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…
Can the Angels’ offense be saved? It depends on Mike Trout
Ron Washington took a page out of the characterized version of himself from the 2011 film “Moneyball” when asked about how difficult it would be…
Column: Did the MyPillow guy, clinging to the Big Lie, defame a Dominion exec?
There’s a line in Eric Coomer’s defamation lawsuit against Mike Lindell, the MyPillow guy, that strikes me as the perfect description of what happens when…
Esai Morales is the bad guy in ‘Mission Impossible.’ He’s embracing it
Esai Morales is on a death-defying mission to make Tom Cruise’s life impossible, yet again, in the latest installment of the “Mission: Impossible” action film…
UC Irvine baseball coach Ben Orloff proving Mike Gillespie right
Mike Gillespie had a premonition about Ben Orloff.The USC and UC Irvine coaching legend guided Orloff for two years as an Anteater, watching Orloff become…
Appreciation: George Wendt, quintessential Regular Guy
George Wendt, who will be famous as long as television is remembered as Norm from “Cheers,” died Tuesday. He passed in Los Angeles, where he…
Meet the UCLA alum who created basketball’s plus-minus stat
The basketball coaches at Santa Monica College had this kid.A wisp of a player at 5 feet 3, he wasn’t a particularly strong shooter and…
‘The Surfer’ review: Nicolas Cage rides the edge of madness
A sunny beach noir sounds like a contradiction until you’re sweating in the sand aware of the sting in your eyes and the uncomfortable sense…
Stagecoach 2025: Jelly Roll, Creed and the best of Day 2
Less than a week after Coachella concluded, the Stagecoach country music festival has drawn another crowd in the tens of thousands to the now mostly…