Stories About Anschutz Are Tough to Swallow

Just wanted to thank the sports editors at The Times for helping with my diet. Articles on the Kings’ ownership group AEG, their head man Phil Anschutz or mouthpiece Tim Leiweke always make me gag, so Sunday’s edition more than did the trick with two stories.

Leiweke and Anschutz are obviously reincarnated versions of the turn-of-the-century huckster who would travel from one town to the next and stay until he wore out his welcome, once the settlers discovered he was as trustworthy as the useless potions he was selling.

Remember when Anschutz declared that Staples Center would open new revenue streams and the Kings would quickly become the crown jewels of the NHL by signing star free agents to win the Stanley Cup? Well, I do and I am still waiting.

These men can and do say anything, and The Times should be holding their feet to the fire instead of praising them as sports icons of a new generation.

Andrew Warren

Granada Hills

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The great Mr. Anschutz seems to be too involved in tennis, soccer and other pursuits while ignoring the Kings.

Maybe Bruce McNall was a fraud, but he got us to the Stanley Cup finals.

Philip Schermerhorn

El Segundo

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Bill Dwyre cannot have it both ways. He correctly states that Maria Sharapova is a child, not a woman. Then he labels those who object to her objectification as “strait-laced and rigid.”

There is no argument Sharapova is being used as a sexual object to promote tennis. The responsibility lies not only with the media and tournament organizers who so use her. It begins with her father. The selling of a child for profit or gain is straightforward. It is called prostitution.

Jeanine D’Elia

Granada Hills

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Nice that Serena Williams has once again publicly professed her love of herself (and all her body parts) this time by wearing a T-shirt saying, “I Love Me.”

I wish her all the luck in the world in her marriage to herself and hope she doesn’t sustain another injury on her way to the altar.

Dan Anzel

Los Angeles