Sean Weiss start crying and screaming like a baby. Weiss, born in Germany and raised outside Zurich, said she began skating as a child on a little lake that would freeze up during winters. Then she and Sean ducked back to their seats just in time to watch the Kings even the score on a Luc Robitaille power play goal. In fairness to Laker fans, at Staples it's sometimes difficult to tell whether you're attending a hoops contest, a rock concert or a Democratic Party convention. As the first period ends, cell phones are whipped out.
Concession stands magically spring to life.
Voices coarsened by cheering drift through the halls. We like to think we contribute to it. We consider ourselves an extended part of the family. Look at what they got under their feet. That's a quarter-inch blade, and that's what carries them back and forth.