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L.A.: a great place for a linebacker to eat

By Mike Hiserman
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Earlier today, sports editor Randy Harvey wrote about The Sportings News’ annual rankings of the country’s best sports cities.

He lamented L.A.’s eighth-place finish, and I agree we should be a few notches higher -- two places back of Phoenix/Tempe? Puh-leese! -- but my favorite part of the poll was a segment where athletes wrote about their favorite places to eat.

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University of Colorado linebacker George Hypolite carried the torch for L.A., and he did it well. His top spot: Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles on Pico.

-- Mike Hiserman

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Mike Hiserman

Mike Hiserman is former Sports editor of the Los Angeles Times. He wrote for the Long Beach Press Telegram and Orange County Register before joining The Times in 1982 and won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for investigative reporting on betting scams. Hiserman has been Sports editor of The Times’ San Fernando Valley and Orange County editions. He retired in November 2020.

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