Have Padres, Diamondbacks given up trying to keep pace with Dodgers?
Leaving the Major League Baseball winter meetings empty-handed can feel worse than it actually is. What it’s not is the equivalent of waking up on…
Dodgers’ offseason begins as Teoscar Hernández, others hit free agency
Outfielder Juan Soto became a free agent this offseason. Will the Dodgers, who just faced him in the World Series, make a play for him?…
Alexander the Great really was better than the average conqueror
Book Review Alexander at the End of the World: The Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great By Rachel KousserMariner Books: 416 pages, $35If you…
Why Paul George’s contract negotiation with the Clippers failed
Paul George didn’t want to leave Los Angeles. And the Clippers wanted to keep him here for life.That’s all according to George, who relayed the…
LeBron James’ new deal confirms the Lakers’ offseason is a bust
The Lakers give an aging star a generous contract extension that ensures he will retire in their uniform. The Lakers know this contract will restrict…
In defense of helicopter parents: Why we’re right to be anxious
This column is the latest in a series on parenting children in the final years of high school, “Emptying the Nest.” Read the previous installment,…
Scandal shadows Andrew Do’s final year on the O.C Board of Supervisors
Andrew Do squeaked onto the Orange County Board of Supervisors by 43 votes in 2015, defeating a veteran politician to become the second Vietnamese American…
Peter Angelos, longtime Baltimore Orioles owner, dies at 94
BALTIMORE — Peter Angelos, owner of a Baltimore Orioles team that endured long losing stretches and shrewd proprietor of a law firm that won high-profile cases…