Now some alien force seems to have come and captured the Dodgers. I don't know what happened to my Dodgers.
Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.
Then I went to UCLA - so of course I became a huge Bruin basketball fan... and later came to football.
Well, my favorite sport as a kid was clearly baseball.
Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have.
As for football in L.A., it's going to take a loooong time before another team comes here.
But the truth is, growing up in California, we knew nothing about hockey.
The Super Bowl is like a movie, and the quarterback is the leading man.
Cameron was able to get an inside look at professional football from the standpoint of athletes and agents and general managers that few people have ever seen.
Hey, our Founding Fathers wore long hair and powdered wigs - I don't see anybody trying to look like them today, either... But we do look to them as role models.
My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.
It's learning how to negotiate to keep both sides happy - whether it's for a multi-million dollar contract or just which show to watch on TV, that determines the quality and enjoyment of our lives.
I try to live in the moment, every moment.
I ran track, and basically played every sport.
I just knew that economics had never been my big motivation.
I have to say that it was a very strange experience when, later in life, I represented Byron Scott and was negotiating with West - whose picture I used to have over my bed! That took some getting used to.
So George Burns and my grandpa took me to my first baseball game.
You know, we don't look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent.
When it came to football there was a certain age where I realized that my future in football was being a grease spot on the side of some bigger player.
