Posts by Paul Teetor
All Ball Sports: A great runner passes; A great job opening at Mira Costa
by Paul Teetor The Lakers incredible late-season run from 13th place in the Western Conference to the Western Conference Finals – making them one of the final four teams in the NBA playoffs – was such a big deal here in LA that it overshadowed some significant local sports stories that broke in the last…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Come Back, LeBron, Come Back
by Paul Teetor There’s a memorable scene at the end of the classic western film, “Shane,” where a little boy watches the title character riding his horse off towards the horizon and calls out, “Come back, Shane, come back.” That’s how most Lakers fans felt this week after LeBron James dropped the bombshell that he…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: A future to look forward to
by Paul Teetor The Lakers magic carpet ride to the Western Conference Finals was great fun, it was totally unexpected, and even inspiring in many ways. You know, the old bromide about keep rooting for the underdog and sometimes it will actually come true. And it did – for a while. But now, after the…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Hillbilly Kobe Leads Lakers into Western Finals
by Paul Teetor Anthony Davis blocked Dante DiVincenzo’s layup attempt late in the first half of Friday night’s game against the Golden State Warriors, grabbed the loose ball out of the air and threw it down the court to a streaking Austin Reaves with three seconds left in the first half. Reaves caught the ball…
Read MoreJohn Fogerty takes ownership of his songs at BeachLife Redondo Beach
Creedence Clearwater Revival songwriter reclaims his songs, in every way at BeachLife Redondo Beach
Read MoreMira Costa girls run the table on way to CIF championship
by Paul Teetor by Paul Teetor The Mira Costa girls beach volleyball team made history Saturday afternoon at Long Beach City College when it beat Redondo to win the first ever Southern Section CIF beach volleyball championship. The CIF made beach volleyball a sanctioned sport this year. After advancing to the finals…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: The consistently inconsistent Laker, and a look far into the future
by Paul Teetor Anthony Davis was scheduled to have a great game Saturday night in game three of the Lakers semifinal playoff series with the Golden State Warriors. And he did exactly that, leading the Lakers to a 127-97 rout, and a 2-1 series lead with 25 points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots. How…
Read MoreAll Ball: Lakers, Nicholson Turn Back the Clock
by Paul Teetor Jack’s back. That’s all you had to see Friday night to understand what was about to happen: the Lakers were poised to win their biggest home game in more than three years. The first thing anyone with a pulse and a working pair of eyes noticed – whether in person or on…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Laker bear responds to poke, Clippers’ stars falling
by Paul Teetor For your own safety: don’t poke the bear. Memphis Grizzlies bad boy Dillon Brooks had to learn that the hard way. First, he called the bear – aka LeBron James – a tired old man after the Grizzlies beat LeBron and the Lakers in the second game of their first-round playoff series,…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Lakers, Clippers Hallway Series? If so, thank Westbrook
by Paul Teetor All hail Russell Westbrook. The Lakers and Clippers have never met in the playoffs — but that statistically unlikely circumstance could change this year. And if it should happen, much of the credit has to go to Westbrook, the former NBA Most Valuable Player who was traded away by the Lakers two…
Read MoreAll Ball: Clippers make Playoffs; Lakers make Play-in
by Paul Teetor Eleven victories in a row. Thirty-six wins in the last forty-three games between the two teams. That’s straight up domination, homes. But that’s where the recent record stood after the Clippers beat the Lakers 125-118 Wednesday night in a game that was critically important to the playoff chances of both teams. The…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Dodgers play speedball
by Paul Teetor Start spreading the news: the pitch clock is a smashing success. This past weekend the Dodgers – and the rest of Major League Baseball – finally arrived in the fast-forward, twenty-first century. In the age of fast food, fast fashion and fast cars, the Dodgers unveiled something new Thursday night: fast baseball.…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: UCLA Coach Cronin won’t make excuses. So, here they are
by Paul Teetor As a general rule, I’m opposed to making excuses for bad things that can happen to any team in any given game. As my uncle Alvin used to tell us street kids back in the day, “Never complain, never explain.” But for this one time only, because UCLA Coach Mick Cronin won’t…
Read MoreAll ball Sports: UCLA: More March Madness
by Paul Teetor Survive and advance. That’s the unofficial motto of the NCAA basketball tournament, and that’s exactly what UCLA did Saturday night: survive and advance to the Sweet 16. Barely. The second seeded Bruins were tied with 7th seeded Northwestern at 45-45 with 11 minutes left before finishing strong for a 68-63 victory that…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Sea Hawk Girls: Wait till next year; NCAA disses UCLA, USC
by Paul Teetor The high school basketball playoff season is finally over. And after all the ambitious three-point shots were launched, after all the tough rebounds were grabbed in traffic, and after all the sloppy turnovers that resulted in fast breaks had been committed, the last team standing among the local schools – boys or…
Read MoreAll Ball: Happy Trails to the Lakers season
by Paul Teetor It’s not official yet, but you can take it to the bank: the Lakers season is over. Despite all the still-hopeful blather coming from their mainstream media minions, they probably are not even going to make the play-in tournament to get into the real playoffs. Ok, Ok: It’s still early March and…
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