Shohei Ohtani retired a meme by joining a team with other heroes
Shohei Ohtani homered on Friday night. He reached base four times. His team lost. These were like the good old days again, a Herculean effort…
Shohei Ohtani’s big homer can’t save Dodgers in loss to Angels
Shohei Ohtani was on the losing end of a Freeway Series game for the 11th consecutive time Friday night. This one just happened to be…
Shohei Ohtani helps fill in for Mookie Betts in Dodgers’ win
DENVER — No Mookie, no problem. For one night at least. In the Dodgers’ first game without star shortstop Mookie Betts, who is expected to sit…
Shohei Ohtani formally cleared by MLB of any involvement in gambling
On the same day Major League Baseball banned a player for life for betting on baseball, the league formally cleared its biggest star from any…
Shohei Ohtani moves past scandal but slumping in Dodgers’ loss
PITTSBURGH — As a reporter noted the considerable amount of conversation dedicated to the scandal surrounding Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts cut…
Ippei Mizuhara, ex-interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, pleads guilty
The former interpreter for Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud on Tuesday and admitted to stealing nearly $17 million from…
Shohei Ohtani misses pitching, but is he now a better hitter?
NEW YORK — Nine months since his last time atop a big league mound, there is one thing about pitching Shohei Ohtani misses most. The…
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani buys La Cañada mansion for $7.85 million
Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani just put down roots in the L.A. area, dropping $7.85 million on a modern mansion in La Cañada Flintridge. The massive…
Dodgers waste big game by Shohei Ohtani in loss to Diamondbacks
Tuesday night was the Shohei Ohtani show at Dodger Stadium. Too bad much of the supporting cast failed to show up. Despite two hits and…
The Sports Report: Shohei Ohtani gets first walk-off hit as a Dodger
Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. Newsletter Go beyond the scoreboard Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the…
Shohei Ohtani gets winning hit in Dodgers’ walk-off victory
Shohei Ohtani got an impromptu shower near the second base bag Sunday afternoon, his teammates dousing him with two buckets and several bottles of water…
Dodgers look flat on Shohei Ohtani bobblehead night
Long lines snaked out from Dodger Stadium entrances a good three hours before Thursday night’s game, and most of the 53,527 fans in attendance were…
Column: Dave Roberts does his job: Protecting Shohei Ohtani from himself
SAN DIEGO — Shohei Ohtani thought he could have played on Sunday. He was looking forward to facing Japanese compatriot Yu Darvish. Dave Roberts didn’t let…
Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter agrees to plead guilty to stealing $17 million
Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to stealing millions of dollars from Ohtani…
The Sports Report: Shohei Ohtani is just what the Dodgers ordered
Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. Newsletter Go beyond the scoreboard Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the…
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…
Shohei Ohtani hits two homers as Dodgers sweep the Braves
Dave Roberts seemed a little conflicted before Sunday’s series finale against the Atlanta Braves in Dodger Stadium. The manager didn’t want to put too much…
Dave Roberts the latest to receive a Porsche from Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani gifted new teammate Joe Kelly’s wife with a new Porsche Panamera, a sports car with a sticker price between $100,000 and $200,000, when…
How hitting with RISP has been Shohei Ohtani’s one Dodgers flaw
The timing was coincidental. But, on Shohei Ohtani’s first off day as a Dodger, the discourse Wednesday centered on the one big struggle of his…
Inside the day Shohei Ohtani did not fly to Toronto
TORONTO — It all started with a tweet. Two of them, actually. On Dec. 8 last year, during a Friday afternoon in the thick of MLB’s…