Entries from LAist tagged with 'averyjohnson'
May 1, 2008
LA Dodgers (14-13) defeat Florida Marlins (15-12) 13-1. The Dodgers are an offensive juggernaut on a five-game winning streak. Seriously. Manager Joe Torre made the unprecedented move to use the same lineup two nights in a row, and the Dodgers rewarded him. Rafael Furcal had a career-high five hit game, Russell Martin hit a solo homer in the second inning to lead the scoring and James Loney and Blake DeWitt hit bases-clearing triples in......
Continue Reading "LAst Night's Action: Dodgers Go on a Fish Fry"April 14, 2006
It has been a very busy week and although the weather has been pretty crappy, the play of the local teams have not. First and foremost with the MLB season opening, the Dodgers were picked anywhere from first to third in the division by various sports writers. LAist has always maintained that if the team, how ever hodge-podged it may seem, remains healthy they will contend. Well, we know how that went dont we?......
Continue Reading "A Quick Glance of the LA Sports Scene"December 21, 2005
Kobe went off last night. There's simply no other way to say it. To drop 62 points in only three quarters is truly an amazing feat and has appropriately set the NBA world abuzz. The LA Times Lakers Blog jokingly points out that Kobe didn't quite do it all last night, the Daily News quotes disgruntled and ejected Mavs coach Avery Johnson as saying "It was like he was in a gym all by......
Continue Reading "Kobe 62, Mavericks 61"