Fanview Lite: April 19, 2011

Joe Torosian

Good Morning!

I believe Kobe Bryant as the right to say anything he wants to say…If he wants to call someone an F-bombing-F he can do that…and if advertisers want to drop him or the NBA wants to fine him they have that right as well.

But I wonder what the outcry would have been if he had used the B-word…The one often ascribed to women and to men other men are attempting insult…Isn’t that equally offensive? Isn’t that worth a 100,000 dollar fine? …And don’t you hear that word all the time?

I often think of Orwell’s “Animal Farm” and the line about some being “more” equal than others…

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If childhood obesity is such an issue how come at a place like Arcadia, which used to have more beef than a ranch in Texas, the biggest guy coming back is Ryan Campbell at a mere 235 pounds?

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Maybe the next time the Rangers and Angels play they can go shirts and skins…

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I understand its Brandon Rohrer’ life, and he has to do what is best for him and his family, I only wish it could be at La Puente…He’s done a great job leading the Warrior program…If he ends up back at Glendora he’ll do well there…

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Dang it! I forgot to ask Fred for permission to write about football today…I keep forgetting…

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We will be live from the campus at West El Monte Poly tonight…Believing we might have San Gabriel HC Jude Oliva and “The Suave One” in for the eight o’clock hour.

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I want to go to Jon Gruden’s QB Camp: The Wannabes.

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Not questioning talent or ability, but could fans be expecting too much out of Monrovia quarterback-to-be George Frazier?

I think his best friend on the field could be running back Michael Harris, a legitimate home run hitter.

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I’m good with Nick Bueno going to Cal Lutheran.

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Rick Adelman, who announced he would not be back next season, may be the best NBA coach in history no one seems to know enough about…How come the Clippers never hired him?

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Last Add La Puente: Whatever happened to Rick Ward?

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Derrick Rose’s moves last night reminded me of his classic twists at Memphis and acrobatics when taking his SAT.

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Really? The Miami Heat? When I looked at the Philadelphia 76ers roster I didn’t see a Julius Erving, a Maurice Cheeks, or an Andrew Toney. In fact I didn’t even see a Marc Iavaroni…

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Darius Elliot, Arcadia.

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Having trust in Jonathan Broxton has your closer is like trusting the federal government with your retirement. You have an idea it might work but it feels like it could just as easily blow up on you.

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Jerry Sands? Sounds like the name of somebody doing stand-up in Las Vegas.

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I have to admit I really wanted to find a Braves fan last night and beat the snot out of him…

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Has ESPN milked the Anthony Robles (the one-legged wrestler) thing too much?

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Stay thirsty my friends…

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