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Missing: The L.A. Times’ Provocateur Extraordinaire
Aug 27, 2013 No, I don’t know what’s going on with the Los Angeles Times’ love-him-or-hate-him TJ Simers, whose sports column has disappeared from the paper since June 2, when he staged a free throw shooting contest between his grown daughter, Kelly Nielsen, and NBA star Dwight Howard Simers, whose sports column has disappeared from the paper in June after he staged a free throw shooting contest with Dwight Howard.
Baseball’s Biggest Problem
Aug 12, 2013 In the bad news for baseball, drugs aren’t the problem.
The Big Idea in This Election
Sep 12, 2012 This isn't just a choice of philosophies, but the long-awaited showdown between post-FDR Democrats and post-Reagan Revolutionaries.
Arise, Facebook Nation
Aug 5, 2012 If social networks helped mobilize Egyptians to confront Hosni Mubarak’s tanks and men, shouldn't they also be able to take on a PAC, even one as powerful as that belonging to the National Rifle Association?
Lessons of JoePa, in Case the Next Witch We Hunt Doesn’t Drop Dead
Jan 26, 2012 Unfortunately, most people will insist they were the ones insisting this was a witch hunt all along, and believe it.
Joe Paterno Gets Due Process of Us
Nov 11, 2011 These days you don't get due process of the law until long after you have gotten due process of us and the "us" isn't our rational side, but our bloodthirsty one, as presented by media from our bloodthirsty side, as presented by media.
Confessions of a Dead Tribune
Aug 19, 2011 For the last 32 years, I had been “Mark Heisler of the Los Angeles Times.” Before that, “Mark Heisler of the Philadelphia Bulletin” or “Mark Heisler of Somewhere” since June 1, 1967, when Gannett hired me at $125 a week. Suddenly, I was just “Mark Heisler.” Who in the hell was Mark Heisler?For the last 32 years, I had been “Mark Heisler of the Los Angeles Times.” Suddenly, I was just “Mark Heisler.” Who in the hell was Mark Heisler?
We Can Live Without Leagues
Jul 18, 2011 If bad times bring out the best in ordinary people, sports labor brings out the worst in the privileged lives of owners and players.
A Country the NFL Can Be Proud Of
Apr 5, 2011 Let’s put it this way: If the NFL was in danger of flying too close to the sun, like Icarus whose wax wings melted, Commissioner Roger Goodell would have the orb repositioned beforehand.
Who, Us Bloodthirsty?
Jan 31, 2011 In an age challenged by separating real life from reality programming or the absurdly heightened reality that comes from merely being on TV, no one seems to want to err on the side of compassion.In an age challenged by separating real life from reality programming, no one seems to want to err on the side of compassion.