Breeders’ Cup to Santa Anita?

Tweet Get ready for a likely announcement next week that Breeders’ Cup is coming back to Santa Anita Park. Invitations to a gala event scheduled for Aug. 10 in downtown Los Angeles are being sent out this week. They read: “Please join the Breeders’ Cup and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for a luncheon and [...]

Jeweler shines with ball players

Tweet In trying to help my friend Si “Lam” Huynh promote his Arcadia business, Prince Jewelers, I’ve been telling him he needs to get out more and meet people. Lam just works, works, works. But I got him to go to the recent Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation fundraiser at the Century Plaza Hotel, an affair [...]

Laker Girl books Prince Jewelers

Tweet Not that anybody would care, but my favorite Christmas present was a book. It beat out a pair of L.L. Bean slippers by a considerable margin. This just wasn’t any book. Titled “Laker Girl,” it’s a diary by Jeanie Buss, who, with help from my former Los Angeles Times colleague Steve Springer, takes readers [...]

Arcadia Princess inspires again

Tweet The Rose Queen and her Court make nearly 150 appearances over a two-month period leading up to the Tournament of Roses parade and Rose Bowl game. One of those stops was Wednesday’s monthly meeting of the Southern California Sports Broadcasters at legendary Lakeside Golf Club in Toluca Lake. As someone who wrote about sportscasters [...]

Hall of Fame sports celeb panel

Tweet In my last blog I wrote about a charity tournament I was involved with. It took place Thursday (Oct. 28) at Sierra La Verne Country Club, and I was in charge of lining up celebrities and publicizing the event. Well, things couldn’t have gotten any better, and a number of Arcadia-area golfers participated. Terry [...]

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