Lakers should worry about Andrew Bynum’s track record

Whether Andrew Bynum is prone to injury or just unlucky, neither scenario is great news for the Lakers.…

If he’s a factor in the playoffs, that would be a first.…

The Lakers, celebrating 50 years in Los Angeles, might want to throw a bone to the surviving core members of their original L.A. team by introducing them before a game.…

Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Hot Rod Hundley, Frank Selvy, Tommy Hawkins, Bob Leonard and Howard Jolliff deserve recognition as pioneers and probably would have great stories to tell about that inaugural 1960-61 season.…

Hot-shooting Cornell, with eight seniors among its nine-man rotation, might have a chance against Kentucky.…

Before Cornell, the last Ivy League team to reach the Sweet 16 was Penn, which made it all the way to the Final Four in 1979 before a Magic Johnson-led Michigan State team crushed the Quakers in the semifinals en route to the title. …

An improbable run by St. Mary’s undoubtedly is being watched closely by Tomislav Nicholiavich Mescheriakov, a.k.a. Tom Meschery, the Gaels’ sophomore star when they posted their only previous NCAA tournament victory — in 1959.…

Washington’s Quincy Pondexter tells the Seattle Times that when he failed to make the McDonald’s All-American team in high school, he boycotted the fast-food chain for three years.…

In was a filet-o-fit.…

At 6 feet 8 and 330 pounds, incoming offensive tackle Seantrel Henderson would rank among the biggest players ever to suit up for USC, but Henderson’s father, Sean, told the St. Paul [Minn.] Pioneer Press that the youngster’s maternal grandfather was even bigger: 6-11, 400 pounds.…

Teemu Selanne is only the third European-born player to join the NHL’s 600-goals club, an exclusive group now numbering 18 and not a single one born in the U.S.…

If the bankrupt and NHL-owned Phoenix Coyotes continue their winning ways all the way to a championship, reader Drew Janner of Redondo Beach e-mails to ask, “Will Gary Bettman present the Stanley Cup to himself?” …

Doc Rivers, on the ability of the veteran-led Boston Celtics to win on the road: “With all that crowd noise, maybe they’re so old they can’t hear it.” …

It’s mind-boggling that it took 25 years for Los Angeles Marathon promoters to figure out that a route ending at the ocean would appeal to the greatest number of runners.…

Reader Pat Hennes of Garden Grove counts Don Drysdale’s radio call of Kirk Gibson’s 1988 World Series home run among the most underrated in sports broadcasting history.…

“This time,” Drysdale tells listeners after nearly two minutes of uninterrupted crowd noise, “mighty Casey did not strike out.” …

Gibson later surprised Drysdale by telling him that, while fighting injuries the next few years, he listened to Big D’s call for inspiration, an appreciative Drysdale confiding to a friend, “You could have knocked me over with a feather.” …

On this date 30 years ago, Louisville’s “Dr. Dunkenstein,” Darrell Griffith, led the Cardinals past Kiki Vandeweghe and UCLA in the final game of the NCAA tournament, spoiling the Bruins’ perfect record in championship games.…

RIP, Cliff Livingston, a Compton-born ex-UCLA and L.A. Rams linebacker who played 12 years in the NFL, later got into acting and stunt work, was a Marlboro Man and married a Playboy Bunny before his death this month in Las Vegas.…

After squaring off last month in South Florida, the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints will host two of the next three Super Bowls, the Colts in 2012 and the Saints in 2013.…

No team has played a Super Bowl on its home field. …

Reader Joe Kevany of Mount Washington e-mails to note that he failed to pick a single winner in his NCAA tournament office pool, going 0 for 32 in the first round, and wonders, “Shouldn’t I get something for that?” …

How about a standing invitation to enter all office pools? …

Comedian Bill Maher, on the slew of raunchy e-mail and text messages reportedly sent by Tiger Woods to porn star Joslyn James: “I hope he gets his golf game back because he’s never going to make a dime writing greeting cards.”

jerome.crowe@latimes.com