Sports
Wayne Rainey of Downey continued Southern California’s domination of motorcycle road racing when he won the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix last Sunday to clinch his first world 500cc championship.
Aug. 30, 1990
Tampa Bay takes advantage of a late scoring drive capped off by a 1-yard touchdown pass by Mike Glennon to beat a Miami team dealing with an ongoing bullying scandal.
Nov. 11, 2013
California
Helen Rainey’s son and daughter went out to buy a pack of cigarettes in the early hours of Thursday morning and never came back.
June 28, 1985
Al Unser Jr. out-raced and had more luck than teammate Bobby Rahal on Sunday to win the fastest 500-mile race in history, the Marlboro 500 at Michigan International Speedway.
Aug. 6, 1990
The family of a 36-year-old man killed in an automobile collision in January has filed a lawsuit blaming the accident not only on the 9-year-old driver of the other car, but also on the Gardena police officers who chased the boy at speeds up to 100 m.p.h.
Nov. 25, 1988
Motorcycle road racing champion Wayne Rainey, who got his start as a teen-ager racing on the dirt at Ascot Park, will return to Ascot and the dirt Saturday to ride in the 10th annual Grand National half-mile championship race.
April 9, 1987
Danny Sullivan fought off a flu bug and drove a flawless race Sunday on the way to a record-setting victory in the Marlboro 500 Indy-car race at Brooklyn, Mich.
Aug. 8, 1988
Clippers
Donald Sterling still hasn’t signed off on the official sale of the Clippers because he hopes the NBA will rescind a $2.5-million fine and lifetime ban from all league activities, according to people familiar with the situation.
June 6, 2014
Former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has won a frenetic bidding war for ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers, with a $2-billion offer that would set a record price for an NBA team.
May 29, 2014
Donald Sterling’s move to dismantle a family trust in order to block the sale of the Clippers could cause three banks to call for repayment of $480 million in loans and force the billionaire to sell part of his apartment empire, his chief financial officer testified Monday.
July 21, 2014