No one ever says, “Special teams win championships.” It’s always, “Defense wins championships,” which the NFL playoffs were trying to reassert after an offense-heavy regular season. But on Championship Sunday everyone witnessed in stark detail that whereas special teams can’t win a championship, it can sure lose a championship for you. more ›

LA Dodgers defeat Colorado Rockies 7-6. Matt Kemp hit a homer in consecutive games for the first time since August 21 and 22. Fortunately for the Dodgers it was his fifth career grand slam that gave the Dodgers the 5-1 lead in the third inning. The Rockies being resilient, they had the bases loaded and one out in the ninth inning down 7-5 with Ronald Belisario on the mound. But Belisario got out of the jam allowing only one run to score. The Dodgers sweep the series begging the question where this performance was when they were still in the wild card hunt back in the last weekend of August. more ›

LA Dodgers defeat Colorado Rockies 3-1. Casey Blake gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead in the first inning against Ubaldo Jimenez (L, 19-8) with a line drive single off Jimenez’s foot that blooped over shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, and that was all Ted Lilly (W, 9-12) needed. Lilly pitched eight innings giving up only a run in the fourth inning. With Blake on third base, AJ Ellis accounted for the third run in the ninth inning with a line drive single of his own. Hong-Chih Kuo pitched a perfect ninth for his 11th save of the season. So one question begs to be asked here: with first base open why in the hell do you pitch to Ellis especially with a runner on third base? more ›

Tampa Bay Rays and Philadelphia Phillies 2-2 (bottom of 6th inning). There have been rainouts in the World Series before. But never before has a game been suspended in the World Series. Cole Hamels had managed to keep the Rays down to only one run until the top of the sixth inning when the Rays manufactured a run to tie the game. Although the commish Bud Selig promised that even if the Rays hadn't scored the tying run the game wouldn't have been called, it allowed the Rays to take a sigh of relief. Meanwhile the Phillies once again regressed to the team that couldn't get a hit with runners in scoring position. The final 2 1/2 innings will be played tonight at 5pm. The Phillies still lead the series 3-1. more ›

Colorado Avalanche defeat LA Kings 4-3. This game was lost in the second period when costly turnovers by the Kings led to three goals scored by the Avs. While the Kings offense is promising, they puck handling and defense needs to be shored up if they hope to make a playoff run. Thankfully it's only the fifth game in the season. Game highlights below. more ›

LAist contributer and LA Times Bruins and Trojan blogger Adam Rose blogged about an encore presentation Majestic Realty Chairman Ed Roski gave to a group of local business leaders this past Wednesday on the plans for building the Los Angeles Stadium. more ›

The 49ers lease on Candlestick Park expires in 2007, but the Niners could probably break the lease immediately on the decripit facility. With so many teams getting new stadiums recently, it's easy to argue that the 49ers play in the NFL's worst stadium. more ›