Author Archives: Ted Sobel

I’ve been waiting since a few games before his long ‘Grammy road trip’ for Clippers all-star Blake Griffin to show us some of that locker room personality he promised me after I gave him a big thick book with over … Continue reading →

March 14 is not only the start of hoops madness but it’s also the ‘umpteenth’ (at least) birthday of my longtime friend and colleague Paul Olden who’s now in his umpteenth life as the public address announcer at Yankee Stadium … Continue reading →

Sports Illustrated just sent me today their latest NBA Players Poll on “Which coach is most annoying during games?”. Unfortunately it wasn’t available yesterday because almost two-thirds of players selected the Orlando Magic’s Stan Van Gundy (65%) as their runaway … Continue reading →

Get your brackets filled out (click on the picture to enlarge) and then please listen in to KFWB Newstalk 980 starting at 9:30 in the morning on Thursday and Friday, as I’ll be giving 1 minute hourly NCAA tournament scores … Continue reading →

The big question going into this one was would Kobe Bryant play or not on that badly sprained left ankle? Well Kobe did his usual magical quick rehab trick to help his Lakers beat Orlando 97-84 at Staples Center on … Continue reading →

At 71 years of age, Lee Trevino more than hinted to me yesterday that he’s done playing competitively after the final round of the Champions Tour Toshiba Classic at Newport Beach Country Club (when Lee said final round-he wasn’t kidding!). … Continue reading →