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OK, if I ran Times Sports I might try to hide my connection with T.J. Simers too. But since his mug is all over newsboxes and even inside the Times building elevators this week, the omission of his byline from today's column on page 2 of the LAT sports section must just be an oversight. The spot where it usually announces T.J. SIMERS instead reads:
COLUMNIST NAME HERE
The gaffe is just in the print paper, not online (and it was caught for the Orange County and Ventura editions.)