Author Archives: Ted Sobel

22 year old Latvian Ernests Gulbis claimed his second career ATP title with a 3-sets win over top seed Mardy Fish on the Westwood campus of UCLA. It’s the 14th time in 85 years that a European has won the … Continue reading →

The Farmers Classic is moving into it’s 3rd day of tennis here at UCLA and Wednesday’s action will be highlighted by the return of 2008 tournament champion Juan Martin del Potro. The 2009 US Open Champion will play during the … Continue reading →

I’m back here after a 2 week hiatus in which we’ve been waiting for the NFL lockout to end while the NBA ponders possibly missing an entire season with their huge labor dispute. And in the middle of the dog … Continue reading →

The MLB All-Stars were announced on Sunday which was great timing for me to be at the finale of the Angels-Dodgers freeway series in Anaheim. Off to the July 12 mid-summer’s classic in Phoenix from the Halos will be starter … Continue reading →

I met Mark Howe about 15 years ago when I was early into my 5 year stint as the now defunct International Hockey League Long Beach Ice Dogs play by play announcer. Mark already had a few years under his … Continue reading →

With a potentially long NBA lockout looming…the Lakers 3 draft picks along with 17 other NBA free agents took part in a two-day mini-camp at their practice facility in El Segundo California. And this gave us media types the opportunity … Continue reading →