Mookie Betts has a playoff soundtrack infused with ‘the relaxing vibe of the beach’
The announcement could not have been more unfortunately timed. On the morning after the Dodgers had been swept by the Angels and fallen out of…
The Sports Report: Stumbling Dodgers are in a first-place tie
From Jack Harris: This should’ve been it.A storybook ending. A cathartic late-game breakthrough. The kind of dramatic, momentum-shifting triumph to finally give the Dodgers some…
Welcome to second place: Tumbling Dodgers are swept by the Angels
The result was historic. The way it happened was all too familiar.Never before, since interleague play began in 1997, had the Dodgers been swept in…
Will Smith could win a batting title. Could the Dodgers stop him?
On Tuesday, Will Smith led the National League in batting.On Wednesday, he does not, but he still has a better batting average than the guy…
Walk-off loss to Angels puts Dodgers in first-place tie in NL West
The Dodgers finally had their storybook moment.Until the Angels rewrote it with a walk-off ending.In the top of the ninth inning at Angel Stadium on…
After one year, this MLB postseason schedule innovation is no longer
The World Series could end in November this year. Major League Baseball can do without all the “Mr. November” jokes, so the league took a…
The Sports Report: Dodgers’ NL West lead has almost disappeared with loss to Angels
From Jack Harris: On the first day of spring training, at a Camelback Ranch facility adorned with ever-present reminders of the team’s 2024 World Series…
UCLA Unlocked: A live bear mascot and other fun suggestions to fill Rose Bowl
Every man, woman and child deserves only the best fan experience at the Rose Bowl.Too few are getting it, leading to dwindling UCLA football attendance…
Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets rocked by Angels in Dodgers’ loss
On the first day of spring training, at a Camelback Ranch facility adorned with ever-present reminders of the team’s 2024 World Series title, a Dodgers…
Dodgers Dugout: Are the Dodgers striking out too much?
Aug. 11, 2025 6:55 AM PT Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell. Winning two of three doesn’t…
Prep Rally: These are the best defensive backs and kickers/punters in SoCal high school football
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. The Times begins a nine-part series previewing Southern California’s top high school football players Tuesday. In…
Dodgers blow lead, leave bases loaded and lose to the Blue Jays
Sunday was one of those cloudless late-summer Dodger Stadium afternoons in which the flags in center field stirred lazily in the slight breeze and the…
Blake Snell’s 10K effort highlights Dodgers blowout of Blue Jays
It took until August, but the starting rotation the Dodgers envisioned in spring training is intact and delivering. Vowing not to revisit the predicament they…
How new Dodger Alex Call became one of MLB’s toughest at-bats
At the end of the 2019 minor-league season, Alex Call looked at his hitting numbers, then looked himself in the mirror.A former third-round draft pick…
Letters to Sports: Luka or LeBron? Lakers need both
Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports section share their thoughts on Luka Doncic, LeBron James, Mookie Betts, the Dodgers, the Rams and much more.…
Dodgers Dugout: Why it’s time to move Mookie Betts down in the order
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell. My third grandchild, Paisley, was born this week. Things like that…
The Sports Report: Shohei Ohtani reaches milestone, but Dodgers lose
From Kevin Baxter: Only one player in the last 110 years has tried to do what the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani is doing this season, which…
Dodgers Dugout: The 10 best third basemen in Dodger history
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell. On Friday, we’ll look at the struggling offense. Until then, here’s…
Shohei Ohtani’s Ruthian feats are not enough as bullpen melts down
Only one player in the last 110 years has tried to do what the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani is doing this season, which is to pitch…
Cost of parking at a Padres game now rivals that of Dodger Stadium
Parking at Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres, is a distinctly different experience than parking at Dodger Stadium. It’s about to be similar,…