Jim Carlisle

I wasn't anywhere near either place Sunday, but I bet Staples Center had nothing on Oxnard's Strawberry Festival for traffic and crowds. Just saying.

Sometimes, even breakups don't go the way they were planned. That's what happened Thursday night when the Los Angeles Lakers failed to close out their playoff series against the Nuggets in Game 5 and had to go back to Denver ...

Ask most people about The Players golf tournament and they're likely to say, "Oh, yeah, that's the one with the island green." The 17th hole is more famous, frankly, than the TPC Sawgrass course or even the tournament itself. This ...

Many years NBC leads the networks in Sports Emmy awards primarily due to the Olympics, but this year, in a non-Olympic year, the peacock network still topped the heap.

"And Casilla lifts one out toward right. Torii Hunter giving chase! Still going back — Jered Weaver has no-hit the Minnesota Twins! Light that baby up!"

Los Angeles has taken a hit in recent years when it comes to sports. Some of it has to do with team owners (think Dodgers and Clippers). Some of it is because of arrogance (Lakers). Some of it is due ...

Saw a great YouTube video this week: ESPN's 1981 coverage of the NFL draft. It looked like it was held in the basement of some airport hotel. They had trouble getting Commissioner Pete Rozelle's microphone to work. There was a ...

Hubie Brown of ESPN and ABC is perhaps the rarest of all TV basketball analysts. He may also be the best. Brown has the credentials: an NBA coach for 18 years with the last three coming at age 69 when ...

The Los Angeles Lakers may have picked up some momentum for the playoffs after beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 114-106 in double overtime Sunday, but it could also well be that the game set World Peace back nearly 10 years.

The way they're playing right now, the Los Angeles Angels might think it's just as well not everybody can see every game. But for subscribers of AT&T U-Verse and Dish Network, it's getting to be a little frustrating.

It says a lot about the popularity of a professional sports league when entire TV networks come to a screeching halt during the offseason and spend hours covering the release of next season's schedule.

Los Angeles is lucky. It has two superstars for whom fans chant "MVP! MVP!" every time they touch the ball: the Lakers' Kobe Bryant and the Dodgers' Matt Kemp. But it's time we stop pushing Bryant for MVP. What he ...