Subject: Sports Stars

• 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, 44, moved here for her latest attempt at drug rehabilitation and is living large at his expense in some “posh” hotel. (Montage?!?!) Not sure how far the case will go. A judge has already given Hou

  August 30, 2007

• Tiger Woods: Corporate Stooge?

  One of my favorite columns is "Edge of Sports," written by Dave Zirin. The man combines the best of sportswriting and progressive politics, disproving those asshole hipsters who say sports means nothing in this world. When Zirin's People's History of Sports arrives later this year, y'all crazy lefties better make some room between the Chomsky and Cornel West tomes in your bookshelf. This week, Zirin focuses his razor pen on a surprising subject: our own Tiger Woods. 'Round here, Tiger is a god,

  May 30, 2008

• Kill Your Idols

  May 27, 1999

• Rascal Flatts; Jessica Simpson

  March 12, 2009

• Cool Kids

  December 18, 2008

• Andy Warhol

  November 20, 2008

• Stick It

  October 9, 2008

• When Love Comes to Town

  December 6, 2007

• Arrrgh, Matey!

  April 1, 2004

• He Really Is Like Mike

  July 31, 2003

• Magic Johnson Dribbles Into Irvine for Earth Day Chat

  Earvin "Magic" Johnson will be among the speakers participating in an Earth Day Summit in Irvine.Sodexo, a global food services company that runs chow lines everywhere from military bases to UC campuses, is bringing together local farmers, leaders and "forward thinkers" Wednesday, April 22, at Park Place, 3337 Michelson Drive, Irvine.Johnson, the former Lakers star who spun a Hall of Fame NBA career and bout with HIV disease into a successful second life as an urban entrepreneur and AIDS relief

  April 16, 2009

• King of the Chaff

  Keven Federline makes a case for the American Chav

  November 9, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  Aug. 16 - Aug. 22

  August 24, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  July 27, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  December 1, 2005

• The Splendid Pocho

  November 10, 2005

• The Year In College Football

  December 30, 2004

• Diary of A Mad County

  December 16, 2004

• Scorecard

  May 22, 2003

• Diary of a Mad County

  May 15, 2003

• Ask Coach McKnight

  January 16, 2003

• Heavenly Creatures

  November 7, 2002

• Jocko Homo

  October 31, 2002

• Shoe Business

  July 18, 2002

• Bruce Sievers

  September 14, 2000

• Shaq Update

  July 1, 1999

• The Shaq Trap

  June 24, 1999

• Letter to the Editor 1/29/99

  February 4, 1999

• The Man Who Never Was: Surfing Naked, Football & Drugs

  Sports fans (and recovering drug addicts) definitely should checkout a copy of this month's Esquire with George Clooney on the cover. Journalist Mike Sager, formerly of the Washington Post and Rolling Stone, has written a fascinating article about the struggles of a onetime local star football star at Mater Dei and USC."Twenty years ago Todd Marinovich was guaranteed to be one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play the game of football," the story opens. "He was drafted ahead of Brett Favre.

  April 30, 2009

• Manny Ramirez is Latest on Scott Boras' 'Roid Roster

  BorasJeffrey Anderson's 2007 Weekly story "The Boras Factor" made great hay out of ways Newport Beach-based baseball super-agent Scott Boras gives his clients "the competitive edge" through high technology, physical trainers, psychologists, player profiles and even a "war room" he has at his--and their--disposal. "The company also tends to players' goals off the field, such as charitable work, and the interests of their families," Anderson wrote.But one area Boras and his minions steered clear o

  May 7, 2009

• Orange County May Become the Avis of Municipal Bankruptcies

  Since 1994, Orange County has held the . . . um . . . honor of having achieved the . . . erm . . . distinction of the largest municipal bankruptcy in history, a $1.64 billion financial fuck-up that has managed to stick like Roger Maris' single-season homerun record.But the seemingly unbeatable always seems to be beat by the equivalent of a hulking, juiced-up Mark McGwire lurking around the corner, followed by an even hulkier, juiced-er Barry Bonds lurking around the next corner.Orange County's B

  May 11, 2009

• Tiger Woods Wants to Hook Kids on Gatorade

  Am I the only one who thinks Cypress boy Tiger Woods' latest corporate gig below goes too far? Sure, Gatorade is good for people who strenuously work out, but whatever happened to a water hose?

  April 21, 2009

• Lakers Victory Parade Keeps Chugging to OC Thursday A.M.

  The Orange County version of the Lakers victory parade above is tomorrow, Thursday, at 10 a.m. on Main Street USA at Disneyland. The Anaheim resort issued a media advisory saying that MVP and Newport Coast resident Kobe Bryant and other unnamed players will participate in the event.Perhaps the dejected Orlando Magic can boost their spirits at their own Magic Kingdom on the opposite side of the continental U.S.If the Mouseketeers provide more details about the Lakers victory lap, we'll update th

  June 17, 2009

• What If You Threw a Lakers Parade and Only Kobe Showed Up?

  Photo by Andrew YoussefM-I-C . . . See you in the paint . . . K-E-Y . . . Why? Because we OWN you!Disneyland Resort media types had said it would be Kobe Bryant and other unnamed Lakers visiting the Anaheim theme park today for a victory parade down Main Street USA. But just like the name on the MVP award, Bryant was the only Laker to be found. Now, there could be a lot of reasons for this. Many players live out of town--heck--out of state--hell's bells--out of the country. Prior commitments, f

  June 18, 2009

• More Michael Jackson! Memorial Participants, Plus Coverage Tomorrow

  Michael Jackson: still dead. If he wasn't, there wouldn't be that public memorial tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Staples Center, and we wouldn't be here talking about it. In fact, we're going to be able to do more than just talk about it. Our guy Gabriel San Roman (check his story on new Nekromantix drummer Lux, from last week's Weekly, here) actually snagged one of the ever-elusive tickets to the service, and is going to provide some coverage for us right here on this very blog. Should be quite t

  July 6, 2009

• The Splendid Pocho

  November 10, 2005

• Two Local Young Boxers Go Golden (as in Golden Boy Promotions)

  Golden BoyAll grown up: Luis, Ronny and Carlos Molina, of Commerce, signed with Golden Boy yesterdayRonny Rios, whose quick ascent from little known high school boxer to surprise national phenom we've documented in these pages, and Luis Ramos Jr., another local star who has boxed at TKO Boxing gym in Santa Ana since he was a kid, signed on with Oscar de la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions yesterday, making their diligent, hard-won climb official: They will now be promoted by the biggest boys in the

  July 22, 2009

• The Sandlot

  July 30, 2009

• The Smoking Gun Posts Lenny Dykstra's Bankruptcy Filing

  ​Lenny Dykstra, the pride of Santa Ana known as "Nails" during an illustrious Major League Baseball career with the New York Mets in the 1980s and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1990s, details his post-career, financial free-fall in bankruptcy documents just posted by The Smoking Gun, which notes that among his remaining assets is a $10,000 German shepherd.

  August 14, 2009

• SportsNation Loves Angel Nation!

  If the Angels are America's Team, does that make Barbara Coe the new Sarah Palin?​What is going on with America? Forget about the economy, the Know Nothings, the garbage-dwelling Linda Ackerman campaign and refry this: in an ESPN SportsNation poll that I can't find online but was just broadcast on ESPN News, your Anaheim Angels beat out the other three remaining teams in the MLB playoffs as the squad fans most want to see in the World Series. It was a pretty healthy victory, too, with the Ange

  October 13, 2009

• Time for Boston To Give Us Their Crown as the Kings of Bigotry

  OC founding father Henry W. Head: Could take on a Bostonian any day​Let the baseball pundits obsess over whether your Angels will finally beat the Boston Red Sox in the playoffs next week--I care about stripping from Beantown what's now rightfully ours: the title of most-racist 'burb in America.​For decades, critics rightfully deemed Boston as the country's most racist big city, and seriously: what do you expect from a town where micks and goombahs have long dominated politics, culture and d

  September 30, 2009

• Kobe Bryant Breakfast Time!

  Andrew Youssef​While recently eating wonderful baked beans at the Olde Ship, the following conversation happened with a nice chap:Him: So I saw Kobe Bryant getting breakfast at [RESTAURANT].Me: Why would he drive so far? I thought he lived in Newport Coast.Him: It's not that far! Typical Anaheim guy: you get the coast all messed up!Me: Was he mobbed by a bunch of people?Him: No. It was early in the morning, and he had a bunch of bags filled with orders to go. I think he ordered pancakes.Gentle

  September 29, 2009

• Alex Rodriguez Hotel Quiz Time!

  So your Anaheim Angels of Anaheim lost the American League Championship Series to the New York Yankees because of a shocking loss of their trademark sharp play (seriously, guys: that error in the bottom of the eighth?). Whatever--let's move on to meatier issues.SO...at a carne asada Sunday event, I met someone who works as a chauffeur. This driver has driven New York Yankees to their hotel when they visit and has the pictures to prove it--for the playoffs, they stayed at the Island Hotel in Newp

  October 26, 2009