Notebooks

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Soccer notebook: Sitting is Robinson’s top challenge
Center back Eddie Robinson, one of the key pieces of the Dynamo’s two MLS Cup championship teams and a starter during the team’s first five seasons in Houston, hasn’t started a game this season. Heck, he hasn’t seen a minute of action so far.
Read more on Houston Chronicle

LAKERS NOTEBOOK: Odom okay with shift to small forward
Lamar Odom last started at small forward when he was a younger man with the Clippers in the early 2000s.
Read more on Los Angeles Daily News

Giants notebook: Willie Mays has quite a day celebrating his 80th birthday
The afternoon luncheon was the place to be, primarily because Mays’ own address at that event brought down the house.
Read more on Contra Costa Times