Like I said, I’ve been really bad about this. But I’m back with a vengeance fuckers. In a week where the football world mourned the passing of Washington Redskin safety Sean Taylor, no tribute was more fitting was when the Redskins defense lined up with only ten men on the field for their first play from scrimmage. Probably inspired when the USC Trojans special teams did the same thing in their first game against......

On a mid-summer night every year for two decades, some of the biggest names in basketball and Hollywood were summoned to the hardwood by Magic Johnson and a good cause. Last year, Magic stepped down and handed over the torch to Baron Davis and Paul Pierce, two NBA All-Stars and native Angelenos. Sunday night at USC's Galen Center, the Davis/Pierce administration carried on the tradition of sloppy yet utterly entertaining basketball for charity for the......

Even with LeBron leading his Cavs to much needed victory in the Eastern Conference Finals Tuesday night, the biggest story in the NBA is a team who has not played a game in exactly four weeks. The Lakers offseason has just been too wildly entertaining to take a backseat to the actual action on the court. And it just got better. Early Tuesday, team owner Jerry Buss was arrested in Carlsbad for suspicion of drunk......

Americans rose to the occasion when the Asian tsunami hit in December. Now it's time to help out a little closer to home. A few local media outlets have set up emergency relief centers where Los Angelenos can drop off check, cash or credit card donations. Here are a few: TalkRadio 790 KABC, 95.5 KLOS and ESPN Radio 710, ABC 7 and The Walt Disney Company are hosting American Red Cross events at the......

It's long been the forgotten one of LA's three sports talk radio stations, but 1540 AM "The Ticket" is making a move. The station recently announced that it is hiring Tony Bruno to host its morning show. LAist has always been big Bruno fans, and we're thrilled he's coming back. Voted the best sports radio personality by Los Angeles Magazine last year, Bruno's brand of funny, in-your-face, ironic humor was welcome every morning at......

A new names has surfaced in the Dodgers search for Ross Porter's replacement. According to a report in Newsday, Charley Steiner is close to joining the Dodgers. While we are still upset Ross Porter is gone, Steiner would be a good hire for the Dodgers. Best known for his work at ESPN (who can forget the SportsCenter ad where he shouts: "Follow me to Freedom!"), Steiner has always been one of the most underrated......