Hank Raymonds, Rivers’ coach at Marquette, called before nearly every game until his death in 2010. Rick Majerus, a Marquette assistant under Raymonds, was another frequent caller until his death two years later. Chuck Daly, the coach Rivers succeeded in Orlando, was a trusted friend, as remains Pat Riley, who’d coached Rivers in New York. […]
Blog: Gabriel Vilardi will not play for the Kings this season
Gabriel Vilardi won’t play for the Kings this season. His precarious injury situation already made him doubtful, but it became clear Wednesday when general manager Rob Blake said that Vilardi will return to his junior team. As an underage player, Vilardi, 19, isn’t eligible to play for the Kings… Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times
Blog: With Rajon Rondo sidelined by injury, Lakers’ pace has suffered
At first, the Lakers’ turnovers shot up and their assists plummeted upon losing Rondo. Three times in the two weeks that followed, they had fewer than 20 assists, once only 10. And while they eventually improved in those areas, their pace has yet to recover. Seven of the Lakers’ 10 games with the slowest pace […]
Blog: Union leaders tentatively agree on a contract to avert strikes at six L.A. hotels
Leaders for Unite Here Local 11, representing 7,500 hotel workers in Los Angeles and Orange counties, reached a tentative contract agreement with the J.W. Marriott and the Courtyard Marriott at the L.A. Live entertainment district as well as the SLS in Beverly Hills, the W Hollywood, the W Westwood and the Sheraton Grand near downtown […]
Blog: Sports will come to a halt on Jan. 10 for LAUSD teams during UTLA strike
The announcement on Wednesday by the union representing Los Angeles teachers that it will strike on Jan. 10 is not good news for high school sports in the Los Angeles Unified School District. All games involving LAUSD schools will be postponed during the strike, according to the district’s athletics office. Practices are likely not to […]
Blog: More than 15% of childhood deaths in America are due to guns, study says
• Firearms in 2016 were the leading cause of death among African American children and adolescents, occurring at a rate 3.7 times the rate of gun-related deaths among white youth. African American children are also much more likely than white children to drown, or die in house fires, or of asthma. But as a statistical […]