Police are no closer to understanding why an on-duty sheriff shot and killed a Marine from Camp Pendleton in the early hours of Tuesday morning.The bizarre and tragic story goes like this, according to the L.A. Times: 31-year-old Sgt. Manuel Loggins Jr. was driving his SUV with his two daughters, age 9 and 14, at about 4:30 a.m. Inexplicably, he crashed his car through the gates of San Clemente High School. more ›

USC sprinter Bryshon Nellum, dubbed "the fastest kid in the world," was shot three times in his legs while attending a Halloween party last night near the campus at Leonardo's. The 19-year-old was hit in the left thigh with two bullets and once in his right hamstring, according to abc7.com, and underwent an ultimately successful surgery last night and California Hospital Medical Center near downtown Los Angeles. USC's track coach Ron Allice says he believes Nellum's track career is not over. more ›

Colorado Rockies defeat LA Dodgers 4-3. Impatient hitting, bad bullpen and awful defense doesn't help any team to win games. On the Kamenetzky Brother's Purple, Gold and Blue podcast Wednesday morning, I said the Dodgers have to be wary about a tired bullpen. The bullpen has been making games more interesting than they needed to be lately, and it will be cause for concern if they continue to falter down the stretch. What more can be said about this game? more ›