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Civic officials and USC unveiled the newly remodeled Memorial Coliseum.
Ellen Alperstein: After six years and two trials, the jury delivers a jaw-dropping verdict in former sports columnist T.J. Simers' lawsuit against the Los Angeles Times.
Vin Scully and Mayor Eric Garcetti helped the Dodgers unveil the logo for next year's All-Star game to be held in Los Angeles.
Ellen Alperstein: A tiny group of hard-hitting unknowns help the top tennis players in the world sharpen their game at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Their compensation? A sandwich and a pat on the back.
Ellen Alperstein: As always, the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells draws big crowds and big action. New this year are a few winged creatures.
The FIFA World Cup has now been winnowed down to just eight teams. There are just seven matches left that...
Four years ago, I was writing an overly long World Cup preview on this site. And I included this passage:...
The Dodgers and the stadium will host baseball's 2020 All-Star Game.
Ron Rapoport: Gibson performed two heroic acts that night he hit THE home run in the World Series.
Post-match news conferences at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells seldom yield insight or surprise. But you might get a traffic report.
The pros at the BNP Paribas Open this week in Indian Wells play a highly refined game of tennis. And the scurrying children who attend to them are also at the top of their games.
Venus and Serena Williams at Indian Wells--the sequel.
Gag on this, Angelenos: United Airlines Memorial Coliseum.
Ron Rapoport: One thing Dick would want us to remember, that it all started at UCLA.
Former tennis pro Rosie Casals opines about "Battle of the Sexes" and about what it was -- and is -- like for female athletes.
There was the solar eclipse, and there's the Dodgers having the most fun season since 1974.
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Seeing professional boxing live for the first time affirms that it embraces the best, the worst and the goofiest of humankind.
Just who are those guys playing baseball just north of Downtown Los Angeles?
Take My Picture Gary Leonard runs weekly at LA Observed.
Things we heard from players and fans at the tennis tournament.
Plant managers for the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden ensure that the venue is appropriately accessorized with flowers.
Stringing rackets for the pros at a major tennis tournament is not a job for the weak, the slow or the inexperienced.
Johnson, the new president of basketball operations, has already made a trade and hired a general manager.
Rapoport and David Davis discuss the first book that collects Lardner's daily journalism.
The Chargers move to LA on the same day that the Rams hire the youngest head coach in NFL history. Meh.
The Rams' return to LA has been a disaster, but a new book by Jim Hock remembers when the NFL team's relationship with the city was something special.
It's the Presidential Media of Freedom for Vin Scully and 20 others. Watch the call from the White House.
He put poetry in the players' mouths, invented feuds and covered baseball in a manner never attempted before and never dared since.
Former Chicago columnist Ron Rapoport sees a tinge of sadness among Cubs fans as the reality sinks in.
It took four and a half hours and 41 players to decide, but the Dodgers' season continues.
The former Dodger strikes a blow for the ages for his friend Jose Fernandez.
So many people, in sports and in life, achieve a great deal and then fade from memory. Arnie will never fade.
Friday night pre-game ceremony at Dodger Stadium will air at 6:30 on KTLA Channel 5, SportsNet LA and KLAC radio.
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Hollywood Park and the NFL
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ESPN's nudes
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Phil and Jeanie
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Yasiel Puig and Sandy Koufax at Dodger Stadium. 
Iconic race track will close after 75 years. 
Eastern Sierra ski area to reopen next season.
Opening day
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