Posts by Paul Teetor
All Ball Sports: Redondo, Costa favorites to win league, Chargers’ Staley nobody’s favorite
by Paul Teetor Watch out, Bay League football teams: here come Redondo and Mira Costa. For the first time in seemingly forever, both the Sea Hawks and the Mustangs are co-favorites to rule the Bay League this fall, along with traditional power Palos Verdes. Of course, anything can happen once league play starts Friday. But…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Rams’ Stafford stumbles, Chargers’ Herbert throws for three TDs
by Paul Teetor In a single night the Rams went from champs to chumps. Yes, it’s only one game – the first game, at that — in a long, and winding 17-game regular season. Yes, the Buffalo Bills are the trendy, pre-season pick to win the Super Bowl this season. And yes, the Rams were…
Read MorePlayers champion Manhattan – Olympian April Ross, Manhattan Open champions Kolinske, and Hughes join ranks of local champions
by Paul Teetor The City of Champions just gained another one. Manhattan Beach’s sports luminaries already included NBA champion Luke Walton, Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova and Olympic beach volleyball champion Alix Klineman all call Manhattan Beach home. Now one more has been added to the city’s ever-growing list of present and future Sports Hall of…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Steve Nash Stayin’ Alive
By Paul Teetor Steve Nash survived a near-death experience this week. There will be a few scars and some long-range consequences yet unknown, but he will live to coach another season. In the process the long-time Manhattan Beach resident learned the most important lesson for an employee in a high-stress workplace: when a big shot…
Read MoreBullock, Cummings reign on first time swimmer wins fans during Dwight Crum Pier to Pier race
by Paul Teetor The big digital clock at the finish line of the Dwight Crum Pier to Pier race read 1:36 when Brooke Nojina of Hermosa Beach half-walked, half-stumbled through the narrow trailway to the holding pen just north of the Manhattan Beach pier. When she was about 10 feet up the fenced-in trail,…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Mustangs bound for the Big Show, Clippers bound over Lakers
by Paul Teetor In an age of endless war, global pandemics, raging floods, and out-of-control wildfires even the sports pages are filled with depressing stories. WNBA star Brittany Griner is being held hostage in Russia, and may be traded for an arms dealer known as the Merchant of Death; Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer claims…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Giese continues upward trajectory at Manhattan Beach Open
by Paul Teetor Mira Costa tennis star Kelly Giese bombed a serve deep to the backhand corner, smacked the short return deep to the forehand corner, and was all set to knock off a sharply angled forehand volley into the open court when he noticed at the very last second that a stray ball was…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Roberts is Dodgers’ real all-star
by Paul Teetor Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts is either a miracle worker or the luckiest man in sports. Let’s go with miracle worker – for now. But check back in October. That’s when we’ll really know. When all of Major League Baseball converges on Dodgers Stadium Tuesday night for the All-Star game, they should give…
Read MoreOlympic teammates face off in Hermosa Beach AVP finals
Sponcil, Cheng split after Tokyo, meet up in Hermosa finals by Paul Teetor When an intense, complicated and seemingly successful relationship comes to a sudden and unexpected end, it’s tough enough to run into your ex on the street, at the grocery store or in a casual party setting. But when you run into your…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: USC, UCLA follow the money. Nash’s Nets ripped apart
by Paul Teetor Are you wondering why USC and UCLA shocked the sports world Friday by announcing they are leaving the PAC-12 Conference to join the Big Ten in 2024? Well, it’s not complicated. They’re following the money. Forget all the blather coming from both SoCal schools about “shared values” with the Midwest-based Big Ten…
Read MoreBill “Missile” Austin is Missing
Bill “Missile” Austin earned his nickname for his headfirst approach to the hoops at Live Oak Park, and to everything else he undertook, including sailing by Paul Teetor When Bill Austin first showed up at the Live Oak Park 3-on-3 basketball games 20 years ago, one of the regulars noticed his positive, fast-forward energy, and…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Lakers shoot an air ball in NBA draft
by Paul Teetor When the Golden State Warriors won their fourth NBA title in the last eight years last week, it set the stage for the annual NBA Draft Thursday night. The draft is the lifeblood of the NBA. Once a year, 60 of the very best college, and international players are selected by the…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: New Sheriff in Lakers Land
by Paul Teetor For the first time all year, Russell Westbrook displayed an impeccable sense of timing. No rushed shots to beat the 24-second clock, no off-target passes to teammates looking the other way, no basketballs dribbled off his foot while running a one-man fast break. That’s because this well-timed move was off the…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Sandy gets a statue
By Paul Teetor There are plenty of retired sports stars walking around Los Angeles. Right here in the Beach Cities we have big-name guys like former USC quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, former Boston Red Sox shortstop and World Series hero Nomar Garciaparra, and former Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash, a two-time…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: New Sheriff in Lakers Land, Angel Manager, Dodger ace lost
by Paul Teetor For the first time all year, Russell Westbrook displayed an impeccable sense of timing Monday afternoon. No rushed shots to beat the 24-second clock, no off-target passes to teammates looking the other way, no basketballs dribbled off his foot while running a one-man fast break. That’s because this well-timed move was off…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: The Force is with you, Luke; Aaron Donald too
by Paul Teetor Six years ago Manhattan Beach’s own Luke Walton was the hottest head coaching candidate in the entire NBA. Today, not so much. As the interim head coach of the Golden State Warriors in 2015-16, he led the Warriors to a 39-4 record while Head Coach Steve Kerr missed much of the season…
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