Columnists Jim Alexander and Mirjam Swanson discuss some of the week’s sports issues.
From left, the late Bill Walton, Clippers coach Tyronn Lue and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts sharing a personal mound visit with pitcher Yohan Ramirez. on Monday at age 71. I referred to him as a “force of nature,” but that may just have scratched the surface.
This guy’s athletic prowess put him on a pedestal from his earliest days and he wasn’t a jerk. On the contrary, he was a nice guy, aware and positive-minded. “He just had a view of the world that few people are fortunate to have. I wish I had it, I wish more of us had it.”I made a reference a few years ago to the idea that his basketball commentary might drive some viewers – mostly the partisans – nuts, not only because he refused to be bogged down by Xs and Os butAnd now … usually we come into this with a rough idea of what we’re going to discuss, but here’s some breaking news:to a “new, long-term” contract.
Along those lines, I’m going back and listening to Ramona Shelburne’s 30 for 30 podcast from 2019, “The Sterling Affairs,” a four-part deep dive into Sterling’s eccentric ownership of the team on which this miniseries is based. Ramona, a former Daily News sports columnist and now a regular on ESPN’s weekday “NBA Today” show, is also an executive producer of this series.
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