Biography
T.J. Simers' provocative sports commentary has been entertaining readers since 2000.
Named 2000 California Sportswriter of the Year by the ...
Dodgers have been anything but satisfactory
July 12, 2011
I read the most ridiculous, outrageous, off-base pile of rubbish lacking even a scintilla of sense that I have ever read in this newspaper the other day.
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Bonding with the grandkid is a walk in the (amusement) park
July 11, 2011
I need another vacation.
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Former Dodgers general manager Kevin Malone has a new Dream job
June 23, 2011
What a fascinating, ever-changing, complex guy.
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McCourts killed the joy of watching the Dodgers play
June 20, 2011
He says it with a voice so near and dear, Vin Scully meaning so much to so many while the team no longer does.
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Four days, alone, with the son-in-law? A good time is in the bag
June 18, 2011
From Truckee, Calif.
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Brett Butler hopes to have an ace up his sleeve
June 14, 2011
From Reno — First of all, thanks to everyone who emailed to say they thought I should take some more vacation time.
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For her, defending Kobe Bryant is the principal, er principle, of the thing
June 13, 2011
I go away on vacation, come back and Kobe still hasn't commented on the hiring of Lakers Coach Mike Brown.
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What really matters is what Kobe Bryant thinks of new Lakers Coach Mike Brown
May 31, 2011
Mike Brown, down in Orange County to start the day schmoozing with Kobe Bryant, was now telling everyone in his afternoon news conference how excited he was to be the Lakers' new coach.
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Don Mattingly, James Loney and the rest of the Dodgers are beyond his help
May 30, 2011
I swear I am listening to Rick Neuheisel every time Don Mattingly's lips move.
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Jim Buss doesn't duck any questions about the Lakers
May 28, 2011
For the past week, it's been one story, radio-talk-show and Internet report after the next describing Jim Buss as a power-hungry buffoon seemingly intent on destroying the Lakers.
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End of the world, or going to an Angels game? It's a tough call
May 23, 2011
I wasn't rooting for the end of the world over the weekend, though there was some disappointment knowing I had no choice now but to join the Angels.
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Brian Shaw just might be the right man for the Lakers' job
May 21, 2011
I begin with a contradiction.
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This seems pretty small of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
May 19, 2011
They can't erect a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar statue fast enough, a monument, if you will to every athlete who feels a sense of entitlement.
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Coming to James Loney's rescue is latest reclamation project
May 17, 2011
It's Tuesday night and I'm supposed to be sitting in Staples Center, the Lakers and Oklahoma City going at it in a playoff opener. But instead I'm talking to James Loney.
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That's a lot of cheese to go see these Dodgers
May 16, 2011
I knew something like this would happen if I ever had a friend.
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Here's hoping that Andrew Bynum hears this message loud and clear
May 14, 2011
Both emails arrived the same day.
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Jeff Kent tries to remove foot from his cheek
August 20, 2008
I apologize.
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Lakers dont make it interesting
June 18, 2008
If Phil Jackson is supposed to be the best coach in the NBA, then how come he didn't send Vladimir Radmanovic off to another continent to do some snowboarding this last week?
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Schilling reaffirms that hes a jerk-of-all-trades
June 11, 2008
Curt Schilling is gutless.
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Giving the masses what they want: Lakers hype
February 27, 2008
The last few days much of the e-mail has been the same, but written the best in concise exasperation by Dustin Knackstedt: "The Lakers are No. 1 in the Western Conference and you are writing about NASCAR?"
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The Party's Already Over for an Old School Buddy
November 17, 2005
Here's what we know so far about the new Dodger general manager.
