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Joined April 2009
The Los Angeles Lakers suffered their first loss of the season and the defense did not look great. What would you like to see from the purple & gold tonight against the Clippers to help turn the page after that first loss?
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Clippers center Brook Lopez is five three-pointers away from reaching the 1,200 career milestone. He's shot 6-of-11 from long range through the first three games of the season.
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Final: Portland Trail Blazers 136, Los Angeles Lakers 129. The Lakers fall to 3-1 on the season. Luka Dončić and the Lakers will play the L.A. Clippers at the Intuit Dome on Wednesday.
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Lakers gonna win this?
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I have no idea what Bob envisions for his career but the current UCLA president cares about football and that’s a pretty good deal unless one of the bluebloods wants you
NEW: UCLA head coach Bob Chesney on the idea of getting “poached” in the coaching carousel: “I’ve said it before, this is the greatest place in the world to play football and it’s the greatest place in the world to coach football.” (via @BruinReport) on3.com/news/bob-chesney-sho…
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Rui Hachimura (quad soreness) is out tomorrow vs Lakers
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UCLA safety Ta’Shawn James was named as a Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist.
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Toronto's Kawhi Leonard is expected to miss a period of weeks due to swelling in his left knee, sources tell ESPN. MRI on Leonard's knee showed no structural damage, but sides will use the shorter term to ramp him back up after the stoppages during the offseason.
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Clippers center Brook Lopez is five three-pointers away from reaching the 1,200 career milestone. He's shot 6-of-11 from long range through the first three games of the season.
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Dante Moore’s season is over… and the evaluation feels incomplete —my reaction 👇
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Dear UCLA football fans, Nobody in the media is “TRYING” to take Bob Chesney away from UCLA. Understand that when you have a successful team and a successful coach, that coach’s name will begin to come up whenever jobs start opening up. That just comes with being a winner. Other schools will look at Chesney and want some of that immediate success for their program too. At the end of the day, UCLA will have to do what is necessary ($$$) to keep Bob around at some point. UCLA couldn’t keep D’Anton Lynn around when the price went up. That was just a defensive coordinator and I understand this is a different situation. But when you taste success … the price, expectations and the stakes all go up as well. Please just understand that.
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Jim Mora deciding not to go to Texas doesn’t make one school any better than the other. If it was Mora’s preference to stay in LA, that’s his choice. I never said UCLA isn’t a solid job. But will UCLA be willing to match any offer from another program to keep Ches? And at the end of the day Ches decides he wants to stay in LA that’s awesome too
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Quit the bullshit narrative. UCLA is a destination job.
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Nobody is TRYING to get him to leave. 😂 What are you talking about??
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The guy has been at UCLA for 7 games and local media is now all in trying to get him to leave. You guys are a joke.
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My thoughts on coach Bob Chesney potentially leaving UCLA Football for another program like Texas: I can’t say I’d blame him if he took a big offer. It would be a little disappointing for UCLA fans. Part of me thinks he wouldn’t do that and would want to continue building with the Bruins but you have make the money and move up when you think the time is right. Maybe that’s why he made the jump from JMU for UCLA.
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I was listening to Mason and Ireland and Ireland said he "heard" that if Texas let's the coach go they'll do the godfather offer to Chesney. Plenty of money and a huge fan base. Thoughts?
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What's being said about #USC football coach Lincoln Riley now sounds similar to what was being said about former #UCLA football coach Chip Kelly a few years ago. At least it does to me. Am I wrong for thinking that? Current UCLA football coach Bob Chesney appears to be doing things the “right way” but it's still early, so we will see how that goes in the future.
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The Lakers have assigned Cameron Carr to the Coachella Valley Lakers, per the team.
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Oregon QB Dante Moore is not expected to play again this season.
NEWS: Dan Lanning announces that QB Dante Moore is not expected to return this season. He has not yet been cleared to play in games. Moore hasn't played since the concussion against USC on Sept. 26.
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First fine of the season for a Lakers player:
LAL’s Ziaire Williams was assessed a postgame Flopping fine of $2,000 upon league office review for nba.com/watch/video/lal-uta on Oct. 25 vs. UTA. Flopping is among the NBA’s Areas of Focus for the 2026-27 season.
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#UCLA HC Bob Chesney spoke about the fan attendance at the Rose Bowl
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