Jimmy Bramlett

Phil Jackson wanted too much money, didn't want to travel, wanted to skip morning shootarounds and wanted to drag Jim Buss by the scalp through L.A. Live during the unveiling of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's statue in front of STAPLES Center much akin to the stonings from the days of yore.

According to LA Times' Mike Bresnahan and ESPN's J.A. Adande, Mike D'Antoni will be the next head coach of the Lakers. The Lakers fired head coach Mike Brown on Friday after starting the season 1-4.

Things just kept piling on for the USC Trojans this week. You really can't make this up. On Wednesday night, USC announced one of their student managers for the football team had been fired for deflating game balls during the Trojans game against the Oregon Ducks.

Five games into the season, the Lakers have to start over from scratch after firing head coach Mike Brown. The Lakers started a disappointing 1-4 with calls for Brown's head coming from fans all through social media.

There is some good news for the Clippers. There is some bad news for the Clippers. The good news is that they resoundingly beat the previously undefeated San Antonio Spurs 106-84. After back-to-back home losses against the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers, there seemed to be some let down after emotional wins to start the season against the Memphis Grizzlies and the Lakers.

Everything was set for Game On Dude after last year's disappointment in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs. With the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita Park where Game On Dude was undefeated in five races, the stage was set for his atonement.

The Battle of Los Angeles was an incident that occured over the skies of Los Angeles just months after Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan in World War II. It ended up being a false alarm. Somehow that does seem like an appropriate metaphor for this Lakers-Clippers slap-and-tickle fight.

It's that time of the year that everyone in the South has waited for: the LSU-Alabama rematch. People down in Baton Rouge are so happy, they have planned to brush their tooth Saturday morning to commerate the occasion.

All of the drama and excitement anticipated from the Breeders' Cup came to fruition in the first day of the races with Royal Delta being the only favorite to win a Breeders' Cup race in the $2 million Ladies' Classic, the final race of the day.

The Breeders' Cup Championship returns to Santa Anita Park after two years at Churchill Downs in Kentucky. Although there is no Zenyatta like the last time the Championship was here, there is no lack of excitement for the two days of races.