From the “Talks too much” studios,
We love L.A. (and Oakland)
That’s a shout out to our man Randy Newman, who had a hit with “I Love L.A.” Not as big as his “I Hate Short People” and no where as lucrative as his works with Disney and PIxar, but still a catchy tune none the less.
As for the sports world, there are some spinning pieces coming from the city of angels. Consider:
• Clayton Kershaw dropped one of the five best pitching performances of all-time for the Dodgers on Wednesday, throwing a no-hitter with 15 Ks and zero walks. Only an error by Hanley Ramirez stopped it from being a perfect game.
Mark Emmert• While further up the coast in Oak-town, the O’Bannon trial really picks up speed today when NCAA bigwig Mark Emmert takes the stand. Our ace columnist Mark Wiedmer penned another great column here, saying that regardless of what you feel about Emmert, who has an overall approval rating somewhere between tax audits and root canals, unless you are fully in support of paying players and the unknown frontier that that change presents, we need Emmert to deliver today. The NCAA is fading and needs a big pick-them-up today from Emmert.