A sneak peak of our breakdown of SoCal’s top prep quarterbacks
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. My name is Eric Sondheimer. It’s time to start previewing top football players for the coming…
The Sports Report: Dodgers are swept by the Astros
From Kevin Baxter: When the Dodgers left Los Angeles for their final road trip before the All-Star break last summer, they had a 55-36 record…
The Sports Report: Max Muncy out six weeks with bone bruise in left knee
From Kevin Baxter: The Dodgers will be without Max Muncy for approximately six weeks after the third baseman was placed on the injured list Thursday…
The Sports Report: Clayton Kershaw reaches 3,000 strikeouts
From Bill Plaschke: The slider was sizzling. The hitter was frozen. The strikeout was roaring.With an 84-mph pitch on the black in the sixth inning…
The Sports Report: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani lead Dodgers to victory
From Benjamin Royer: For the Chicago White Sox, it was not a question of whether Shane Smith was the best pitcher they had to offer…
The Sports Report: The Candace Curse lives on with the Sparks
From Bill Plaschke: The Candace Curse struck early.On a day the Sparks retired the jersey of the superstar whose departure has coincided with their five-year…
The Sports Report: LeBron James opts in with the Lakers for $52.6 million
From Broderick Turner: Lakers superstar LeBron James will once again make NBA history by playing in his 23rd NBA season.James exercised his player option for…
The Sports Report: Clayton Kershaw closes in on milestone
From Jack Harris: Clayton Kershaw got to the precipice of history on Thursday afternoon. And now, when he inevitably crosses the 3,000 career strikeout milepost,…
The Sports Report: Max Muncy uses some lightning (in his bat) and rain to power Dodgers
From Jack Harris: The rain came out of nowhere. So too, it seemed, did Max Muncy’s infield pop-up.In the top of the sixth inning at…
The Sports Report: Michael Conforto gives Dodgers some hope
From Jack Harris: When Major League Baseball’s trade deadline arrives next month, the Dodgers will almost certainly be on the lookout for help in the…
The Sports Report: Shohei Ohtani’s return to pitching remains a gradual process
From Jack Harris: For so long, the biggest question surrounding Shohei Ohtani’s future as a pitcher was simple.When, after a second career Tommy John surgery,…
The Sports Report: Max Muncy is back
From Jack Harris: Upstaging Shohei Ohtani, especially on a day he pitches, is no easy feat.But at Dodger Stadium on Sunday afternoon, teammate Max Muncy…
The Sports Report: Dodgers-Padres series reaches contentious conclusion
From Jack Harris: Seven times in the last 10 days, the Dodgers and San Diego Padres have renewed their steadily intensifying divisional rivalry.And in the…
The Sports Report: It is the right time for the Buss family to sell the Lakers
From Bill Plaschke: For 46 years it’s been a wonderful ride, the sweetest of sagas, the Buss family treating the Lakers like their precocious child,…
The Sports Report: Dave Roberts gets mad, Andy Pages gets even and Dodgers beat Padres
From Jack Harris: Dave Roberts had made it only three steps out of the dugout when he got ejected Tuesday night.So, before he went back,…
The Sports Report: Shohei Ohtani starts it, Dodgers finish it with a win
From Jack Harris: Roughly four hours before first pitch Monday night, Shohei Ohtani sat at his locker in the Dodger Stadium clubhouse and prepared for…
The Sports Report: Shohei Ohtani will pitch tonight against Padres
From Benjamin Royer: The long-anticipated wait is over — Shohei Ohtani is ready to pitch.The Dodgers announced after Sunday’s 5-4 win over the Giants that…
Prep Rally: Pitcher Seth Hernandez of Corona is The Times’ baseball player of the year… again
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. It’s awards time for high school baseball and softball.All-star teams Quentin Young of Oaks Christian sends…
The Sports Report: UCLA has an advantage at the Men’s College World Series
From Brady Oltmans: An NCAA communications official apologized to UCLA baseball coach John Savage before he could join two of his players on the stage…
The Sports Report: Teoscar Hernández helps Dodgers win finale against Padres
From Jack Harris: There was a one-handed finish. A slow stroll out of the batter’s box. And a leisurely, long-awaited trip around the bases.It’d been…