LA fans are ready for the newly relocated Rams
To answer the rhetorical question, “Yes, we are ready for some football.” For the first time in more than 20 years, LA football fans can root for the home team…
Road to the Rose Bowl begins now for UCLA & USC
It’s been a little while since a local player has won the Heisman Trophy, which is awarded to college football’s top performer. USC’s Matt Leinert was the last, back in 2005.…
Dodgers will have to slay Giants to win the West
Hang on to your caps… With a little more than a month to go in the season, it’s coming down to the Dodgers and the Giants. The Boys in Blue…
For many US Olympic athletes, the road to Rio began in California
When swimmer Michael Phelps leads the 2016 U.S. Olympic into Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro tonight for the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics, you can expect the procession…
To host or not to host? That’s the question for Angelenos
When the Summer Olympics get going in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a group of LA officials will be watching with a critical eye. Not to see who wins the medals,…
Television taking center stage at 2016 Comic-Con
Comic-Con, the annual convention devoted to all things sci-fi, fantasy, and comic book is underway in San Diego. The convention features, as always, some big movie-related events, including an outdoor screening of the…
Big league pitchers look to stem cell therapy as alternative to surgery
Major League pitchers are throwing the ball harder than ever, with some regularly topping 100 miles an hour. But that extra oomph has been taking a heavy toll on…
Once dominant Lakers looking to get back in the game
The post-Kobe Bryant era is underway for the L.A. Lakers. Last night, the team selected Duke’s Brandon Ingram with the second pick in the NBA draft. The lanky teenager played…
Why the LA Sparks is the winningest team
The winningest basketball team in town wears purple and gold, but it’s not the Lakers. No, we’re talking about the Los Angeles Sparks, the women’s professional hoops team that also…
Skill and passion always in fashion at the Copa America
If you’re a U.S. soccer fan, it doesn’t get much better than this. The prestigious Copa America soccer tournament is being played in the United States for the first time…
Coming out is a relief and revelation for sports broadcaster Steve Mason
Steve Mason is one of the most respected sports broadcasters in Southern California. He’s best known as a co-host of the long-running “Mason & Ireland” show on ESPN 710, which has…
Can a new law get California’s 7 million unregistered voters to register?
California has more voters than any state in the nation, but many millions of eligible people in this state don’t even register, let alone vote. To put it mildly, recent…
How do California officials get into sporting events for free?
California lawmakers and other elected officials received nearly $900,000 worth of gifts last year from trade groups, unions, law firms and others with interests in Sacramento… all of it apparently…
Is the Angels slow start a sign that the Halos have lost their shine?
Three weeks in and the season has been anything but heavenly for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. They’re several games below 500 and near the bottom of their division……
The Kobe Bryant era is finally over…
Laker super star Kobe Bryant went out in spectacular fashion Wednesday night, channeling his former dominance and pouring in 60 points in his final game to lead the Lakers to a…
Cheap and profitable fentanyl is proving to be a killer
The state Senate public safety committee has been holding hearings on a bill that would crack down on the transport and sale of a drug called fentanyl. It’s a potent pain…
Dodgers hoping for a different end to 2016 season
It was all going great for the Dodgers… until they got to San Francisco. A 12-6 loss to the Giants up in the Bay Area brought the Dodgers back down to…
Koufax, Drysdale and great baseball holdout of 1966
When the new baseball season begins on Sunday, player payrolls for the 30 teams in the Major Leagues will total nearly $4 billion, an average of almost $4 million per…
Robert Greenwald documentary takes aim at the NRA
A new documentary, called “Making a Killing: Guns, Greed, and the NRA” is one of a flood of films about gun violence being released this year, including four alone at…
Welcome to Hockeytown USA
With just a month left before the playoffs, the Los Angeles Kings and the Anaheim Ducks are on the top of the hockey world… or close to it anyway. They…