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Los Angeles Mayor or new Lakers' GM?

  Over the course of 5 games the Lakers' killed my shot at being an ESPN analyst. The Shallow Girl's Guide was going to be my token to the pre-game/halftime/post-game show instead of the sideline gig ESPN typically reserves for female reporters. I could blame Dwight Howard for ruining my chances but I'm still… Read More

    You would think I would be happy that A Shallow Girl's Guide Part One and Part Two was a success but the moment Dwight's team eliminated The Bron, I wanted Superman to kiss my youknowwhat… Read More

  I discovered two things while watching Spike Lee's Kobe Doin' Work this past weekend: 1) Puppet Kobe is more interesting than Kobe in real life and 2) My basketball IQ is not nearly as high as the second greatest player in the NBA (simmer down folks, I'm only Read More

There was a time when I would be anxiously waiting for the Lakers game on Christmas mornings like today.  I'd make sure that my family knew that at some point I would turn off the bootleg movie blasting above everybody shouting. At game time, I wanted the remote, a seat on the couch, and folk needed to chew on their peach cobbler quietly so I wouldn't miss a thing.  The Lakers would be playing whatever team they smashed the prior year in the Finals; and I'd be looking for a repeat so I could go back to school and talk trash to all the idiots who weren't down for the home team.   Read More