Babe Ruth ‘called shot’ Yankees jersey sells for record $24 million
Babe Ruth’s New York Yankees jersey from his supposed “called shot” home run in the 1932 World Series has sold for $24 million, cementing its…
Letters to Sports: Give Dodgers’ Teoscar Hernández his due
Let me get this straight. In last Saturday’s Times, Chuck Schilken wrote a story on Teoscar Hernández rightfully noting “the outfielder has been representing Los…
How Kei Kamara escaped Sierra Leone to star for LAFC
The explosion outside of his school. The vultures feasting on corpses in the streets. The water gushing into the boat that was ferrying him to…
Why haven’t the Dodgers rewarded Dave Roberts with a new contract?
Everyone knows how this will play out — the way it plays out every year. As the postseason approaches, the whispers will increase in volume.…
How Dodgers historian Mark Langill takes on brain cancer with history
He was struggling to walk, battling to talk, fighting to think. But he never forgot the Dodgers. He couldn’t forget the Dodgers. In the first…
Willie Mays, Hall of Fame Major League Baseball legend, has died
It came to be known simply as “The Catch,” and is, perhaps, the most recognized defensive play in baseball’s long and storied history, the play…
Jo Adell’s big catch can’t save Angels from Cleveland sweep
Ben Lively pitched seven innings of two-run ball, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Angels 5-4 on Sunday for their ninth consecutive win. It’s the…
Maya Brady leads UCLA over Georgia in NCAA softball Super Regional
The crack of the ball off Maya Brady’s bat in the first inning sent a swift, loud message. “Storm’s a Bruin,” UCLA coach Kelly Inouye-Perez…
Artists are shaking up Hollywood’s exclusive poker scene
Artist Sarah Kim belongs to a poker group of up-and-coming art-world denizens. Part poker group, part art collective, they’re an equal mix of men and…
Carl Erskine, Dodgers pitcher in both Brooklyn and L.A., has died
Carl Erskine, one of the last living Brooklyn Dodgers and a mainstay of a pitching rotation that carried the team to four World Series in…
The Dodgers are expected to win, but has MLB stacked the odds?
The Dodgers probably are not going to win the World Series this year. That is just the way Major League Baseball likes it. This is…
Letters: Gambling scandal more evidence of bigger sports problem
While the alleged theft of Shohei Ohtani’s funds by his assistant is deplorable if true, it should not come as any great surprise that a…
Who did two of Steve Garvey’s teammates endorse for U.S. Senate?
In 1977, and again in 1978, the Dodgers lost the World Series to the hated New York Yankees. The third time was the charm: In…
Dodgers still feeling the ‘sting’ of last year’s NLDS sweep
PHOENIX — The wounds from the Dodgers’ empty October are no longer fresh. But even in the wake of a $1-billion offseason spending spree, and at…
Shohei Ohtani says he’s just trying to fit in with Dodgers
PHOENIX — Shohei Ohtani’s first media scrum from Camelback Ranch as a Dodger went just about as expected Friday. A massive cohort of Japanese reporters, most…