One Man's Opinion

Community Mourns Chelsea by Hacksaw Rancho Bernardo and Poway sit next door to each other in northern San Diego County. They are standing side-by-side together now, holding hands, mourning the death of Chelsea King, the honor student and Poway cross-country runner.

Olympics - Color it Gold by Hacksaw Snapshots from a spectacular Winter Olympics in Vancouver. O-Canada....They may say it is their game, but how about the growth of Team USA in hockey. They have arrived, beating them in the lst round robin, then taking them to overtime in the Gold medal game...

Better be better in 2010 by Hacksaw It must be time for football in the offseason in San Diego. Brady Hoke was running from group to group, in shorts and teeshirt on Saturday. In typical Hoke fashion, he was loud when he was not yelling, and he was yelling loud too.

Tiger Tales-Tiger Tells by Hacksaw 15 Minutes of Fame sometimes defines people. 15 Minutes of Human Failure now defines Tiger Woods.

Speed Week by Hacksaw Speed week. Scary. Sizzling. Suicidal. A weekend in which 'speed' was the keyword, at Daytona, in Vancouver, and far away in Valencia, Spain. A weekend like never seen before at the Olympics, in NASCAR and in yachting.

Super Saints by Hacksaw It started with a gamble. It ended with a gamble. And they gambled in between too. It all paid off with the jackpot. New Orleans Saints-Super Bowl champions.

Not so Super Sunday for Chargers The Chargers were supposed to be playing this Sunday, Super Bowl Sunday, in Miami, against the NFC champion. We all thought it would end that way. None of us thought it would end this way.

Kurt Warner’s retirement a fitting prelude to the Super Bowl by Hacksaw Kurt Warner walks off the field for the last time as an NFL quarterback. Quarterback retirements involving NFL stars is never easy.

Padres Plight-Image & Finances by Hacksaw Timid. Conservative. Cheap. Patient. The words fit the mood of the town and the fans, as the months ticked off the off season baseball calendar.

Bolts-Blue & Gold & Black Eye by Hacksaw The NFL and Instant Replay. An important tool to get the calls right in the most important games of the season, postseason. Upon further review, maybe we believed too much, rooted too hard, and now must accept the truth.

Death of a Season by Hacksaw The autopsy is in. The patient died of heart failure and a blockage to the brain. The onset of the fatality started some 18-minutes into the game. Gang Green set in. Some 42-minutes later the New York Jets buried the Chargers, kicking dirt on their grave and filling it in with shovels of boos from the home fans.

Chargers end of term report card by Hacksaw The grades are in. Next up the final exam, aka postseason play for the San Diego Chargers. Here’s the end of season report card on the Chargers following our mid-season report in November.

Winner becomes Loser by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton The best played the worst. A good season is gone, done in by bad play. The Chargers lost to the Jets.

48 Hours of Fury in Football by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton Storm clouds on the horizon...rumblings of thunder and lightning...high winds and a deluge. Not the weather you normally see in California, but the stormfront that moved onto the football landscape.

Winner becomes Loser by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton The best played the worst. A good season is gone, done in by bad play. The Chargers lost to the Jets.

Junkyard Dogs Jets vs Crown Jewels Chargers by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton mazed and Alarmed. Wildcard weekend in the NFL was indeed wild. Amazed at what I saw. Alarmed at what I heard.

Coaches-Wins-Losses-Life-Death by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton There are coach-killing jobs in the NFL and in college. There are coaches who kill themselves on the job in the NFL and in college. It comes with the territory.

Bowl Games-The Bomb or a Bomb? by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton College football bowl games. All you needed was six wins and a driver's license.

Best Christmas Gift-Bolts by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton The Christmas gift arrived late, after all the other presents had been opened. No problem, sometimes those out of town gifts get here late. UPS, Fed X and the Postal System have so many things to deliver right around the holiday.

Bright Star Forever Dimmed by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton If you are keeping score at home, the magic number is now "15". That is the number of women who allege they have had affairs with Tiger Woods dating back to his bachelor days, right through to Thanksgiving week, just before his strange SUV-fire hydrant-tree collision-wife argument-accident.

Bolt-Boss by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton Who is this man nobody wanted? Who is this man who had no head coaching track record? Who is this man they wanted to fire?

Big game in Big D filled with Intrigue by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton It is a big game for the Chargers, in Big D, in the biggest NFL stadium there is. It is a big game too for two teams, two coaches and players who are struggling to find respect.

Sound of silence is loud for Tiger by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton Silence. It is part of golf etiquette as Tiger Woods gets ready to make a pressure putt at Torrey Pines or Augusta. Silence. It may be telling us more about the biggest issue off the course yet involving Tiger Woods. Golf’s living legend is facing enormous challenges — one to his credibility, the other to his image. Tiger Woods made a miraculous recovery from major knee surgery to come back and win big tournaments. It will be interesting to see what kind of comeback he must make if his integrity takes a hit.

Hey San Diego — It’s Basketball Season by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton It was not Duke vs. North Carolina. Surely not anything resembling the high powered ACC. Nothing close to being March Madness either. But it was two teams who have started a tradition of playing in the postseason. And when it was done, San Diego State’s win over the University of San Diego on Wednesday, fans got a taste of how electric college basketball can be in this town, which for the most part in the past has shown little interest in James Naismith’s game.

Champ or Chump by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton The golfer apologized for being a human being, and saying 'it would never happen again'. What? No more late night SUV rides? No more refusal to meet with police on background information? For running into the neighbor's tree? For destroying the city fire hydrant? What was he apologizing for?

High Octane-Bolts by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton You make a U-Turn in the middle of the road, you might get arrested. You make a U-Turn in the middle of the season, it may save your job. The Chargers are headed in the right direction, surviving a roadblock full of injuries, potholes of bad playcalling, and detours and rerouting of coaching and playing roles.

Hoyer under the gun with Gonzalez-Sox trade potential By Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton Bold. That’s what the new owner of the Padres was in his first days on the job. Bold. That’s what the new general manager can be with his first deal on the job.

Marshall University-Men & Memories by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton Your life is forever shaped by the experiences you have had, good, bad, happy, sad and tragic. The end of the college football season brings many emotions. Excitement of a possible Bowl bid if you have had a good season. Disappointment at the end of losing season. Sadness when coaching friends lose their jobs. Anticipation and hope when a team hires a new staff.

Chargers Running Woes, Aztecs Scandal and More by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton LaDainian Tomlinson hasn't found much running room this season. The Coach… There are first times for everything, including seeing Norv Turner smile on the sidelines. After his playcalling on the game winning drive against the Giants, he hugged LaDanian Tomlinson.

Big Win-Needed Win by Team and Coach by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton It had all the trappings of a disaster in the making. Another East Coast loss. A big setback in the hopes to keep a wildcard berth alive. An electric almost playoff atmosphere. Mood swings and big plays back and forth. Instead of a loss, it became a San Diego win, as the coaching wheels churned nonstop in what was a fierce second half of football.

Lost: Good College Football by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton Hard to Believe: USC Hard to Watch: UCLA Hard to Understand: SDSU

Big Dollars-Biggest Prize by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton The World Series Trophy goes to the New York Yankees. All is now right with the baseball world, the Bronx Bombers won their 27th ring. But alot is wrong with the structure of the game. and all the home runs and saves, double plays and drama, cannot replace the real story about the Fall Classic.

W's better than L's by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton The lost football teams in town found their ways to wins over the weekend. For at least one week, they can feel good about themselves. It was a great sports weekend. The Chargers, buried under blitzes, big plays and heavy media and fan criticism, took out their anger and fury on the beleaguered, outmanned Kansas City Chiefs.

Changing of the Guard in the AFC West by Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton It was everything you would want from a Monday Night Football game. The broadcasters, the electricity, the color and pagentry, the anticipation, and the rivalry. Everything except a Chargers victory.

Chargers primed for explosion or implosion? By Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton It was supposed to be a time to heal wounds and injuries. Instead it looks as if this banged up football team has been hurt again, emotionally, by its callous general manager. The cuts may become an open festering wound, an infection that could spread.

Rate the GM by Lee Hacksaw Hamilton The incoming new owner was rather subdued and matter of fact, almost corporate-like in his decision to make the change.. The outgoing General Manager was choked up, sometimes serious, sometimes funny, resigned to the reality. Such was the changing of the guard when Padres owner Jeff Moorad removed his GM Kevin Towers. Emotionless on one hand, very moving on the other.

Bolts Battered by Lee Hacksaw Hamilton To quote the General Manager of the Chargers, AJ Smith. "It is what it is." His favorite phrase when hit with a pointed question. Truer words never spoken about his troubled team. Beat up by injuries, beaten up in Blitzburgh.

Window closing for Rivers to establish legacy by Lee Hacksaw Hamilton “History is about to repeat itself in San Diego.” “The window of opportunity closing fast.” Those two phrases are part of many conversations involving the Chargers as they head to Pittsburgh this weekend. It may be early in the season, but it may also be late in the game for this franchise to get where it wants to go, namely a Super Bowl.

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