THE WRITING ON (AND OFF) THE WALL : CAN HE AVOID CLIPPERS' GRASP?Byline: TOM HOFFARTH Why do the Clippers even bother to cross the road anymore? If it was to get to the other side, that'd be acceptable. But every time they're at a crossroads in the franchise, they become like the car stuck in park on the train tracks, oblivious to the gate coming down on its hood and the Amtrack Amtrack can refer to:
They're damned if they do and damned if we know what they're going to do next. So Baron Davis Baron Walter Louis Davis (born April 13 1979, in Los Angeles, California) is an American professional basketball player currently starting at point guard for the NBA's Golden State Warriors. He began playing basketball at the age of five. , the kid from Crossroads High before he abused his privilege to attend 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 , gets to engineer this time, bearing down on his NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= future with the Clippers standing in the way of everything. If he's lucky, Charlotte will take him No. 3 in Wednesday's draft. If the Clippers are lucky, he'll be there at No. 4 for them to take. We'll be waiting at the other side with a tow truck and a crowbar. . . . The last time the Clippers used a first-round pick to draft an L.A.-area player was in . . . let's see . . . Bo Kimble, c'mon down! That's still gotta sting. . . . One other scenario: The Clippers, who can't decide between Northridge escapees Rico Harris and Greg Minor, take neither. . . . Had Kevin Garnett not only picked a college to attend but stayed there four years, this would have been his draft notice. . . . Thanks, Shaq, for not pulling a Penny. . . . Note to Larry Johnson: Actually, yes, that is the same UCLA pot-smoking hippie. . . . The new formula for the Bowl Championship Series that's supposed to be released this week will likely include even more computer rankings to be lumped in with the three they already use from Jeff Sagarin, The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times and the Seattle Times. Wanna wan·na Informal 1. Contraction of want to: You wanna go now? 2. Contraction of want a: You wanna slice of pie? use the UCLA Daily Bruin?. . . . In the past couple of weeks, USC's athletic department was 3-0 in court cases involving lawsuits filed against it by a former academic aide, a former women's basketball coach and its former broadcast partners. In media coverage of each case, the school - in particular, Mike Garrett - took some pretty nasty hits from the accusers, yet the school fought back, including debunking de·bunk tr.v. de·bunked, de·bunk·ing, de·bunks To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims of: debunk a supposed miracle drug. a Sports Illustrated story that never printed. Redemption must be sweet. And expensive. . . . The Kings announced they're starting the first hockey league - both in-line and on-ice - for high school kids in October with some games to be played at the Iceoplex in West Hills and some at the Staples Center. . . . Has the World Bowl '99 pregame show ended yet? . . . As for the issue of equal pay for men and women at Wimbledon, look at it this way: You'd pay to watch Anna Kournikova do pretty much anything on a tennis court, but the same can't be said of Pete Sampras. . . . That NBC-Turner spring pro football league intends to launch by Memorial Day weekend of 2001. . . . Jackie Joyner-Kersee and her husband Bob are going invest a bunch of money into starting a race team that will put a car in the 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. Winston Cup circuit next year. They're suppose to announce this week. . . . Our interest is beginning to peak for this WNBA WNBA Women's National Basketball Association WNBA World Ninepin Bowling Association WNBA Wannabe Nasty Boys Association WNBA Women's National Book Association, Inc. WNBA Warszawski Nurt Basketu Amatorskiego season . . . Here it comes Here It Comes is the third EP from Doves. It was the last release on the band's Casino Records label on August 2, 1999 on limited CD and 10" vinyl. Martin Rebelski, the unofficial fourth member of Doves, plays piano on the title track. . . . OK, now it's gone. You go, girls . . . Asked recently by Sacramento Bee columnist Mark Kreidler how he was coping with the struggles of a team he predicted would be appearing in the World Series this fall, Dodgers GM Kevin Malone said: ``There has been a lot of prayer time. I have been spending a lot more time reading the Scriptures, seeking God's wisdom.'' Strange, considering in the past, Tommy Lasorda's ``Big Dodger In The Sky'' seemed to work pretty consistently for the team. |
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