Jim Alexander

May 13, 2023

Alexander: Wheelchair for Lakers' Davis restored some memories

- Those Laker fans with long memories, given the events of Wednesday night in San Francisco, may want to go easy on Paul Pierce these days. Keep in mind Game 1 of the 2008 NBA Finals, when the Bo...

May 9, 2023

Alexander: Lakers' Lonnie Walker IV ends up being a folk hero in Game 4 versus Warriors

LOS ANGELES-- As unlikely a playoff run as this has actually been for the Lakers, somehow it makes best sense. A person who was gone if not forgotten from the rotation for the majority of the last thr...

May 7, 2023

Alexander: Cool Down, Laker fans ... this series is just starting

LOS ANGELES-- Even the most devoted of the diehards, those most strident disciples of Laker Exceptionalism, needed to be stressed after Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals on Thursday night in...

Apr 29, 2023

Alexander: When Anthony Davis does it, Lakers can be devastating

The Lakers 'Anthony Davis, center, fires up the fans during the second half of Game 6 of their first-round playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night at Crypto.com Arena.( AP Pho...

Apr 25, 2023

Alexander: Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks plays bad guy's role well, but it doesn't help

LOS ANGELES-- Every postseason series needs a villain? Despite the sport, and no matter whether it's an early round or for the champion, the heel can be an important component, as important for produ...

Apr 12, 2023

Alexander: Are the Lakers the group that won't pass away?

LOS ANGELES-- Possibly it was fate that pushed the Lakers into their triumphant minute Tuesday night. Perhaps the frenzied ending and the surges of noise from the faithful needed to take place the ...

Apr 9, 2023

Alexander: Can the Angels finally meet the expectations of their fans?

ANAHEIM-- Yes, it's a little sample size, one early-season crowd out of a possible 81. The sense I got from the 44,534 at Angel Stadium Saturday night is that these are fans who are desperate to screa...

Apr 5, 2023

Alexander: The California Coast Classic bike tour's greatest booster

Pete Staylor is persistent. He has been for 22 years. He floods the zone-- with leaflets, with social media posts, with discusses in conversations with good friends and associates and anybody who m...

May 10, 2023

Alexander: Former UCLA DB Oscar Edwards is still giving back

As a high school football player at J.W. North in Riverside and then a college defensive back at UCLA, enough time ago that it wasn't always considered a non-P.C. expression, Oscar Edwards went by the...

May 7, 2023

Alexander: Lakers' Darvin Ham isn't overmatched in first playoff run as head coach

EL SEGUNDO-- Darvin Ham has actually been through playoff series previously, however it's different when you remain in the No. 1 chair. And in a scene where adapting and adjusting is vital, he's re...

May 4, 2023

Alexander: Landon Donovan welcomes the pleasure into the Hall of Fame

Much of Landon Donovan's path to the National Soccer Hall of Fame was paved in Carson. After all, he helped the Galaxy win four MLS Cup championships and has a statue outside Dignity Health Sports Par...

Apr 25, 2023

Alexander: LeBron James reaches brand-new milestones in Lakers' Game 4 win against Grizzlies

LOS ANGELES-- So, who you callin' old? It is simple, and most likely intellectually lazy, to deduce that an opposing gamer's idea that LeBron James is fading would suffice to press him to brand-new h...

Apr 14, 2023

Alexander: A satisfactory night for Kings, Ducks and their fans

ANAHEIM-- A gentleman using a Jamie Drysdale Ducks sweatshirt stepped into a nearly full elevator at Honda Center on Thursday night, a half-hour or so before faceoff, and said: "Any Kings' fans in her...

Apr 10, 2023

Alexander: NBA play-in round is a gotten taste ... and it's excellent

The world according to Jim: - When the NBA decided to take a page from the NCAA playbook and make the play-in round an irreversible function in 2021, I at first considered it a gimmick, a method to p...

Apr 8, 2023

Alexander: Lakers on verge of rather the return story

LOS ANGELES-- No matter what takes place in Sunday's regular-season ending, and regardless of whether the Lakers deal with a game on Tuesday or somehow escape the play-in zone and get a week to rest, ...

Apr 1, 2023

Alexander: The return of Dodgers' Dustin May is a competent success

LOS ANGELES-- Remember what Dustin May looked like early in the 2021 season, prior to his elbow betrayed him? Remember how he had such command, the pitches were moving as if he managed them with a jo...

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