Yes, hell did freeze over and the Los Angeles Kings have brought the Stanley Cup to town for the first time in the team’s 45-year history. The cup might be in town during the AACC Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo, depending on whom within the Kings' organisation has possession of it on those dates. If you’re curious about your proximity to the most prestigious trophy in North American sports, check out the Hockey Hall of Fame site, which stalks the Cup in its Stanley Cup Journal.

If you’re a baseball fan, you’re in luck. The Los Angeles Dodgers are in town the week of July 16: they are scheduled to host the San Diego Padres on Sunday, July 15, and the Phillies on July 16, 17, and 18. Watching a game at Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine on a balmy summer night—pure heaven. Just don’t ask how the stadium landed on that piece of real estate—it ain’t pretty. For information and to score tickets, go to www.dodgers.com.

Would you rather watch the game (or some other event) from the comfort of the great indoors? Then head for the ESPN Sports Zone in the LA Live area near the convention center. More than 150 large-screen HD monitors are set up in the bar and restaurant section. If you’re in the mood to get physical, go upstairs, where you will find 10,000 square feet devoted to all sorts of interactive games.