Tiatia has been the architect of the upturn. Normally his public persona is somebody who does not give much away but during the quarter-final win against Zebre in Italy, you saw a rare public image of him leading the celebrations. “The huddle is a personal thing and it was great it was captured on screen,…
ST. LOUIS — The Dodgers’ offensive slump continued Friday in a 7-2 loss to the Cardinals. They scored just one run in the first five innings, on Max Muncy’s second-inning RBI double. Then in the sixth, they squeezed just one run out of a bases-loaded situation, brought in by a sacrifice fly from Kyle Tucker. They went…
BASEBALL CITY SECTION Bert Corona 15, Discovery 7 Fremont 13, Locke 0 King/Drew 12, Dorsey 6 LA Jordan 15, Dymally 4 Maywood Academy 19, Elizabeth 0 Maywood CES 4, Marquez 0 North Hollywood 2, San Fernando 0 Port of Los Angeles 13, Harbor Teacher 12 Sun Valley Magnet d. Community Charter, forfeit Sun Valley Poly…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — No trainer has won the Kentucky Derby more times than Bob Baffert. Among other living trainers, nobody has won the Derby more than Doug O’Neill. Combined the two Southern Californians have eight Derby victories — Baffert (six) and O’Neill (two) — one more than the total for the other 15 trainers in the field….
Tennessee told Nico Iamaleava to go fly a kite, so UCLA said come fly it here. That alleviated some homesickness, but it didn’t get Iamaleava’s career up off the ground. Of course, the conditions in Westwood last season weren’t ideal for takeoff. But now they are. Here comes Bob Chesney’s rebuild. And Iamaleava’s redemption. An…
Posted along the left-field fence at Birmingham High are the years it won City Section baseball titles: 1964, 1966, 1969, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023. Nowhere is there any recognition for winning a West Valley League title. That’s because the current coach, Matt Mowry, has won five City titles and zero league titles during his…
The names “Los Angeles Marathon” and “L.A. Marathon” are owned by the city of Los Angeles. In order to use those names, the marathon operator pays royalties to the city. The operator — the foundation of former Dodgers owner Frank McCourt — has asked the city to restructure the contract between the parties and, in…
Trevor Brown needs to beat his alma mater, Hart High, to win the Foothill League baseball title. Brown, a first-year head coach at West Ranch, has his team at 8-3, which is tied for first place with Castaic going into Friday’s regular-season finale against Hart at West Ranch. West Ranch defeated Hart 6-5 earlier this…
Lakers lead series, or do they? From Bill Plaschke: There have been 160 times an NBA team has led a series three games to none. There have been 160 times that team has won the series. Marvel in that statistic. Appreciate its power. Wax in its endurance. Embrace its existence. Because the Lakers are two…
Interim head coach D.J. Smith will be among the candidates for the Kings’ full-time job when general manager Ken Holland conducts his coaching search this month. Smith took over March 1 when Holland fired Jim Hiller with the Kings at 24-21-14 and out of the playoff picture. The former Ottawa head coach rallied Los Angeles…