NFC West

William Ruehle, Ex-Broadcom CFO, Shares His Amazing Government Persecution Story at UCI

"Something happened," William J. Ruehle matter-of-factly tells UC Irvine law students, who spent Wednesday's lunch hour being mesmerized by the former Broadcom chief financial officer's dissection of his virtual lynching by overzealous federal prosecutors. That something was a 2006 report by a Unive ... More >>

[UPDATED with the Defense Table View:] Nik Richie, The Dirty Website Chief Accused of Defaming NFL Cheerleader, Awaits New Trial

See Update No. 2 on page 2 on Nik Richie Radio coverage of the host's surreal feelings and reception as a Middle Eastern terrorist in Kentuck and his lawyer vowing to win in the end.See Update No. 1 after the jump explaining why the federal judge declared a mistrial.ORIGINAL POST, JAN. 24, 1:53 P.M. ... More >>

12 Richard Nixon Pro Football Moments as Ol' No. 12's Boosters Hawk Kurt Warner Pigskins

Richard Nixon rode the pine for the junior varsity team at Fullerton Union High School and the second team for Whittier College in the early 1930s. The photo of No. 12 at right is identified online as being from Whittier College, but there is another shot of him in a better No. 23 uniform that is al ... More >>

[UPDATED with Mark Sanchez Back In:] Matt Leinart May Be the Only NFL Quarterback Out of Orange County (or USC) Starting Sunday

See the update at the end of this post explaining why Mark Sanchez will now start for the Jets.ORIGINAL POST, DEC. 26, 4:26 P.M.: Who would have seen this coming when the NFL season began? Heading into week 17--the final week of the regular season--the only quarterback out of USC with a chance of st ... More >>

10 Past and Current Orange County Pro Athletes Disgraced in 2012

The Rams are, of course, long gone and the Honda Center remains in need of an NBA team, but Orange County still has the Angels, Ducks, a whole bunch of mixed-martial arts fighters and assorted pro sports retirees who reside and/or hailed from here.Current and former pro athletes get into trouble som ... More >>

Chris Kluwe's Game Changer

The Los Al High grad and Minnesota Vikings punter is prying open America's last closet: major-league sports

SportPharm, Prescription Drug Tracker for NFL, Claims to be Cleared in DEA Probe of Chargers

A Huntington Beach company that tracks medications used by NFL players reportedly claims its been cleared in a federal investigation that followed the May 2010 arrest of former San Diego Chargers safety Kevin Ellison, who had 100 painkillers illegally in his possession when his car was stopped in R ... More >>

Bruce Rollinson, Mater Dei High Football Coach, Looks for a Quarterbacking Milestone

Sports Illustrated has turned its illustrated sporty to Bruce Rollinson, the longtime Mater Dei High School's football coach who is poised to become the first field general to accomplish quite a feat.Here's a hint: it involves two former Monarchs named Matt.

Ex-NFL & USC Star Johnnie Morton Jr. Sentenced For Federal Grand Jury Lies in Orange County

Former University of Southern California and Detroit Lions football star Johnnie Morton, Jr. faced up to five years in prison for repeatedly lying to a federal grand jury in 2009, but caught a break this morning in Santa Ana.U.S. District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney, a onetime football star himself ... More >>

'Great Western Wanderlust' Takes the Last Train to Nowheresville

The Hunger Artists production chugs its way to satisfaction

What We Learned, March 10-23: Double Fantasy Live Edition

​My being on assignment last week forced my skipping last Friday's What We Learned. Not that anyone noticed . . . sniff . . . It's because I'm fat, isn't it!?! MARCH 10: UCI's Nobel Prize-winning chemist F. Sherwood Rowland (right) passes away at his Corona del Mar home from Parkinson's Disease co ... More >>

Matt Leinart Cut by Houston Texans

​Quarterback Matt Leinart, the pride of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana and USC in La-La Land, has been cut by the Houston Texans. It marks the second time in two years that the lefty with a reputation for hearty partying has been let go. The Texans picked Leinart up after the Arizona Cardinals ... More >>

[UPDATED with SAUSD Responses:] Joseph Manuel Orduna, Former Pro Football Player-Turned-High School Teacher, Allegedly Touched Girl Students Inappropriately

​UPDATE, FEB. 29, 10:31 A.M.: The Santa Ana Unified School District has posted on its website a response to the arrest of Joseph Manuel Orduna, who is now referred to as a "former teacher" in the headline, although the body copy mentions the Irvine 63-year-old was placed on administrative leave.Th ... More >>

Nanette Packard: Ready for Her Close-Up?

[Moxley Confidential] The criminal defendant hopes to convince a jury she's a greedy slut—but not a murderer

Is Santa Ana Ready for Some Pro Football?

​Are the San Francisco 49ers moving to Santa Ana?An NFL Network reporter says the storied franchise is on the way.Sort of.

Pyramid Scheme

Men boasting CIA and FBI ties met in Newport Beach to convince a mysterious billionaire to buy into a secret economy, and nothing was what it seemed

[UPDATED: City Approves Stadium Agreement] NFL (Likely) Returning to Los Angeles: Sorry Irvine, No Team/Stadium For You

AEG/APThis stadium illustration may become a reality by as early as 2016.UPDATE, AUG. 9, 2:22 P.M.: The Los Angeles Chargers of San Diego are coming! (One can only hope.)​Earlier this afternoon the Los Angeles City Council voted 12-0 in favor of a tentative agreement with Anschutz Entertainment Gr ... More >>

Freegans Ask Trader Joe's to Stop Tossing Food into Dumpsters

Flickr user caterina​Although they've received numerous write-ups in local and national media over the past five years, freegans--people who Dumpster dive as a life philosophy instead of out of necessity--have never really caught on an a bona fide movement. But that doesn't mean those hardy indivi ... More >>

Violent OC Pimp Wins and Still Loses Conviction Appeal

90 minutes of violence nets whopping prison sentence for Brantley​Crystal, a former 23-year-old Texas stripper, worked as a prostitute for Christopher Lamont Brantley, her pimp, in Dallas, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Washington, D.C. and, around the time of the 2008 Super Bowl, Orange County.Based on ... More >>

El Torito Founder Is Still the Big Enchilada

Does 86-year-old Larry J. Cano, who spread sit-down Mexican dining across the U.S., have one more cuisine-changing idea in him?

WAR Is the Answer (and the Question) for Lonnie Jordan

The leader of the multiracial, multigenerational, mulitgenre funk outfit has another declaration to make

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.

The Mexican Hamburger of Denver: America's Greatest Mexican Meal

​I was in Denver recently, partly to research my coming book, partly to debate former congressman Tom Tancredo on immigration, but really to finally taste the Holy Grail of Mexican-American cookery: the Mexican hamburger. Behold its cheesy, mixed-up glory above, and click after the jump to discove ... More >>

Quadrine Hill, Former U of Miami Fullback, Trades Cleats for Boxing Gloves Tonight

​Quadrine Hill, who is among the latest former football players to hang up his cleats and pick up boxing gloves, fights tonight in Irvine.The former University of Miami fullback and son of Los Angeles Rams (1979-80) and Miami Dolphins (1981-84) running back Eddie Hill, faces another heavyweight, R ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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.

[UPDATED:] Josh Booty Settles Suit Against County Over Tasering by Sheriff's Deputies

​Former NFL quarterback and sports broadcaster Josh Booty claimed that when he was in the Orange County Jail after a February 2008 DUI arrest, he was beaten, tasered and ridiculed with comments like "big pussy motherfucker" and "the price is wrong, bitch"--a reference to his ex-wife, a former The ... More >>

The Simpo Life

[2010 U.S. Open of Surfing] Brett Simpson might be the most popular guy in Huntington Beach

Pete Carroll Employs IAITB Defense in TV Interview Promoting Surf City Book Signing

​While others might shy away from the controversy that may have driven them out of town, Pete Carroll, former coach of the multi-sanctioned USC football team, showed this morning why he will Win Forever. That's the title of his new book, which he promoted on the KTLA Morning News in advance of ton ... More >>

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 >>

Playing Hive and Seek With the Backyard Beekeepers

Superbowl Party

Sharkeez

When Gunner Jay Lindberg Killed Thien Minh Ly, Was It Actually a Hate Crime?

Grub Guide

This week in Randomness

The Asian Persuasion

Great Asian restaurants, and the Asians (and Chuck Devore) who love them

Lords of Acid

How the Brotherhood of Eternal Love Became OCs Hippie Mafia

This Week in Bread

Deal of the Century

The LA-OC Pedophile Priest Swap

Surfin Chicken Safari

Old pals, piquant poultry and memories a-plenty at San Clementes Bird Nirvana