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August 30, 1:46 PM

by Brian Milne, Los Angeles Sports Examiner

After further review, Brian Milne has moved from the L.A. sports gig to writing as the National NBA Examiner. Don't worry, he'll still have plenty to say about the Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers. Please redirect your bookmarks and visit his new page here or cut and paste the following link into your browser, http://www.examiner.com/x-793-NBA-Examiner.

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UCLA to USC: 'The monopoly in L.A. is over"

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August 27, 7:47 AM

The 2008 college football season hasn’t even officially kicked off and UCLA and USC are already talking trash. Despite the fact the rivalry game isn’t until Dec. 6, UCLA took out a rather bold full-page ad pointed at USC in the Los Angeles... Read More
Topics: College Football , USC , UCLA

Dodgers downer Andruw Jones tearing it up in Las Vegas

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August 26, 9:07 PM

While your favorite L.A. Sports Examiner was losing all of his money at a friend’s bachelor party in Sin City this past weekend, I was reminded by friend at the Las Vegas Review-Journal that Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Andruw Jones was... Read More
Topics: MLB , Baseball , Dodgers

Dodgers add Greg Maddux to Pennyless rotation

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August 19, 2:23 AM

Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti is making all the right moves. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Dodgers have acquired veteran right-hander Greg Maddux from the slumping San Diego Padres in a move that should help fill the void left... Read More
Topics: Baseball , Dodgers

Greatest player in the world: Kobe Bryant or LeBron James?

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August 18, 10:34 AM

1GREAT, adjective remarkable in magnitude, degree, or effectiveness; full of emotion; chief or preeminent over others; markedly superior in character or quality; remarkably skilled; used as a generalized term of approvalMark Jackson said it a dozen times... Read More
Topics: NBA , Kobe Bryant , Olympics , Basketball

Top 20 fantasy football picks for your upcoming draft

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August 18, 12:17 AM

When I listed my top 20 fantasy football picks (yeah, there’s no pro football in L.A., so Hollywood fantasizes about it instead) on WCBias.com about a month ago, I made the mistake of listing Steve Smith at No. 15. Not only did I list him 15th,... Read More
Topics: Football , NFL , Fantasy Football , Fantasy Draft

AP Preseason Top 25 Poll released with USC ranked No. 3

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August 16, 12:51 PM

The college football season is right around the corner, and the first two major top 25 polls have been released with little West Coast representation. USC was ranked second behind top-ranked Georgia in the USA Today college football coaches preseason... Read More
Topics: Football , College Football , USC , Ohio State , UCLA , College

U.S. men's basketball team looks golden at Olympics

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August 16, 12:50 PM

If the U.S. men’s basketball team continues to play like this, you might as well give them the gold medal right now. The Americans dismantled reigning world champion Spain 119-82 on Saturday at the Beijing Olympics in an all-around dominant... Read More
Topics: Lakers , NBA , Kobe Bryant , Olympics , Basketball

Dates to circle on the Lakers' 2008-09 NBA schedule

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August 16, 12:08 AM

Watching the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team is making me hungry for the NBA season again.Thankfully the 2008-09 season gets under way Oct. 28 in Los Angeles when the Lakers take on Greg Oden and the Portland Trail Blazers.Makes Thursday’s... Read More
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Kobe's popularity soaring in Beijing

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August 16, 12:06 AM

The first week of the 2008 Olympic Games are in the rearview mirror, and looking back there was only one thing that surprised me more than Michael Phelps’ dominance or the Spain men’s basketball team’s stupidity.Kobe Bryant’s... Read More
Topics: NBA , Kobe Bryant , Pau Gasol , Olympics , Basketball