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The Gaston girls basketball team is doing something it hasn’t done in years – winning.
The Lady Greyhounds have won six of their last eight games and are looking down on the Northwest League standings instead of up. Two weeks into its league schedule, Gaston (14-3, 4-1) sits in a tie for second place.
And yet, head [...]

Jim Murray, former LA Times writer, is my inspiration. He has been since my 13th column. And trust me, that column was as unlucky as the number it represented. Jim cleaned my slate. Set me straight. Taught me how to write again.
I never got the chance to thank Jim for all he did for me. [...]

The Gaston girls basketball team is doing something it hasn’t done in years – winning.
The Lady Greyhounds have won six of their last eight games and are looking down on the Northwest League standings instead of up. Two weeks into its league schedule, Gaston (14-3, 4-1) sits in a tie for second place.
And yet, head [...]

On the football field, reacting is the name of the game. Players caught thinking, caught choosing, are toast. It’s just as in life. Paraphrased, Jiddu Krishnamurti said: Choice is an illusion. Do I do this or do I do that? All of this is confusion. I can only choose when I’m confused. And if I [...]

A week has passed since the fated night October 4, 2008 where approximately five million viewers held their breath as the “champion” Kimbo Slice was felled by the off kilter right-hook of Sean Petruzelli, a punch that was destined to shift the very core of MMA itself. Give me a break!
EliteXC’s business model was built [...]

Taking a step back from any situation is an interesting thing, really. An objective look at a scenario can be eye-opening at the very least. Often times it shows that the most obvious or mundane details tend to have a little bit of irony, humor or befuddlement. Andy Rooney may have perfected it, but there [...]