Los angeles times lance pugmire

About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries. Hot Property. Times Events. Times Store. Times Events. Times Store. Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Share Close extra sharing options. By Lance Pugmire. Lance Pugmire. More From the Los Angeles Times. Rams Rams trade inside linebacker Kenny Young to Broncos for draft pick. Starting in until , he worked investigations and hard news.

Lance held a strong desire to report on sports news, and his big break came with the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case. He covered that case and its many updates. Lance got used to the lightning fast deadlines and the ringside chaos that Saturday nights brought him. Being in the arena was always high stress for Lance because of the energy coursing through the crowd and the fighters, but also because of his tight deadlines.

Oftentimes, he had only minutes or seconds to explain to the best of his ability how the fight went. On Saturday nights at the LA Times, he had two deadlines: one at p. Usually the first deadline took place while the fight was still happening or just as it was ending, so the pressure of the deadline took precedence over cheering with the rest of the crowd. His fight stories were typically written in five to 10 minutes at a total of or words, and he usually wrote another story with all the next steps for Monday right after Saturday night fights.

Lance averaged a dozen published stories in a week for the LA Times, both in paper and online. For Lance, his job is his life. But so are his children. A father of three, Lance has coached his eldest daughter in softball and his youngest son in soccer, basketball, and Little League Baseball.

The excitement of that experience made Lance take a step back from coaching. Now, he focuses on spending quality time with his children. His favorite activity is to watch football games. Seeing his joy and happiness was the highlight of the year for me. In his professional life, Lance never forgets what, or rather, who keeps him going. And he wondered why he had waited so long. Now the senior boxing writer at The Athletic, Lance only has to write two or three in-depth stories a week.

Because he no longer covers UFC matches as often, he is able to travel less and spend quality time with his children more often.