The Phillies, and Roy Halladay, have the look of a champion

Roy Halladay and the Philadelphia Phillies, everyone’s World Series favorites, looked every inch the part in Game 1. …

Halladay’s no-hitter comes 54 years after Don Larsen’s perfect game in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series, which came 53 years after the inaugural World Series in 1903. …

At that rate, we can expect baseball’s next postseason no-hitter in about 2065, when Halladay is 88 years old. …

Before Halladay, the last pitcher to throw two no-hitters in the same season was Nolan Ryan, who pitched seven in all and had 24 others broken up in the seventh inning or later. …

Three days before the first of Ryan’s two no-hitters in 1973, the Express pitched a two-inning save for the Angels. …

He gave up no hits. …

Cliff Lee, last year’s Phillies ace, has yet to meet an October challenge he couldn’t handle. …

In Lane Kiffin’s unimpressive 2010 University of Southern California football team, there is no d. …

USC, virtually unbeatable in Pacific 10 Conference games at the Coliseum in recent years, has lost three of its last four Pac-10 home games dating to last year’s Stanford debacle. …

The one win was over UCLA. …

Reader Ralph Brax of Lancaster, referring to Phil Jackson’s recent comments, e-mails to note, “I thought Andrew Bynum had become a part-time player three years ago.” …

If Mitch Kupchak ever considered moving Bynum, didn’t Jackson just torpedo the young center’s trade value? …

Good news for Clippers fans: Blake Griffin, after a year off, looks ready to pick up where he left off. …

Diana Taurasi’s got game, to be sure, but posing nude for the cover of ESPN magazine’s upcoming “body issue” will garner the former Chino Don Lugo High star far more attention than leading Team USA to a world championship. …

She did that too, adding to a resume that already included NCAA, WNBA and Olympic championships. …

For the first time in three-plus seasons with the New England Patriots, Randy Moss did not catch a pass Monday night. …

Two days later, he was gone. …

By adding the mercurial Moss, Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings seem to be shooting for the moon. …

The Pittsburgh Steelers were 3-1 without Ben Roethlisberger but scored only seven offensive touchdowns in his absence. …

CBS analyst Randy Cross, offering his support for Big Ben: “I find it somewhere between mildly amusing and just flat stupid when I read, ‘Will he be back as a starter?’ ” …

Drew Doughty and the Kings are 16-1 shots to win the Stanley Cup, according to odds posted at bodog.com, while Ryan Getzlaf and the Ducks are 35-1 shots. …

The Chicago Blackhawks are 6-1 favorites to repeat. …

Noting that the Dodgers shortstop left Sunday’s season finale after striking out in his only at-bat, his .300 batting average intact, reader Sterling Buckingham of Canyon Country e-mails to suggest, “I guess Rafael Furcal is no Ted Williams.” …

Lakers newcomer Steve Blake and Miami Heat holdover Udonis Haslem were once teammates at Miami Senior High. …

Their team won a state title in 1998 but later had it stripped when an investigation concluded that Blake, Haslem and three other players had been improperly recruited. …

David Beckham and Danica Patrick, whose fame and sex appeal transcend sports, soon will have one more thing in common: They will be featured in bio-themed comic books. …

Man for all seasons: When California won the 1957 College World Series, Coach George Wolfman’s staff included Pete Newell, the Hall of Fame basketball coach. …

Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods’ ex-wife, is the world’s third-most eligible woman, according to a “60 Minutes”/Vanity Fair poll. …

Jennifer Aniston and Halle Barry ranked 1-2. …

The Philadelphia Eagles’ kick returners Sunday were Calvin and Hobbs, first names Jorrick and Ellis.…

They’d fit better with the Tigers. …

Charles Barkley, dismissing LeBron James’ suggestion that race played a factor in the public backlash over his departure from the Cleveland Cavaliers: “It’s like watching a movie. Just when you think it couldn’t get any stupider, it gets more stupid.”

jerome.crowe@latimes.com