The Los Angeles Dodgers were supposed to be at the very least, competitive this season. Right now they sit in last place in the National League West division, with a 13-20 record. Manger Don Mattingly told the LA Times, he knows who people will point the finger at for the slow start. “I’ve seen L.A.,” the Dodgers manager said. “They ... Read More »
Los Angeles Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak didn’t get a single vote for NBA’s Executive of the Year Award, according to Mike Bresnehan of the Los Angeles Times. Instead, Masai Ujiri of the Denver Nuggets will get the nod, becoming the first African-born executive to win the award. Earlier in the week, Nuggets head coach George Karl earned the NBA’s ... Read More »
Former Los Angeles Lakers and current Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown is a class act and holds no animosity toward the organization that sent him packing after just five games into the 2012-13 season in his second year as its head coach. In fact, he sees the team going in a positive direction and potentially able to take a ... Read More »
What could be better than a Southern California sunset, a cool drink in-hand and not a care in the world while collecting six-figure checks for work one never had to perform? Apparently, coaching the Cleveland Cavaliers could be. The Cavs fired head coach Byron Scott on Thursday, and without skipping a beat, league sources reported via ESPN that ousted Lakers ... Read More »
When the Los Angeles Lakers fired former head coach Mike Brown after just five games following a 1-4 start, much of the sports world scratched its head, and general manager Mitch Kuphcak has finally shed some more light as to why it played out in such bizarre fashion. In an interview with CBS Radio (via ESPN Los Angeles), Kupchak said ... Read More »
The fact that the Los Angeles Lakers have struggled on the floor this season is well-documented; they’ve also had a difficult time in their tumultuous 2012-13 campaign of managing things off of it and in the media. Ousted head coach Mike Brown joined AM 570 Fox Sports Los Angeles’s “Petros and Money Show” to speak on the matter and gave ... Read More »
Los Angeles Lakers All-Star center Dwight Howard may be on the move before completing a full season with the struggling Western Conference team. According to sources of ESPN.com, the Lakers may be pushed into the position due to Howard’s unhappiness in his role under head coach Mike D’Antoni and the team’s lack of a long-term contract with a player who is ... Read More »
On March 7, 2012, the Los Angeles Lakers went into the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. and let the lowly Washington Wizards get the best of them in a 106-101 upset. This year, things are different as a Wizards’ win wouldn’t shock the Verizon Center like it did a year ago. With the 2012-13 Lakers, we’ve all come to expect ... Read More »
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