First, I absolutely love the neighborhood project. I'm thinking about moving to many of the areas listed, so the profiles really help. I would love to see an article about how to find a roommate in LA. I'm looking for a roommate for the first time out here, and I bet that kind of article would be useful for a lot of people. Keep up the great work. Beata Brandt Beata, the timing of your......

The Clippers finally broke ground on their long overdue practice facility on Thursday afternoon, a 42,500 square foot facility at Playa Vista. The facility is scheduled to be completed early next year, outfitted with the same quality of equipment as you’d find at Sports Club LA (minus all of the beautiful, surgically enhanced clientele). With $25 million invested into the project, now Elton Brand, Cat Mobley, et al will finally have a legitimate place to......

Well, it’s official. Kobe is the only player in history besides Wilt Chamberlain to play four straight 50+ games. In Friday night’s game, Kobe scored exactly 50 points, carrying his team to a 111-105 win over the New Orleans Hornets. All eyes were watching, tallying each point he made. And Kobe did actually attempt to be humble: In a pre-game interview, he graciously told John Ireland that one of the best parts about being......

Lakers 111, Hornets 105 - Kobe continued to flaunt has superiority in the face of March Madness, talking before the game about how honored he was to be discussed in the same "bracket" as Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, and Elgin Baylor. After the game, he moved from the final four to the championship. While Michael and Elgin scored 50+ points in three straight games, Kobe has now done it in four (65, 50, 60, 50).......

The big question last night was if Kobe would be the first Laker to score three 50+ games in a row since Elgin Baylor did it in 1962. And he did. And more. But the game wasn't all it was cracked up to be. There’s no reason why the Lakers shouldn't be able to shake the worst team in the league, especially when they made mincemeat out of Kevin Garnett and the Timberwolves last......

Lakers 121, Grizzlies 119 - It's March Madness, but the most impressive hoops action keeps coming from a guy who never played a minute of college ball. Kobe had 60 points against Memphis, but it wasn't just his one game point total that generated buzz. This is the third game in a row he has scored at least 50, a feat only matched by Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Elgin Baylor. Chamberlain actually did it seven......

Ice hockey isn't the most popular game in a land of beaches and palm trees, especially when you're losing. With this town's reputation for bandwagon fans, it's no surprise that the Kings -- dead last in the Western Conference and playing like jokers -- have been shuffled to the bottom of the deck. They even tossed away an ace, team captain Mattias Norstrom, in a gamble to add future draft selections (they now have 21......

81… That number is going to have new meaning anytime it is brought up. Are you kidding? 81 points… 81 POINTS!!! Its already making waves across the country. How did it happen? Well, first off, the Lakers were losing (again). This time it was to the Toronto Raptors. Down by 18 points in the third. When asked by ESPN what Bryant said at that stage, Odom replied: "Nothing. That's when it's bad." Yeah, REAL......

Every now and then Elgin Baylor makes a good trade. It doesn't happen often. It happened during the 2000 NBA Draft when the Clippers underwent a dramatic makeover that brought them Corey Maggette, Darius Miles, Quentin Richardson, and others from the Orlando Magic. It also happened during the 2001 NBA Draft when they effectively dealt Tyson Chandler for Elton Brand. And it happened it again yesterday. The Clippers acquired Sam Cassell and a first......

Add Bobby Simmons' name to the long list of Clippers who have left via free agency over the years. The NBA's Most Improved Player, has accepted a deal with the Milwaukee Bucks that will pay him $47 million over 5 years. While we're sure Clippers fans are groaning, Donald Sterling, Mike Dunleavy, and Elgin Baylor have made the right decisiion here. Sterling's frugality has been the Clippers biggest problem over the years, but sometimes......

An LA basketball team celebrated at least one award winner this year, as yesterday the Clippers' Bobby Simmons was named the NBA's Most Improved Player. This is a well-deserved award for Simmons who went from nowhere to solid scorer seemingly overnight. But, as everyone will remind you, Simmons is a free agent now and the NBA awaits to find out if Donald Sterling will pay up. Our advice to Sterling: Wait. Bobby Simmons may......

Count on the Clippers to trade with a team that doesn't actually have players. If media reports are true, the Clippers have traded the No. 2 pick overall to the expansion Charlotte Bobcats along with Peja Drobnjak for the No. 4 pick overall and No. 33 pick. Is that the best Elgin Baylor could do? Obviously the Clippers have a glut of power forwards and have no use for Dwight Howard. And the Clippers need......