Foreword by Stan Lerner: I’ve heard people are dying to get into this place. Thanks for checking it out Sumner! It took a while to convince her that relics of the underworld would not haunt her for the next week, but my girlfriend finally agreed to accompany me to a Sunday night movie showing at [...]
Author Archives: Sumner Widdoes
Rough Draft
May 21, 2009 – 1:45 pm
For the third time in my life, the Los Angeles Clippers won the NBA Draft Lottery. The first time I was just a pup, but the resulting selection, Danny Manning, helped form my appreciation for the perennially subpar club. Manning had just finished a stellar career at the University of Kansas where he led the [...]
Dodger Stadium vs. Angels Stadium
May 19, 2009 – 4:12 pm
In my 23 years in Los Angeles, I had never ventured south of the 10 Freeway to watch a professional baseball game. And why would I? The ballpark that houses the Los Angeles Dodgers is, in fact, solely responsible for my baseball passion. It wasn’t playing catch with my dad, hitting a home run in [...]
