Jimmy Bramlett

Lakers celebration tour will be broadcast nationally 25 times. AP Photo/Matt Sayles Yup the NBA schedule for the 2009-2010 season was released today, and the first date anyone looks at is Christmas Day. The Lakers, of course, are playing the marquee game hosting the Cleveland Cavaliers at 2 pm. The Lakers will open the season receiving their championship rings prior to the game against the Clippers on TNT. You read that right. The Clippers...

Manny Ramirez curtain call bobbleheads will be given away September 16 to the first 50,000. Image courtesy LA Dodgers. The Dodgers have added a fourth bobblehead giveaway on their 12:10 pm game on September 16 against the Pittsburgh Pirates. As a tribute to Manny Ramirez hitting a pinch-hit grand slam on on July 22 on his bobblehead night that gave the Dodgers a 6-2 lead over the Cincinnati Reds, the Dodgers will be giving...

ESPN is reporting that former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has been conditionally reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Gooddell. This will allow Vick to play the final two preseason games for any team that signs him to a contract. Gooddell will then decide on Vick's full reinstatement after week six of the NFL season in October....

According to CBS2/KCAL9, two people were reported shot at Angels Stadium. The Anaheim Fire Department said a call of two people shot in the parking lot at Angels Stadium came in at 10:26 pm. Anaheim police are confirming reports of an assault but nothing else. According to ABC7 it was an officer-involved shooting. No officers were injured. Updated: CBS2/KCAL9 is reporting that an off-duty officer shot two people who were assaulting him in the...

USC announced on their website that Kevin O'Neill was hired as their Men's Basketball Coach. An assistant coach and special assistant to the GM for the Memphis Grizzlies this past season, most people here in Pac-10 Land will know O'Neill from being the interim coach in 2008 for the Arizona Wildcats while head coach Lute Olsen took a leave of absence. And contrary to what CNBC's Darren Rovell said, USC football coach Pete Carroll...

Phil Willion on the LA Times "LA Now" blog reports that the City of LA found enough private donors to cover their $1 million share of the Lakers parade Wednesday. Previously it was agreed between Staples Center owner Anschultz Entertainment Group would split the $2 million cost evenly with the city. There will be a news conference later this afternoon announcing this plan....

"Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was okay to give me. Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy. Under the policy that mistake is now my responsibility. I have been advised not to say anything more for now. I do want to say one other thing; I've taken and passed about 15 drug tests over the past...

Angels VP of Communications in a press conference this morning said in light of the death of rookie starting pitcher Nick Adenhart, tonight's A's-Angels game scheduled to start at 7:20 will be postponed at a later date to be determined....

The LA Times is reporting that Trevor Ariza will not be suspended for his flagrant two foul that send Portland Trail Blazer's Rudy Fernandez to the hospital Monday night at the waning seconds of the third quarter. The NBA however is still looking into whether or not Lamar Odom stepped outside of the bench area in the ensuing fracas. If they find that he did, Odom could be suspended for Wednesday night's game against...