Austin Reaves scores 37 as Lakers fall to Denver for another loss
DENVER — Lakers coach JJ Redick lately has repeated a lyric from an old Jay-Z song: “It was all good just a week ago.”Entering Friday’s game against…
My Gene Hackman photo shoot: What the Oscar winner left behind
In 2001, I got the chance to photograph Gene Hackman. The shoot took place Nov. 17 in a penthouse suite at the Regent Beverly Wilshire…
How many times has the fair-catch free-kick field goal worked in NFL?
Kicker: Cameron Dicker Team: ChargersOpponent: Denver BroncosDistance: 57 yardsAs time ran out in the second quarter, L.A.’s Derius Davis called for a fair catch at…
LeBron James returns and Lakers hold on to beat Memphis Grizzlies
The Lakers were, again, the Lakers — the version from early this season that made optimism seem nothing like foolishness.For two-and-a-half quarters Sunday night against…
‘No Good Deed’ review: Twisting mysteries and L.A. real estate
Created by Liz Feldman and premiering Thursday on Netflix, “No Good Deed” is a real estate black comedy set in one of the country’s most…
Living life instead of obsessing about politics? The news will break through
It’s my job to be a news junkie and follow politics and policy from Washington. But it’s my avocation as well, covering “the art of…
Opinion: How can Usha Vance stand by her husband as he fans bigotry?
I can’t get over how much I have in common with Usha Vance, wife of the Republican vice presidential candidate. We both grew up in…
Trump has raised the temperature, but do both sides need to cool it?
WASHINGTON — Robert A. Pape, a political scientist who studies political violence, has little doubt that former President Trump has made more incendiary comments than Vice…
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…