Biography
Bill Plaschke, a sports columnist at the Times since 1996, has made nationally recognized contributions in both journalism and public ...
With new TV deal, Lakers are taking the little guy out of the picture
February 15, 2011
Slowly, forcefully, chillingly, like Ron Artest leaning on Paul Pierce in the paint, the Lakers have been pushing their average fans into irrelevance.
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Let's do lunch -- at Dodger Stadium
February 12, 2011
Whenever someone asks me if I want to do lunch, they always wonder if I have a favorite spot, and I always lie.
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Lakers win is something to yell about
February 10, 2011
What do Lakers followers do these days when the team is in Boston on a Thursday night in the middle of winter?
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Lakers should trade Andrew Bynum for Carmelo Anthony
February 8, 2011
One moment. Give me one moment. In five years, can you remember one defining Andrew Bynum moment?
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No Super Bowl cheerleaders? He says rah!
January 27, 2011
Gimme an I-R-O-N-Y!!
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Nothing cheesy about Packers going to Super Bowl
January 23, 2011
Dance on a frozen tundra. Dress in your best Lombardi. Stick an absurd piece of yellow foam on your head and shout into a chilled sky.
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For fans of Packers and Bears, cheeseheads are a wedge issue
January 22, 2011
The NFL's oldest rivalry is traditionally epitomized by the steam rolling off the craggy head of Ray Nitschke, the snot flying from the mangled face of Dick Butkus, the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears battling on a field covered in ice and frozen in time.
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Jay Gibbons gives Dodgers an unlikely bright side
January 21, 2011
Can't get excited about the Dodgers season? Call Jay Gibbons.
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Ben Howland needs to work his magic again at UCLA -- and fast
January 18, 2011
On a wall in Ben Howland's UCLA office, there is a photo collage that makes even the toughest face in college basketball melt.
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No waffling here: He was wrong about Auburn-Oregon
January 11, 2011
Down on the field, the winning kick sailed through the uprights at exactly 10:12 p.m.
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BCS title game is one for the ages
January 10, 2011
A college football season of a million chills had been reduced to two ticks.
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Love it or hate it, BCS has lifted all of college football
January 9, 2011
Three words you thought you'd never hear will be shouted across the nation Monday night, wrinkling noses, raising eyebrows, rising from the depths of two college football teams that are in exactly the right place at precisely the right time.
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In BCS title game, Pac-10 will show superiority over SEC
January 9, 2011
War Eagle? War over.
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Lakers' Ron Artest is far from happy
January 4, 2011
Finally, Ron Artest has shown up.
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Horned Frogs' joyful clan does Granddaddy proud
January 2, 2011
Many thought tiny Texas Christian would be brought to its knees, and they were right.
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Texas Christian has a different breed of mascot
December 30, 2010
The question has been percolating around the Rose Bowl for weeks, Granddaddy muttering under his breath, locals rolling their eyes, the arrival of party-crashing Texas Christian University reminding everyone of college football's greatest ongoing controversy.
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Eric Gordon's quiet efficiency works perfectly for Clippers
December 28, 2010
Clippers fans have fallen madly in love with the guy who plays like Hollywood.
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Lakers put up a sorry effort against Heat
December 25, 2010
Like an aging, staggered champion, Kobe Bryant started flailing.
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It's a wonderful life of writing
December 23, 2010
"W-w-w-hat is this?''
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Connecticut stands on its own, not on UCLA's shoulders
December 21, 2010
It was yet another empowering landmark reached by an amazing group of athletes, yet it felt hollow and forced.
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Something's missing at Wooden Classic, and it's not just Coach
December 18, 2010
The Wooden family and UCLA players lingered together at midcourt, draping arms, pumping fists, feeling Coach, everybody quick, nobody hurrying.
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Character is tripping up coaches
December 16, 2010
In New York, it isn't just about a wandering knee, it's about a lost soul.
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Clippers owner Donald Sterling should look in the mirror, not at his players
December 14, 2010
Hey, Donald, grow a conscience!!
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Five things baseball needs to do to improve the postseason
October 14, 2010
It has been, as usual, a magical autumn filled with play fakes and head fakes, trick formations and trap blocks, sneaks and sleights and gadgets and gimmicks.
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Sportsmanship takes a timeout in USC-UCLA game
November 29, 2009
At the end of a long, brutal fight, Pete Carroll extended an olive branch.
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Lakers move the wrong move going with Ron Artest
July 3, 2009
Less than three weeks after the parade, the NBA champion Lakers have already met the biggest threat to their throne.
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Lakers' Buss knows when to hold 'em
March 2, 2008
The best owner in the history of professional sports is strolling through his sprawling hilltop home when he comes upon an ornate wooden door riddled with three gaping holes.
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A sullied part of Dodgers' history
December 14, 2007
The scene is chilling in its deceit, and startling in its chaos.
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Progress was rarely seen in Dorrell era, much like the coach
December 2, 2007
His offense ran off the field for the last time, their soiled and bandaged jerseys passing his spotless and pressed jacket.
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Lakers need to speak now to bring the peace
May 30, 2007
This city's most beloved sports storefront stands today covered in dripping eggs and nasty graffiti.
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Swarming to Task, They Really Can Win This
April 2, 2006
INDIANAPOLIS — Just when everyone thought they had UCLA's number, the Bruins changed it.
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Murray's impact still is plain to hear
March 30, 2006
TEN years ago, when an editor discovered me shivering underneath a pile of one-sentence paragraphs and inexplicably made me a Times sports columnist, I knew there would be changes.
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Cohen Didn't Act the Part, so of Course She Didn't Get the Part
February 24, 2006
TURIN, Italy — She didn't want to be there.
