Alabama’s QB Jalen Hurts still says the Crimson Tide has a chance to overtake the men from South Carolina who defeated them the first time around. My pick right now are the Clemons Tigers.
Lakers’ Coach Luke Walton has a word or two for his team: “We’re not concerned with what the team and what’s with our team and what’s best with our team and how we can continue to get better.” This is how Luke Walton is responding to LaVar Ball’s criticism.
The Boston Celtics’ Kyrie Irving has been high-stepping in recent games vs. the Dallas Mavericks with 47 points. Dallas has been awesome for their 16th win in a row. The streak ties the fourth longest in franchise history. Harrison Barnes was Dallas’ top gunner with 31 points.
How many football coaches you know who gets fired and is given $10-million to find another home. That’s what happened to ex-Texas A&M Kevin Sumlin, who had six winning seasons. QB Johnny Manziel was Sumlin’s Heisman Trophy in 2012. Sumlin is 53.
Seattle Seahawks’ QB Russell Wilson in the chase for the NFC West Conference title. There won’t be any stopping him now for good. Coach Mike Tomlin has the Steelers on the championship track. The Steelers are 8-4 at the moment. The L.A. Rams are the leaders in the NFC West by a game over the Seattle Seahawks (7-4).
President Donald Trump tweeted what he thought was an invitation to play golf with Tiger Woods, Dustin Johnson, and everybody’s golf buddy Brad Faxon this weekend in Florida.” Tweeted he would be playing with Tiger and Johnson.” Sorry about that Mr. President.”
Two of the best young QBs of color will in the NFL will be on display tonight (Thursday)—the Dallas Cowboys’ Dak Prescott and the Green Bay Packers’ Brett Hundley.
They will not soon forget Charles Barkley at his Auburn University alma mater. A statue of the All American and NBA great was unveiled at Saturday’s Auburn and Alabama game. North Carolina Panthers’ QB Cam Newton and Bo Jackson are probably the university’s most famous grads besides Barkley. And the beat continues!
After UCLA Coach Jim Mora beat USC in 2013, he says “We own this town,” Not anymore Jim!
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UCLA’s new head football coach Chip Kelly won four titles and led a pair of Oregon teams to four major bowl games in four years. He’s been a winner wherever he coached.
By the way, whatever happened to those two talented UCLA running backs from West Contra Costa College? Last I heard the duo were educators in the Santa Monica area. And whatever happened to James McAlister and Kermit Johnson, who won all-American honors at UCLA and became known as “The Blair High Pair.”
QB Cam Newton and his North Carolina Panthers rolled over the New York Jets, 35-27. It was the fourth consecutive win for the Panthers, who are tied with the New Orleans Saints for first place in the NFC South.
And Ken Norton Jr. should be returned to the NFL as an Offensive Coordinator. He was dumped by the Oakland Raiders the other day.
The Seattle Seahawks’ QB Russell Wilson got his team within a 34-31 tie of Atlanta with a 29-yards TD pass to Doug Baldwin with two seconds to go as FG kicker Blair Walsh missed a 52-yarder. And the beat continues!
Is there a more business-savvy athlete than the ex-Lakers star than Magic Johnson? Magic did it all in sports. He was Co-owner of the Lakers and Dodgers, Co-own of a Coffee company and several other Enterprises, et al. Magic was on the gold plate of the business world. Bottom Line: Magic Johnson explains: “How entrepreneur Magic Johnson Parlayed Sports Success to Business Success.” And the beat continues!
Check This! Do you recall that USC reportedly had Crenshaw High’s De’Anthony Thomas locked up on his way to visit Coach Chip Kelly at Oregon? Oregon landed him and showed him off in the Rose Bowl. (Robert Torrence/L.A. Sentinel)
The UCLA basketball team would probably still be undefeated if it hadn’t been for that little thievery by a trio of their best players in China. The Bruins lost to Creighton 100-89 Monday. USC’s basketball team wasn’t hit as hard in the gut as UCLA was in losing its Big Trio who went to China with the team and didn’t come back to play. It isn’t known if the Big China Trio will ever be permitted to play for the Bruins again. This trio of Bruins, Jalen Hill. LiAngelo Ball and Cody Riley will not forget this little embarrassment soon!
Stanford’s Bryce Love is a running back you can love as a football fan and that’s why he rates so highly as a Heisman Trophy candidate.
Stanford’s Sports Information Director says: “The nation’s is putting up numbers more akin to a video game. And he’s not even close to being done. Now Hear This! “Consider this: At Wake Forest High (N.C.) High School”. Love’s 4.5 grade point average exceeded his 4.3s 40-yard dash time. Love aspires to become a pediatrician, to help children in underserved communities. And his reason for coming to Stanford? To “grow as a person.”
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Charlie Strong’s comeback kids did it vs. South Florida with 10 seconds to go.
Would you trade the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Antonio Brown for any other receiver in the NFL? I don’t think so!
The move back to L.A. has been a lasting and a money maker. What it took the Rams so long to return to their second home? (Robert Torrence/ L.A. Sentinel)
One of Syracuse’s greatest players who is an assistant coach at Oregon State University and a basketball all-American is Stevie Thompson, a product of Crenshaw High.
The USC Trojans will face Coach David Shaw’s Stanford Cardinals will battle in the PAC-12- Championship game. Shaw’s Cardinals are 6-3 and USC has a 9-3 report card.
Come on men! Bobby Bonds is long overdue for his spot in the MLB Hall of Fame!
Several men of color are leading Heisman Trophy candidates. Included are Stanford’s Bryce Love, Saquon Barkley, Jr., Louisville’s QB Lamar Jackson, Alabama’s Jalen Hurts, Arizona’s QB Khalil Tate, RB San Jose State’s Richard Perry, Sr. Wisconsin’s Jonathan Taylor, RB et al. And the beat continues!
Ohio State’s QB J.T. Barrett told USA TODAY Sports: “1 think we’ve got a train that’s cooking right now.”
And the beat continues!
Former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion George Foreman knows who’s who to keep up with his Pretty Little Green Ones. Foreman says: “George helped define professional boxing. Today he is still using the lessons he learned in the ring to drive a multi-billion dollar business.”
Right now, the Lakers has a better chance of making the playoffs than Coach Doc Rivers’ L. A. Clippers. Reason: They are more together than the Clips. Injuries, suspensions will limit the Dallas Cowboys, Seattle Seahawks, and Pittsburgh Steelers et al.
