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    July 25, 2007

    Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: Total Idiot

    Fatal Femmes! In the July 30 issue of Time, Sean Gregory reports on the Fatal Femmes Fighting Championship for all-female mixed-martial arts caged combat. Need I say more? Well, okay. In an enjoyable read based on the event in a Compton casino earlier this month, Gregory describes the brutality and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2007

    Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Dana caught a wave!

    Where Do Broken Hearts Go? Orange County, it seems. This week singer Robert Barisford Brown—better known as Bobby Brown--filed suit against his wife, Whitney Houston, in OC Superior Court. His grievance? She won’t let him see his 14-year-old daughter. Why file in OC? Brown, 38, claims Houston, ... More >>

  • News

    August 21, 2008

    Why Do People Have a Problem With OC-Raised USC QB Mark Sanchez Being Proud of His Mexican Heritage?

    Where Do Broken Hearts Go? Orange County, it seems. This week singer Robert Barisford Brown—better known as Bobby Brown--filed suit against his wife, Whitney Houston, in OC Superior Court. His grievance? She won’t let him see his 14-year-old daughter. Why file in OC? Brown, 38, claims Houston, ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 13, 2005

    A Clockwork Orange

    Where Do Broken Hearts Go? Orange County, it seems. This week singer Robert Barisford Brown—better known as Bobby Brown--filed suit against his wife, Whitney Houston, in OC Superior Court. His grievance? She won’t let him see his 14-year-old daughter. Why file in OC? Brown, 38, claims Houston, ... More >>

  • Web

    August 4, 2005

    A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

    Where Do Broken Hearts Go? Orange County, it seems. This week singer Robert Barisford Brown—better known as Bobby Brown--filed suit against his wife, Whitney Houston, in OC Superior Court. His grievance? She won’t let him see his 14-year-old daughter. Why file in OC? Brown, 38, claims Houston, ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 20, 2005

    Diary of A Mad County

    Where Do Broken Hearts Go? Orange County, it seems. This week singer Robert Barisford Brown—better known as Bobby Brown--filed suit against his wife, Whitney Houston, in OC Superior Court. His grievance? She won’t let him see his 14-year-old daughter. Why file in OC? Brown, 38, claims Houston, ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 16, 2004

    Diary of A Mad County

    Where Do Broken Hearts Go? Orange County, it seems. This week singer Robert Barisford Brown—better known as Bobby Brown--filed suit against his wife, Whitney Houston, in OC Superior Court. His grievance? She won’t let him see his 14-year-old daughter. Why file in OC? Brown, 38, claims Houston, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Rule 1 for Being a USC Trojan Pigskin Slinger

    Clockwise from top left: Mark Sanchez (Santa Margarita Catholic High School, Rancho Santa Margarita); Todd Marinovich (Capistrano Valley and Mater Dei high schools); Matt Leinart (Mater Dei); and Carson Palmer (Santa Margarital).  Steven Travers, a USC graduate, sports historian and fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    Will Pete Carroll and Matt Barkley Prove Critics Wrong?

    USC starting quarterback Matt Barkley hopes to flash the victory sign a lot in the years ahead. Pete Carroll's stunning announcement that the pride of Mater Dei High Matt Barkley will become the first freshman to enter the season as the starting quarterback for Southern Cal's living legend c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    How Orange County's NFL Quarterbacks Rank

    ​Through week 16 of the NFL season, Carson Palmer and Mark Sanchez are the only quarterbacks who played at Orange County high schools to have thrown the required 14 passes per game to qualify for an official QB rating. Based on Matt Leinart's limited stats, were his passer ranking to count, it wou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    OC NFL QB Quiz Time!

    Sanchez: Can he beat the San Diego Chargers next week?​In the weekend battle of Orange County prep quarterback legends, Mark Sanchez outdueled Carson Palmer as the Mission Viejo High grad's New York Jets defeated the Santa Margarita High alum's Cincinnati Bengals, 24-14. Meanwhile, their fellow Tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Why Did God Flood St. John the Baptist?

    ​So, the Rev. Wiley Drake agrees with Pat Robertson that God's wrath over a pact Haiti made with the Devil is what's behind the tiny nation's unending woes. The First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park pastor tells the Orange County Register he's not sure the Almighty dialed in the earthquake t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Superstars! Theme Parks! Slimy Politicians! All OC Names That Didn't Live Up to the Hype

    ​On over the weekend, Angels third baseman Brandon Wood hit a grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.While that's pretty impressive, the four runs Wood drove in over the weekend represent 30 percent of his RBIs on the season. In other ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Mater Dei Alum Matt Leinart On the Outs in Arizona and Running Out of Options

    ​Quarterback Matt Leinart, who starred at Mater Dei High School of Santa Ana and USC before the Arizona Cardinals drafted the former Costa Mesa resident with the 10th overall pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, could soon be looking for work . . . . . . possibly in another league.

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2010

    Matt Leinart and Colt Brennan, Among Mater Dei's Best QBs, Cut by NFL Teams on Same Day

    Inside the athletic complex at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana is an exhibit that pays tribute to quarterbacks John Huarte, who went on to win the Heisman Trophy in 1964 for Notre Dame, Matt Leinart, who won the 2004 Heisman as a junior at USC, and Colt Brennan, a 2007 Heisman finalist for Hawaii ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Do You Suffer from "Matt Leinart Disease"?

    ​A coach is using the fall of Matt Leinart, the NFL quarterback by way of USC and Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, to teach his eager players a vital skill.But this coach's specialty is not offenses or defenses--at least not in the gridiron sense.And his players (think playahs) deal with totall ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show

    ​Today begins what will hopefully become a weekly Monday feature, although that may depend on if there is enough content to make that happen. Otherwise, it will go up when there are enough items to make it so. What am I yammering on and on about? The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show, a coll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show II

    ​Welcome back to the next installment of our weekly feature that searches the darkest, scariest and orangiest corners of the Interwebs to find out what outsiders and insiders have to say about and from Orange County. Where Am I? So overblown by the talent of Disney Channel songstress Selena Go ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2010

    Mark Sanchez, QB of Jet, USC and Mission Viejo High Fame, Tweets He Did Not Rob Bank

    ​Of all the quarterbacks with Orange County roots on NFL rosters right now, the pride of Mission Viejo High School Mark Sanchez leads the pack, guiding his New York Jets to a league best record of 5-1. (Santa Margarita's Carson Palmer is next with the 2-3 Cincinnati Bengals, whose backup QB is his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Video Killed the Orange County Interwebs Horror Show Star

    ​Today's installment of The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show--which compiles things from and about this paradise we live in--will blow your eyeballs as well as your mind. And you don't even have to visit our adult section for the pleasure! After the jump are OC-related videos for your viewing e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Colt Brennan, Former Mater Dei QB, In Car Accident And In 'Serious Condition'

    The record-setting QB is in a Hawaii hospital in serious condition.Update, November 22, 11:03 a.m.: Terry Brennan indicated to reporters that his son, Colt, is "heavily sedated" and is "far from being alert." Colt is able to acknowledge that family and doctors are in the room, through hand signals, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show Gets Sporty

    ​The Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles, the Santa Ana Drags, Huntington Beach surfers, Santa Cruz surfers and OC-bred quarterbacks Matt Leinart, Colt Brennan and Mark Sanchez wind up in this week's especially sporty compilation of things said about or from Orange County on the Interwebs.

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    Former College Football Star, NFL Dud and Car Accident Victim, Colt Brennan, Signs Contract to Play in the UFL

    Brennan is getting a second chance at pro football.​A little more than six months ago, Colt Brennan was lying in a hospital bed in Hawaii, listed in serious condition. Today it was announced that Brennan will be returning to football, having signed a contract with the Hartford Colonials of the Uni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Mater Dei vs. CIF Civil Case On-Going: Athletic Superpower Claims Bias; Diocese of Orange Providing the Attorneys

    Mater Dei's logo​As a student-athlete who grew up playing sports at a local high school, I had the privilege (read: frustration) of occasionally sharing the field with teams from Mater Dei High School. Their teams, in most every sport (particularly boys basketball and football), were alw ... More >>

  • News

    October 13, 2011

    WINNER'S CIRCLE: Janet Evans

    [BEST OF 2011: GAME ON!] Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Carson Palmer, QB Pride of Santa Margarita High, Reported Traded to Oakland Raiders

    ​Those unnamed sources who know everything about everything before you or I say Santa Margarita Catholic High School quarterback stud turned USC star turned Cincinnati Bengals first round pick turned Bengals tackling dummy Carson Palmer has been traded to the Oakland Raiders. If that's true, it's ... More >>

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