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Chargers to win Super Bowl, if Eagles' opener trend continues | Covers.com
San Diego Chargers fans might as well book a ticket to New Jersey for February 2 and while they’re at it, throw a couple bucks down on the Bolts at...

Report: Rivers facing his final shot with Chargers | SI.com
about any way you slice it, this is a make-or-break type of season upcoming for Philip Rivers. The Chargers’ starter at QB for the past seven seasons, Rivers will turn 32 in December, has a cumbersome contract and no ties to San Diego’s new coaching staff. Kevin Acee...

New Chargers coach Mike McCoy is known as a QB guru. He has some work ahead trying to fix Philip Rivers. | SI.com
down. Here are some nuggets gleaned from my conversations with the fresh faces that lead the Jaguars, Bills, Chargers and Browns.... First, a caveat: It's a long way until April 25 and the first round of the NFL draft, and much can happen in the coming five-plus weeks...

Will Chargers leave for LA? Which newspaper d'ya read? | San Diego Reader
downtown LA, which would be occupied by one or perhaps two teams -- one of them, possibly, the Chargers. When Anschutz's moves were announced, Jay Paris of the U-T wrote, "The message from the City of Angels was one many always speculated: Ding, dong, the NFL remains dead...

Chargers add RB Woodhead | SI.com
The San Diego Chargers signed running back Danny Woodhead to a two-year deal on Friday, the team announced. Financial terms were not announced. The signing of kick returner Leon Washington by the...

Chargers hawking combined convention center/roofed stadium | San Diego Reader
of the convention center. Later, the Coastal Commission will decide if the expansion should go ahead. Mark Fabiani, Chargers flack, has told NBC7 that "If for any reason -- whether it's the court next week or the Coastal Commission in a few months -- the existing convention center...

Rapid Reaction: Clippers 93, Grizzlies 91 | ESPN.com
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 93-91 in thrilling fashion Monday night at Staples Center and took a 2-0 lead in the first-round series of the...

Adande: Grizzlies' tough luck continues against Clippers | ESPN.com
Tim Legler looks at some positive signs for the Grizzlies after a 93-91 loss to the Clippers.NEXT VIDEO Tim Legler looks at some positive signs for the Grizzlies after a 93-91 loss to the Clippers.Highlight Of The Night: Chris Paul's off-balanced jumper with less...

As expected, Chris Paul rewards Clippers' faith in his greatness | SI.com
Chris Paul showed little emotion after leading the Clippers to a 93-91 Game 2 win on his buzzer-beater. Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/ LOS ANGELES -- As the ball slipped through the net, Chris Paul did not raise his arms or...

Death of son of Clippers owner is ruled accidental | Los Angeles Times
32, found dead New Year's Day, died of a pulmonary embolism and 'intravenous narcotic medication intake,' the Los Angeles County coroner said. By Andrew Blankstein and Matt Stevens, The death earlier this year of Scott Sterling, 32-year-old son of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, was caused...

Paul's last-second shot saves Clips vs. Griz | ESPN.com
Chris Paul's running jumper with a tenth of a second left gave the Los Angeles Clippers a 93-91 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night and a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.

Game Thread: Los Angeles Clippers vs Memphis Grizzlies, Game 2 | Los Angeles Daily News
Join our live fan discussion regarding the second playoff game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Memphis Grizzlies.

Death of Clippers owner's son ruled accidental | ESPN.com
LOS ANGELES -- Coroner's investigators say the death of owner Donald Sterling's son was a drug-related accident. Los Angeles County Coroner's officials said in a statement Monday that...

Death of Scott Sterling, son of Clippers owner, ruled accidental | Los Angeles Times
Scott Sterling, the 32-year-old son of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, died as a result of a pulmonary embolism and "narcotic medication intake" in what Los Angeles County coroner's officials classified as an accidental death...

Rapid Reaction: Clippers 112, Grizzlies 91 | ESPN.com
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Memphis Grizzlies, 112-91, in the opener of their first-round Western Conference playoff series Saturday night at Staples Center. Here are three keys...

'Three-headed monster' keys Clippers victory | ESPN.com
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Clippers aren't the first team to employ a three-guard lineup, but you'd be hard-pressed to find another quite like the one they used...

The Los Angeles Clippers took an early lead and never let up, getting their playoff campaign off to a strong start with a 112-91 win over the Memphis Grizzles in Game 1 out West. | SI.com
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Clippers vs. Grizzlies, the sequel, promises to be contentious | Los Angeles Times
A feisty rivalry seems to have developed after Clippers beat Memphis in a seven-game playoff series last year. Now they meet in first round again, starting Saturday. Chris Paul was told after practice Friday that his team, the Clippers...

NBA playoffs: Clippers keys vs. Grizzlies | ESPN.com
Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Here are some keys for the Los Angeles Clippers in their first-round playoff matchup with the Memphis Grizzlies, which begins Saturday: Control the tempo The Grizzlies play a self-proclaimed "grit-and-grind" style of basketball, averaging the second-slowest pace...

Rapid Reaction: Clippers 112, Kings 108 | ESPN.com
The Los Angeles Clippers knew what was at stake heading into Wednesday night's regular-season finale against the Sacramento Kings. Win the game and they clinch home-court advantage against the Memphis Grizzlies...

Clippers need to learn how to live with success | Los Angeles Times
the real possibility the energy in this graveyard might raise the Kings from the dead, thereby sending the Clippers to Memphis to begin the playoffs. However, this has been the best regular season in Clippers' history, with Wednesday night's 112-108 victory the exclamation point. While the local yokels...

Clippers clinch home-court advantage in win over Kings, 112-108 | Los Angeles Times
Jamal Crawford scored 24 points, including several big shots down the stretch, and the Los Angeles Clippers locked up home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, holding off the Sacramento Kings 112-108 on Wednesday night in the regular-season finale for both teams. Chris...

Clippers knock off Kings to clinch home court | ESPN.com
Los Angeles Clippers STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS Blake Griffin, PF313-100-01-2134200427 Caron Butler, SF224-83-40-00220101311 DeAndre Jordan, C294-70-00-33710002018 Chauncey Billups, PG195-83-64-41340003317 Chris Paul...

Clippers aiming for home-court advantage | ESPN.com
LOS ANGELESAnd so one game remains in the record-setting season of the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers have accomplished so much already this season, but so much is still to be...

Clippers edge closer to home-court advantage | Los Angeles Times
One more victory and the Clippers will have home-court advantage in the Western Conference playoffs. They moved into position to host a first-round playoff opener by running past the Portland Trail Blazers, 93-77, on Tuesday night...

Clippers fan sinks half-court shot | SI.com
Video: Another Clippers fan nails half-court shot to win car Ben Golliver, Los Angeles Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers One more for the road. An NBA year full of half-court shot highlights saw another...

Clippers cruise past Blazers for 6th straight win | ESPN.com
Caron Butler scored 18 of his 22 points in the third quarter, and the Los Angeles Clippers routed the Portland Trail Blazers 93-77 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight victory.

Rapid Reaction: Clippers 93, Blazers 77 | ESPN.com
LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Clippers turned in a dominating performance during a 93-77 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers Tuesday in their regular-season home finale Tuesday night at Staples...

Chauncey Billups of Los Angeles Clippers practices, expects to play | ESPN.com
PLAYA VISTA, Calif. -- guard Chauncey Billups practiced Monday and is expected to start Tuesday against the . Clippers forward Caron Butler, who was sidelined for much of Saturday's game against the Memphis Grizzlies with a sore right knee, didn't practice Monday but is expected to start...

Rapid Reaction: Clippers 91, Grizzlies 87 | ESPN.com
The first game of the regular season for both the Los Angeles Clippers and the Memphis Grizzlies back on Halloween night was jokingly called Game 8 of their epic seven-game playoff series. Saturday night's game between these two rivals was...

Clippers give Memphis their money's worth of entertainment | Los Angeles Times
The Clippers were in Memphis Saturday night. Restricted now to a chicken diet, as soon as I read the headline: Memphis man, son don't like chicken order, pull AK-47, I remained...

Shabazz Muhammad says he will leave UCLA and enter the NBA draft | Los Angeles Times
Shabazz Muhammad, the centerpiece of UCLA's 2012 basketball recruiting class, will try his hand at the next level in 2013. Muhammad said Tuesday he would enter the NBA draft in June, a decision that came...

Steve Alford of UCLA Bruins apologizes for handing of '02 Iowa case | ESPN.com
LOS ANGELES -- UCLA men's basketball coach Steve Alford on Thursday apologized for the way he handled the Pierre Pierce sexual assault case while he was coach at Iowa in 2002. At the...

UCLA's Powell: Howland's firing reason to stay | ESPN.com
LOS ANGELES -- Hiring Steve Alford as UCLA basketball coach saved at least one Bruins player. Or, perhaps more accurately, firing Ben Howland did. UCLA guard Norman Powell said Tuesday he was staying at UCLA after considering transferring...

Steve Alford excited to take on the challenge of UCLA Bruins job | ESPN.com
LOS ANGELES -- Steve Alford stood near mid court at Pauley Pavilion, near the UCLA logo at center court, flanked by UCLA cheerleaders, wearing UCLA colors in his tie and directly in front of a UCLA backdrop. He had to look up, however, to realize...

UCLA introduces new Bruins basketball coach Steve Alford | Los Angeles Daily News
LOS ANGELES -- For Steve Alford's official introduction Tuesday, UCLA pulled out all the stops.

Bill Plaschke: New UCLA Coach Steve Alford steps out on a big stage ¿ is he ready? | Los Angeles Times
led the exact same number of teams to the Sweet 16. He prides himself on playing Ivy League-smart basketball, which was pretty cool until a couple of weeks ago when his team was knocked out of the NCAA tournament in the first round by, um, Harvard. Of course, regarding...

New UCLA Coach Steve Alford steps out on a big stage — is he ready? | Los Angeles Times
led the exact same number of teams to the Sweet 16. He prides himself on playing Ivy League-smart basketball, which was pretty cool until a couple of weeks ago when his team was knocked out of the NCAA tournament in the first round by, um, Harvard. Of course, regarding...

UCLA hires Steve Alford as basketball coach; he has big job ahead | Los Angeles Times
Steve Alford, who spent the last six seasons at New Mexico, will take over the basketball program at UCLA less than two weeks after saying how happy he was to be signing a contract extension to remain coach of the Lobos. The hiring came at the...

Did the Bruins sign the right man for the job? | SI.com
made a strong hire to replace him, and still have made a mistake? Ben Howland’s reign at UCLA, for a variety of reasons, had run its course. Despite this season’s Pac-12 regular-season title, the program had been slipping in the wrong direction since Howland brought the last...

UCLA hires Steve Alford as basketball coach | Los Angeles Times
Steve Alford has been hired as UCLAs basketball coach, the university announced Saturday morning. Alford, 48, spent the last six seasons at New Mexico, compiling a 155-52 record. He replaces Ben Howland, who was fired after going 25-10...

UCLA hires New Mexico's Alford as coach | ESPN.com
breaks down UCLA's decision to hire former New Mexico coach Steve Alford.Tags: Steve Alford, UCLA, New Mexico, Andy Katz NEXT VIDEO UCLA To Hire Steve Alford Andy Katz breaks down UCLA...

UCLA Bruins hire New Mexico Lobos coach Steve Alford, sources say | ESPN.com
Andy Katz breaks down UCLA's decision to hire former New Mexico coach Steve Alford.Tags: Steve Alford, UCLA, New Mexico, Andy KatzNEXT VIDEO Andy Katz breaks down UCLA's decision to hire former New...

Sources: UCLA hires New Mexico coach Alford | ESPN.com
New Mexico men's basketball coach Steve Alford will be the next head coach at UCLA, multiple sources told ESPN.com senior writer on Saturday morning. Two former UCLA assistants and current head coaches --...

Butler's Brad Stevens turns down coaching job at UCLA | Los Angeles Times
The basketball coach, whose teams reached the national title game in 2010 and 2011, was UCLA's first choice after Athletic Director Dan Guerrero fired Ben Howland. Butler Coach Brad Stevens turned...

VINCENT BONSIGNORE on UCLA BASKETBALL: Do coaches still want the pressure cooker of being Bruins caretaker? | Los Angeles Daily News
Talk about next man in. Only in UCLA's case it's the next hot-name in. Step up, Gregg Marshall; you're the latest name churning in the rumor mill as the Bruins continue their search for a...

Letters: Plenty of blame to go around for UCLA, Ben Howland | Los Angeles Times
It's not Ben Howland's fault. Put the blame on UCLA and the NBA. The UCLA basketball program is nothing more than a puppy mill for the NBA. If Alcindor, Goodrich, Walton, Hazzard and Wilkes had left the Bruins after their...

UCLA BASKETBALL: Bruins reportedly pursuing Butler coach Brad Stevens | Los Angeles Daily News
While multiple reports indicate that UCLA is strongly pursuing Butler coach Brad Stevens, whether the 36-year-old is inclined to leave remains unclear.

Sources: UCLA eyeing Stevens as next coach | ESPN.com
Butler coach Brad Stevens is the top target in UCLA's search for a basketball coach, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. Sources told ESPNLosAngeles.com that the two sides were in contract negotiations. Stevens didn't confirm...

Kareem expresses interest in UCLA job | ESPN.com
LOS ANGELES -- Former UCLA and NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is hoping to dive into the Bruins' search for a basketball coach. Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's all-time leading scorer and a three-time national champion as...

Bruins need a coach they can call their own | ESPN.com
LOS ANGELES -- Rick Pitino? Really? Billy Donovan? Phil Jackson? Why on Earth would UCLA want to hire one of those guys? OK, they are all proven winners who have shown they know how to run a program with consistent success. On that level, it...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is interested in UCLA coaching job | Los Angeles Times
UCLA has said it is looking for a basketball coach to enhance its winning culture. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says he's the man. Abdul-Jabbar, certainly in the conversation over greatest basketball players...

Abdul-Jabbar tells Kimmel he wants to coach UCLA | Los Angeles Times
anything but a slam-dunk. Heck, its not even a sky hook. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wants to be the next UCLA basketball coach. The former Bruins star, appearing on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Tuesday night, said, I would certainly be interested in being the coach of the team. It would be...

With Ben Howland, UCLA could have been on pedestal, ended in abyss | Los Angeles Times
Give it a couple of years and he'll have another team in Pauley Pavilion, rendering UCLA black-and-not-so-Bruins blue. No, the saddest part is that college athletics slipped further away from its mission. It was never supposed to be win-at-all costs. It was never supposed to be...

Ben Howland bids farewell, fondly, to UCLA | Los Angeles Times
A day after being fired, he shows grace and class at goodbye news conference. As Bruins seek a new basketball coach, Howland, 55, says he'll seek another coaching job. Ben Howland officially bid farewell to UCLA during a news conference at Pauley Pavilion on Monday...

UCLA looking at Shaka Smart for next coach | Los Angeles Times
There are basketball coaches who will please Bruins fans and there are ones Athletic Director Dan Guerrero is actually interested in: Butlers Brad Stevens and Virginia Commonwealths Shaka Smart. Stevens reportedly makes a...

FITC: Aaron Draplin on Canada’s clean design and Obama’s logo victory | Marketing Magazine Canada
Design geeks get ready for a dumb talk from a smart guy When Aaron Draplin speaks, people listen. Perhaps it’s because the founder of Draplin Design is a bear of man with an impressive beard, but there’s something else, too, that makes the graphic...

Republicans blame White House for flight delays | Washington Post

Obama reinsurance tax could make terrorism insurance scarce, RIMS head says | Royal Gazette
A proposal in US President Barack Obama's 2014 budget has sparked more opposition this week - this time from two insurance industry organisations that say the proposal "violates a long-standing US tax policy" and would boost prices for terrorism coverage...

Berks GOP treasurer candidates outline plans | Individual.com
Candidates vying for the Republican nomination for Berks County treasurer in the May 21 primary election said Monday they would make improvements to the office. Pat Lupia, 53, of Muhlenberg Township said that as the township's tax collector and...

NATO talks Syria and Afghanistan in the presence of John Kerry | AllVoices
The new U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in Brussels on Tuesday at its first meeting of the foreign ministers of NATO, during which the alliance should reaffirm its "vigilance" vis--vis the situation Syria and discuss the future of...

Park to deliver rare speech at joint session of U.S. Congress | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, April 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye will deliver a speech at a joint session of the U.S. Congress during a visit to Washington next month for a summit with President Barack Obama, her office announced Tuesday. The address,...

HBO Europe’s Burning Bush to get US outing | Television Business International
Burning Bush , the big-ticket original series for HBO Europe, will be shown on HBO in the US. The three-part series about events following the death of Czech student Jan Pallach in late 1960s Prague was HBO Europe’s biggest commitment to original...

NRA offers to trade forty-five US Senators for eleven southern states. Obama accepts deal, throws in Utah! | The Spoof
Written by b kenneth mcgee Thank you for your rating, Your vote has been counted and is reflected above. You have already rated this item, Thank you for your support. Topics: NRA In a stunning joint announcement that took the Capitol Press...

Obama calls Boston police commissioner and top FBI agent on bombing case | Washington Times
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White House Endorses Internet Sales Tax | PrisonPlanet
Military Men Witnessed At Boston Bombing Identified As National Guard CST Teams (158 comments) Shocking Footage: Americans Ordered Out Of Homes At Gunpoint By SWAT teams (140 comments) Images Of Captured Boston Suspect Number Two (120 comments)...

The GOP, Walmart, New Research and Award-Winning Case Studies Round out the AHAA 2013 Conference | HispanicAd.com
Apr-23-2013 No AHAA Conference would be complete without breaking research, award-winning case studies and in-depth breakout sessions designed to keep marketers at the top of their game. That's why AHAA and Círculo Creativo, announced it has added Walmart...

Taxing times eased by the Lib Dems | Plymouth Evening Herald
I WISH to inform all Herald readers that the new tax year has just started, and that means Liberal Democrat tax reforms are coming into effect. From now on , more of the money people earn will go into their pockets and less to the taxman. That's because...

County Dems name new chair | Individual.com
The Alamance County Democratic Party has elected a new chairman to serve over the next two years. Pete Glidewell, 66, of Elon was elected Saturday during a party convention held at The Church of the Holy Comforter to lead the party as chairman. His term...

Obama's reshuffled war on terror | RoadRunner
Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are no strangers to controversy, having ridiculed topics such as Scientology, the search for Osama Bin Laden and the death of Steve Irwin. The pair have sparked global debate by regularly running obscene...

Republicans launch website targeting 'Corzine Democrats' on tax cut | I4U
TRENTON — Former Gov. Jon Corzine has not made any public appearances lately, but New Jersey Republicans are not letting voters forget about him. Former Gov. Jon Corzine testified at an MF Global bankruptcy hearing in December ...

Republican Senator Betrays The Trust Of A Grieving Mother | Newsvine
Politicians generally tell many tales bordering on untruths. They however find plausible technicalities to justify their tale not being categorized as a lie. Evidently Republican Senator Jeff Flake did not get the memo. According to ThinkProgress after...

Aamir Khan’s rendezvous with US President Obama | RoadRunner
file photo provided by the Hern family, first lady Michelle Obama, right, visits with Aaron Hern, lower left, his parents Alan and Katherine, and sister Abby, all of Martinez, Calif. , at Massachusetts General Hospi Full Article at Arkansas Online

John Kerry seizes on Earth Day’s climate message | Responding to Climate Change
US Secretary of State John Kerry’s Earth Day statement tells us more about his intentions for the remainder of his four year term than it does about the event itself. After returning from Vietnam to campaign against the war, and rub shoulders with John...

Sanford goes on the attack in new ad —SBA List hits McAuliffe in first Va. radio ad— PPP finds N.H.’s Hassan in good shape for ’14—NRCC goes after House Dems on taxes&mda | Politico
SCORE EXCLUSIVE—SANFORD GOES ON OFFENSE: Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, whose campaign in the 1st district special election was rocked last week by the revelation that he’d allegedly trespassed at his ex-wife’s house, is going back on offense...

Learning: Obama praises eco-friendly invention by Pinelands students | Asbury Park Press
WASHINGTON ? Two Pinelands Regional High School students got quite a thrill Monday when President Barack Obama asked them to demonstrate their invention, a wooden mini-press that transforms bio-waste into fuel bricks.Jon Kubricki of and Bridget Zarych of...

Republicans Urge Withdrawal from “Common Core State Standards Initiative” | Greenville Times Examiner
Resolutions Passed Opposing Federally Dictated Intrusive Unfunded Education Mandate The Greenville County Republican Women’s Club during their March luncheon meeting at the Poinsett Club unanimously passed a resolution asking state leaders to take four...

Obama Commends Officials Investigating Boston Bombings | Talking Points Memo
Tweet this story President Obama on Monday spoke to FBI Special Agent Richard Deslauriers and Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, thanking them and other officials for their work investigating the Boston Marathon bombings, according to a readout of the...

George W. Bush's approval rating just reached a 7-year high. Here's how. | Washington Post
Days before the official opening of his presidential library, George W. Bush is experiencing something of a comeback when it comes to his public image. Almost as many people (47 percent) approve of how Bush handled his eight years in office as...

Senate Republicans Request Delay in Perez Nomination | National Review
Senate Republicans on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee sent a letter today to committee chairman Tom Harkin asking that he delay the committee mark-up regarding Obama labor-secretary nominee Tom Perez. In the letter, nine...

Hearing resumes today for man accused of mailing poisoned letters to Obama, others | Detroit News
Oxford, Miss. More discussion was likely Tuesday of the mental state of the Mississippi man accused of mailing poisoned letters to President Barack Obama, a U.S. senator and a local judge. Christi McCoy, defense attorney for Paul Kevin Curtis, said...