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I was surprised to learn that euthanasia is legal in California. A friend messaged me a couple of weeks ago that her father-in-law had taken a serious fall that put a big slice in one of his legs. Treatment wasn't providing much relief and he was told he would never walk again. This man is 102...

Ducks are trading C Trevor Zegras to the Flyers for C Ryan Poehling, a mid-second-round pick this year and a fourth-round pick next year. I know nothing about Poehling, except for a stat look. Former first-round pick by Montreal. He averaged 13 minutes a game last season, so third- or...

Gene and I worked together in Santa Monica for a few years. A total quality person. I was in Vero Beach for Dodgers spring training when he was hired. Our boss called and said, "Now I've got to explain how Mitch Chortkoff hired Gene Sapakoff." It was a great hire. Also, when Gene left for South...

Sports | Game Day: Farewell and thanks for reading SPORTS News Game Day: Farewell and thanks for reading This is the last edition of 'Game Day With Kevin Modesti,' who is in his last week with the Southern California News Group papers Kevin Modesti, who began the Game Day newsletter in August...

I first met Jay in 1974 when I was writing a feature on USC football announcer Tom Kelly for the Daily Trojan. Jay was Kelly's spotter. I spent a whole game in the broadcast booth. Later, I was with him again when I started at the Santa Monica Evening Outlook. He was the City Editor. He soon...

Steve Bisheff, longtime Southern California sports columnist, dies Bisheff, who had a 42-year career working for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Herald Examiner and San Diego Union-Tribune, was 81 Steve Bisheff was a Southern California sportswriter and columnist for 42 years, more than...

Friend who subscribes to the OCR got this email today: Important Notice Regarding Your Subscription Dear Valued Subscriber, Supply chain prices continue to be at an all-time high and have reached a level where we can no longer absorb the costs. Therefore, we will be implementing a temporary...

Whicker: The stories don’t end when a storyteller leaves Grateful for the opportunity to tell these tales for 35 years at The Register and SoCal News Group By MARK WHICKER | [email protected] | Daily News PUBLISHED: January 31, 2022 at 5:08 p.m. | UPDATED: January 31, 2022 at 5:08 p.m...

I covered UCLA from 1983-1994. I had as good a relationship with him as I had with any other coach I covered in my lengthy career. Great guy. He won a then-record 7 bowl games in consecutive years, and had a streak of 8 bowl wins in a row. He was the coach when the Bruins moved from the Coliseum...

Last night, again, KCBS/2 in L.A. came on at 11 p.m. with a police chase (this happens 2-3 times a week). The car just drove around, sometimes unsafely but mostly not, on surface streets. Wasn't speeding. Little traffic. The police was on his tail for a little while, then dropped off. Some...

HULU and Fox Regional Sports apparently cannot agree on a contract and the streaming service will drop the regional networks. I received an email about this a couple of days ago, but trashed it without looking because I thought it was advertising. Found the email in my TRASH folder and, indeed...

Gene Harbrecht, 67, was killed in a car crash Thursday morning. He was the News Editor of the Orange County Register and worked for the paper for 36 years. He was one of the news side guys we could rely on to get it right when a sports story made its way to news.

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Steve Hunt died on Aug. 27 at age 64. He died from a rare blood disorder known as Amyloidosis, which hastened Congestive Heart Failure. Hunt went the distance in the newspaper world, beginning on the bottom as a copy boy at the Pasadena Star-News, and ending on top as the president and...

Word is circulating on Facebook that longtime LAT and OCR sports columnist John Hall has died. I have no details. Here is a FB post from Ross Newhan, Hall of Fame baseball writer and colleague of Hall: The passing of John Hall this week is a body blow to me personally and creates a major void...

Outstanding Portland Oregonian columnist John Canzano writes an investigative story on Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott, his failed plans and his extravagant lifestyle, all on the conferences money. Several comparisons to the SEC and Big Ten. It is 4 parts. Here is Part 1. There is a link in Part...

Mitch Chortkoff, who was regarded as the dean of Lakers writers, died on Tuesday. Chortkoff, 78, died from complications associated with diabetes, which resulted in both of his legs being amputated over the past few years. He continued to do his job despite being bound to a wheelchair. He had...

Very sad news that Bruce Brown, 80, died on Sunday of natural causes. I remember as a teenager watching "The Endless Summer" and being totally blown away by the whole concept of surfing and following summer all around the world. Great filmmaker. Surf filmmaker Bruce Brown, creator of ‘The...

There are two more huge fires torching Southern California. Both started last night, fanned by 60 mph Santa Ana winds. Santa Ana winds blow toward the ocean, the opposite direction of normal offshore breezes. Most of the region's most devastating fires are the result of Santa Ana winds. The...

Some emails about Larry LaRue's passing started this morning. I did not know him very well. I think he was 68 and died without warning while visiting family in California. He started his newspaper career with the guys at the Long Beach Press Telegram, covering the Angels. He was highly...