High School Sports
A little more than two weeks ago, San Diego Police Athletic League Select Coach Michael Brunker had commitments from three Parade Magazine high school All-Americans to play in tonight’s all-star basketball game against the Soviet Union Junior National Team.
May 17, 1991
Clippers
Clippers experience Russian culture, basketball in training camp
Oct. 7, 2006
Olympics
Team shows sympathy for controversial decision against Canadian figure skaters, taking it out on Russia.
Feb. 14, 2002
Entertainment & Arts
Anton Chekhov’s influence is seen in the Oscar-winning film “Drive My Car” and recent novels by Gary Shteyngart and Rachel Cusk. And stage productions, including a new “Uncle Vanya” at Pasadena Playhouse, are revealing just how collaboratively open his plays can be.
June 6, 2022
The object of a certain prince’s affection is none too clear as the Kirov takes on a revision of a classic.
Oct. 7, 2005
The Magnificent Moorpark Melodrama & Vaudeville Company continues reprising shows voted audience favorites from past years with “The Bride of Frankenstein.”
March 9, 1995
World & Nation
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday dismissed his chief of staff and longtime ally, Sergei Ivanov, a hawkish ex-KGB spy with impeccable English who was once rumored to become his successor.
Aug. 12, 2016
A Dutch court has convicted two Russians and a Ukrainian of the murders of 298 people who died in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. The fourth defendant, a Russian, was acquitted.
Nov. 17, 2022
The stock market stabilizes after a sell-off brought on by the arrest of the country’s richest man. Prosecutors signal they won’t back away.
Oct. 29, 2003
Paul Sacher, the eminent Swiss philanthropist and conductor who commissioned or led first performances of more than 200 20th century musical works, died Wednesday in Zurich, Switzerland, after a long illness.
May 28, 1999