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SF Weekend: Dodgers, Giants to Play a Particular Brand of Baseball

While neither the Dodgers nor the Giants are playing particularly well at the moment, one team is playing particularly less well than the other. And as much as it pains me to admit -- we don't hide our loyalties here, so if you're looking for unadulterated objectivity, you may want to look elsewhere ... More >>

Ice Cube Talks About His Favorite Projects He's Ever Worked On

Having long, long ago secured his place in the rap pantheon, Ice Cube today is, to the average Dlisted reader, a man to be both mocked (for his Are We There Yet period) and possibly feared -- if, say, confronted in the type of bar where denizens consume Coors Light. But in person he's cordial and ... More >>

How the Dodgers' New TV Contract Exemplifies Major League Baseball's Problems

Cable subscribers are subsidizing a dying industry

Jimmy Buss Says "Screw You" to Phil Jackson -- and "Screw You" to Lakers Nation

It was the biggest "Screw You" in hoops history. Phil Jackson is not coaching the Lakers today because Jimmy Buss and Jackson do not like each other and never have. It's that simple and that complex.

USC Football Billboard in UCLA Territory Torn Down by Regency Outdoor Advertising

Looks like Regency Outdoor Advertising, one of the biggest billboard companies in this land of 10,000 billboards, is choosing sides in the epic beef between USC and UCLA. At first, it appeared that Regency (which is reportedly co-owned by Brian Kennedy, a prominent USC donor) had sided with the Tro ... More >>

Downtown L.A. Crossfit Gym Debases Homeless Neighbors in Photos, Facebook Posts

When the CrossFit Games arrive at the Home Depot Center in Carson on July 13, they'll bring with them a flood of heavily muscled, extremely intense athletes hoping to win a $250,000 prize courtesy of CrossFit's big-name sponsors, such as Reebok and GNC. They'll be immortalized on the website of the ... More >>

Magic Johnson Lied to Dodger Fans About Frank McCourt's Role In Parking Lots

Updated below: Dodgers will lose millions on the parking deal, after they pay McCourt.Magic Johnson stood up on a podium at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday and flat-out lied to Dodger fans.Johnson, the front man for the team's new ownership group, said that ex-owner Frank McCourt was "not involved in an ... More >>

Serengeti's Chin Music

See also: *Anticon MC Serengeti: The Quirkiest, Deepest Rapper *Free Download: Serengeti's "Tracks" Serengeti is wisecracking at Rex's Batting Cages in Inglewood, while hacking at 90 mph heaters. The Chicago-raised, Mount Washington-based rapper riffing on a character in his raps, 45-year-old, Dit ... More >>

The Fan Who Would Be King

Josh Macciello Convinced L.A. He Was in Line to Buy the Dodgers. But He Was Really a Fraud

Beavis and Butt-Head Returns to MTV October 27: Here's Our Top Ten Music Video Moments From the Old Show

Get More: Beavis and Butt-Head, MTV Shows It's official: The Beavis and Butt-Head re-boot now has a premiere date on MTV: Thursday, October 27th at 10PM. Exciting for fans, but will it be as edgy as it once was? When it debuted in 1993 Beavis and Butt-Head displayed a pathological lack of compass ... More >>

Sugar Ray Leonard Talks About Obsession, Abuse in New Memoir The Big Fight

​An Angeleno for the last two decades, Sugar Ray Leonard has remained a furiously energetic personality both inside and outside the world of boxing. He was, for all intents and purposes, the face of American boxing from his gold medal-winning performance at the 1976 Montreal Olympics through h ... More >>

Dodger Stadium Catches Fire, Frank McCourt Makes Payroll: What Else Can Go Wrong?

Frank McCourt has only begun to fight​Quite a weekend in Dodger land. For those of you just back from SLO, let's recap... Dodger Stadium, the jewel of Chavez Ravine, ranks an abysmal 25th out of 30 ballparks in customer reviews on Yelp. That may help explain why attendance is down 7,000 per game.O ... More >>

Saveur, Cooking Light are National Magazine Awards Finalists

WordRidden/Flickr​The National Magazine Awards finalists were announced yesterday, and aside from the usual suspects (The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Esquire), never-before-nominated Cooking Light was a finalist in the Leisure Interests category -- alongside Golf Digest, Runner's World and Los ... More >>

Sports Bar Report: The Varsity, or The Smell of Wings in the Morning

Jesstine G.Steak nachos​ The Place: The Varsity, 6311 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048; (323) 651-5433. The Hours: 4 p.m.-Midnight Mon.-Thu., 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Fri., 10-2 a.m. Sat., 10 a.m.-Midnight Sun. The Deals: Until April 4th, Dos Equis drafts are $3 during college basketball games ... More >>

Mike Penner, Christine Daniels: A Tragic Love Story

The L.A. Times sports journalist lived most of his life wanting to be a woman. He discovered too late that he wanted his wife even more

Seahawks Player Takes Love of Donuts Too Far

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmmfruit/364153965/​ Last Friday was National Donut Day, and while we can't think of a better time to abandon our diets, sometimes the love for donuts can be taken too far. Case in point: ESPN reports that Seattle Seahawks rookie wide receiver Golden Tate apologiz ... More >>

Nightranger: Big Wangs, Little Wangs

Is LA Live An Eyesore?

lalive.com​L.A. Live, the Staples Center-adjacent concrete campus that includes the Nokia Theater, the Grammy Museum, the ESPN Zone restaurant, movie theaters and, now, two luxury hotels, is an architectural disaster, at least according to one blog. LA Eastside argues that the development, wh ... More >>

Erin Andrews' Stalker Gets Two-And-A-Half Years

Erin Andrews.​The man convicted of stalking ESPN reporter Erin Andrews during a spree in which he surreptitiously photographed and videotaped her, sometimes in the nude, was sentenced Monday to two-and-a-half years behind bars. Michael David Barrett, 49, of Westmont, Illinois, was sentenced i ... More >>

Movie Reviews: Casi Divas, Post Grad, Shorts

Also, Earth Days, Gotta Dance and more

Boxing, Sex and Madness: Mike Tyson, James Toback and the Ties That Bind

In Tyson documentary, boxer tells it in his own words

Fallen Idols of All Shapes and Sizes

Donald T. Sterling's Skid Row Mirage

The billionaire Clippers owner claims he's creating a major homeless center. He's not, but image is what counts.

Hollywood Schmoozer Meets Internet Geek

Agents 2.0: The new generation of dealmakers at UTA Online

The Boras Factor

Is super agent Scott Boras destroying the game of baseball? And what does he want now?

Take You Higher!

Featuring Prince as Joni, Emo as jock-jam

The Ultimate Product Placement

Phil Anschutz takes a huge hit if Beckham tanks as L.A.’s soccer megastar. He’s not worried

Head Games

Zizou’s noggin and Mexico’s recount

The Knockout Shot

A former boxer’s encounter with LAPD undercover cops

Week of the Living Dead

Too Much Junkie Business

An excerpt from Wrecking Crew

Chicanos and the Man

Comedian Paul Rodriguez and his skateboarding son, Paulie, are rich and famous. But where would they be without Pablo?

Goodbye to All That

Former Nightline executive producer Leroy Sievers laments the death of serious TV news

The Good Soldier

Disney Goes to the Dark Side

The Battle for the Mouse’s heart and soul reaches epic proportions

Cracking the Clubbing Code

K-Town after dark

Where Are They Now?

An ever-evolving list of L.A. Weekly alumni

Feel the Glow

Traditions: The New Year's Eve Riot You Didn't Hear About

Baseball at the End of the World

The amazing adventures of Ethan Feld

Urbanities: Frank O. Gehry Has a Gripe

Naughty Nick

Animation giant plays anti-union toon

Media Fundamentalism

The Ghosts of Dogtown

A quarter-century later, the Zephyr Competition Skate Team still rules

Wireless for a Week

Can a real geek PalmPilot her way into mobile cyberheaven?

Letters

Ghetto Star

'Monster' Kody Scott and the Culture of Ornament

Looking for a Fight (page 2)

Lucia Rijker and the changing face of women's boxing

Days of Plunder

The life and fast times of Don Simpson