LAT Sports Review - Thursday, April 15, 2010

The guys are really showing their age today. Jerry Crowe writes about Elgin Baylor (age 75) and Sandy Koufax (age 74) in his column before criticizing Ben Rothlisberger by quoting the song "Kiss" by Prince from 1986. It’s actually a smart reference, but there had to be something more recent than that.

Then, Chris Erskine littered his weird little article with references that show he is very clever, but painfully unfamiliar with modern pop culture. He makes acceptable citations to Vermeer and F. Scott Fitzgerald, then makes fun of the moniker of super current hip hop star – will.i.am, saying that he has “a name that annoys virtually everyone”. Way to connect with young people, Chris.

He goes on to call Robert Wuhl a “great actor” and a “star”, citing Arliss (1996-2002) and Bull Durham (1988) as the reasons why thinks Wuhl is still a star. Later, he compares his game notes to George Costanza’s wallet, referring to a 1992 episode of Seinfeld, and ends with a quote by Archie Bunker (1971-1983).

Thank God that nobody under the age of 50 reads The Los Angeles Times.