New Lakers player Luka Doncic watches the game from the bench Thursday during a game against the Golden State Warriors at Crypto.com Arena. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Many prominent athletes and entertainers with deep ties to the Los Angeles area have donated large sums to the wildfire relief efforts. The most recent donation, … Read more
We’re kicking off the Shuffle Up series — my version of tiered rankings — for the new fantasy baseball draft season. The dollar values you’ll see below are unscientific in nature but reflect how I see the clusters of talent at catcher. Use these tiers however you like. Have some disagreements? Good, that’s why we … Read more
A protestor held up a flag that combined the flags of Sudan and Palestine during Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show on Sunday. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images) The Super Bowl halftime performer who held up a Sudanese-Palestine flag during Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show will not face charges, New Orleans police said Monday. The NFL has said … Read more
Kansas City Chiefs Using any game-long stat from the Chiefs offense in the Super Bowl to make a point about a unit or player is flimsy at best and outright dishonest at worst. By the time the second quarter ended, the game was 24-0 and the Chiefs offense was utterly flummoxed. Isiah Pacheco and Kareem … Read more
Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-Cast Spring Training kicks off this week for MLB clubs, with many players already reporting to their club sites to get ready for the marathon that starts next month. However, for free-agent third baseman Alex Bregman, he still doesn’t know where, or when, he’ll be reporting to camp. Jake Mintz and Jordan … Read more
The WMPO was a bit calmer this year. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images) Welcome to the Monday Leaderboard, where we run down the weekend’s top stories in the wonderful world of golf. Grab an Arnold Palmer, pull up a chair and watch as we make par from an untenable lie … 1. A well-behaved WM Open? What … Read more
Wondering how you’re going to fill the fantasy sports void until football is back? Are your fantasy hoops and hockey teams leaving much to be desired? Well, one option you might be overlooking is joining a fantasy baseball league. TL;DR benefits of joining a fantasy baseball league Now that you’re ready to play While baseball … Read more
Talk of a “three-peat” may have inspired the Kansas City Chiefs to pursue a third consecutive Super Bowl title. But boasting of it and speaking as if a third consecutive championship might be a foregone conclusion provided significant motivation for the Philadelphia Eagles in their 40-22 victory on Sunday. “Definitely,” Eagles defensive tackle Milton Williams … Read more
Welcome to The Playlist: my weekly column that lets you know who to play when it comes to setting your lineup for the upcoming week in fantasy basketball. Each week, you’ll see a compilation of the pickups you need to make and a quick look at the schedule and lineup notes (who’s in and out … Read more
New Orleans’ Super Bowl has wrapped—the Philadelphia Eagles denied the Chiefs their third straight NFL title in a 40-22 win—and the NFL’s big game moves back out west, with the league’s next two championships hosted by the San Francisco Bay area and the Los Angeles area. With California comes the area’s susceptibility to intense weather, … Read more