Sports
While it remains to be seen if the advent of legal zone defenses will soften Laker Coach Phil Jackson’s view of small players, rookie guard Joe Crispin has been impressive in an assertive, sub-6-foot kind of way.
Oct. 22, 2001
Lakers
Joe Crispin, the rookie from Penn State, took Mike Penberthy’s place on the end of the Laker bench Sunday night, maybe for only a handful of games.
Nov. 12, 2001
Mike Penberthy, whose journey from The Master’s College to the NBA included several international stops and a job driving a forklift, on Saturday was waived by the Lakers.
Nov. 11, 2001
John Chaney is tough to please.
March 17, 2001
Movies
Crispin Glover, Peter Boyle, Karen Black and Michael Greene star in “Rubin and Ed,” which goes into production tomorrow in Salt Lake City and the southern Utah desert.
Sept. 23, 1990
UCLA Sports
The loss to Villanova might mean a slightly lower seeding in the NCAA tournament for UCLA.
Feb. 12, 2002
Connecticut point guard Khalid El-Amin took it easy in practice Friday while recovering from a deep bruise on his right thigh.
Jan. 29, 2000
One of the bigger ovations of the evening at the Georgia Dome was for Penn State football Coach Joe Paterno, who arrived during the first half of the Michigan State-Gonzaga game and took a seat behind what would be the Nittany Lions’ bench.
March 24, 2001
By the end of practice Monday afternoon at Staples Center, beneath all eight Los Angeles championship banners, Shaquille O’Neal, wet with sweat, shot free throws.
Oct. 30, 2001
Jonathan Parker’s “Bartleby” is an ambitious attempt to update the 1853 Herman Melville novella “Bartleby the Scrivener.”
May 31, 2002