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Creators Out, But Muhammad Drawing Protest Is On

(April 27) -- An event calling on North Americans to draw the Islamic prophet Muhammad is not only drawing controversy, it's also drawing in participants -- even as the organizers drop out of the picture. After hearing about the threats made against "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker by Muslim activists for...

Manny Being Overly Optimistic

While we're all still sitting here waiting for Manny Ramirez to give in to the fact that nobody is going to give him the four-year deal he seems dead set on signing and just sign with the Dodgers or Giants already, Manny wants us to know that he's still pretty confident that things are going to get done and work out.In an...

Rick Neuheisel Calls His Shot: "The Football Monopoly in Los Angeles Is Officially Over"

Well, at least, those are somebody's words, and he's in the picture doing that Urban Meyer pointy thing. At right is what appeared in yesterday's Los Angeles Times. Notice the big, bold, capital OVER. Now technically this isn't so much a shot across the bow as a call to an end to USC's hegemonic grip on football success in...

Texas Was Anything but 'Lucky' Against USC

The Los Angeles Times can do better than this. In a special story about "unlucky" moments in Los Angeles sports history, this is what the Times had to say about 2005's Rose Bowl:USC held a 7-3 lead in its BCS title game against Texas when Longhorns quarterback Vince Young seemed to touch his knee down before throwing an...

Gary Matthews and T.J. Simers Are Already Feuding

Well, that didn't take long. A few unanswered questions and tense moments in the locker room, and Gary Matthews -- he of the $50 million contract and HGH suspicions -- went and pissed off T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles Times:Matthews, now occupying Darin Erstad's locker, which is a disgrace when you consider what a...