After the Rams won the Super Bowl, the Chargers may truly seem like second-class NFL citizens in Los Angeles. But the Chargers are not exactly the Clippers, either, as a team destined to live in the shadow of its local neighbor who has enjoyed much more success.  The Rams now have one championship, and the Chargers have none. The Rams …

As the magic dust from the Rams’ first Super Bowl championship in Los Angeles lingers over the city, there have been significant changes to the roster of one of the team’s biggest rivals over the last decade.  In a stroke of good fortune, the Rams actually acquired a longtime standout player from one of their familiar opponents, which instantaneously moved …

The first episode of “Winning Time” on HBO was very promising. The new 10-episode series, which is billed as an insider’s view of the 1980s Lakers dynasty and NBA Finals appearances, already should have viewers looking forward to the second installment. While the series does add in some fictional twists, there are a lot of supposed truths that are featured, …