Don Klosterman

Don Klosterman, former Rams' general manager, has been hit with a multimillion-dollar sexual harassment lawsuit stemming from his one-year stint as president of the firm that managed Hollywood Park's card casino. Hollywood Park is also named in the suit, filed Feb. 6 in Los Angeles Superior Court by Miki Gaut, a former employee of the firm, Pacific Casino Management.

Dan Barreiro of the Minneapolis Star Tribune writes that Christina Rice, Glen Rice's wife, sounded not unlike the mother of Christian Laettner, who once played for the Timberwolves. "For one short stretch, Bonnie Laettner seemed to average an interview an hour. She babbled to newspaper reporters. She babbled to TV reporters. She showed up on radio talk shows.

The $250,000 Los Angeles International Triathlon, scheduled for June 7, has been postponed until the same weekend in 1993 because organizers did not have enough time to promote the event after the city delayed approval until February, Don Klosterman, the event's general manager, said. Refund checks will be issued this week to triathletes who entered, he said.

An impressive lineup of sports and political dignitaries were among the 1,500 who said goodbye to former Los Angeles Ram general manager Don Klosterman in a two-hour funeral service Monday at the Sacred Heart Chapel on the Loyola Marymount campus. Klosterman, 70, died Wednesday of heart failure, six weeks after major heart surgery. Among those giving eulogies were Sen. Ted Kennedy, former presidential candidate Jack Kemp, Bill Walsh, Frank Gifford and Al Michaels.

A couple of former quarterbacks, Don Klosterman and Eddie LeBaron, have applied to the state's department of gaming registration for a lease to operate the card-playing club at Hollywood Park. Klosterman, who played football at Loyola before his professional career was ended by a skiing accident, and Don Robbins, the president of Hollywood Park, confirmed the application Wednesday.

Don Klosterman, president and general manager of the Los Angeles Express since December 1983, has been fired by Harry Usher, commissioner of the United States Football League. Usher flew from New York to Los Angeles last Thursday to give Klosterman the news. Klosterman was also told that the remainder of his contract, which runs through Dec. 22, 1985, will not be honored. Klosterman said he plans to fight back legally. "That's why I haven't gone public with it," Klosterman said of his firing.

Don Klosterman, former Los Angeles Ram general manager, died Wednesday morning at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center a few days after suffering a heart attack. He was 70. Klosterman was much more than a former football executive. He was a Los Angeles sports institution, and not only because he was an All-American quarterback at Loyola who led the nation in passing in 1951 and later a backup to Bob Waterfield and Norm Van Brocklin on the Rams of the mid-1950s.

Here's to the winners and losers on the Los Angeles Express. If the Express folds, the winners are the players who were in the college graduating class of 1984. They walked into a bidding war between the USFL and NFL and walked away with their pockets stuffed with money. As quarterback Steve Young once said: "It was like hitting the lottery."

Dan Barreiro of the Minneapolis Star Tribune writes that Christina Rice, Glen Rice's wife, sounded not unlike the mother of Christian Laettner, who once played for the Timberwolves. "For one short stretch, Bonnie Laettner seemed to average an interview an hour. She babbled to newspaper reporters. She babbled to TV reporters. She showed up on radio talk shows.

An impressive lineup of sports and political dignitaries were among the 1,500 who said goodbye to former Los Angeles Ram general manager Don Klosterman in a two-hour funeral service Monday at the Sacred Heart Chapel on the Loyola Marymount campus. Klosterman, 70, died Wednesday of heart failure, six weeks after major heart surgery. Among those giving eulogies were Sen. Ted Kennedy, former presidential candidate Jack Kemp, Bill Walsh, Frank Gifford and Al Michaels.

Don Klosterman, former Los Angeles Ram general manager, died Wednesday morning at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center a few days after suffering a heart attack. He was 70. Klosterman was much more than a former football executive. He was a Los Angeles sports institution, and not only because he was an All-American quarterback at Loyola who led the nation in passing in 1951 and later a backup to Bob Waterfield and Norm Van Brocklin on the Rams of the mid-1950s.

Don Klosterman, former Rams' general manager, has been hit with a multimillion-dollar sexual harassment lawsuit stemming from his one-year stint as president of the firm that managed Hollywood Park's card casino. Hollywood Park is also named in the suit, filed Feb. 6 in Los Angeles Superior Court by Miki Gaut, a former employee of the firm, Pacific Casino Management.

A couple of former quarterbacks, Don Klosterman and Eddie LeBaron, have applied to the state's department of gaming registration for a lease to operate the card-playing club at Hollywood Park. Klosterman, who played football at Loyola before his professional career was ended by a skiing accident, and Don Robbins, the president of Hollywood Park, confirmed the application Wednesday.

Can you remember when our town was the football capital of the universe? The Trojans were slapping everyone around up to and including Notre Dame. UCLA had these smart, swift teams, which would pick your pocket, slip the watch off your wrist and pull your hat down over your ears. The Rams were the scourge of the West. The Raiders took no prisoners. And so on. Now, look at them. It's been eons since the Trojans beat anybody in the top 10, never mind Notre Dame.

It was a professional team. It wasn't supposed to end with grown men throwing appetizers at each other in a hotel room. It wasn't supposed to end with the quarterback telling the center: "Just snap the ball over my head and let's see what happens." It wasn't supposed to end with a 39-year-old truck driver going knuckles down at left tackle for $100 per game, sending a $40-million quarterback scrambling toward the sanctuary of the sideline.

The $250,000 Los Angeles International Triathlon, scheduled for June 7, has been postponed until the same weekend in 1993 because organizers did not have enough time to promote the event after the city delayed approval until February, Don Klosterman, the event's general manager, said. Refund checks will be issued this week to triathletes who entered, he said.

The Duke, 469 N. Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, (213) 273-3844. Open Monday-Friday for lunch, daily for dinner. Full bar. Valet parking. American Express, MasterCard and Visa accepted. Dinner for two, food only, $30-$70. Rich women once wanted to own diamonds and furs; today, it seems, they want restaurants. Preferably intimate ones, where their friends can feel at home. This approach has its problems. The owner is apt to get cross when the guests aren't feeling friendly.

Can you remember when our town was the football capital of the universe? The Trojans were slapping everyone around up to and including Notre Dame. UCLA had these smart, swift teams, which would pick your pocket, slip the watch off your wrist and pull your hat down over your ears. The Rams were the scourge of the West. The Raiders took no prisoners. And so on. Now, look at them. It's been eons since the Trojans beat anybody in the top 10, never mind Notre Dame.

The Duke, 469 N. Doheny Drive, Beverly Hills, (213) 273-3844. Open Monday-Friday for lunch, daily for dinner. Full bar. Valet parking. American Express, MasterCard and Visa accepted. Dinner for two, food only, $30-$70. Rich women once wanted to own diamonds and furs; today, it seems, they want restaurants. Preferably intimate ones, where their friends can feel at home. This approach has its problems. The owner is apt to get cross when the guests aren't feeling friendly.

Here's to the winners and losers on the Los Angeles Express. If the Express folds, the winners are the players who were in the college graduating class of 1984. They walked into a bidding war between the USFL and NFL and walked away with their pockets stuffed with money. As quarterback Steve Young once said: "It was like hitting the lottery."