UCLA baseball assistant David Berg leaves after slapping a player
UCLA assistant baseball coach David Berg recently parted ways with the school several months after a university investigation concluded that he had “by a preponderance…
Olivier Giroud is on board with LAFC. What about Antoine Griezmann?
Olivier Giroud was already yesterday’s news when LAFC introduced him as their most recent addition on Thursday afternoon. The focus had already shifted to Giroud’s…
Former Pepperdine coach is new baseball coach at Oaks Christian
Oaks Christian has hired former Pepperdine University head coach Rick Hirtensteiner as its baseball coach.Hirtensteiner was head coach at Pepperdine since the 2016 season until…
Never shy to trade prospects, AJ Preller makes Padres a threat again
SAN DIEGO — On his first day as a member of the San Diego Padres, with half an hour to the trade deadline and the clubhouse…
Plaschke: Jack Flaherty gives Dodgers dramatic trade deadline victory
Far away from a field, hours before a game, Andrew Friedman just hammered out the biggest hit of the Dodger season.Trading for the Detroit Tigers’…
Letters: Dodgers’ problems start with manager Dave Roberts
How many more seasons can this continue? Dodgers manager Dave Roberts’ inane approach to his pitching staff continues to cost the team wins. He repeatedly…
Why Teoscar Hernández signed with the Dodgers and not the Red Sox
Teoscar Hernández could be playing for the Boston Red Sox this weekend instead of against them.He could have taken the two-year, $28-million deal he says…
MLB needs to let Shohei Ohtani and players compete in Olympics
ARLINGTON, Texas — Dodger Stadium. Olympic gold medal on the line. Shohei Ohtani in the batter’s box — or on the mound. Ohtani can see…
MLB draft Day 2: Nick McLain to join two brothers in pro baseball
Beckman High in Irvine once had three McLain brothers playing on the baseball team in 2018.Now all three will be in pro baseball after the…
Kellon Lindsey selected No. 23 overall by Dodgers in MLB draft
FORT WORTH, Texas — With their first pick in the 2024 draft, the Dodgers selected the same kind of player they did with their first pick…
A Clayton Kershaw biography and more baseball book recommendations
Good morning and welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m novelist and punk historian Jim Ruland, and this week we’re celebrating America’s pastime.…
Dodgers Dugout: The Dodgers have the best rotation in baseball (on the IL)
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell, and if your pitching arm feels strong, please contact the Dodgers.…
Sean Burroughs, ex-Little League star, died of fentanyl intoxication
The death of Sean Burroughs, who helped Long Beach win back-to-back Little League World Series titles in the early 1990s, was caused by fentanyl intoxication,…
Opinion: End the blows against the beauty of baseball
The following confession may come as a shock to those who know me: I am now a conservative. When it comes to baseball, that is.…
With Shohei Ohtani bowing out, MLB should cancel home run derby
Major League Baseball might as well cancel the home run derby. With Shohei Ohtani saying on Tuesday night that he is unlikely to compete in…
Shohei Ohtani has made the Dodgers MLB’s unquestioned juggernaut
Shohei Ohtani, photographed in Seattle in 2022. (Ian Allen) When federal prosecutors asserted in April that Shohei Ohtani didn’t place any wagers with an illegal…
Jim Murray: In praise of the wonderful Willie Mays
The following Jim Murray column was first published by the Los Angeles Times on May 23, 1962. The first thing to establish about Willie Mays…
Column: Baseball legend Willie Mays instrumental in California fight against housing discrimination
SACRAMENTO — As a ballplayer, Willie Mays was arguably the greatest of all time — baseball’s GOAT. But he also starred in another endeavor — as…
Willie Mays, Hall of Fame Major League Baseball legend, has died
It came to be known simply as “The Catch,” and is, perhaps, the most recognized defensive play in baseball’s long and storied history, the play…
Norco baseball coach Gary Parcell motivated to keep coaching
Gary Parcell, 70, is coming back for his 33rd season as head baseball coach at Norco thanks to what he called “overwhelming” support from players,…