Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Week 4 Downtown LA Sports Beats Report
Baseball
The Dodgers will be reporting to Spring Training at
Camelback Ranch in Arizona on Thursday, pitchers and catchers being the first
ones to report to camp. Position players will be reporting to training camp later
on February 24. One player will not be reporting to camp on time this year. Closer
Kenley Jansen underwent left foot surgery and will be out 8 to 12 weeks. The
Dodgers will have their first spring training game at home on March 4th
against their camelback ranch neighbor, the Chicago White Sox.
Basketball
The Clippers were on all-star break, while their two
all-star weekend representatives, point guard Chris Paul and shooting guard
J.J. Redick, did their best to represent the Clippers during the festivities,
all-star game and three point contest respectively, during last weekend in New
York. Western Conference All-Star team won the game versus the Eastern
Conference All-Star team 163-158. Paul had 12 points, 8 rebounds and 15 assists
in the win and Redick has 17 baskets made, but was eliminated in the first
round. The team got some good news on injured all-star forward Blake Griffin, whose
staph infection in his elbow was successfully removed, but still have no
timetable on when he will return to the court. Keep an eye out for the Clippers
as they are looking to make moves to improve their team at the trade deadline
tomorrow. The Clippers (34-19) will be looking to get their post-break win
against the defending 2014 champion Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs
(39-19) tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. at Staples Center.
The Lakers (13-40), in the middle of another nightmare
season, will be looking to kick off the second half with a win against the
Brooklyn Nets (21-31) at home on Friday, February 20. The Lakers will be, once
again, will be playing the rest of the season without their superstar, Kobe Bryant,
whom had a successful shoulder surgery, will be gearing up and rehabbing for
next season. The Lakers could be looking
to add a point guard at the trade deadline tomorrow. One name that has
consistently popped up in the rumors is Phoenix Suns point guard, Goran Dragic.
Soccer
The Galaxy lost their first preseason game of the Europe
tour to Hammarby IF, 2-1. Robbie Keane scored the lone goal for the Galaxy.
During the Galaxy’s off day, the team made a visit to Irish President, Michael
D. Higgins in Keane’s native Ireland. The Galaxy will be their second game of
the preseason tour at Shamrock Rovers F.C. on February 21st in
Dublin. The Galaxy will begin their regular season on March 6th at
the StubHub Center, the Galaxy’s home turf, against Chicago Fire at 7 p.m.
Football Stadium
At least one NFL team is ready to make a push to move to Los
Angeles: the San Diego Chargers. The Chargers have warned the city of San Diego
to either give what the Chargers want by getting them a new stadium or step
aside as the Chargers aim to land in Los Angeles. There are still developments
in the works between the city of Inglewood and the St. Louis Rams. The owner of
the Rams, Stan Kroenke, will be building a new stadium near the Hollywood
racetrack near Inglewood.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Week 3 Downtown LA Sports Beats Report
Baseball
Spring training is getting closer day by day, but the day is never over for the Dodgers as they are currently scouting infield prospect 19-year-old Yoan Moncada from Cuba. Moncada is currently a free agent is expecting to sign within the month of February. On the other news front, a few dodgers are looking to start spring training with a good and fresh start. Among those Dodgers are new starting pitcher Brett Anderson, reliever Paco Rodriguez, catcher A.J.Ellis and outfielder Andre Ethier after all having bad 2014 season due to injuries or really bad slumps.
Basketball
The Los Angeles Clippers won their last game at Dallas against the Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks. The score was 115 to 98, Clippers. All Star starting forward Blake Griffin underwent surgery to remove a staph infection in his right elbow on Monday and will be out for at least three weeks to heal. Meaning Griffin will be missing out on the opportunity to play in the all-star game this year in New York. The Clippers have a game tonight at 7 pm at home versus all-star forward James Harden and the visiting Houston Rockets. Starting shooting guard J.J. Redick will be representing the Clippers in New York in the three-point challenge during the all-star weekend, February 13th-15th, 2015. The Clippers record going into the all-star break is
The Lakers recently lost night against the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center, 106-96. The Lakers have a game tonight at 7 p.m. at Portland versus all-stars guard Damian Lillard and forward LaMarcus Aldridge and the Trail Blazers. The bright news in this nightmare season is young Lakers players are gaining experience, game by game, with minutes increasing. The Lakers next game will be February 20th at home versus the Brooklyn Nets after the all-star break. The Lakers’ current record is (13-39) as they head into break in last place in the Pacific Division.
Soccer
The Champion Los Angeles Galaxy are preparing for a 11 day trip to Europe for their preseason and will be visiting Ireland and Sweden. The team travelled to Europe today and will be making stops in places like Dublin and Stockholm. This will be a special homecoming trip for Robbie Keane, whom, is from Ireland. The first match of the preseason tour is on Monday, February 16th, at Tele2 Arena versus Hammarby IF, current Galaxy player, Baggio Husidic, former team. MLS season opener is on March 6th, 2015 at 7 p.m. at home versus Chicago Fire.
Football Stadium
The NFL created a planning committee out of six NFL owners. Forming the committee are owners Clark Hunt of the Kansas City Chiefs, Robert Craft of the 2015 Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots, John Mara of the New York Giants, Bob McNair of the Houston Texans, Jerry Richardson of the Carolina Panthers and Art Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers. This committee will oversee the the guidelines of relocation if one or more teams decide to move to Los Angeles. The committee will help ensure the teams moving to Los Angeles will follow the proper procedures to calling Los Angeles home.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Week 2 Downtown LA Sports Beats Report
Baseball
The Dodgers recently held a fan fest festival at Dodgers
Stadium over this past weekend where the fans had the opportunity to partake in
meeting the new players that joined the team throughout the offseason. Fans
also had the opportunity to ask questions to the players. There were also key
speakers with the likes of Dodger legend, Tommy Lasorda and Vin Scully. It was
truly an exciting day for both the Dodgers fans and players.
Basketball
The Clippers lost to the Brooklyn Nets by two at Brooklyn,
102-100, on Monday, February 2nd. The Clippers also signed guard Dahntay
Jones for the remainder of the season after previously signing to two previous
10-day contracts. The Clippers are on a long road trip with several tough opponents
coming up against forward Lebron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, guard Kyle
Lowry of the Toronto Raptors, forward Kevin Durant and guard Russell Westbrook
of Oklahoma City Thunder and forward Dirk Nowitzki and guard Rajon Rondo of the
Dallas Mavericks, respectively. The Clippers currently have a record of (33-16)
and currently in second place of the Pacific Division.
The Lakers, like the Clippers are also in the middle of
their road trip with loss today against the Milwaukee Bucks, 113-105, with
other stops including the Orlando Magic and James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Lakers also sent starting power forward Jordan Hill back to Los Angeles to
check out his right quad. Rookie Center Tarik Black took Hill’s starting place at
power forward Wednesday night against Milwaukee. The Lakers currently have a
record of (13-36) and will face the Orlando Magic on Friday, February 6th.
Soccer
The 2014 MLS Champions Los Angeles Galaxy made their third
visit in four years to meet President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday.
The Galaxy young academy signed 12 players to letters of intent on Wednesday, February
4th. The season opener is on
March 6th at home against Chicago Fire at 7 p.m.
Football Stadium
No updated news on the football stadium.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Los Angeles will Always be a Sports Town
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.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
A Little Information about Myself
My name is Lucas Talbot.
I'm a third year at Cal State Northridge.
My major is Journalism.
Dream is to be a sports analyst at a major sports studio like ESPN or Fox Sports. (Ex. Covering baseball and basketball.)
Favorite teams:
Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Lakers
Oregon Ducks Football
Manchester United
I'm a third year at Cal State Northridge.
My major is Journalism.
Dream is to be a sports analyst at a major sports studio like ESPN or Fox Sports. (Ex. Covering baseball and basketball.)
Favorite teams:
Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Lakers
Oregon Ducks Football
Manchester United
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