Los Angeles is a wonderful town. The City of Angels provides
from shopping places to restaurants to politics to entertainment to sports. This
city has its ups and downs, but at the end of the day, this is a town that I
live in and love. I want to share one of my many passions in this town which is
sports, from the Clippers to the Dodgers to the Galaxy to the Lakers to trying
to get a professional football team to come to LA.
The Los Angeles Clippers and Lakers are in the midst of their
regular seasons and are currently are in second and last place respectively.
The Clippers are having another great season under their belt (32-14) and are
on a six game winning streak since Forward Blake Griffin era started. During
the era, Griffin has seen all-star point guard Chris Paul and all-star coach
Doc Rivers join the clippers as they
geared up for a playoff run. Clippers are playing very well as a team with the
last player of their newly formed big three, center DeAndre Jordan, whom is
currently having a breakout season, is poised to join Griffin and Paul in New
York for the all-star weekend in February.
Meanwhile, the Lakers are currently having a downer season
(12-34) and are in last place in their respective division, which also includes
the Clippers. The Lakers have not got any good news lately as they are
currently in the middle of a losing streak with nine games in a row. The Lakers
have got even more bad news as their star player, Kobe Bryant, just recently
had season ending shoulder surgery today. The season had almost just reached
all-star break, which the NBA get a week break off from playing. The Lakers are
in for an even longer second half of the season.
The Galaxy is currently enjoying their offseason after
winning the MLS cup for the fifth time in their franchise history. Their star
player, forward Landon Donavan, 34, had just recently retired and the MLS cup
will be named after Donavan. With Donavan retiring, the Galaxy agreed to a 2 ½ year
deal with Liverpool FC veteran forward Steven Gerrard. Gerrard will be joining
the Galaxy when his contract expires in July, when season starts again.
The Dodgers are currently in the offseason gearing up for
the 2015 season, but spring training is almost here. The wait for the regular
season is in March, which is almost here! The Dodgers have had a very busy
offseason, overhauling the entire organization from the front office to the
roster. The Dodgers hired baseball analytics genius president of baseball
operations Andrew Friedman from Tampa Bay Rays to new general manager Farhan Zaidi
to bringing new Dodgers, catcher Yasmani Grandal from the San Diego Padres,
shortstop Jimmy Rollins from the Philadelphia Philles, second baseman Howard
Kendrick from up the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in trades and signing pitchers
Brandon McCarthy and Brett Anderson in free agency. Fan favorite outfielder
Matt Kemp and second baseman Dee Gordon were among the many players that are on
their way out.
Lastly, the city of Los Angeles has been longing to bring a
NFL team back to Los Angeles and there could be some moves happening within
this year or next. There have reports of
owner Stan Kroenke, who is owner of the St. Louis Rams, bought enough acres in
Inglewood to build his own stadium so the Rams can move in. There also have
been news of the LA city council trying to build a stadium in downtown LA, next
to Staples Center and LA Live, but the contract to build there is about to expire
this year, unless it gets renewed.
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