Sports
Chris Miller doesn’t try to fool himself or the reporter.
Nov. 4, 1996
Raiders’ Russell has some weight on belt but mostly on shoulders
Aug. 4, 2009
Dodgers
Baseball: They fall apart right from the start in 10-1 loss to Padres. Even Lasorda can’t bear to watch the whole thing.
July 17, 1996
Entertainment & Arts
George Russell has been the jazz composers’ jazz composer for nearly four decades.
July 26, 1989
World & Nation
An attorney for the first man to go on trial for the beating death of a gay college student appeared Wednesday to point the finger at his client’s friend, who will be tried in August.
March 25, 1999
Rickey Henderson tied Ty Cobb’s 62-year-old American League record for career stolen bases Saturday at Oakland and the Athletics won their sixth in a row, defeating the Cleveland Indians, 6-3.
May 27, 1990
Skitch Henderson, the Grammy-winning conductor who became the first bandleader of “The Tonight Show,” died Tuesday at 87.
Nov. 2, 2005
California
The two men charged in the slaying of gay college student Matthew Shepard pleaded not guilty and expect to find out before the end of the year whether they could get the death penalty if convicted.
Dec. 3, 1998
Los Angeles City Council candidate Ruth Galanter, who achieved overnight prominence in her bid to unseat Council President Pat Russell, was savagely assaulted in her Venice home early Wednesday.
May 7, 1987
The Oakland Athletics clinched their fourth West title in five seasons Monday night when the World Series champion Minnesota Twins were eliminated with a 9-4 loss to the Chicago White Sox at Minneapolis.
Sept. 29, 1992