It’s easy to think nothing is wrong with the NBA from our vantage point in Los Angeles. After all it was announced that four of the starting five players for the Western Conference in the All Star Game would be comprised of players from the Lakers (Kobe Bryant, Andrew Bynum) and the Clippers (Blake Griffin, Chris Paul).
NBA Might Be Bad, But the Clippers Are Surely Entertaining
Midnight Movies: Barney's Beanery vs. The NBA
Lebron "King" James and "Sir" Charles Barkely were no match at Pop-a-Shot for Barney's Beanery 5'7" busboy Ricardo Reyes. Not even close. Could this Giant Killer be the Clipper shooting guard of the future?
LAst Night's Action: Clips Somehow Win?
LA Clippers defeat Golden State Warriors 118-105. With Zach Randolph and Marcus Camby back in the line up, the Clippers finally got some size back into their team. And the size did help them win against the fast paced Warriors. There was also a Baron Davis sighting who nearly had a triple-double with 25 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds. Zach Randolph and Eric Gordon each scored 27 points for the Clips.
LAst Night's Action: Kings Show Grit in Shootout Loss to Sharks
San Jose Sharks defeat LA Kings 3-2 (SO). The Kings really brought their A-game at the Staples Center against the best team in the league. They took an early 2-0 lead in the first period, but the Sharks naturally came back to tie things up in the second period. However the Kings stayed with it and kept the Sharks scoreless for the remainder of the game. The Kings get a point for the overtime loss, and they are really showing the promise of good things to come in the future.
Photos from the Red Carpet: Stand Up to Cancer
Stand Up To Cancer announced on Sunday that "from its launch on May 28, 2008, through September 5, 2008’s historic simultaneous commercial-free telecast, the initiative has raised more than $100 million to accelerate ground-breaking research and bring new therapies to patients more quickly."
LAst Night's Action: DeWitt Does It Again
LA Dodgers defeat Cincinnati Reds 6-5. It looked like Brad Penny was still suffering from a stiff arm struggling most of his outing giving up five runs on nine hits in six innings. But the Dodgers, with an assist to the poor Red's defense, got him out of the game with a tie. After a single and an error to leadoff hitter Russell Martin and a infield out by Jeff Kent to advance Martin to third in the bottom of the ninth, Red's reliever David Weathers walks both James Loney and Matt Kemp to load the bases. Uber-rookie supreme Blake DeWitt grounds a 2-2 pitch to left-center getting a walk-off RBI single. It's wasn't pretty, but a slump-busting win is a win. Andruw Jones sat out of the game with a "sore knee". The Reds now haven't won a game in Dodger Stadium since July 2005 during the Jim Tracy days.
TV Junkie: 'DWTS', 'the Bachelor', 'Idol' Finales Tonight! Wikipedia Guy on Charlie Rose; Amy Sedaris on Conan
A Word or 76: Finale-fest tonight! Enjoy now because re-runs and other sub-par programming is all we have on the horizon. Tonight - Tuesday - May 22, 2007 Brewers @ Dodgers (PRIME, 7:00 p.m.) Angels @ Tigers (Fox Sports, 7:30 p.m.) NCIS (CBS, 8:00 p.m.) The team's secrets unravel Dateline NBC (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) Author John Grisham discusses wrongful murder case The Bachelor: Officer and a Gentleman (ABC, 8:00 p.m.) The fiancee is chosen(!)...
Is Kobe Ready For His Pippen?
The NBA goes to Vegas for the weekend and we're blinded by the sideshow even before Charles Barkley takes the court to challenge 67-year-old NBA ref Dick Bavetta in a sprint-off. First, Timmay, and now... 41-year-old Scottie Pippen wants to return as a player?!? Coincidentally, the Lakers are in the midst of their roughest stretch of the season having dropped 7 of 10. Phil and friends are definitely in need of a little somethin' somethin'....
TV Junkie: Bill Maher Premiere's Tonight; Christina on Conan; Logan's Run on TCM
A Word or 4: Have... a... great... weekend... Tonight - Friday - February 16th, 2007 College Basketball: UCLA @ AZ State (PRIME, 5:00 p.m. NBA All-Star Celebrity Game (ESPN, 7:00 p.m.) Hoops Ghost Whisperer/Close to Home/NUMB3RS (CBS, 8-11:00 p.m.) All new. Nanny 911/Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy (Fox, 8-10:00 p.m.) Fox! Make it one show! Las Vegas/Law & Order (NBC, 9-11:00 p.m.) New & New Logan's Run (TCM, 9:155 p.m.) Farrah Fawcett-Majors! Yeah!!...
TV Junkie: 'Idol' Semifinalists Revealed; 'Lost' Goes Back to the Old Island; Armstrong on Colbert
A Word or 48: House was pretty good last night and the timing was great what with the blizzard hitting New England today. With the semifinalists declared on Idol and Paula Abdul declaring that she's never been drunk in her life, I get the feeling that show is really coming along now. Today - Wednesday - February 14th, 2007 Breakfast at Tiffany's (TCM, 4:05 p.m.) Holly Golightly, not the band Beauty and the Geek...
Are You For Real?
Tonight the Lakers face the Utah Jazz on a Charles Barkley-approved national broadcast — a face off of two surprising first-place teams. So it begs the question: Can these teams stay on top for an entire season? In the case of talented and now healthy Utah, it’s pretty easy to answer yes. For the Lakers, well, they get a qualified yes — if they start playing some defense. Most Laker fans have been feeling...
TV Junkie : The Pats, The Kings, Rob Zombie, Borat
“Monday Night Football” (ESPN, 5:30 p.m.) New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings “NHL Hockey” (FSN, 7:30 p.m.) New York Rangers at Los Angeles Kings “Everybody Hates Chris” (the CW, 8:00 p.m.) Chris gets robbed while guarding the cash register for Doc “House of 1000 Corpses” (IFC, 8:15 p.m.) Get in the Halloween mood with Rob Zombie’s neo-classic. “The Bachelor: Rome” (ABC, 9:00 p.m.) Lorenzo (I can’t believe I’m writing that name) knocks it down...
Clipper Nation Stand Up
Last night's game was so entertaining, we're almost not upset that the Red & Blue lost. 130-123?! Is this 2006 or 1986? The Steve Nash/Sam Cassell battle is going to be a great one and the flashes of brilliance that Shaun Livingston shows on the court has us extremely hopeful for the future. Here's what's being talked about in Clipper Nation:
Lakers vs. Clippers
Unless by some freakin' sweet good fortune the Lakers and the Clips meet up in the Playoffs (we haven't done our post-season bracketology yet but we're pretty sure that would mean they both made it to the Western Conference Finals and weather reports from Hell would be all about a blizzard), tonight is the last time they will meet this season. Your Los Angeles Clippers can win the season series for the first time in 13 years and we can all start buying our Clippers playoff tickets.

