Bill Shaikin, a California Sportswriter of the Year honoree, covers baseball and sports business for the Los Angeles Times. His story on the Dodgers’ Russian physicist-turned-healer who claimed to channel positive energy to the team – “If You Think It, They Will Win” – was featured in the Best American Sports Writing anthology. He was the beat writer when the Dodgers filed for bankruptcy in 2011 and the Angels won the World Series in 2002, two events considered beyond improbable before they happened. He incurred the wrath of Kelly Clarkson’s fans while wondering why she was singing at the Turin Olympics, in a country with a cultural lineage that included da Vinci, Michelangelo and Fellini. He has reported from the Dominican Republic, Israel, England, Italy, Mexico, Canada and Hickory, N.C. He graduated from UC Berkeley and hopes to see the Golden Bears in the Rose Bowl during his lifetime, just once.
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Could one broadcast channel and one streaming app for the Dodgers and Lakers become reality now that Mark Walter, the controlling owner of the Dodgers, is the new controlling owner of the Lakers?
The fan experience at Dodger Stadium now includes a finely choreographed production at virtually every moment except when the ball is in play, and that includes music, cranked up.
The team, a family-run business since Jerry Buss purchased the franchise in 1979, will be sold to Dodgers controlling owner Mark Walter and TWG Global.
Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers’ president of baseball operations, doesn’t want to have to “buy in July,” but there are certain problems that could force his hand.
While the Dodgers are spending their way to success, the Angels are going all-in with their top prospects. But will the “Angels Way” ever be a winning formula?
Dodger Stadium Express service is expected to continue as usual during the Dodgers’ weekend series against the Giants despite a downtown curfew.
Padres fans might not have liked what they saw from the team over the winter, but the team is proving resilient so far in its battle with the Dodgers atop the division.
Even though the American League is stacked with star shortstops, the Angels’ Zach Neto certainly has the skills, statistics and swagger to be an All-Star.