In the venerated classic The Boys of Summer, author Roger Kahn recounts the Los Angeles Dodgers’ best seasons during the 1950s—the team’s wondrous glory years—and documents player triumphs and challenges in that golden era. Flash forward to 2014. As the baseball ... (Continue reading)
Some 25 years after he retired from the game, I saw the Great One enter a baseball locker room and like an apparition, dissolve and disappear behind a shuttered door. When he reemerged—looking nearly the same as he did when ... (Continue reading)
When the San Diego Chargers belatedly honor the team’s only championship on Dec. 1 in halftime ceremonies at Qualcomm Stadium, it will mark not only an anniversary date, but also a frustrating history. To be more precise, some say San Diego’s ... (Continue reading)
When the San Diego Chargers finally captured their 400th franchise victory several weeks ago against the Philadelphia Eagles, the occasion elicited myriad memories and one bold, brash question: which Chargers era has been the greatest in the team’s 53-year history? While ... (Continue reading)
When the San Diego Chargers famously retired the late Junior Seau’s uniform number last September at Qualcomm Stadium in front of a crowd of nearly 61,000, it was a grand and deserving gesture. The team was honoring Seau’s contributions not ... (Continue reading)
When scavenging through the history of a professional football team, can one game be pinpointed in changing the course of the team's overall success? Like baseball's "Curse of the Bambino," can one episode chart the path of a franchise for ... (Continue reading)