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Starting tonight, the Dodgers host the Yankees for a rare three-game interleague series. The two teams have met 11 times in the World Series, so naturally the Dodgers are looking to cash in on fan nostalgia.Instead of selling regular single-game tickets, the Dodgers forced fans who want to see th ... More >>
Starting tonight, the Dodgers host the Yankees for a rare three-game interleague series. The two teams have met 11 times in the World Series, so naturally the Dodgers are looking to cash in on fan nostalgia.Instead of selling regular single-game tickets, the Dodgers forced fans who want to see th ... More >>
An online charity auction of Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez's 1994 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6 will begin on Friday. Proceeds from the auction will benefit ThinkCure!, which funds research to cure cancer and Maryvale, a Rosemead resident placement home for girls. ThinkCure!, a non-p ... More >>
The union representing Los Angeles police on Friday stated that the mayor of L.A. should be able to go to high-priced events as part of his role as the leader of a major metropolis. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been in hot water for his acceptance of thousands of dollars worth of tickets to ... More >>
On Friday morning, through his Twitter account, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa made the dubious claim that L.A. is "still safer than it's been in 50 years." Which means we're back to 1960, when John F. Kennedy successfully ran for president, Elvis Presley was promoted to sergeant, an ... More >>
NBC via Youtube I was a huge Yankees fan in 1981, having that summer gone to my first Major League game at Yankee Stadium as a 6-year old. Reggie Jackson hit a monster home run, there was a bench-clearing brawl, the young women behind us were smoking weed, and we beat the traffic home. Thus, ... More >>
Manny Ramirez has been placed on waivers, meaning the Dodgers slugger could be traded by Tuesday.Ramirez is still owed about $4.4 million of his $20 million salary for this season, so dumping him now could save the Dodgers some cash. Or, they could agree to pick up some of the tab in exchange for ... More >>
Dodgers star slugger Manny Ramirez was reportedly headed to the Chicago White Sox this week. The 38-year-old helped Los Angeles win the National League Western Division title in 2008, but has been struggling with injuries almost since then. According to Associated Press, the Dodgers would wi ... More >>
Ted SoquiWith the Dodgers now 7.5 games back of the wild card with an afternoon loss Wednesday, we're now in day four of the divorce trial to determine who owns the Dodgers. Here's Gene Maddaus, the Weekly's man on the scene: How's this for karma? At the same moment that Roy Oswalt was mowi ... More >>
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Twice in the past month, different snooty national magazines have judged us the second most stressful city in the nation. Forbes judged our stress level on high unemployment, long commute times, long working hours, and bad health, while Portfolio also looked at heart disease, bad air, crim ... More >>
calleecakes via FlickrTimes are hard. You don't need Jay Leno to remind you. Double dip recession? We barely noticed a recovery in the first place. California's poverty rate is one percentage point above the already dire national average. And unemployment and the real estate crisis have combi ... More >>
feelingdodgerblue.comNot in our stadium, you don'tTell us, Los Angeles: Are you going to stand for this? Update: Street-art blog LA Taco won't. We quote: "People of Los Angeles, we cannot let this potential aggression stand. LA TACO will organize a boycott and shaming campaign of any Los An ... More >>
jefferson via TwitpicA crack in the earth in Japan.Japanese Americans rallied over the weekend in Little Tokyo for victims of Japan's devastating 8.9 earthquake. People set up collection boxes in shopping areas, and one woman told TV crews she raised $3,200 Saturday alone. The Dodgers announ ... More >>
freshnessmag.comWe know, wrong sport. But she's got the right spirit, and looks damn good doin' it.Updated after the jump: Revenge banner reading "GIANTS SUCK" flies over Dodger Stadium! Plus, a shot of the "Beat L.A." original. Update: Will the banner-flyers remember to adhere to the post-9 ... More >>
Courtesy of the LA Dodgers.The beloved (by some) Dodger Dog is getting a Mexi-themed hermano, the Doyer Dog. Loaded with chili, nacho cheese, chopped tomatoes, onions and jalapenos, it hits concession stands today, just in time for the Dodgers' home opener against the San Francisco Giants. "D ... More >>
TwitterTensions were high on Opening Day after a "Beat L.A." banner flew over the stadiumLeave it to a couple psychotic Los Angeles loyals to darken what should have been a proud MLB Opening Day victory (pitched to perfection by the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw) with an extreme act of turf violen ... More >>
Heaven?The MLB scene has been getting super intense around L.A. the last couple days, what with the Giants pitcher crashing his car in West Hollywood, fan banners warring in 90-degree heat and crazed Dodgers dudes throwing violent fits in the parking lot (really uncool, by the way). So, in t ... More >>
Flickr/Lauren Manning In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Whatever the current style in Los Angeles restaurants ends up being named, all of it -- from the small-plate thing to the fixation on local, organic produce; the off-center proteins to the internat ... More >>
LAPDOutrage is mounting, both in San Francisco and Los Angeles, over Friday's very unsportsmanlike (to say the least) Opening Day beatdown in the Dodger Stadium parking lot. Assault victim Bryan Stow, a 40-year-old Santa Cruz paramedic with two small children who had travelled south to cheer ... More >>
Have you seen these guys?Just when you thought it couldn't get worse for the Dodgers, this evening the San Francisco Giants kicked in $10,000 for the reward fund in the Opening Day beating. That happens to be $10,000 more than the Dodgers have offered. (Updated below.)Now, maybe they just haven't ... More >>
mudei para flickr.com/rogianesiJust another day at the ballpark Thinking blue just isn't enough for the Dodgers anymore, now they want you to drink blue too (blue agave, that is). The Dodgers have recently announced a partnership with El Zarco Tequila, which predictably coincides with El Zar ... More >>
Your next office?Hey kids, if you want a crash course in public relations, the Dodgers organization has a job for you. What with the McCourts' dirty divorce, Frank McCourt's likability problem, and a few L.A. fans getting tragically violent in the parking lot, this is the definition of hot s ... More >>
Dodger Stadium.Updated after the jump with the Dodgers saying half-price beer days are canceled. For a long time alcohol and sports fans have been good friends. And for a long time they've combined to wreak havoc at football, baseball and soccer games. Some are blaming this witches' brew f ... More >>
Dodger Stadium.Updated after the jump with the Dodgers saying half-price beer days are canceled. For a long time alcohol and sports fans have been good friends. And for a long time they've combined to wreak havoc at football, baseball and soccer games. Some are blaming this witches' brew f ... More >>
Can the clock be turned back on drunken, violent crowds and 'bad" fans?
Frank McCourt, during a break from trial last fallUpdated below: Frank McCourt readies his weary legal armies for battle. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig, who has sat in Sphinx-like silence as the Dodgers have unraveled over the last 18 months, today took control of the team.As commissioner, Selig has ... More >>
Chris RahnDodger owner Frank McCourtLate into today's news cycle -- at 9:15 p.m., to be exact -- the Los Angeles Dodgers' media team sent out an eerie, three-lined statement from a rebellious Frank McCourt, the owner of the apparently financially challenged baseball team. With only the head ... More >>
Janice HahnHey there, Los Angeles. We wouldn't bring this deal to just anyone. But you look like a savvy investor. One who understands value, and can see the tremendous potential upside of a smart investment.How would you like to own a share of the Los Angeles Dodgers?OK, it sounds crazy. The tea ... More >>
Mark Luethi / LA Weekly Flickr poolLooking in.Is this worldly town -- America's gateway to Asia, the second-largest media market in America, the Latino capital of the United States -- really owned and controlled by outsiders? It's a question posed by local expert and author D.J. Waldie at Zo ... More >>
Werner Herzog.City Hall has more red ink than Nicolas Cage, the Dodgers are a mess, and our pothole-pocked, traffic-clogged roads are really the worst in America. But make no mistake, we love L.A. No town like it, from the Chinese delicacies of the SGV to the surfing inadequacies of Venic ... More >>
Frank McCourt: Time for another fact-checkAs part of his belated media blitz, Dodgers (co-?)owner Frank McCourt has been urging fans to ignore the messy off-the-field stuff and focus on the team's performance. "Some might be surprised to know that the four out of six years we were in the playoff ... More >>
Giants fan Bryan Stow is a father of two.Bryan Stow's mother may have called us a "City of Angels" for "embracing Bryan and supporting him" after his brutal beating in the Dodger Stadium parking lot on March 31, but that gratitude apparently doesn't extend to Dodgers owner Frank McCourt. Vete ... More >>
If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, then religion is a close second. The much-loathed Dodger (co-?)owner, Frank McCourt, has already wrapped himself in the flag, trotting out "God Bless America" for the 7th inning stretch. That hasn't gotten people off his case, so now it's time to c ... More >>
Stanley Stalford is leading a quixotic bid for public ownership of the DodgersNot much needs to be said about Wednesday's L.A. City Council vote in support of public ownership of the Dodgers, other than that it was a naked grab for headlines which will have all the impact of a press release.But o ... More >>
Running out of ways to hate this guyRemember that fuss last week about the Dodgers' divorce settlement? Well, forget about it.According to the Times' Bill Shaikin, who's a good authority on this sort of thing, Major League Baseball has rejected the Dodgers' proposed TV contract.That renders the s ... More >>
Gender equality at the Dodger Stadium urinal.Just when we thought the hemorrhaging Dodgers legacy couldn't get any trashier, it looks like we may have found a more dogged Dodger dog than team owner Frank McCourt. Forget parking-lot supervillains: This is the chick who peed in the boys' bathro ... More >>
Manny's still waiting on $21 mill.Update: After a historic Dodgers victory last night, the court just approved McCourt's request to file the team for bankruptcy. But at this point, Dodger fans (fiercely loyal off the big win) won't be so easy to convince. Originally posted at June 27 at 1:3 ... More >>
frankrupt.comBow out now, and we won't write it on your tombstone."Frank is a carcass on the ground at this point, and MLB is the buzzard circling the body," reads the Vanity Fair piece today on Dodgers owner Frank McCourt. Though we've been saying it since the divorce, it seems the jury of ... More >>
Marvin Norwood, 30Up until last Thursday, everyone -- including witnesses to the Bryan Stow beating, LAPD officials and California's conservative peanut gallery -- thought March's territorial Dodger Stadium assault was orchestrated by two tattooed Latino men. "This is a latino problem," wrot ... More >>
AEGWhen LA Weekly reporter David Futch showed up at L.A. City Hall this morning for a hearing on Anschutz Entertainment Group's proposed L.A. football stadium, he thought he was in for just another L.A. City Council meeting. What Futch failed to realize is that, when one attends a meeting on ... More >>
Frank McCourtBig surprise. According to bankruptcy documents filed today, the L.A. Dodgers have seen a sharp decline in revenue since Frank and Jamie McCourt separated in 2009.The Times recently ran a story speculating about the decline. Well, speculate no more. Here are the actual numbers:2009: ... More >>
Baseball promotes Mao Zedong ThoughtIn the 1970s, the Chinese government issued a pamphlet declaring that baseball would "help build the (Communist) party" by promoting "the diligent study of Marxism, Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought."Since then, the Chinese haven't progressed very far on the fiel ... More >>
Frank McCourtThis is a big day in the history of the L.A. Dodgers. Major League Baseball has asked a bankruptcy judge to order that the team be sold at auction.This is not a surprise, but it is quite something to see MLB lay out its case in black and white. The motion, posted after the jump, argu ... More >>
tenaciousmeThanksgiving is upon us, so it's time to bow our heads and be thankful that at least somebody in the family has a job, medical marijuana is still around (for now) and a bloody presidential election is still nearly a year away. And, after the dreaded Frank McCourt vowed to sell the ... More >>
Torre's coming back for more.If Frank McCourt is the most hated man in baseball -- and in Los Angeles in general -- Joe Torre might be the most loved. Which makes Torre's surprise resignation as executive vice president of the MLB, and announcement that he'll pursue ownership of the Dodgers ... More >>
Here's the known, and rumored, list 15 of exceedingly rich Wall Street one percenters, fabulously wealthy moguls and hardcore baseball lovers who may -- or may not -- have made secret, non-binding $1 billion bids to buy the Dodgers before the January 23, 2012 deadline expired last night. Tom Barra ... More >>
Here's the known, and rumored, list 15 of exceedingly rich Wall Street one percenters, fabulously wealthy moguls and hardcore baseball lovers who may -- or may not -- have made secret, non-binding $1 billion bids to buy the Dodgers before the January 23, 2012 deadline expired last night. Tom Barra ... More >>
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