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Shotgun Spread Formation: Prospect Watch

by Shotgun Spratling, Tommy Morris & Grant Tunkel

LISTEN: A recap of Wednesday's sports highlights as well as MLB Spring Training analysis, including prospect comparisons and Garciaparra's place in Red Sox history. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: Sleepless

by Shotgun Spratling, Andrew Magne & Patrick Crawley | March 9, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of Tuesday's sports highlights as well as NBA basketball analysis, including what's wrong with the Lakers and which team will be left out in the cold in the Eastern Conference. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: NFL Movement

by Shotgun Spratling, Chris Pisar & Mohammed Rahmen | March 9, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of this weekend and Monday's sports and highlights, including all the key NFL transactions. Also, NASCAR and U.S. soccer analysis, including the U.S. team's overall health. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: Hank Gathers

by Shotgun Spratling, Patrick Crawley & Dave Dulberg | March 5, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of Thursday's sports highlights. Also, college basketball analysis, including the last four in & last four out of the NCAA tournament. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: Combine Game-Changers

by Shotgun Spratling, Chris Pisar & Grant Tunkel | March 4, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of the Wednesday's sports and highlights with NFL combine analysis, including what Taylor Mays' performance means. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: Changing Jersey Numbers

by Shotgun Spratling, Michael Green & Patrick Crawley | March 3, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of the Tuesday's sports and highlights with NBA analysis, including what LeBron's number change really means. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: Inflatable Beavers

by Shotgun Spratling, Chris Pisar & Mohammed Rahman | March 2, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of the weekend and Monday's sports and highlights and NASCAR and Winter Olympic analysis, including hockey versus inflatable beavers. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: Hummel-less In W. Lafayette

by Shotgun Spratling, Tommy Morris & Mark Shore | February 26, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of the Thursday's sports and highlights and college basketball analysis, including Purdue's future without Robbie Hummel. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: Scouting the Combine

by Shotgun Spratling, Ruth Frantz & Chris Siciliano | February 25, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of Wednesday's sports highlights and analysis of the NFL scouting combine.
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Shotgun Spread Formation: Raise Me Up

by Shotgun Spratling, Andrew Magne & Patrick Crawley | February 24, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of Tuesday's sports highlights as well as some NBA analysis and a little Josh Groban sprinkled in for your listening pleasure.
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Shotgun Spread Formation: Hockey Border Battle

by Shotgun Spratling, Chris Pisar & Mohammed Rahman | February 23, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of the weekend and Monday's sports and highlights with a plethora of various happenings to catch up with from over the weeked and tennis and Winter Olympic analysis, including USA/Canada hockey. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: Trade Deadline

by Shotgun Spratling, Dave Dulberg & Chris Siciliano | February 19, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of the Thursday's sports and highlights with all the day's NBA trades and college basketball analysis, including Player of the Year chatter. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: Spring is in the Air

by Shotgun Spratling & Grant Tunkel | February 18, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of the Wednesday's sports and highlights with a NBA trade deadline update and Spring Training baseball analysis, including the bigger draw: Mark McGwire or Stephen Strasburg. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: Dunk Contest Tangents

by Shotgun Spratling, Andrew Magne & Patrick Crawley | February 17, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of the Tuesday's sports and highlights with a NBA trade deadline update and analysis by Patrick Crawley, including possible Tracy McGrady destinations. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: Not Enough Winter for Olympics

by Shotgun Spratling, Chris Pisar & Ruth Frantz | February 15, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of the weekend and Monday's sports and highlights with a Winter Olympic update and analysis by Ruth Frantz, including the effect the weather is having in Vancouver. [...]

Wade Dominates NBA All-Star Game, Trojans Sweep Bruins

by John Collins | February 15, 2010
Staff Reporter

Dwyane Wade captured his first All-Star MVP award, USC basketball swept UCLA, the Winter Olympics kicked off in Vancouver and Peyton Manning confused fans about Wheaties. John Collins recaps the week in sports. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: UConn Chasing History

by Shotgun Spratling, Tommy Morris & Chris Pisar | February 11, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of Thursday's sports and highlights with exclusive college basketball analysis by Chris Pisar, including Connecticut's basketball programs heading in opposite directions. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: No Sex in the Champagne Room

by Shotgun Spratling, Tommy Morris & Mohammed Rahman | February 10, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of Wednesday's sports from Shotgun Spratling and Tommy Morris with exclusive soccer and USC tennis analysis by Mohammed Rahman, including John Terry's sex-capades costing him his captaincy. [...]

Saints Win Super Bowl, 13-Year-Old Commits To USC

by John Collins | February 10, 2010
Staff Reporter

Drew Brees led the Saints to their first Super Bowl win in franchise history, Peyton Manning refused to shake hands and Danica Patrick set a date with NASCAR.
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Shotgun Spread Formation: Dunk Contest Dreaming

by Shotgun Spratling, Andrew Magne & Patrick Crawley | February 9, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of Tuesday's sports from Shotgun Spratling and Andrew Magne with exclusive NBA All-Star analysis by Patrick Crawley, including NBA Dunk Contest dreams. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: Super Bowl

by Shotgun Spratling, Chris Pisar & Grant Tunkel | February 8, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of this weekend and Monday's sports from Shotgun Spratling and Chris Pisar with exclusive NFL Super Bowl analysis by Grant Tunkel, including who shined and who fizzled in the big game. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation: Pac-10 Logjam

by Shotgun Spratling, Dave Dulberg & Chris Pisar | February 4, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of Thursday's sports from Shotgun Spratling and Dave Dulberg with exclusive college basketball analysis by Chris Pisar, including a look at the crowded Pac-10 men's basketball standings. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation - National Signing Day Edition

by Shotgun Spratling, Dave Dulberg & Grant Tunkel | February 4, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of Wednesday's sports from Shotgun Spratling and Dave Dulberg with exclusive college and pro football analysis by Grant Tunkel. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation

by Shotgun Spratling, Andrew Magne & Patrick Crawley | February 3, 2010

LISTEN: A recap of Tuesday's sports from Shotgun Spratling and Andrew Magne with exclusive NBA analysis by Patrick Crawley. [...]

Shotgun Spread Formation (2/1)

by Shotgun Spratling, Chris Pisar & Mohammed Rahman

LISTEN: A recap of Monday's sports from Shotgun Spratling and Chris Pisar with exclusive tennis analysis by Mohammed Rahman. [...]

State Of The Sports World Address

by John Collins | February 1, 2010
Staff Reporter

John Collins addresses the biggest issues in the world of sports, including Tiger Woods' infidelity, Mark McGwire's steroid confession, Gilbert Arenas' gun play, and Kurt Warner's retirement. [...]

Week in Review: Colts and Saints Super Bowl Bound, MLB Offseason Heats up

by John Collins | January 25, 2010
Staff Reporter

The Sports Illustrated curse claimed the Jets and Vikings, Tim Lincecum made the courtroom his home, and the Mets continued to screw up their offseason by allowing a toy to make personnel decisions. John Collins recaps the week in sports. [...]

Week in Review: Bush Shines, McGwire Comes Clean

by John Collins | January 18, 2010
Staff Reporter

With Mark McGwire's steroid confession and round two of the NFL playoffs, it was a busy week in the world of sports. John Collins recaps the most important stories. [...]

Obama Wins Nobel Prize, NASA To The Moon, SoCal Baseball Blasts Off, And More...

by Richie Duchon | October 9, 2009
Senior News Editor

President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize today. Shhh, don't tell the committee he's waging a war in Afghanistan and thinking of making it bigger. There was a very large, deadly bombing in Pakistan. The Dodgers and Angels fared well last night. And NASA says it wants some ice from the moon. [...]

Health Care Reform Gets A Boost, Whitman Gives Specifics, Another Day In Kabul, And More...

by Richie Duchon | October 8, 2009
Senior News Editor

Democrats got a huge boost Wednesday in their effort to pass health care reform. Spoiler alert: it will actually save money and insure more people. A small earthquake hit off the SoCal coast. Whitman talks specifics with the OC Register. And, hold on to your seats, the FHA, a government entity, looks like it's setting up another housing bubble. Yes, like the one that started the global economic meltdown. Really? [...]

LAPD Lies, Whitman Says She Voted, Letterman's Dirty Laundry, And More...

by Richie Duchon | October 7, 2009
Senior News Editor

Three LAPD officer reportedly perjured themselves on the stand and have now been formally charged. GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman claims she remembers voting in the 1980's. Obama calls for action in Guinea. And the city of Long Beach approves a large development deal with Boeing.
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Greening Federal Gov., Sheep Fire, Favre, And More...

by Richie Duchon | October 6, 2009
Senior News Editor

Obama has issued an executive order to green up the federal government, thanks in big part to a former L.A. deputy mayor. The latest wildfire looks like it is headed for containment. Brett Favre set a new record. And Roski loses more than $1 billion, but says football is still on its way back to L.A. [...]

Ahmadinejad's Jewish Roots, Shilling Bloggers, The Big Payback, Clinton Behind Newsom, And More...

by Richie Duchon | October 5, 2009
Senior News Editor

The Iranian president's ID card indicates Jewish roots. The FTC says shilling bloggers must disclose any payments. California could be forced to pay back billions of dollars it already allocated in fixing this year's budget. President Bill Clinton is in L.A. to endorse San Francisco's mayor for governor. The Supreme Court plans to take the field today with a new member on the diamond. And you thought you paid for your kid's college a long time ago, but now the state is saying sorry, think again. [...]

Chi-Town Gets A Boot, DWP Chief Out, Letterman Comes Clean, And More...

by Richie Duchon | October 2, 2009
Senior News Editor

Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympics. Chicagoans are stunned after getting the boot after the first round. The embattled head of the L.A. Department of Water and Power has left the building. Schwarzengger asks Washington to fork over $4.7 billion for high speed rail. And a U.S. Forest Service memo calls the early efforts to fight the Station fire into question. [...]

Mumbai Terrorist Group, California Dreaming, Highway Art, And More...

by Richie Duchon | September 30, 2009
Senior News Editor

The group that attacked Mumbai, killing more than 160 people last November appears to be intact and well. Governor Schwarzenegger hopes to get a less than luke warm legislature on board with a radically different revenue generating plan for the state. And don't miss a video of L.A. City Council. It might make you just want to show up in person. [...]

Iran's Nuclear Program, Calif. Gov Race, San Diego Saves, And More...

by Richie Duchon | September 29, 2009
Senior News Editor

Is Iran making nuclear warheads? The U.S. says no. France and Germany beg to differ. The death toll in the Philippines is rising, and more storms are on the way. California Attorney General Jerry Brown fared well in a new poll of people running for governor, which he's not...yet. And there are real public safety threats in L.A. County. See what they are. [...]

Polling Nonsense, Obama's Backswing, Transpo Treachery, And More...

by Richie Duchon | September 28, 2009
Senior News Editor

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Iran Gets Slammed, Manson Accomplice Dies, Fresh Food In South L.A., And More...

by Richie Duchon | September 25, 2009
Senior News Editor

Iran is at it again. Obama, Brown and Sarkozy plan to tell Iran this morning just how mad they are. Sen. Feinstein is doing some interesting things in Congress to show her support for immigrants. Susan Atkins, who went on a 1969 killing spree with Charles Manson, died last night in prison. And a story about a local meat producer scores one for the vegetarians out there. [...]

Protests At UC Schools, NFL In L.A., Baidu In Google Country, And More...

by Richie Duchon | September 24, 2009
Senior News Editor

Today we find out how angry students, faculty and staff in the UC system are. They're expected to rally and protest across the state. Plans for an NFL stadium and team in L.A. have cleared a major hurdle. China's biggest search engine, Baidu, paid a visit to Google-land. And an L.A. City Councilman has told the department of water and power to shove it, and then change its rules. [...]

Baucus Balks, Terror And Fire, City Elections, And More...

by Richie Duchon | September 23, 2009
Senior News Editor

Sen. Max Baucus has given in some on his proposed health care reform plan. Terror alerts in the wake of arrests this week have spread from public transit to places we have fun: hotels and stadiums. Fire season is well under way. And, hold on tight, there's going to be a runoff for the Los Angeles 2nd District City Council seat. [...]

Huge Gang Raid, Initiative State, Man Vs Wild, And More...

by Richie Duchon | September 22, 2009
Senior News Editor

A good history of how California's budget came to be so screwed. Transportation advocates are all aflutter ahead of a federal stimulus grant deadline and a revving up of a new transportation bill in Congress. A state Senator is being investigated for sleeping under the wrong roof. And killing coyotes in Los Angeles raises hackles. [...]

Afghanistan Report, Terror Arrests, Calif. Budget Lesson, And More...

by Richie Duchon | September 21, 2009
Senior News Editor

The top military commander in Afghanistan says he needs more troops. Three men will show up in court today to face terror charges of planning to attack targets in the U.S. Neil Patrick Harris, "30 Rock" and "Mad Men" seem to have made last night's Emmys a success. And two California newspapers try to help us understand how the state gets into a budget crisis every now again and again and again and how it might get out of this one. [...]

City Reaches Deal With Unions, ACORN, Gov.'s Prison Homework, And More...

by Richie Duchon | September 18, 2009
Senior News Editor

The Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) is feeling the heat from Washinton to the web. Gov. Schwarzenegger's homework on how to reduce California's prison population is due to federal judges today. The L.A. Times has a look at why gang violence has spiked in South L.A. And keep your eye out for a parking space to relax in today...and maybe grill a burger. [...]

Yale Murder Arrest, Pelosi On Baucus, L.A. Axe, And More...

by Richie Duchon | September 17, 2009
Senior News Editor

An arrest has been made in the murder of a California native and Yale student that has gotten national attention. Pelosi is cold on the latest health bill out of the Senate. The L.A. City Council is sharpening it's axe, but plans not to use it. And the ACLU scores a victory over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. [...]

Newsom Gets Clinton, County Sup. Feels Heat, USC Hit-Run Trial On, And More...

by Richie Duchon | September 16, 2009
Senior News Editor

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom gets a big endorsement in his bid for governor. An investigation is coming close to an L.A. county supervisor. An end-run around the state's strict environmental standards was a no go for a proposed NFL stadium in L.A., but new negotiations might be moving things forward. And a judge has ordered a couple accused of being involved in the hit-and-run of two USC students to stand trial by the end of the month. [...]

Gov. Says 'My Way,' LADWP Caught Napping, Shoe Thrower Free, And More...

by Richie Duchon | September 15, 2009
Senior News Editor

Governor Schwarzenegger is expected to declare a renewable energy mandate for the state today by his own rules, not the state legislature's. The LADWP seems to have been asleep at the wheel on a major deal that could have provided a large chunk of wind energy to the city. And the guy that threw a shoe at President Bush is free, but frightened. [...]

Obama's Wall Street Speech, Paranoids, Last Minute Antics In Sacramento, And More...

by Richie Duchon | September 14, 2009
Senior News Editor

Obama reminds Wall Street: you owe the American people. Some in the GOP are worried about the hyper-paranoid fringe of the party. Feinstein joins some Democratic senators in opposing Obama on Afghanistan. And the state legislature closed for vacation this past weekend, but not before passing and failing to pass important pieces of legislation. [...]

Good Morning Sunshine

by Richie Duchon | September 11, 2009
Senior News Editor

The top stories generating heat in and around Los Angeles and SoCal. [...]

Thursday Sparks

by Richie Duchon | September 10, 2009
Senior Editor

The top stories generating heat in and around Los Angeles and SoCal.

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Wednesday Walk Through

by Neon Tommy News | September 9, 2009

A daily look at the most compelling L.A. and SoCal stories percolating with your morning Joe. [...]