Archive for February, 2010

Los Angeles Kings Hockey – Blacks in valley share history of struggle – Desert Sun

Black Americans began moving to the Coachella Valley in the 1940s, wooed by the promise of better jobs and wages. Many of the first were cotton farmers — Texas transplants who first lived on John Nobles’ ranch, where they built more than just a Read more about this article

We’re in the stretch run of the NBA regular season now and with the 2010 NBA trade deadline right behind us, we have a pretty good idea of what teams will look like when the playoffs kickoff in just less than two months. Several trades league-wide Read more about this article

The Los Angeles Times reported the NBA has told teams the center won’t be allowed to return Carl Landry played his second game as a Sacramento King on Sunday, and let’s just say that things went a lot better for him in this one than they did in Read more about this article

In an interview with CNN talk show host Larry King broadcast Monday , the exiled monk said he feels love in his heart for China but believes hardliners in Beijing are in denial over their cultural “suppression” of his homeland. “Sometimes you see Read more about this article

Los Angeles Kings Hockey – Marjah attack focuses on holdout fighters – San Francisco Chronicle

(02-22) 04:00 PST Kabul — Backed by fighter jets and attack helicopters, U.S. Marines and Afghan troops closed in on an insurgent-ridden sector of Marjah on Sunday, the ninth day of a coalition bid to wrest control of the southern Afghan town from Continued

The Rule of Empires: Those Who Built Them, Those Who Endured Them, and Why They Always Fall Timothy H. Parsons. Oxford Univ., $29.95 (528p) ISBN 978-0-19-530431-2 Unhappy empires are, in crucial respects, all the same—and happy ones don’t exist Continued

Los Angeles Kings – Los Angeles Clippers – ESPN.com

Los Angeles Clippers – ESPN.com
News: Gordon exploded for 30 points (10-for-17 FG, 6-for-7 FT), six assists, four treys and two boards though he did lose seven turnovers on Saturday against the Kings. Spin: Gordon is an explosive but streaky scorer, and now that he seems to be

Hollywood loves a bad boy: Oscar shows a dark side – Houma Courier
LOS ANGELES — For your consideration: A pedophile serial killer with a creepy dollhouse hobby, a murderous Nazi who delights in tormenting Jews, and a hateful mother who abuses her daughter and granddaughter. Hollywood loves a bad boy and so does

Shaky start for new King Landry – Sacramento Bee
LOS ANGELES – The topic of discussion in the Kings‘ locker room after Saturday night’s 99-89 loss to the Clippers focused on the recent trade flurry around the league. Specifically, it was noted that new King Carl Landry wasn’t the only one who got

Preview Conversation – ESPN.com
Though Phoenix has won all three games this season from Sacramento, none have been Facing the Kings could also help Phoenix earn back-to-back home wins for the first time in a month. With Saturday’s 99-89 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers

U.S. players learned team lesson from military – NHL.com
VANCOUVER — Team USA GM Brian Burke is proud to be an American, and he is going to make sure that the hockey team that represents the United States in the Olympics manifests that same pride. Back in August, when he first called all the candidates to

Los Angeles Kings – Beware ‘comprehensive’ anything – Fresno Bee

Beware ‘comprehensive’ anything – Fresno Bee
SAN DIEGO — Sometimes conventional wisdom is wrong. That’s how it is with the assumption that Republican Scott Brown’s victory over Democrat Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts Senate race means that there will be no immigration reform this year

U.S. players learned team lesson from military – NHL.com
VANCOUVER — Team USA GM Brian Burke is proud to be an American, and he is going to make sure that the hockey team that represents the United States in the Olympics manifests that same pride. Back in August, when he first called all the candidates to

Los Angeles Kings Hockey – Former LA police chief Daryl Gates said to be hospitalized, seriously – Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say former Los Angeles police Chief Daryl Gates, who resigned in the wake of the Rodney King beating, is seriously ill. Current Chief Charlie Beck told the city Police Commission Tuesday the 83-year-old Gates has a serious Read more about this article

LONDON — Gritty Iraq thriller “The Hurt Locker” and blockbuster eco-extravaganza “Avatar” are squaring off at the British Academy Film Awards – a possible preview of their showdown at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles next month. Each film has eight Read more about this article

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johathan Quick tied a Kings club record with his NHL-leading 34th victory of the season and the Los Angeles got goals from Anze Kopitar, Brad Richardson and Oscar Moller to beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-0 on Saturday night. In Read more about this article

Both teams came out of the All-Star break in losing fashion on Tuesday. The Warriors were dumped by the class of the West, the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers, while Sacramento was edged by Eastern Conference power Boston. Shannon Brown Read more about this article

Mummies of the World in Los Angeles, a city that is lauded for its commitment to arts and culture,” said Marc Corwin, President of American Exhibitions, Inc. “As witnessed in the phenomenal success of the King Tut Exhibit at the Los Angeles Read more about this article

Los Angeles Kings News – Kings crown Avs – Pueblo Chieftain

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johathan Quick tied a Kings club record with his NHL-leading 34th victory of the season and the Los Angeles got goals from Anze Kopitar, Brad Richardson and Oscar Moller to beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-0 on Saturday night. In Read more about this article

Began sportswriting career with the Los Angeles Examiner’s prep sports section, the Scholastic Sports Association. While there served as editor and executive editor and became the youngest person ever to cover a World Series game for a major Read more about this article

LONDON — Gritty Iraq thriller “The Hurt Locker” and blockbuster eco-extravaganza “Avatar” are squaring off at the British Academy Film Awards – a possible preview of their showdown at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles next month. Each film has eight Read more about this article

forward Al Thornton to Washington in a three-team deal before the trade deadline, suffered a 110-92 loss on Wednesday versus the Atlanta Hawks in the opener of a four-game homestand. Drew Gooden, who was acquired by the Wizards injury news Read more about this article

A little after 10 p.m. EST on Jan. 23, something remarkable occurred in Los Angeles. Anyone watching the presentation of this year’s Screen Actors Guild Awards on TNT got to see it. What people had intuitively felt for some time now but not quite Read more about this article

Los Angeles Kings Hockey – Gameday: Kings at Clippers (From Martin to Landry to Brockman injury – Sacramento Bee

It’s certainly a day to move forward, with the Kings about to get their first look at their new team today in LA-LA land. With that in mind, be sure to stick with this post until the end as there is video of new King Carl Landry discussing tonight’s For more info click here

Former Los Angeles police Chief Daryl Gates, a controversial figure who once said drug users should be shot and whose career ended after the Rodney King beating, is hospitalized and seriously ill, current police Chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday. Beck For more info click here

Began sportswriting career with the Los Angeles Examiner’s prep sports section, the Scholastic Sports Association. While there served as editor and executive editor and became the youngest person ever to cover a World Series game for a major For more info click here

Mummies of the World in Los Angeles, a city that is lauded for its commitment to arts and culture,” said Marc Corwin, President of American Exhibitions, Inc. “As witnessed in the phenomenal success of the King Tut Exhibit at the Los Angeles For more info click here

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johathan Quick tied a Kings club record with his NHL-leading 34th victory of the season and the Los Angeles got goals from Anze Kopitar, Brad Richardson and Oscar Moller to beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-0 on Saturday night. In For more info click here

Los Angeles Kings Hockey – Knicks acquire McGrady is LeBron next? – Staten Island Advance

Knicks acquire McGrady is LeBron next? – Staten Island Advance
AP photo Houston Rockets guard Tracy McGrady, right, has been traded to the Knicks in a three-team deal. Tracy McGrady is headed to New York, and the Knicks hope even bigger names are coming in July. They aren’t the only team lining up for a chance

Los Angeles Kings Hockey – Knicks acquire McGrady is LeBron next? – Staten Island Advance

AP photo Houston Rockets guard Tracy McGrady, right, has been traded to the Knicks in a three-team deal. Tracy McGrady is headed to New York, and the Knicks hope even bigger names are coming in July. They aren’t the only team lining up for a chance Continued

HOUSTON — The New York Knicks have acquired disgruntled guard Tracy McGrady and his massive expiring contract in a three-team swap with the Houston Rockets and the Sacramento Kings, a person with knowledge of the negotiations tells the Associated Continued

LOS ANGELES – “American Idol” contestant Chris Golightly was dropped from the top 24 semifinalists because of a “lack of veracity” during the audition process, a person close to the Fox TV show said Thursday. Golightly didn’t disclose that he’d had Continued

Kathryn Grayson, the lilting soprano who starred in the classic MGM musicals “Show Boat,” “Kiss Me Kate” and “Anchors Aweigh,” died Wednesday at her Los Angeles home. She turned 88 last week. Grayson’s longtime companion and secretary, Sally Sherman Continued

Kings – Hitmen’s Brandon Kozun Named CHL Player of the Week – hockeysfuture.com

A Los Angeles Kings prospect, Kozun was a member of Canada’s National Junior Team and currently ranks second in league scoring with 30 goals and 54 assists for 84 points in 52 games. Michael Latta of the OHL ’s Guelph Storm was also considered Read more about this article

Just hours after Dr. Conrad Murray was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, the pop star’s father, Joe Jackson, appeared on CNN’s “Larry King Live” and made shocking claims regarding his son’s death. “I Read more about this article

As Dr. Conrad Murray faced the judge on Monday in a Los Angeles courtroom, where he was charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, several members of the King of Pop’s family members off about the doctor’s case. And as Read more about this article