Dodgers’ Mookie Betts brushes off Yankee fans who attacked him
NEW YORK — There is fan interference and there is misdemeanor assault, and what happened to Dodgers star Mookie Betts in the right-field corner of Yankee…
Clippers open their new home with a tough loss to the Phoenix Suns
The show began Wednesday night with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer standing with fans on the East side of his palace called Intuit Dome in an…
Kevin de León takes a page from Trump’s playbook at Boyle Heights debate
More than 200 people packed the pews at Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights on Wednesday, and they all had one question on their minds:Where…
Kyren Williams flips Rams-49ers rivalry on head with 3 TD game
Script, flipped.The Rams finally beat the San Francisco 49ers in a meaningful regular-season game.Kyren Williams flipped too.If you haven’t seen it, you soon will. It’s…
Dodgers’ Tyler Glasnow highly unlikely to return this season
ATLANTA — The Dodgers knew the risks that came with acquiring talented but injury-plagued pitcher Tyler Glasnow last offseason. On Saturday, after the latest setback in…
Olympics closing ceremony in Paris has a Hollywood ending
And so the two weeks when I become interested in athletics every four years have drawn to a close, with a ceremony to mark the…
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…
L.A. officially accepts Olympic handoff to close Paris Games
PARIS — No other city in the world can do what Paris has done over the last three weeks, staging the drama of Olympic competition…
Women experienced the best — and the worst — at Paris Olympics
PARIS — After punching her way to a gold medal, winning bout after bout, the Algerian boxer felt like she had to keep fighting.Throughout the 2024…
American B-girls proud to be part of breaking’s Olympic debut
PARIS — Sunny Choi has spent many jams dancing in dark, cramped rooms. The floors are dirty. Everyone’s sweating. She may kick someone. They’re still…
A photojournalist’s view of the 2024 Paris Olympics
More than 11,000 athletes competing in 329 events for 32 sports and only one photographer. That’s Los Angeles Times photojournalist Wally Skalij’s challenge.No, he won’t…
Olympics: Simone Biles leads U.S. team defying age expectations
PARIS — Simone Biles would like to issue a formal apology. Aly Raisman, who competed in her second Olympics at 22 years old in 2016…
Jordan Chiles aiming for gold with her Olympics Beyoncé routine
PARIS — She hasn’t even saluted for her first Olympic routine in Bercy Arena, but Jordan Chiles already has something better than a gold medal.Beyoncé’s platinum…
LA28 begins obsessively studying every detail at Paris Olympics
PARIS — Sitting on a brightly lit stage, facing a darkened hall full of unfamiliar faces, Reynold Hoover mostly kept his mouth shut.As the new chief…
Dodgers place starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow on injured list
Jack Harris covers the Dodgers for the Los Angeles Times. Before that, he covered the Angels, the Kings and almost everything else the L.A. sports…
Dodgers drop series to Rangers after stars fail to deliver
The table could not have been set any better for the Dodgers on Thursday night, their two-run deficit seemingly on the verge of disappearing in…
Shaky defense latest problem to afflict Dodgers in loss to Mets
In series losses to the San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals at the start of a nine-game homestand, the Dodgers’ struggles had followed a few…
Clippers to face Dallas in playoffs, but will Kawhi Leonard play?
The Clippers’ first-round playoff matchup was set before tipoff Friday night. With the Dallas Mavericks losing to the Detroit Pistons, the Clippers already knew before…
Photos: Opening Day 2024 at Dodger Stadium
The Boys in Blue and their fans celebrate the beginning of the season at Dodger Stadium prior to the team's home opener against the St.…
Shohei Ohtani shows no hint he’s distracted by gambling scandal
Scandal? What scandal? Shohei Ohtani might as well have been talking about a television show he watched the night before or his commute to Dodger…