rod. B-Rob. We are not living in the Golden Age of sports nicknames. J-Roll. O-Dog. T-Mac. D-Wade. These are not nicknames; they're contractions, abbreviations. Crowned "King James" at the outset of a career that has yet to see him...

    Tags: Pablo Sandoval, Yogi Berra, Alex Rodriguez, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James

    7. Aug 26, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel

  7. USC stripped of another national title

    College Gridiron 365 Blog - Orlando Sentinel
    USC stripped of another national title The Football Writers Association of America has revoked USC's 2004 national championship....
    8. Nov 26, 2006 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. For 'Jack Armstrong in spikes,' the farm was The Show

    They're at the top of the stretch ... On the outside, Efficiency. Here comes Town Cheer! ... Yankee Cashmere is trying to sweep from ninth ... Yankee Cashmere comes from last to take the stretch lead! A magnificent drive to ... win the Cadillac Breeders...

    Tags: Boston Red Sox, Auction Service, Detroit Tigers, Sports, Trotting

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