Lakers
Former Los Angeles Lakers player Slava Medvedenko is selling his NBA championship rings from 2001 and 2002 to raise money for his native Ukraine.
July 24, 2022
Books
Eric Roberts’ memoir isn’t a Hollywood reclamation job designed to kick-start a once-buzzy career. Roberts knows all too well that his erratic behavior damaged his relationships with friends and family, including his sister Julia Roberts.
Sept. 17, 2024
Opinion
To the editor: As nuclear tensions rise between the U.S. and North Korea, it is important to note the passing of Stanislav Petrov, the Russian military officer who in 1983 averted a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Sept. 26, 2017
World & Nation
Robert Woodland, a Russia-born U.S. citizen, has been convicted of drug-related charges by a Moscow court and sentenced to 12½ years in a maximum security prison.
July 4, 2024
Obituaries
Stanislav Petrov, a former Soviet military officer known in the West as “the man who saved the world” for his role in averting a nuclear war over a false missile warning at the height of the Cold War, has died.
Sept. 21, 2017
Entertainment & Arts
Concerts by the New Hollywood String Quartet and Tesserae Baroque show how Hollywood studio musicians can be uniquely qualified for chamber music.
July 3, 2024
Slava Medvedenko, one of many expected to improve at least a little bit with the return of Phil Jackson, has shown few signs of doing so.
Oct. 29, 2005
Fifty games into the Laker season, a familiar face was back in the starting lineup.
Feb. 16, 2005
Archives
The Laker roster, already threadbare and fraying, will take another hit because Slava Medvedenko is probably lost for the season.
Jan. 5, 2006
A U.S. citizen arrested on drug charges in Moscow amid soaring Russia-U.S. tensions has appeared in court and had his case adjourned until mid-May.
April 25, 2024