California
It was the stern sort of exhortation Gen.
Aug. 13, 1987
Olympics
The British Virgin Islands Winter Olympics team walked into the Opening Ceremony.
Feb. 10, 1988
Sports
Picture a cheetah chasing a jag. Picture Speedy Gonzales chasing the Roadrunner.
Jan. 20, 1986
Chargers
There was a time this offseason when the Chargers were worried that their first-round draft pick, wide receiver Mike Williams, would be cut — by a surgeon.
Sept. 2, 2017
Television
Les Crane, called the “bad boy of late-night television” when he vied for ratings against talk-show king Johnny Carson in the mid-1960s, died of natural causes Sunday at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, north of San Francisco.
July 16, 2008
The incentive was there in black and white for Kansas City defensive back Mark Collins, courtesy of a football magazine that mockingly predicted the Chiefs would finish sixth in the five-team AFC West this season.
Dec. 2, 1995
Obituaries
Barbara Berwald, ex-wife of former Lakers owner, dies at 94; Mike Lynn, former Vikings general manager, dies at 76; William D. Pawley Jr., first love of Elizabeth Taylor, dies at 92; Sylvia Woods, Harlem restaurant founder, dies at 86; Frank ‘Pancho’ Martin, horse trainer, dies at 86
July 23, 2012
The Raiders, who had suggested an interest in various defensive players, went for a relay team instead, starting with their first-round pick--wide receiver Jessie (the Jet) Hester of Florida State--in Tuesday’s National Football League draft.
May 1, 1985
The Jets selected two players named Michael Carter in the 2021 NFL draft.
May 1, 2021
Entertainment & Arts
“East/West: Contemporary Asian-American Art in Los Angeles,” at Pomona College’s Montgomery Art Gallery, today through March 30, coincides with the college’s public series called “Asia and the American Century.”
March 2, 1986