Biography
Bill Dwyre was sports editor of The Times for 25 years until he stepped down in May '06 to write a twice-weekly column.
Dwyre, 62, was ...
Breeders' Cup should make itself at home here
November 9, 2009
For 26 years, one of the jewels of horse racing has wandered the country like a nomad. Now, it is time to find a permanent home for the Breeders' Cup.
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A Classic finish for Zenyatta
November 8, 2009
These kinds of stories happen only in the movies. Hollywood can create the drama, the unbelievable ending, even the tears.
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It's all about Zenyatta at Breeders' Cup
November 7, 2009
Friday's first day of Breeders' Cup horse racing at Santa Anita was a Ladies Day delight. Saturday's second day is expected to be, well, the same thing.
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John Gosden is at the head of class in horse racing
November 6, 2009
The topic of the day, every day, in United States horse racing, is how to fix it.
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Wayne Lukas is not into 'plastics'
November 5, 2009
Significantly, at an occasion perfect for keynoting the current state of horse racing, one person ideally suited to do just that is not at the Breeders' Cup.
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Don't be shy, Zenyatta: Mare steps into Breeders' Cup spotlight
November 3, 2009
The biggest deal for one of horse racing's bigger deals, the Breeders' Cup, will slip quietly and officially into the limelight this morning.
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Mark Cuban has fun at Lakers' expense, then Mavericks do too
October 31, 2009
Drat. There goes that 82-0 season.
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Angels gave their best, but Yankees were better
October 26, 2009
The big clock high atop the left-field stands in Yankee Stadium clicked over to midnight, and the Angels' Cinderella slipper came off.
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TV money is drawing baseball further off base
October 25, 2009
It is Saturday night and rain has washed out the Yankees-Angels game. That gives us yet another reason to hate television and hate how baseball clicks its heels and salutes its every demand.
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For baseball drama fans, Angels-Yankees' seventh is heaven
October 23, 2009
If you like baseball even a tiny bit -- heck, if you have a pulse -- this one reached up and grabbed you by the throat and wouldn't let go.
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Owner Arte Moreno loves his sea of Angels red
October 22, 2009
When the opinion was run past Arte Moreno that everybody seemed to want a Yankees-Dodgers World Series, he saw red.
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All Angels need now is a miracle, or three
October 21, 2009
It looks like the Freeway Series is now a Freeway Pipe Dream. That is, unless you are talking about the interstate between New York and Philadelphia.
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Jeff Mathis helps resurrect the Angels
October 20, 2009
Along about the fifth inning at Angel Stadium on Monday, they were cueing the funeral music. The patient was on life support, and nary a twitching eyelash could be found.
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Situation serious for Angels as series shifts to Anaheim
October 19, 2009
The boys of winter, your Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, are back amid the beaches and sunshine. They are also in need of some tropic thunder.
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Yankees hold serve in rain against Angels
October 18, 2009
The good thing is it didn't rain out this parade, even though it tried to. An occasional downpour couldn't wreck this.
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Angels freeze up in Game 1
October 17, 2009
A Nor'easter blew into Yankee Stadium on Friday night and apparently carried away many of the Angels' fine motor skills.
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The onramp is open to a Dodger-Angels Freeway Series
October 13, 2009
Think of where we were, just days ago, a huge metropolitan area of baseball fans on edge, uncertain. We were waiting to exhale.
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Zenyatta is the mare with the most
October 11, 2009
With Rachel Alexandra taking the rest of the year off, Zenyatta is now the unanimous first lady of horse racing. Maybe she would be anyway. Now, we will never know.
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A lot will be at stake Saturday at Santa Anita
October 10, 2009
Not to be lost in the scrum of a Saturday sports scene that will feature two baseball playoff games and the usual crowded schedule of college football is a huge racing day at Santa Anita.
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Angels strike the right chord with precision
October 10, 2009
A great baseball game builds like a great night at the symphony. The Angels and Red Sox played one Friday night, and in the end, the Angels hit most of the high notes.
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Angels' fans stand after John Lackey delivers
October 9, 2009
For right-handed pitching bulldog John Lackey, the Red Sox had gone quietly, but he didn't want to.
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Arnold Palmer, the King of golf, shows no signs of slowing down
October 6, 2009
If you play golf, watch it on TV, think you might take it up someday, or have hit a ball under a windmill and through a clown's mouth, there was no better place to be on a sparkling clear Saturday morning in Southern California.
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Science brings 8-year-old Lava Man back to racetrack
October 3, 2009
Reaction to news that the venerable Lava Man is back in training and may race again speaks volumes about the current state of the sport.
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Rafael Bejarano has success even without any victories
October 1, 2009
As opening days of race track meetings go, Wednesday's Oak Tree at Santa Anita was a huge success for star jockey Rafael Bejarano.
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Bill Dwyre: Angels in control, even in celebration
September 29, 2009
They flew under the radar all season.
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Fairplex could be a bigger player in Southland horse racing
September 29, 2009
Like sniffles in August, the Fairplex racing season has come and gone quickly.
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Vitali Klitschko dominates to beat Cris Arreola in heavyweight bout
September 26, 2009
The tree was just too tall for Cris Arreola to chop down.
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Arreola-Klitschko has plenty of potential
September 26, 2009
Tonight's heavyweight boxing match at Staples Center has a fighting chance to be both entertaining and significant.
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Cris Arreola's trainer can take a charge
September 23, 2009
It was just hours after his boxer's toughest fight, Cris Arreola's winning brawl over Travis Walker last Thanksgiving weekend, when Henry Ramirez stopped being Just Plain Henry.
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Angels are all about focusing on the now
September 22, 2009
The Angels are like the pregnant woman who doesn't want to show anything yet. They are a team in waiting, trying their best to be a team in denial.
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Mayweather backs up his big talk in a big way
September 20, 2009
The braggart backed it up. Floyd Mayweather Jr. came back in flamboyant fashion Saturday night, 21 months after he had left.
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Underdog Marquez looking to spoil the fun
September 19, 2009
Give Floyd Mayweather Jr. credit. Boxing is full of broken-down humpty-dumps he could have chosen as his comeback opponent.
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The Roger Federer freight train runs out of steam
September 15, 2009
A U.S. Open tennis tournament that had something for everybody this year offered up one more juicy tidbit on its last day Monday.
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Jack Kramer dies at 88; champion ushered in era of pro tennis
September 14, 2009
Tennis legend Jack Kramer, considered by many the most influential person in the game in the last 60 years, died late Saturday night at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88.
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Bill Dwyre: Serena Williams makes a fool of herself and deserves punishment
September 13, 2009
Let's get right to the point. Serena Williams should be fined heavily and suspended for a while from the pro tennis tour.
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Roger Clemens gets some unsolicited tough advice
February 19, 2008
Right now, the Clemens situation is pretty simple. Roger is over and out.
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