Predators

Kings today VS. NASHVILLE When: 1. Where: Staples Center. On the air: TV: None. Radio: 1150. Records: Kings: 10-4-2, Predators: 6-7-1. Record vs. Predators (2008-09): 0-4-0 Update: The Kings are off to their best start since the 1992-93 season with a 10-4-2 record, a league fourth-best 22 points and a second-place standing in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. A win or overtime loss against the Predators would mark the ninth consecutive game the Kings have recorded a point, a feat the team hasn't accomplished since the 1980-81 season.

Regarding "Tame Is Lame" [Sept. 28], about TV programmers' bias toward big brutes in wildlife films: As a supporter of the reintroduction of large predators to their former ranges, I found the attitudes expressed by Mr. Fairclough repugnant. All they do is cement in the public's consciousness the idea that big predators have no place in the modern world. "Shark attacks," "bear attacks," "tiger attacks" -- one would think all these magnificent animals have on their minds is to harm any human who happens by. Michael S. Fields Columbus, Ohio