If there is an important playoff game for the Chargers to win, you can bet they will lose. And so it was with New England.
Although there was a decent enough defense, the offense was sad. And, yes, I know their offensive line was completely depleted. However, the 49ers are also tied. They lost to George Kittle and still won.
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Well, there is always “next season.” Unfortunately, those two names still haunt the Chargers and their fans.
Rick Solomon
Lake Balboa
Once again, the Chargers entered the finals.
In this case, most of the blame should be placed squarely with Jim Harbaugh. Maybe he didn’t watch or didn’t know how many times in the play-offs the teams failed to advance to the fourth place with bad results. The psychological impact on the team in failing to convert and put points on the board early was evident. He had a team without a leading rusher and a very weak offensive line and yet he chose to fight for it.
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I hope he learns from this or maybe it’s time for Harbaugh to join his brother in looking for new jobs.
Mark Kaiserman
Santa Monica
There’s nothing wrong with the Chargers that a new OC with a game plan can’t fix. Or are you there?
Thomas Philip
Moorpark
Hi Jim Harbaugh,
Thanks for firing OC Greg Roman. Loyalty is great but faithfulness does not get you to the promised land. In two postseason trips, one touchdown shows it.
It had to be done at Justin Herbert & Co.
Felipe Varela
Whittier
True blue currency
The Yankees have won 27 World Series championships by being the best team money can buy. The West Coast Yankees, also known as the Dodgers, are now the best team money can buy. That’s capitalism, baby!
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Vaughn Hardenberg
Westwood
As a Joe DiMaggio-esque Dodgers fan for 56 consecutive seasons, I’m excited to have Kyle Tucker on the field for the Dodgers in 2026. Certainly, he will be better than Michael Conforto, and allow Teoscar Hernandez to move back to left field.
However, it is puzzling to me that a player who has appeared in only 78 and 136 games in 2024 and 2025, and has only one 10th MVP finish (fifth in 2023) in his career, will be signed for a maximum of $60-million per year. To get that big salary over the next four seasons, Tucker has to be considered the best player in baseball not named Shohei Ohtani.
Ken Feldman
Tarzana
Newsflash! The Dodgers are buying another star, the cost must be damned! I’m not a Dodgers fan. I’m a baseball fan, I see the organization running a system that destroys fairness and fair play. So go ahead – jump on the Dodgers bandwagon for another championship. While baseball fans everywhere else throw up their hands in disgust and flock to the NFL.
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Jim Fredrick
Manhattan Beach
The Dodgers’ signing of Kyle Tucker for crazy money is now guaranteed (suspended) after this baseball season. To everyone who says other teams can do the same thing, really? As much as anyone would like the Dodgers, this just takes away from the game.
Bob Goldstone
Corona del Mar
If you’re mad at the Dodgers don’t stop there – you might as well wear a cape and be really mad because MLB has no kryptonite against them.
Steve Ross
Carmel
Same old problems
We shouldn’t expect much from the Lakers. We have the same offense the Dallas Mavericks did with Luka Doncic being reinvested in L.A. Give the ball to Luka and everyone else stands by and watches. Who teaches these boys self defense?
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Calvin Divinity
Norwalk
How many more games do fans have to endure before the Lakers hire a professional defensive coach? Where’s Frank Vogel when you need him?
Richard Raffalow
Valley Glen
The only way I see the Lakers or Clippers getting into the second round of the playoffs is if they play each other in the first round.
Rick Sine
La Quinta
An Olympian effort
The women’s snowboarding competition at the Winter Olympics in Milan next month has undergone an interesting twist. American Chloe Kim, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the halfpipe, will have to wear a shoulder brace after tearing her labrum. This will be like having one arm tied behind your back.
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Wayne Muramatsu
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