1. Los Angeles Lakers: The 2012-13 Season in Retrospect

    How did a Los Angeles Lakers season that started off with such high hopes and anticipation end in such heartbreak? It was only late last summer when GM Mitch Kupchak engineered ...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 21 days ago 1,177 reads 9 comments

  2. Los Angeles Lakers: The First-Round Exit Is Nigh

    So yes, the Lakers made the playoffs and the seventh seed at that. But this isn't fun. It feels more like a death watch...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 1 month ago 888 reads 7 comments

  3. Los Angeles Lakers: Is Metta World Peace Too Sexy?

    I don’t even know where to begin with the Lakers. Should I talk about how joyless the basketball is in LA right now? How the entire team looks exhausted? How I am exhausted ...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 1 month ago 2,233 reads 5 comments

  4. Kobe's Injury Means Dwight Howard Gets to Prove He Can Lead the LA Lakers

    OK, Los Angeles Laker fans…don’t panic. Yet. As everybody knows by now, Kobe Bryant went down with a sprained ankle in the final seconds of the 96-92 loss to ...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 2 months ago 4,978 reads 13 comments

  5. Los Angeles Lakers Mount Furious Comeback to Beat New Orleans

    This is what Lakers fans thought they were getting back in August when Mitch Kupchak pulled off a series of moves bringing Dwight Howard , Steve Nash and various other pieces to Los Angeles...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 3 months ago 277 reads 0 comments

  6. Los Angeles Lakers: Have They Found Their Mojo?

    When last we met, I was opining that the Lakers needed to recapture their mojo . They’d completely lost their swagger. Well Lakers fans, here we are halfway through the Lakers’ Grammy road trip...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 4 months ago 200 reads 1 comments

  7. Los Angeles Lakers: Is There Any Hope for the Playoffs?

    Is there any hope? Short answer: not much. Not unless there are drastic changes. I have been trying to put my finger on what is wrong with the Lakers so that it can be addressed and help fix the team...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 4 months ago 803 reads 4 comments

  8. Will Dwight Howard Still Be a Laker at the End of the Season?

    Numbers to contemplate: There are 16 games left until the All-Star break. The Los Angeles Lakers ' current record is 17-21. Take a look at the Lakers' upcoming 16 opponents and see where you think the wins are...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 4 months ago 808 reads 2 comments

  9. What's Next for Mark Sanchez and the New York Jets?

    What a disaster the 2012 season has been for the New York Jets . Now the fallout begins. General manager Mike Tannenbaum was fired , but head coach Rex Ryan stays...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 5 months ago 2,595 reads 8 comments

  10. Sanchez Is Benched, Jets Win and Chaos Rules the Day

    Fear ultimately did what no amount of coaching and practice could ... motivate the Jets to play better. When Rex Ryan benched Mark Sanchez in the third quarter against the Cardinals , it got everyone's attention...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 6 months ago 522 reads 0 comments

  11. Los Angeles Lakers: How They Can Get Their Swagger Back

    I’ ve been trying to think how to explain to my non-basketball-obsessed friends and family why Laker Nation is freaking out right now...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 7 months ago 536 reads 0 comments

  12. NFL Week 8: Do the New York Jets Have Any Shot at the Playoffs?

    Since the loss in New England, I have come to the following conclusion: The Patriots aren ’t as good as we thought, and the Jets aren ’t as bad as we thought...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 7 months ago 465 reads 8 comments

  13. NFL Week 7: Jets Head to Foxboro to Face Patriots

    The Jets are going to be underdogs when they head to Foxboro this weekend. So the question becomes, can the Jets upset the Patriots ? And the answer is, maybe. It’s not out of the realm of possibility...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 7 months ago 152 reads 1 comments

  14. New York Jets: the Tebow Package Is Not Working Right Now

    When last we met, I was opining that I thought Rex Ryan was facing one of his toughest coaching challenges ever: Two demoralizing personnel losses and a 34-0 blowout embarrassment at the hands of the 49ers ...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 8 months ago 371 reads 0 comments

  15. Rex Ryan: Week 5 Is the Moment of Truth for New York Jets Coach

    The Jets were embarrassed in front of their home crowd on Sunday, shutout and shellacked to the tune of 34 points. Everyone knew the 49ers were a better squad, but the Jets weren ’t even competitive...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 8 months ago 1,037 reads 3 comments

  16. NY Jets: Darrelle Revis Is Out, but All Is Not Lost

    If there is any silver lining for the Jets in the wake of the replacement refs' gaffe on Monday Night Football it’s that the white-hot spotlight of media attention is not focused on Florham Park...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 8 months ago 391 reads 0 comments

  17. New York Jets: A Loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers Takes the Shine off Week 1

    Well, the good news is the Patriots lost. The bad news is so did the Jets . But let’s all remain calm, Jets fans. It could be worse...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 8 months ago 307 reads 0 comments

  18. The Los Angeles Lakers Win. Again.

    Only the Lakers could pull off such a blockbuster trade that threw the Olympics and the start of the NFL season off the front pages and threw Sportscenter ’s evening lineup completely out of whack...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 10 months ago 2,693 reads 5 comments

  19. NBA Finals 2012: A Laker Fan's Perspective

    I can pinpoint the exact moment I changed my mind about LeBron James: it was late in Game 4 of the NBA Finals as he was kneeling on the sideline desperately trying to will himself back into the game after suffering debilitating cramps...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 11 months ago 2,603 reads 145 comments

  20. NBA Playoffs 2012: Los Angeles Lakers Post-Mortem

    It's taken me days to come to terms with the end of the Lakers season—mostly because it also has the feel of the end of an era. I didn't want to see that truth in print staring back at me...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 12 months ago 1,909 reads 5 comments

  21. Are the New York Jets Setting Up Mark Sanchez to Fail?

    What on earth is going on with the New York Jets ? I hardly ever agree with Stephen A. Smith, but he is absolutely right . The fix is in for Mark Sanchez ...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 1 year ago 1,367 reads 31 comments

  22. NBA Playoffs 2012: Can the Lakers Beat the Thunder?

    Peace be with you. And also with you. All hail the return of Metta World Peace. The Lakers finally closed out Denver in Game 7. A task they should have done two games ago...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 1 year ago 775 reads 1 comments

  23. NBA Playoffs 2012: Why the Nuggets Can Win the Series Against the Lakers

    The title of Charles Barkley’s 2002 book is “I May Be Wrong, but I Doubt It.” And for good reason, too: The TNT studio analyst has been proclaiming non-stop that ...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 1 year ago 643 reads 1 comments

  24. NBA Playoffs 2012: Kobe Bryant and Los Angeles Lakers' Quest for Title 17 Begins

    Every so often, out of nowhere, Kobe Bryant will surprise everyone and tell us exactly what he’s thinking. Or what was really going on. Typically, during the playoffs, Bryant’s answers are brusque and his comments are terse...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 1 year ago 1,609 reads 3 comments

  25. NBA Playoffs 2012: Los Angeles Lakers and the Effort Required to Win It All

    So Laker fans...anything going on while I’ ve been away? Kidding! Obviously “the elbow of doom” is the big story. Or as I call it: The return of Ron Artest...

    Victoria Sterling Written by Victoria Sterling about 1 year ago 760 reads 3 comments