Category Archives: The Peterson Principle

The Peterson Principle 7/5/11

While Hall of Fame Coaches Ryan Maddox and Darryl Thomas continue take the slings and arrows after last week’s All-Star contest I’ve been thinking about more important things.

The Peterson Principle 6/27/11

So now that the final high school football game of the season has been played it’s time we turn our attention to…high school football?

The Peterson Principle 6/21/11

They declared it LeBron James Day in Dallas. Everybody got off work 12 minutes early.   

The Peterson Principle 6/14/11

There was San Gabriel’s run to the CIF Finals in 2003 and Rosemead’s in 2008. South El Monte and Arroyo both had semi final appearances in the last ten years and Monrovia is still basking in the glory of last year’s first ever CIF Championship. But the most improbable CIF title in the last decade […]

The Peterson Principle 6/6/11

When you first walk into the stadium at Cerritos College you might think you’re on a Division 1 college campus. There’s a new turf field, state of the art track and plenty of seating on both sides. If the CIF ever needs another site to hold a Final they should give Cerritos a call. 

The Peterson Principle 5/31/11

Contrary to popular opinion I don’t have a problem with the Lakers hiring Mike Brown. Listening to the reaction this week after the Lakers announced that Brown would be the new coach; you would have thought they hired Bobby Brown.

The Peterson Principle 5/24/11

This is a column I didn’t think I’d have to write. You see my deadline is Sunday and on Saturday May 21 I figured I would be raptured out with the rest of the Christians. It didn’t happen. Wow, what gives?

The Peterson Principle 5/17/11

I walked out to the baseball field at Rosemead High School Friday afternoon and I thought I was at the wrong place. Was there another event going on that I wasn’t aware of? I was there to cover the Rosemead – Arroyo baseball game but by the size of the crowd you would have thought […]

The Peterson Principle 5/9/11

Yes I did watch the entire Laker game on Sunday. I’m also into caning, flogging, electric shock and Chinese water torture. It was ugly – one of the ugliest losses in Laker playoff history, along with game six at Boston in the 2008 Finals.  

The Peterson Principle 5/3/11

The Memphis Grizzlies won a playoff series? What’s next? The Washington Generals beat the Harlem Globetrotters? The Clippers win the NBA title? Some things just aren’t supposed to happen.