Bill Plaschke

Bill Plaschke

Don Mattingly is worth saving, but who among Dodgers can do it? - May 22, 2013 - From the moment Don Mattingly made his Dodgers managerial debut in the spring of 2011, he has made it his mission to protect his players.

Baseball is diamond in the rough to black players at Gardena Serra - May 14, 2013 - On a sunny Tuesday afternoon on a cluttered street in Gardena, some very big and skilled athletes are hanging out on a concrete basketball...

With this Little League squad, it's a mom-and-pop-up operation - May 11, 2013 - The manager was rushing directly to practice from work, so she jogged onto the infield carrying a plastic bucket of baseballs while...

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T.J. Simers

T.J. Simers

Dodgers' bosses get points for patience - May 23, 2013 - I don't know Mark Walter, the Guggenheim guy who runs the Dodgers. We had one phone conversation, and I'd rather talk...

Do Chris Paul, Blake Griffin know best who should coach Clippers? - May 21, 2013 - Why mess with success when you have known only defeat previously?

New year, same old Angels and Dodgers - May 18, 2013 - When I think of our local baseball teams and their supporters, I envision my wife in a bathing suit.

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Bill Dwyre

Bill Dwyre

JR Hildebrand seeks a new Indianapolis 500 story to tell - May 22, 2013 - It was two years ago that IndyCar driver JR Hildebrand made a career-defining move at the Brickyard. But it's not the one you think.

Following tradition by taking in a baseball game with grandson - May 20, 2013 - BALTIMORE — As long as there are 8-year-olds, there will be baseball.

Oxbow's Preakness victory doesn't spoil anything - May 18, 2013 - BALTIMORE — Chances are, the horse racing public will get it wrong again.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott

Anze Kopitar puts slump aside and puts Kings closer to West finals - May 23, 2013 - Sometime after the Kings' season ends — and that might not be for a while — it wouldn't be surprising to hear that center Anze...

Kings to try a new mix-and-match approach - May 22, 2013 - Anze Kopitar suspected something might be up. In two games at San Jose the Kings had scored two goals and lost twice to the Sharks,...

This spring, every step is harder for the Los Angeles Kings - May 21, 2013

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Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine

Shannon Farar-Griefer hears the call of the wild Badwater race - May 24, 2013 - Ultramarathons are to running what the Marquis de Sade was to romance. Not sure I support such extremism. When one of the sport's stars, a...

'The Great Gatsby' is so right, and Leonardo DiCaprio is so wrong - May 11, 2013 - What's to live for? The price of wine continues to skyrocket, and Warren Buffett is now tweeting. What's next for us culturally? Bingo...

Teaching baseball to his little Ponies - May 8, 2013 - In youth baseball, there are certain laws of the game. The kid who can't hit a lick will always be first in line for snacks. The hitter...

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