The Los Angeles Times’ favorite sports stories from 2024
Las Amazonas de Yaxunah play a softball game during a visit by actor Yalitza Aparicio. Women don’t typically play sports in their community and took…
Angels are signing players, but what can they expect from Mike Trout?
In the NFL, Patrick Mahomes makes your team a contender. In the NBA, Nikola Jokic makes your team a contender.In baseball, as the Angels and…
Angels agree to one-year, $2.75-million deal with Kevin Newman
Infielder Kevin Newman and the Angels agreed Thursday to a $2.75 million, one-year contract.Newman gets a $2.5 million salary next season, and the deal includes…
Angels owner Arte Moreno bullish on team’s TV deal with FanDuel Sports
When the television company that airs Angels games filed for bankruptcy last year, the team appeared to be faced with a stark choice: take less…
Angels’ Zach Neto has surgery, could miss start of 2025 season
Angels shortstop Zach Neto could miss the start of the 2025 season after undergoing surgery on his right shoulder.Angels general manager Perry Minasian announced Friday…
For the Angels, Bally Sports is Plan A. What could Plan B be?
Three days after the Angels concluded the worst season in franchise history, their fans faced a new and urgent concern: Would they be able to…
Angels’ season ends with shutout loss to the Rangers
Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven scoreless innings, Dustin Harris had a homer and two-run double in his second MLB game and the defending champion Texas Rangers…
Angels can’t hold off Rangers rally, record 98th loss of season
Jonathan Ornelas had a two-run, pinch-hit single in Texas’ four-run ninth and the Rangers scored six times in the final two innings to beat the…
Column: The Ducks are O.C.’s model sports franchise. Could their owner save the Angels?
For the Angels, Sunday is the last day of the worst season in franchise history. There is a dreary emptiness around the ballpark.On the field,…
Reid Detmers strikes out 12, gives up three homers in Angels’ loss
Jacob deGrom pitched four innings of one-run ball, and Wyatt Langford and Adolis García hit back-to-back homers in the first inning of the Texas Rangers’…
Ron Washington believes he can teach young Angels to win
If anyone in baseball can teach players how to field grounders like pros, it’s Ron Washington. He’s done it before.Down on all fours just before…
Can Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani get to 60-60? ‘He could’ with 6 games left
As Major League Baseball enters the final week of its regular season, let’s identify the rarefied and the rotten, those teams, players and managers who…
Angels use four-run rally in ninth inning to beat the Astros
HOUSTON — Zach Neto hit two home runs and drove in six, and the Angels came from behind twice to beat the Houston Astros 9-8 on…
Reid Detmers struggles and Angels give up 20 hits in loss to Astros
HOUSTON — Yordan Alvarez and Kyle Tucker hit back-to-back home runs and finished with four hits each in the Houston Astros’ 10-4 win over the Angels…
Eric Wagaman’s three hits not enough for Angels in loss to Astros
HOUSTON — Kyle Tucker had four hits, including a home run, and Jake Meyers and Alex Bregman hit home runs while combining for six RBIs to…
Column: White Sox vs. Angels. In Anaheim. The worst baseball game ever?
It was a beautiful day for a ballgame Wednesday afternoon at Angel Stadium in Anaheim. Too bad the nice weather was wasted on a meeting…
Eric Wagaman homers again as Angels end six-game losing streak
Rookie Eric Wagaman homered for the second straight game, Griffin Canning threw six innings of three-hit ball, and the Angels dealt the Chicago White Sox…
Angels fall to last-place Chicago White Sox for their 90th loss
Andrew Benintendi homered twice for the third time this season and drove in four runs, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Angels 8-4 Monday…
Angels star Mike Trout says its possible he change positions
Mike Trout is open to discussing a position change after he has missed 370 games during the past four seasons. The Angels slugger and three-time…
Angels’ ninth-inning rally falls short as Astros complete sweep
Ronel Blanco threw six scoreless innings, Jason Heyward had a home run among his three hits and the Houston Astros finished off a three-game sweep…