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OdomStarHead
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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject: Who is your favorite Lakers beat writer? |
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| Gotta go with Kevin Ding of the OC Register. Dude, punched out another great article today. And his blog is fantastic as well. |
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Orestes
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject: Re: Who is your favorite Lakers beat writer? |
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| OdumbStarhead wrote: |
| Gotta go with Kevin Ding of the OC Register. Dude, punched out another great article today. And his blog is fantastic as well. |
Yeah, I like Ding as well. |
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LakerSanity
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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Kevin Ding.... no agenda and great inside/insightful info
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Ding!!!  |
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Critical Beatdown
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Ding has his head up his butt, but he does get decent access so provides some insight into stuff. To say he has "no agenda" isn't supported by his latest article. |
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To be honest, it's Eric Pincus.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:32 am Post subject: |
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| Former LA-Times writer Tim Brown I miss his insights he was the best of the best. |
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| Ding Ding Ding!!! We have a winner |
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OdomStarHead
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| Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:36 am Post subject: |
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| Critical Beatdown wrote: |
| Ding has his head up his butt, but he does get decent access so provides some insight into stuff. To say he has "no agenda" isn't supported by his latest article. |
Agenda? Being honest. Yup, dying breed among sports journalist. |
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OC Register
Kevin Ding.
All of the LA Times sports writers and columnist who cover the Lakers still hate Kobe and act like Shaq is still in LA and plays for the Lakers. |
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melo061
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Ding easily. He basically says everything that is running through my head. Pretty freaky.
Love that he holds Lamar accountable |
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melo061
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| Critical Beatdown wrote: |
| Ding has his head up his butt, but he does get decent access so provides some insight into stuff. To say he has "no agenda" isn't supported by his latest article. |
Oh Boo hoo. So he isn't a Lamar Odom supporter. I guarantee if he spouted the nonsensical rhetoric spit out by odom fans you'd be his biggest fan
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Hector the Pup
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| Critical Beatdown wrote: |
| Ding has his head up his butt, but he does get decent access so provides some insight into stuff. To say he has "no agenda" isn't supported by his latest article. |
What exactly was agenda driven by his latest article?
Or did you simply mean that what he wrote was counter to your own agenda?
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| I really don't think there are too many positive Laker beat writers. |
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Addicus
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Kevin Ding, Emplay and Roderick Turner at the Press enterprise.
I don't here much from Rod for the last 2 years but I enjoyed him.
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Kevin Ding.
Nobody else is even close.
... which is quite sad, actually. |
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pokoy
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Ding.
This thread is begging for a poll.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:47 am Post subject: |
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| Kevin Ding; it isn't even close. |
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eric pincus.
no contest. |
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CabinCreek44
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Another vote for Ding. Does a great job.
The LA Times blows chunks. They need to clean house and start over. |
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Kevin Ding was who I thought of before I looked in here. Glad to see I stack up with the rest of you!
Emplay rocks too.
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| CabinCreek44 wrote: |
Another vote for Ding. Does a great job.
The LA Times blows chunks. They need to clean house and start over. |
For the life of me, I do not understand how such a respected newspaper does such a shoddy job covering a local team. I grew up reading Bill Murray, who was one of the greatest sportswriters of our age. To go from Bill Murray to the current band of misanthropic misfits is an injustice. The blame of course resides with the Sports section editor, and ultimately the Publisher, who have confused objectivity with negativity and pettiness.
If the LA Times prioritized Laker coverage, they'd publish our DancingBarry. |
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CabinCreek44
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^ I think you mean Jim Murray. Although Bill Murray could probably play a hilarious sports writer in a film. 
But I agree with your post. Murray is a legend. The Laker beat writers from the Murray days, Mal Florence, Ted Green, Steve Springer...all those guys were excellent. At some point the Times Sports lost their way and it's just a rag now, a disgrace to those who made it great. |
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angrypuppy
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Lord have mercy. Not enough coffee. |
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