Archive for September, 2009

Stafon Johnson starts a Twitter account to communicate with fans (Los Angeles Times)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Johnson’s mother, Kim Mallory , has received hundreds of well-wishes from those concerned about her son.

Kimbo Slice foe Roy Nelson talks about the “Ultimate Fighter” (Los Angeles Times)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

In a video interview I did in July with cast members of Spike TV’s reality mixed martial arts fighting series, “The Ultimate Fighter: The Heavyweights,” Roy Nelson discussed living in the same house with other fighters and how Kimbo Slice behaved.

Lakers sign free-agent guard Thomas Kelati (Los Angeles Times)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Lakers sign former Washington State guard, bringing the roster to 18 players.

Lakers are still learning about themselves (Los Angeles Times)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Kobe Bryant says it’s too early to measure who the Lakers are compared to the team they were at the same time last season.

Who replaces Stafon Johnson as USC’s short-yardage back? (Los Angeles Times)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

C.J. Gable? Allen Bradford? No one is saying.

The who, what, where, when, why — and why not — of L.A. sports (Los Angeles Times)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

But who will handle the short-yardage carries that Johnson specialized at converting? Gable said he thought it would be the 5-foot-11, 235-pound Bradford.

Lawsuit over NCAA basketball ticket policy dismissed (USA Today)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

The NCAA has scored a legal victory in its home state of Indiana, where a federal judge dismissed a nearly 1 1/2-year-old lawsuit challenging the association’s Final Four ticket lottery.

Signature’s Revised ‘Show Boat’ to Feature Burrell, Gartshore, Waters and More (Playbill via Yahoo! News)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Helen Hayes Award winner Will Gartshore will be riverboat gambler Gaylord Ravenal, Stephanie Waters is his wife Magnolia, Terry Burrell is tragic Julie and VaShawn McIlwain will be Joe in Signature Theatre’s new reinvention of the American classic Show Boat this fall.

Individual tickets on sale Thursday (Detroit Free Press)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Individual Pistons game tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Palace Box Office, www.pistons.com, 248-377-0100 and every Ticketmaster outlet. The cheapest seats ($10) will only be available at the Palace on Thursday, before hitting the open market at 10 a.m. Friday. The home opener is Oct. 30 versus Oklahoma City. Promotional nights throughout the year …

Rebuild the nation for children (Daily News)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

We are extremely happy to celebrate Universal Children’s Day today while rising up as a proud Sri Lankan nation which has wiped out three decades of terrorism from the motherland, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa in a Universal Children’s Day message.