Dwight Howard, Jeanie Buss clear air on his 2020 Lakers departure
Dwight Howard was confused.On a team led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis, Howard had been viewed as a key role player during the Lakers’…
Why the Dodgers have confidence in Walker Buehler vs. the Mets
The quality of pitches and the results this season have not been vintage Walker Bueher, not after a second Tommy John surgery sapped him of…
Sacrifice bunts part of Dodgers’ NLCS strategy against Mets
It was exactly 36 years ago Tuesday that Kirk Gibson hit his famous walk-off home run off Dennis Eckersley and hobbled around the bases in…
How Blake Treinen removes stress from pressure-packed moments
In an age when everything on a baseball field can be quantified and culled into scouting reports that reveal the strengths, weaknesses and tendencies of…
Dodgers’ Kiké Hernández renews reputation for playoff heroics
Reggie Jackson will always be “Mr. October” in the minds of baseball fans, but around these parts, that moniker could be attached to a lesser-known…
How UCLA’s Niki Prongos went from unknown to NFL prospect
In high school, Niki Prongos would hear the play call and wonder what it meant.When he got to UCLA, the offensive lineman went over the…
Did Dodgers fans motivate San Diego Padres to NLDS Game 2 win?
If the intent of the Dodgers fans who threw two baseballs at San Diego Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar and a water bottle, beer can…
Lakers LeBron James, Anthony Davis to make preseason debut
LeBron James and Anthony Davis will make their preseason debut Sunday against the Phoenix Suns at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, the two Lakers stars…
Dodgers hope ‘different level of intensity’ fixes bye-week woes
Facing a third straight postseason that will begin with a five-day bye week — and still reeling from the early eliminations that followed the first…
Netflix casts Keira Knightley, Hannah Waddingham and Guy Pearce in mystery based on best-seller
Netflix has selected a star-studded cast for its upcoming feature adaptation of Ruth Ware’s bestselling mystery, The Woman in Cabin 10. Source link
Oscar Rios is Downey High’s go-to guy in key moment
When the Downey High football team has the ball and is trailing, coach Jack Williams holds his trust in one student: 17-year-old quarterback Oscar Rios.“They…
Cast member Jorge Garcia looks back at ‘Lost’ 20 years later
In the spring of 2004, actor Jorge Garcia was riding in the back of a van along Oahu’s Mokulē’ia Beach, trying to process the uncanny…
Eric Bieniemy blames himself for UCLA’s rocky start
The expletives and biting one-liners that Eric Bieniemy unleashes on a football field never cut as deep as the internal dialogue.If anyone is to blame…
Did Caleb Williams brush off C.J. Stroud? ‘Not trying to little bro him’
Maybe Caleb Williams just isn’t used to someone grabbing him by the shoulder pads and saying, “Come here.”Especially when that someone is a rival quarterback…
Tyler Glasnow done? Dodgers’ annual meltdown begins now
Usually the Dodgers wait until October to collapse.This season, they’re getting a head start.Usually the Dodgers wait until their first postseason opponent actually shows up…
Former Dodger Jason Heyward making his mark with Astros
There are two outs and two baserunners in the top of the eighth inning of a World Series game in Dodger Stadium, the Houston Astros…
Jack Flaherty shines, Shohei Ohtani hits 46th homer in Dodgers win
For as bad as the Dodgers’ pitching situation looks here in the final month of the season, there’s a world where it could have been…
‘Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos’ examines creator of HBO drama
It was a mere 25 years ago that “The Sopranos” debuted on HBO and set the clocks to zero on what some like to call…
Florida State rookies must be difference-makers on Rams defense
The verbal exchanges between edge rusher Jared Verse and tackle Braden Fiske occurred daily in the locker room after practices at Florida State, and they…
Review: ‘Reagan’ movie is historical hooey — and a slog
There’s political idolatry, and then there’s the canonization in movie‘s clothing that is Sean McNamara’s faith-tinged bio-epic “Reagan,” which follows its subject, played by Dennis…