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May.19.2013
A bit of the past teamed with a bit of the future when former UCLA tennis star Justin Gimelstob teamed with ex-USC National Champion Rick Leach to defeat some local talent (Zach Fleischman/John Fruttero) in a first round doubles match at the Mercedes-Benz Cup on Tuesday, July...
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May.19.2013
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May.18.2013
In September, 1973, two Southern Californians participated in a Domed Sex Spectacular, and they even played a little tennis.
It really could have been a flirtatious weekend match at the LA Tennis Club, or on some public courts in Long Beach....
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May.17.2013
In 1972, a mild-mannered young man from Pasadena High and U.S.C. faced a Cold War Dracula on his Rumanian turf. Good vs. evil ensued. Good won.
The American gentleman
The U.S. was mired in...
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May.16.2013
Ice hockey, being a cold weather sport, experienced slow going in California. Remember Charlie Finley’s Seals up in Oakland? That franchise did not just move, they disintegrated.
The Los Angeles Kings had a few things going for them. Their owner...
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May.15.2013
My father, Donald Edgerly Travers is the youngest of three children. He is named after our famed ancestor Captain James H. Edgerly, who spied for Abe Lincoln. When I entered Redwood High School, my friend Pete Cooper began calling him “the Don.” He inter-changeably called me “Don” or “the...
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May.15.2013
If hard work is a factor, UCLA is in very good hands with Lavin, Saia and Spencer.
Coach Pete Hayward used to get up in the middle of the night so he could be at Sir Francis Drake High School, in the Marin County town of San Anselmo, by four o'...
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May.15.2013
With all due respect for the San Antonio Spurs, the NBA is breathing a happy sigh because the Finals feature the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. The Spurs from the late 1990s to date are one of the greatest teams in pro hoops annals, but have not resonated beyond the most ardent of fans...
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May.15.2013
Okay, Mozart wrote his best work at 14. Alexander the Great was a conquering hero at 13. I do not even wanna know how many Egyptians Cleopatra had seduced by that age. That said, I have a message for the Golden State Warriors: No preps. No teenage prodigies. No millionaire man-children, with the...
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May.14.2013
Listen to an interview with Bill Lee:
http://radio.dominican.edu/studentshows/2013/130509mcdudeshow.mp3
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May.14.2013
“To be, or not to be? That is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.”
If Hamlet thought fifteenth century Danish politics was tough, he should have tried coaching basketball at UCLA. Pleasant enough...
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May.13.2013
Vin Scully is one. John Wooden is the only other. That rarest of commodoties: True role models in sports.
When I was prepping for my interview with former UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, I consulted Los Angeles Times sports editor Bill Dwyre. He...
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May.12.2013
Wilt Chamberlain was never what people thought he should be.
The title of Wilt Chamberlain's autobiography, which came out in the 1960s, says it all. He was never predictable, never fell in line with the expectations of...
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May.11.2013
One of the duties of consumers in the free market is to rage against the machine every so often, so here goes. I have a cell phone but I leave it in my car because it can get lost or stolen in crowded bars and restaurants. I have had the same home phone number for over 20 years. That number came...
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May.10.2013
You know, I am not a radical. I am not a protester. You will not find me chaining myself to trees, spiking Redwoods, or throwing bags of feces at the cops. I am pretty Establishment, from the sports teams I root for, to the schools I attended, the politics I support and the way I feel about my...
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Those who do not remember the past are condemned to re-live it.”
—George Santayana
About Steven
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (1994-2013)
POLITICAL COLUMNIST – WorldNetDaily, Washington, D.C.
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Causes Steven Travers Supports
Conservative, Christian, USC, American patriotism
Steven’s Favorite Books
The Holy Bible; Plato’s Republic; Sun-tsu’s Art of War’ Machiavelli’s The Prince; William Shakesepeare’s Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth; Dostoeyevsky’s Brothers...