Wednesday marked a rarity in sports scheduling for Los Angeles' professional teams. The Dodgers, Angels, Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Ducks all began their games approximately at the same time--between 7 and 7:30 p.m.
And, to add to the mix, the soccer match between the United States and Mexico kicked off at 8:15 p.m.
So, the copy desk at the L.A. Times sports department decided to have some fun on what was going to be a busy night on deadline. A pool was drawn up and for $1 entry fee a participant had to pick the winner of each team's game. The tiebreaker was to predict the final score of the soccer match.
The Dodgers were in San Diego against the Padres; the Angels were home against Seattle; the Lakers and Clippers were both on the road, against Sacramento and Phoenix, respectively; the King's were scheduled against Phoenix at Staples Center and the Ducks were on home ice against Edmonton. And the exhibition soccer match against the border rivals was at Glendale, Ariz.
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add Sports Dept. pool: When the edition was off the floor at 11:15 p.m., Steve Horn announced the results of the picks. And the winner was Jim Coleman, who had every winner right. The final outcome of the soccer game was a 2-2 tie, and Coleman took home $10.
About Me
- John Scheibe
- "West Coast Feed" takes a candid look at sports and media in Los Angeles, with a side view of life in the San Fernando Valley. Scheibe, who grew up in Encino, is an editor at the Los Angeles Times. His career has spanned a remarkable 38-year period. The greater part has been spent in the paper's sports department, where he has written on a variety of topics including sports radio and television. He also had a 15-year stint in the paper's entertainment section where he edited and wrote for the television department. He is the author of the acclaimed book "On the Road With Jim Murray: Baseball and the Summer of '79" which was published in 2007 by Encino Media. He is currently writing a mystery novel titled "Angels Gate" and has also written two children's books, "The Baseball Shoes" and "The Yo-Yo Tournament," both of which are being illustrated for publication in 2014.
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