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May.23.2013
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The cautionary tale of how a normally smart guy ignored his best instincts in search of screenwriting glory, only to be taken advantage of by a so-called "producer."                                   Dale Crase...
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May.22.2013
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He grew up next to Steve Lavin in Marin, has worked the craft of acting all over the world, and now he is a heartthrob to millions of TV fans.                           Bradley Cole, who grew up in Marin County and attended...
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May.21.2013
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10 years ago, an unknown knocked out the invincible Mike Tyson in one of boxings greatest upsets.                   Buster Douglas was a 43-1 longshot when he went up against "Iron Mike" Tyson 10 years ago in Tokyo, Japan. Tyson was 23 years old with...
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May.21.2013
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  “You've seen your birth, your life and death,” Jim Morrison wrote. “You might recall all of the rest. Did you have a good world when you died? Enough to base a movie on?" “He’s led a big enough life for more than one movie,” says Moneyball screenwriter Aaron Sorkin of the late,...
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May.21.2013
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  Danny Sugarman was a 14-year old kid living in the L.A. suburb of Westchester, near LAX. He was troubled, and did not like his step-father. He read an ad or heard about a rock band in Hollywood that was hiring a teenager to answer mail, so he went for and got the job. The band was The Doors...
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May.20.2013
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Volleyball duo of Johnson-Jordan and Buckner-Davis emerge from nowhere, will strut stuff in Sydney.               For women's U.S. Olympic beach volleyball player Jennifer Johnson-Jordan, the Sydney Olympics will be a rite of passage. Her father, Rafer Johnson (...
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May.19.2013
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      A bit of the past teamed with a bit of the future when former UCLA tennis star Justin Gimelstob teamed with ex-USC National Champion Rick Leach to defeat some local talent (Zach Fleischman/John Fruttero) in a first round doubles match at the Mercedes-Benz Cup on Tuesday, July...
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May.19.2013
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May.18.2013
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In September, 1973, two Southern Californians participated in a Domed Sex Spectacular, and they even played a little tennis.               It really could have been a flirtatious weekend match at the LA Tennis Club, or on some public courts in Long Beach....
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May.17.2013
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In 1972, a mild-mannered young man from Pasadena High and U.S.C. faced a Cold War Dracula on his Rumanian turf. Good vs. evil ensued. Good won.               The American gentleman               The U.S. was mired in...
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May.16.2013
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Ice hockey, being a cold weather sport, experienced slow going in California.  Remember Charlie Finley’s Seals up in Oakland?  That franchise did not just move, they disintegrated.           The Los Angeles Kings had a few things going for them.  Their owner...
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May.15.2013
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  My father, Donald Edgerly Travers is the youngest of three children. He is named after our famed ancestor Captain James H. Edgerly, who spied for Abe Lincoln. When I entered Redwood High School, my friend Pete Cooper began calling him “the Don.” He inter-changeably called me “Don” or “the...
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May.15.2013
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If hard work is a factor, UCLA is in very good hands with Lavin, Saia and Spencer.               Coach Pete Hayward used to get up in the middle of the night so he could be at Sir Francis Drake High School, in the Marin County town of San Anselmo, by four o'...
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May.15.2013
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With all due respect for the San Antonio Spurs, the NBA is breathing a happy sigh because the Finals feature the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. The Spurs from the late 1990s to date are one of the greatest teams in pro hoops annals, but have not resonated beyond the most ardent of fans...
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May.15.2013
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Okay, Mozart wrote his best work at 14. Alexander the Great was a conquering hero at 13. I do not even wanna know how many Egyptians Cleopatra had seduced by that age. That said, I have a message for the Golden State Warriors: No preps. No teenage prodigies. No millionaire man-children, with the...
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