Mike Penner, Sports Columnist, 52 7.75K Foster Kamer 11/28/09 02:30PM Filed to: and now they're dead and now they're dead mike penner Mike Penner, LA Times sports columnist, was found dead in her apartment yesterday; it appears to be a suicide. Penner famously came out as a transsexual, becoming Christine Daniels, and one of America's few transgender sports writers. [LAist]