LETTERS FOR SHAQ, CONTROL BIGGER THAN WINNING.All Shaq wants is to be in charge. His controlling the game is more important than winning. Kobe makes things happen and that's what's exciting about basketball. What's exciting about watching a giant stuff a ball through the hoop? It's a joke that a man who can't make free throws is the leading shooter (percentage-wise) in the game. Move on Shaq and let us enjoy the game the way it was meant to be played. MELVIN ESTIN Studio City Karen Crouse's article on Shaq was a work of art. Shaq needs to see articles like these because many of us feel the same way. Way to go! MIKE MARKADO Moorpark As a sports writer Noun 1. sports writer - a journalist who writes about sports sportswriter journalist - a writer for newspapers and magazines for the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Daily Bruin The Daily Bruin (also known as The Bruin) is the student newspaper at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. When classes are in session, it publishes Monday through Friday during the school year and once a week on Mondays in the summer quarter. in the '70s and having had additional writing experience in other areas, I must say that Howard Beck's recent article on the Lakers' demise is poorly written. Also, it shows Mr. Beck has an acute lack of knowledge when it comes to basketball. A champion team like the Lakers with arguably two of the greatest players playing for them ALWAYS has a legitimate chance to win the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= title. Several former champion teams of the past suffered through subpar sub·par adj. 1. Not measuring up to traditional standards of performance, value, or production. 2. Below par in a hole, round, or game of golf. regular seasons and then went on to win the championship that same year, including the Celtics in the '60s, the Lakers in the '80s and the Rockets in the '90s. Then there are the undeniable facts that Shaq has played injured most of the season and Derek Fisher Derek Lamar Fisher (born August 9 1974 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American professional basketball player with the Los Angeles Lakers. He was with the Utah Jazz but asked to be released from his contract to care for his 10-month-old daughter, who has cancer. has not even taken his warmup suit off. Also, other teams make playing the Lakers the game of their season. These factors and others make a strong case for optimism that the Lakers will repeat as NBA champions. But optimism doesn't sell newspapers, especially these days. The gossip surrounding Kobe and Shaq does. That's the sad part of today's journalistic prose and your articles remind us that good objective sports writing must take a backseat to a lack of knowledge and innuendo innuendo n. from Latin innuere, "to nod toward." In law it means "an indirect hint." "Innuendo" is used in lawsuits for defamation (libel or slander), usually to show that the party suing was the person about whom the nasty statements were made or why the comments . JEFFREY R. MOUALIM Santa Ynez `Rednecks' applaud I have followed the scheduling and coverage you've given NASCAR NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla. the past few weeks and, so far, I'm impressed. Please continue your coverage and scheduling info as there are apparently a lot more ``rednecks'' in L.A. than you previously realized. LINDA FERRELL Burbank Yankees spend, too Why don't you mention how much money the Yankees are paying out this year? It hurts to say it, but the Yankees are the No. 1 baseball team. But top team or not, they are shelling out a lot of money. The Dodgers shell out some bucks for Kevin Brown and all we hear from all the owners is how we're skyrocketing the payroll. R. BARROSO Simi Valley |
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