Bill Plaschke’s Wakeup Call: A magical weekend for L.A. sports

The Dodgers could clinch the West. The Angels are close to the wild card. The Clippers and Lakers are starting to stir. And don’t forget UCLA and USC football. L.A. Times sports columnist Bill Plaschke tells us why it’s a great time to be a spo

Sept. 25, 2015 8:57 AM PT

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Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: A magical weekend for L.A. sports

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Puig's trip to Cuba hopefully helps the Dodgers

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: The Dodgers need help, fast

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: UCLA basketball is on the rise

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Blake Griffin needs to calm down

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Kobe finally becomes the mentor

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: The USC lawsuit benefits no one

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: What is Byron Scott doing?

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: How can the Dodgers solve the Greinke problem?

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: UCLA is on the big stage

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: The NFL and L.A. saga has an end date

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Let the Lakers circus continue!

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: USC hiring Clay Helton is a great thing

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Relax and let Kobe Bryant enjoy his last games

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: The Clippers going one way, the Warriors the other

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Charlie Sheen and Magic Johnson are not alike

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Three possible Dodger managers

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Ronda Rousey's wakeup call was brutal

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Stop thinking about the NFL

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: What's wrong with the Clippers?

Bill Plaschke's Wake Up Call: The Lakers need to give D'Angelo Russell more playing time

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: the Dodgers' three wild cards

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Clay Helton stating his case for USC job

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: the right pick for Dodgers manager

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: What the Dodgers can spend all their money on

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: The Dodgers put fans in a lose-lose situation

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Kobe Bryant's farewell tour is off to a bad start

Bill Plaschke's Wake Up Call: 20 Years a Laker

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: A long, long season in Lakerland

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: The one NFL team L.A. actually wants

Plaschke's Wakeup Call: 'Catchers make great managers' Jason Varitek next for the Dodgers?

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: UCLA's biggest game of the year

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: USC's next football coach could be in town Saturday

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Is Kobe Bryant in trouble already?

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: What the Dodgers need to do now

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Dodgers are out... again

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Dodgers need the fans to show up tonight

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Kershaw's curse is broken

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Is the third time the charm for Kershaw?

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: USC is stuck between a rock and a hard place

Bill Plaschke and Dylan Hernandez preview NLDS Dodgers vs. Mets

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: USC football's downfall has no end in sight

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: U.S. vs Mexico soccer is most anticipated event

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Jim Mora ruins Myles Jack's announcement

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: You can't leave a game in the hands of the refs

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Can UCLA bounce back?

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: More Champagne in the Dodgers' future?

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Puig's return is the opposite of 'legendary'

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: The Dodgers are not looking good for the postseason

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: The Dodgers need home-field advantage

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Is UCLA's football season doomed?

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: The legend of Yogi Berra

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Kershaw and Greinke aren't as important as ...

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Good, bad and scary L.A. weekend sports

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Big challenges for USC and UCLA football

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: The new PAT rule is good for football

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Should Yasiel Puig play in the postseason?

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Greinke or Kershaw for the Cy Young Award?

Bill Plaschke's wake-up call: Big weekend for L.A'.s potential NFL teams

Bill Plaschke's wakeup call: Where the Patriots go, cheating rumors follow

Bill Plaschke's wakeup call: Metta World Peace to bring peace?

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Three big events in L.A. sports

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: No free Dodgers on TV this year?

Bill Plaschke's wakeup call: Big college football weekend in Los Angeles

Bill Plaschke's wakeup call: Kershaw for MVP

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Dodgers' big win

Bill Plaschke's Wake Up Call: Vin Scully

Bill Plaschke's Wake Up Call: Jake Arrieta's no-hitter against the Dodgers

Bill Plaschke's Wake Up Call: Jim Buss

Bill Plaschke's Wake Up Call: UCLA rookie QB Josh Rosen

Bill Plaschke's Wake Up Call: How to win in the stock market of sports

Bill Plaschke: More questions than answers at Steve Sarkisian's news conference

Bill Plaschke: USC has big problems with Steve Sarkisian

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Ronda Rousey decides to fight Holly Holm

Bill Plaschke's Wakeup Call: Chase Utley to join the Dodgers

Bill Plaschke: A tough loss for the Dodgers

Bill Plaschke: Will Vin Scully enter a 67th season?

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