Entries from LAist tagged with 'southflorida'
February 26, 2008
Celtics 104, Clippers 76 - The NBA's top team won last night in the Staples Center, and it wasn't the Lakers. Boston, now an NBA-best 43-12, was just too much for the Clippers. Chris Kaman sat out once again, dropping LA's record to 1-6 without the big man in their lineup. Sam Cassell was also injured and watched from the bench. Kevin Garnett, one of five Celtics to hit double digits, was recently named by......
Continue Reading "LAst Night's Action: Just Too Edition"November 27, 2007
I apologize for the lack of football recaps, but I found it very hard to write about college football this season. With all the upsets it just seemed like not even the college players were all that passionate about playing the game. Look at the following lists and you’ll see what I mean. This season seven #1 and #2 ranked teams have been defeated by unranked opponents. Compare that to last season when the......
Continue Reading "College Football Madness!!!!!!"October 21, 2007
With just a little more than half of the college football season past us, it’s become evident that no team wants to play for the national championship. No, not even undefeated Ohio State whose non-conference schedule included illustrious teams such as Youngstown State, Akron and Kent State. As for the rest of college football, every other team that climbed atop of the corpses has subsequently fallen. See California and LSU last week and South......
Continue Reading "College Football Week 8 Recap: Bring Out Your Dead!"October 9, 2007
If you're a local sports fan, hopefully you had Columbus Day (International Day of Solidarity with Indigenous People, whatever) off to nurse a wicked hangover. In fact, maybe you should take tonight off from Sports Center, too. It's Leif Erikson day. Honest. Even George W. Bush knows that (and don't worry, he's probably not working today, either). Maybe it wasn't the worst, but it was up there. T.J. Simers hit the nail on the......
Continue Reading "Worst (Long) Weekend In LA Sports History?"October 2, 2007
It’s taken me a while to put this weekend of college football into writing. Never before have I witnessed upsets of this magnitude. It just proves that as much as any experts or I think we know about football, in reality we know absolutely nothing. One of two things can be gleaned out of these games. Either there is parity in college football where a team can beat any other team regardless of ranking......
Continue Reading "College Football Recap Week 5: Favorites Going Down Harder than Linda Lovelace"September 25, 2007
Back in 2004 when both the University of Miami (FL) and Virginia Tech defected to the ACC from the Big East conference (and Boston College the following year), critics around the country proclaimed the Big East to be a dead football conference. The Big East had the threat of losing their BCS conference status especially after they added Louisville, Cincinnati and South Florida to their ranks. What a difference several years make. While the......
Continue Reading "College Football Week 4 Recap: The Rise of the Big East"January 18, 2007
#52 Bradenton cop arrests homeless woman and then ties her shopping cart to his cruiser and drags it to the station. - Tampa Bay 10 #53 Office Depot is moving its Successful Businesswomen conference out of South Florida - South Florida Business Journal #54 Four kangaroos die in three days at the Gulf Breeze Zoo - WFTV #55 California freeze will not really be much of a boon for FLA orange growers - Herald......
Continue Reading "1001 Reasons LA is Better than Florida"January 11, 2007
#32 - White powder found at two South Florida courthouses. Money quote: "The substance is being tested, but does not appear to be a hazardous, McInerny said." - Miami Herald #33 - Three masked men with knives go to the valet parking line of one of the largest rare coin shows in the world at one of the busiest luxury hotels in Orlando and walk off with $4 million worth of coinage. - International......
Continue Reading "1001 Reasons LA is Better than Florida - Our Kitchens Don't Smell of Baby"January 5, 2007
#14 Because of widespread voter fraud, FL lawmaker is proposing a "none of the above" selection for people who don't want to vote for any candidates on selected races - KTUU #15 Pro-Abortion Floridians want their own license plates too. Pissed / jealous / miffed at the fact that anti-abortionists can order a "Choose Life" license plate, pro-choice advocates are demanding similar but opposite plates. "Choose Death?" - Life News #16 Trailer home owners......
Continue Reading "1001 Reasons Why LA is Better than Florida - We Have No Pants Bandit"