Chick Hearn

LBSO POPS! at Long Beach Arena, Feb. 26, 2012

​Long Beach Symphony POPS! OrchestraLong Beach ArenaFeb. 26, 2012You know you're in trouble when one of your best friends sits next to you and asks your date, "So, you don't mind him flirting with Susan Egan?" But that's exactly what happened to me last night at the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra's ... More >>

Even More MJ News

I'm really tempted not to type anything about Michael Jackson because I don't want to feel like some scumbag TMZ "reporter," but his passing -- and the word of his public funeral -- is news.Rumor has it an event is planned for 10 a.m. July 7 (that's Tuesday) at the Staples Center and the adjacent No ... More >>

Latest Hits, Misses and Curveballs From Odd Man Out

UPDATED WITH FORBES' CORRECT RELATIONSHIP TO THE BOOK.   As I've blogged here incessantly, Matt McCarthy wrote Odd Man Out, a Viking Press tell-all I adored about his lone year as a lefty pitcher in the Angels minor league baseball system. Articles doubting the veracity of many salaci ... More >>

Gaelic Angels

Rory Markas Wall of Fame Induction

Diary of a Mad County