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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
UCLA’s decision to retain Chip Kelly confirms, once again, that UCLA really is a great basketball school. And why not retain him? After six seasons,…
The crowd had been revived. The energy had been restored. The building shook. The Dallas Mavericks were shaken. “Let’s go Lakers! ... Let’s go Lakers.”…
He is supposed to be getting old. LeBron James raced down the court for a thundering layup to give the Lakers their first fourth-quarter lead.…
They are fighting their tattered rotation, their untested bullpen, their shallow lineup. Clayton Kershaw is too old. Bobby Miller is too young. Evan Phillips is…
The way baseball’s trade deadline played out Tuesday, one might confuse Andrew Friedman for a Dodgers’ starting pitcher. Because he got shelled. It’s strange to…
For all the glitz and glam found within the rosters of Southern California’s successful sports teams, there is only one bit of bling that truly…
Enough. Enough reliever starts. Enough rookie starts. Enough rattled starts. Enough starts that last four innings. Enough starts that give up five runs. Enough starts…
They did nothing. They did everything. They bricked it. They absolutely nailed it. For the first time in recent memory, the NBA free-agent circus missed…
All hail the glorious Coliseum, all praise the centennial birthday of the Los Angeles landmark that has hosted a century’s worth of world-renowned athletes. Like,…
This sounds crazy, but so does the fact that this could be the worst pitching staff in Dodgers history. This seems unimaginable, but so does…
Times columnist Bill Plaschke won first place in the 2022 Associated Press Sports Editors’ columnist competition, adding to the publication’s awards haul that included Grand…
Jack was back. The Memphis Grizzlies never stood a chance. D-Lo was floating. The Memphis Grizzlies never got close. A.D. was relentless, The King ruled,…
GLENDALE, Ariz. — He was screaming. He was grimacing. This was bad. Patrick Mahomes lay sprawled across the grass for a few agonizing moments, then picked…