Posts by Paul Teetor
All Ball: Costa boys, Redondo girls reeled in after strong postseason showing
by Paul Teetor Twenty-two points. That was the super-sized, huge-upset-in-the-making lead the Mira Costa boys basketball team held over Mater Dei late in the first half of their playoff game Friday night. But by halftime the lead had been whittled down to 17 points. By the end of the third quarter it was down to…
Read MoreMustangs come from behind, on way to semi-finals against Mater Dei
by Paul Teetor The Mira Costa magic carpet ride continued Tuesday night. The Mustang boys basketball team overcame yet another big deficit with suffocating defense to defeat Damien High School of La Verne 49-41 in front of a packed house at the Fisher Athletic Complex. It was a tense, back-and-forth game of runs, with Damien…
Read MoreAll Ball: Lakers revolving door still spinning
by Paul Teetor The more things change in Laker Land, the more they stay the same. After two years of complete chaos and total ineptitude on and off the court, the Lakers finally did something smart at the trade deadline this week: they got rid of selfish, surly, petulant Russell Westbrook, the hometown hero who…
Read MoreLakers win by losing out; Nash a winner too
by Paul Teetor What LeBron James wants LeBron usually gets. But not this time. LeBron wanted the Lakers to trade for Kyrie Irving. And Irving wanted to come to the Lakers for a reunion with LeBron. It was all set up for the Lakers, until the news broke Sunday afternoon that there was a blockbuster…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Sea Hawks soar back with victories over Mustangs
by Paul Teetor What a difference three points can make – not just in a game but in a season. Were it not for Redondo’s three point loss to Culver City last month, Thursday night’s 56-44 beat down of the Mira Costa boys basketball team would have earned the Sea Hawks a share of the…
Read MoreRedondo Sea Hawks soar back with 56-44 victory over Mira Costa Mustangs
by Paul Teetor What a difference three points can make – not just in a game but in a season. Were it not for Redondo’s three point loss to Culver City last month, Thursday night’s 56-44 beat down of the Mira Costa boys basketball team would have earned the Sea Hawks a share of the…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: USC ballers teach UCLA a lesson, Hall of Famer Bill Plaschke
by Paul Teetor Where have you gone, Johnny Juzang? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you….woo, woo, woo. With apologies to Simon and Garfunkel and their classic tune “Mrs. Robinson.” This time it’s Bruins Nation searching for a hero to lead them to the promised land of national championships. For the record, Juzang, the…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Mustangs protect perfect league record. Next up, Sea Hawks at Redondo Union
by Paul Teetor The first-place Mira Costa boys basketball team was supposed to blow out fifth-place Palos Verdes last Friday night at Fisher Gym. And they did – but not until the second half. The problem: it was Mira Costa Senior Night, when each senior player, his family, and the school’s dance team are each…
Read MoreMira Costa boys basketball marches over Palos Verdes. Next up, title rival Redondo
By Paul Teetor The first-place Mira Costa boys basketball team was supposed to blow out fifth-place Palos Verdes Friday night at Fisher Gym. And they did – but not until the second half. The problem: it was Mira Costa Senior Night, when each senior player, his family, and the school’s dance team are each…
Read MoreAll Ball: Mustang boys making History; Girls making progress
by Paul Teetor The Mira Costa boys basketball team took a huge step towards winning the Bay League title Friday night when it went on the road and crushed second place Culver City by a score of 65-48. The Mustangs are now 21-1 overall and 6-0 in the league. They are on pace to post…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Pay Peyton, send Staley away
by Paul Teetor Chargers Head Coach Brandon Staley has got to go. Staley presided over an epic collapse Saturday night in the first round of the NFL playoffs, making history in the process: it was the third worst playoff collapse in the 100-year history of the NFL. The Jacksonville Jaguars gift-wrapped a 27-0 lead in…
Read MoreMira Costa Mustangs trample Redondo Sea Hawks, rematch at RB next month
by Paul Teetor When the Redondo boys basketball team opened its highly anticipated showdown with archrival Mira Costa Tuesday night by scoring on two easy layups, and a thunderous dunk for a quick 6-0 lead, Costa didn’t panic. They didn’t even call a timeout. “We’ve been in so many tough situations together over the last…
Read MoreDodgers Taylor is an all star to kids
Dodgers All Star Chris Taylor ‘Driving for hope’ to help kids with cancer by Paul Teetor For the last decade, Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner was the undisputed team leader in one very important category: reaching out to the community and doing all he could to support good causes. But Turner signed a two-year deal…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: Oy vey, McVay; Dodgers Bauer down
by Paul Teetor Say it ain’t so, Sean. Rams fans got the climax to a year-long atmospheric river of bad news late this week when Head Coach Sean McVay confirmed he may leave the team after this season. Less than 12 months after the city-wide euphoria of the Rams Super Bowl win over the Cincinnati…
Read MoreDodgers’ Taylor goes to bat for kids with cancer by hosting Topgolf fundraiser
Photos by Jefferson Graham by Paul Teetor For the last decade, Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner was the undisputed team leader in one very important category: reaching out to the community and doing all he could to support good causes. But Turner signed a two-year deal with the Boston Red Sox last month, joining the…
Read MoreAll Ball Sports: To trade or not to trade? No good options
by Paul Teetor Nine months ago, when it was becoming clear the Lakers were not going to make the playoffs for the second time in LeBron James’ first four years here, All Ball wrote a column urging the Lakers to trade LeBron. That column got more responses – ranging from “you’re so right” to “you’re…
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