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1 week ago | 
easyreadernews.com | Paul Teetor
by Paul TeetorWell, that didn’t take long. On Wednesday night the Minnesota Timberwolves put the Lakers out of their self-induced misery, pounding in the final nail of a 4-1 near sweep of the best-of-seven first round series. There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth throughout LA, and indeed across the sporting world.
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1 week ago | 
easyreadernews.com | Paul Teetor
by Paul TeetorThe high school basketball season – which started way back in November – is finally over. The last South Bay team standing was the Redondo boys basketball team, which battled all the way to the Division One Regional Final before losing a 74-68 nail-biter to Sierra Canyon, which then went on to win the state championship over Stockton Lincoln. That’s how close the Sea Hawks were to making it to the state championship game: six points.
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1 week ago | 
easyreadernews.com | Paul Teetor
by Paul TeetorThe UCLA women’s basketball team made modern history Sunday afternoon by reaching its first ever NCAA Final Four. For the old-timers who say wait a minute, UCLA won a national title in 1978 – well, that was in the pre-NCAA era of women’s basketball, and this was its first NCAA regional final victory in three tries. The news was not so good on the other side of town.
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2 weeks ago | 
easyreadernews.com | Paul Teetor
by Paul TeetorNow this was more like it. After two thrillers in Denver – an overtime loss in Game One and a 3-point win in Game two that came down to the final play – the LA Clippers destroyed the Denver Nuggets by a score of 117-83 Thursday night in the first playoff game ever played in the Intuit Dome.
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4 weeks ago | 
easyreadernews.com | Paul Teetor
by Paul TeetorShame on the Dodgers. Shame on their ownership, management and the players too. The franchise of Jackie Robinson, the team with the biggest immigrant fan base, the most gay-friendly organization in Major League Baseball, dishonored themselves on Monday by meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House.
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1 month ago | 
easyreadernews.com | Paul Teetor
The Los Angeles 2028 US Olympic Committee will get a preview of how great holding the Beach Volleyball Olympics in the South Bay could be when Smackfest returns to Seaside Lagoon in King Harbor on Saturday, April 12. Play begins at 12:15 p.m., accompanied by live bands, food, beer, wine, and cocktails. 21 and over. For more information, visit SmackFest.com. by Paul TeetorIt was the worst loss in Final Four history. Think about that reverse superlative again: Worst. Loss. In. Final. Four. History.
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2 months ago | 
easyreadernews.com | Paul Teetor
Expect another typical Mira Costa game in Saturday’s Championship, with bodies strewn all over the floor, on every playby Paul TeetorThirty-two minutes of hell. That’s what the Mira Costa boys basketball team unleashed on the Santa Barbara Dons in front of an ecstatic, adoring, standing-room-only home crowd last Saturday night. Mira Costa is now within one game of the school’s first CIF Division One basketball championship after a gritty semifinal playoff win.
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2 months ago | 
easyreadernews.com | Paul Teetor
by Paul TeetorThe Mira Costa boys basketball team continued its relentless march towards the school’s first CIF Division 1 title with a gritty 59-48 win over Windward at home Tuesday night. The Mustangs raced out to a 10-0 lead, saw it cut in half by halftime, and then finished with an 11-point victory on their way to a semifinal game at home Saturday night.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
easyreadernews.com | Paul Teetor
by Paul TeetorLeBron James was so pumped up by the arrival of fellow superstar Luka Doncic this week that he promptly went out and became only the second player – ever – to score 40 points after he turned 40 years old. The other player to do that? Some guy named Michael Jordan. You might remember him. He’s the only other player legitimately in the debate over the greatest hooper of all time – the so-called GOAT – along with LeBron.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
easyreadernews.com | Paul Teetor
Lucky Laker Lukaby Paul TeetorThe Lakers did it again. Sooner or later, all the stars that are big-time box office – Wilt Chamberlin, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Shaq, LeBron, Pau Gasol and Luka Doncic – find their way to Los Angeles. Now the Luka era in Lakers history has officially begun – thanks to an unbelievable, inexplicable unforced error by the Dallas Mavericks. But let’s tamp down the great expectations for now.
