Shohei Ohtani deserves MVP over Francisco Lindor after 50-50 feat
Everything about him is unanimous.He’s the best player in baseball history. He just had the best offensive day in baseball history. He’s having the best…
Plaschke: LeBron James’ golden Olympics wasted on tarnished Lakers
He carried this country to gold.But he might not be able to carry the Lakers into the playoffs?He was the leader of the team that…
Plaschke: Bring it on! Los Angeles begins countdown to 2028 Olympics
Finally, dramatically, it has ended, the 2024 Paris Olympics finishing its last lap Sunday with incomparable enthusiasm, unbridled joy, and one last look at the…
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’…
Plaschke: Clayton Kershaw debut gives Dodgers new hope
Clayton Kershaw was crumbling again. It was real. It was happening. It was October in July. It was deja boo. It was the third inning…
Plaschke: Caitlin Clark brings the magic in her Hollywood debut
All night, bricks. Then, boom. All night, dreadful. Then, dagger. Caitlin Clark spent most of her first visit to Los Angeles stuck in terrible traffic…
Plaschke: Lakers and JJ Redick are a match made in Looney Tunes
JJ Redick? Seriously? The Los Angeles LeBrons appear to be closing in on the landmark hire of a bench boss who possesses but one legitimate…
Plaschke: Shohei Ohtani has sweeping Dodgers dreaming of a different October
This wasn’t October. This can’t be confused with October. This has nothing to do with October. Yet make no mistake, the Dodgers’ weekend sweep of…
Times columnist Bill Plaschke wins prestigious Red Smith Award
The reaction was thunderous and effusive. Colleagues and competitors, team officials, longtime readers and even some critics all celebrated when the Associated Press Sports Editors…
Plaschke: Lakers finishing with headache, nausea and dimming hopes
Headache. Nausea. The two words were uttered Tuesday night to describe the condition of a certain Laker. The two words could also describe the reaction…
Plaschke: Do you still believe in Shohei Ohtani? I’m not sure
It still doesn’t feel right. It still doesn’t make sense. No matter how much Shohei Ohtani and his advisors attempt to clean it up, something…
Plaschke: Chargers want to finally make a splash? Hire Jim Harbaugh
Jim Harbaugh is there if the Chargers want him. The question is, how bad do they want him? Do they want to deal with the…