Can homegrown teens replace immigrant farm labor? In 1965, the U.S. tried
I sank into Randy Carter’s comfy couch, excited to see the Hollywood veteran’s magnum opus.Around the first floor of his Glendale home were framed photos…
Chiefs’ Travis Kelce says he’s ready to tone down ‘party guy’ image
Travis Kelce is done fighting for his right to party.Or at least the 35-year-old Kansas City Chiefs tight end is ready to start toning down…
USC cornerback Prophet Brown to miss start of season
Through the first two weeks of USC’s preseason football camp, Prophet Brown had established himself as one of the early standouts in a crowded cornerback…
UCLA opens training sessions in cool, breezy Costa Mesa
It was 68 degrees and overcast, a cool coastal breeze wafting across the practice fields, when UCLA commenced its first off-campus football training camp in…
UCLA’s Tino Sunseri vying to make child’s play out of winning
Tino Sunseri is spending the next two weeks in Costa Mesa while a large chunk of his heart resides on the East Coast.That’s where the…
Tobias Raymond now a key cog on uncertain USC offensive line
When he first offered to man the grill, Tobias Raymond had no intention of holding onto the role. He was not, by any stretch, a…
Dodgers welcome deadline additions, hopeful arrival ‘raises the floor for our ballclub’
TAMPA, Fla. — The Dodgers didn’t go shopping at the top of the market ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline.But what they came away with — right-handed relievers…
Contributor: The left should stop harping on men. That drives them to Trump
If you’re still looking for someone to blame for Donald Trump’s 2024 reelection, don’t just look at the usual suspects — the MAGA die-hards, the…
Nico Iamaleava explains why he left Tennessee for UCLA
LAS VEGAS — Wearing horn-rimmed glasses, a light blue suit with a UCLA lapel pin and tan wingtips, Nico Iamaleava settled into his seat on an elevated…
Freddie Freeman injured as Dodgers are swept by Brewers, again
When Clayton Kershaw signed a one-year deal with the Dodgers last February, it looked like it could have marked the start of a goodbye tour.…
With no Mike Williams, Chargers need Quentin Johnston to deliver
They lost a cherished teammate hours before they started training camp. But the Chargers receivers knew just what to do when they heard of Mike…
Dodgers coach Dino Ebel’s eldest son learned lessons from the pros
MILWAUKEE — As a tour group gathered in the press box at American Family Field on Monday, the stadium guide looked down at the diamond and tried…
Danny DeVito and Charlie Day on ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
When Danny DeVito arrives — camera off — on our video call with Charlie Day late last month to discuss the 17th season of “It’s…
John Fogerty on CCR, ‘Fortunate Son’ and Donald Trump
In a time of exploding success and creativity in rock music, Creedence Clearwater Revival was quite possibly the finest singles band of the late 1960s…
How a three-pitch mix has Clayton Kershaw on cusp of 3,000 strikeouts
The transformation happened quickly in May 2009.Early into his second year in the majors, a young Clayton Kershaw was enduring a sophomore slump with the…
OKC’s Alex Caruso jokes about second NBA ring: ‘Now I got a real one’
Alex Caruso is an NBA champion!Of course, Caruso already had a ring before he and the Oklahoma City Thunder closed out the Indiana Pacers in…
Contributor: Cracks in the Trump coalition? They won’t matter
Donald Trump’s coalition has always been a Frankenstein’s monster — stitched together from parts that were never meant to coexist.Consider the contradictions: fast-food fanatics hanging…
Why Ben Howland remains grateful long after leaving UCLA
Ben Howland planned it like this. Of course he did.This was a coach so engrossed in details that he would grumble about the room temperature…
Trump says he won’t call Minnesota Gov. Walz after lawmaker shootings because it would ‘waste time’
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday ruled out calling Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz after the targeted shootings of two state lawmakers, saying that to do so would…
‘Just ban this guy from the Etihad’ – Man City fans FUME at Kyle Walker over his astonishing Tottenham claim
KYLE WALKER angered Manchester City fans after admitting he would sacrifice one of his Premier League medals to have been part of Tottenham’s Europa League triumph.The…