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Blogs
April 8, 2013
Dodgers Sweep Bucs, Trade Harang. A Good Time Was Had by All
Check almost any close-up of Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle during a baseball game and watch the frequency and ferocity of the up-and-down jaw smacking of his gum chewing; you'll be convinced, and afraid for his family, that his face is about to explode. Of course, it might be the Pirates' flounde ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2013
5 Takeaways from the Dodgers' Season-Opening Series
That was just so Dodgers. From the pomp, circumstance and exhilaration of Opening Day to the shoulder dropping, ground ball dropping of back-to-back losses to the rival San Francisco Giants. Here are five takeaways from the Dodgers' first three games: 5. The team is going to have its struggles wit ... More >>
News
March 28, 2013
How the Dodgers' New TV Contract Exemplifies Major League Baseball's Problems
Cable subscribers are subsidizing a dying industry
News
February 28, 2013
Who Will Buy the Los Angeles Times?
Why do so many rich men want to buy it? And how did it get to this point anyway?
Blogs
February 26, 2013
Los Angeles Times to be Auctioned, as Will All Tribune Post-Bankruptcy Newspapers: Bruce Karsh Will be The Deal's Frank McCourt
Updated below with Tribune clarifying it's not really an auction, reactions from top Los Angeles Times journalists and potential buyer Austin Beutner. Additional reporting by Hillel Aron. CNBC is reporting that Tribune Co. has hired investment bankers to sell off its newspaper unit, which includes ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2013
Why Are L.A. Places So Popular on Instagram?
See also: *5 Artsy Things to Do in L.A. This Week *Best L.A. Novel Ever: The Tournament *50 Reasons Los Angeles Is the Best City in America Just before the end of Instagram's wild year — bought by Facebook for $1 billion, publicly eviscerated by its community for new privacy policies — ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2013
Dodgers Stadium Upgrades Unveiled for 2013 Include Waaay More Ladies Bathrooms and Tweetability
Are you ready to play ball? The Dodgers will definitely be ready in an updated and "tricked-out" stadium. New owners brought in ballpark exec Janet Marie Smith to update the 50-year-old stadium, third-oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball. Fans are already raving over/dissecting the upgrades su ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2012
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/22 - 10/26
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "We're kind of worried that the folks at the big box store know something we don't, as the new seasonal catalogue has some sobering emergency food options." 6 Things on Sale at Costco.com: Your Holiday Dinner Party, My Apocal ... More >>
Blogs
October 24, 2012
Men Oh Tokushima Ramen: Chashu, Pork Belly A Ramen Video!
The history of the San Francisco-Los Angeles rivalry is well-documented in many fields, whether it's the Giants and Dodgers contesting the NL West (we're all aware of how that turned out this season) or a frank debate on which city offers the biggest and best representation of West Coast cuisine. In ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2012
AEG's Asking Price Is $10 Billion?
The L.A. company that wants to build a stadium downtown is selling out. And if this report is true, it wants $10 billion for the whole shebang. Anschutz Entertainment Group, the locally based conglomerate owned by Denver rich guy Phil Anshutz, runs Staples Center, LA Live and the Nokia Theater, ow ... More >>
Blogs
September 17, 2012
49: The Dodger Dog at Dodger Stadium
Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 49: The Dodger Dog at Dodger Stadium. Are Dodger Dogs the best hot dogs in L.A.? Um, no. Not even remotely close. But often the success of a dish depends more ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2012
How to Ask a Food Blogger for Food Recommendations
What You'll Need: A general idea of the type of cuisine or specific dish you would like to eat, or not eat The number of people in your party A price range of how much you would like to pay for your meal The part of town where you will dine A note of any special considerations (i.e., kid- or dog-f ... More >>
Blogs
August 6, 2012
Dodgers Hire Janet Marie Smith, Star Stadium Designer, To Renovate Dodger Stadium
The new Dodgers ownership group has been very busy lately, adding Hanley Ramirez, Joe Blanton and Shane Victorino to the roster. But all of those moves pale by comparison to today's big acquisition. In a coup, the Dodgers have obtained stadium designer Janet Marie Smith from the Baltimore Orioles, p ... More >>
Blogs
August 3, 2012
5 Best Pizza Slice Joints in Los Angeles
From our 2012 Restaurant Issue, celebrating everything pizza in L.A. With so much of the focus on hyper-authentic Neapolitan pies and artisanal knife-and-fork creations these days, it's easy to forget about the other great bastion of the pizza world -- the slice joint. The culture of paper-plate pi ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2012
Did Mark Walter Overpay For The Dodgers? Forbes Puts Value At Just $1.4 Billion
Mark Walter and his investment partners, including Magic Johnson, bought the Dodgers on April 30 for $2 billion. That seemed exorbitant, but Walter said that was the price he had to pay for a life-changing opportunity."I don't want to realize a return on investment on buying the Dodgers," he told th ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2012
Matt Kemp: Fan Favorite
One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. By late afternoon, most of the players have already left the Dodgers' spring training campus at Camelback Ranch in Arizona, but Matt Kemp is still standing. After signing autog ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2012
Dodgers Deal Sealed: McCourt is Outta Here
When reports surfaced last night that there were a few last-minute details to be hammered out in the Guggenheim Baseball purchase of the Dodgers, we got a bad feeling. Maybe the universally loathed Frank McCourt was pulling a dictator trick in an attempt to unravel the deal and hold on just a littl ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2012
5 Places to Eat and Drink Around Dodger Stadium
Remember the Dodgers? The baseball team we loved but whose stadium we abandoned because of all that nasty Frank McCourt business? Now that Magic Johnson has gone on and saved the Dodgers, we can all head back out to Chavez Ravine on a lazy weekend afternoon to catch a game or two, baseball gloves ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2012
Viva Los Dodgers 2012 Lineup Announced: Ximena Sariñana, Ana Tijoux, More
See also: *Ximena Sariñana: An Indie-Pop Star In Mexico, Anonymous In L.A. *Our review of Ana Tijoux at Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park Viva Los Dodgers, a festival celebrating Los Angeles' Latino culture, just announced this season's lineup exclusively through West Coast Sound. Held in Lot ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2012
Dodgers Sale On Track Despite MLB Concerns; Fans Avoiding Parking Lots in Record Numbers
The Dodgers sale is still on track to close on April 30, as a bankruptcy judge approved the sale agreement today despite last-minute objections from Major League Baseball.According to the tandem of @EricFisherSBJ and @BillShaikin, who were both tweeting the proceedings in Delaware, the attorney for ... More >>
News
March 29, 2012
Frank McCourt's Dodger Parking Lot
Is it OK if Frank still co-owns the vast acres encircling Dodger Stadium?
Blogs
March 28, 2012
Dodgers Opening Day Is Already Sold Out
News flash: Magic Johnson and his bidding team won the Dodgers for a record $2 billion last night. And by 4:15 p.m. today, not 24 hours after the big announcement, the team's Opening Day game against the Pittsburgh Pirates is all sold out. So yeah, if there was any doubt left in anyone's mind that ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2012
Magic Johnson and Stan Kasten Buy Dodgers from Frank McCourt -- But Uh Oh! Frank May Not be Gone
Update on next page: Bidder Joey Herrick on the importance of local owners. Magic Johnson, beloved spots icon in Los Angeles, and his group of investors including former Atlanta Braves president Stan Kasten, essentially wrote a $2 billion check Tuesday evening to buy the Dodgers, pre-empting a fina ... More >>
News
March 22, 2012
The Fan Who Would Be King
Update on next page: Bidder Joey Herrick on the importance of local owners. Magic Johnson, beloved spots icon in Los Angeles, and his group of investors including former Atlanta Braves president Stan Kasten, essentially wrote a $2 billion check Tuesday evening to buy the Dodgers, pre-empting a fina ... More >>
News
March 15, 2012
Josh Macciello Convinced L.A. He Was in Line to Buy the Dodgers. But He Was Really a Fraud
Update on next page: Bidder Joey Herrick on the importance of local owners. Magic Johnson, beloved spots icon in Los Angeles, and his group of investors including former Atlanta Braves president Stan Kasten, essentially wrote a $2 billion check Tuesday evening to buy the Dodgers, pre-empting a fina ... More >>
Blogs
January 31, 2012
Matthew Broderick's Ferris Bueller Superbowl Ad Tours L.A. in Midlife-Crisis Minivan
Thank you, Honda, for bringing to life Hollywood's wildest fantasy this Superbowl season: Ferris Bueller, our favorite high-school hooligan, playing hooky in our own backyard. Sure, we get a tired, squarish, middle-aged version of Bueller, who has morphed into a very mortal Matthew Broderick, the a ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
List of Dodger Bidders in the 2012 Sale by Frank McCourt: Wall Street Jerks and Baseball Lovers
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. 1. Tom Barrack, col ... More >>
News
January 19, 2012
Dodgers Auction: Who Should Own the Team?
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. 1. Tom Barrack, col ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2012
Joe Torre Wants to Buy the Dodgers With Developer Rick Caruso; L.A. Rejoices
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 alongside major L.A. developer Rick ... More >>
Blogs
November 24, 2011
Dodgers Ownership: Top 5 Rich Guys You Wouldn't Want to See Take Over Team (or Maybe You Would)
Thanksgiving 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 Dodgers, we shoul ... More >>
Blogs
September 23, 2011
Major League Baseball Asks Court To Force Frank McCourt To Sell The Dodgers
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 >>
Blogs
September 1, 2011
Should China Buy The Dodgers?
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 >>
Blogs
August 12, 2011
L.A. Dodgers Revenue Dropping; Protesters Plan Aug. 27 Boycott
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 >>
Blogs
July 29, 2011
NFL Stadium Hearing at L.A. City Hall Draws Hundreds of Football, AEG Lovers; Answers Few Questions
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 >>
Blogs
July 25, 2011
Marvin Norwood, Arrested for Bryan Stow Beating, Is a 250-Pound White Guy -- So Why Was Dodger Violence Blamed on L.A. Latinos?
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 >>
Blogs
June 30, 2011
'Frankrupt' T-Shirts Debut, Dodgers' Paychecks Bounce -- This Is the End for Frank McCourt
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 >>
Blogs
June 28, 2011
Frank McCourt Files Dodgers for Bankruptcy -- But That's the Least of Their Problems
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 >>
Blogs
June 24, 2011
Chick Pees in Urinal at Dodger Stadium, Makes Guy Hold Her Beer (NSFW Video)
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 >>
Blogs
June 20, 2011
MLB Rejects Dodgers' TV Deal, Proving Frank McCourt Is Delusional
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 >>
Blogs
June 17, 2011
Dodger Dilemma: A (Mild) Defense of Public Ownership
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 >>
Blogs
June 10, 2011
Frank McCourt Gets a Boost From Black Church Leaders
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 >>
Blogs
May 24, 2011
Bryan Stow Lawsuit: Family to Sue Dodgers in L.A. Superior Court for Slow Security Response to Stow's Beating
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 >>
Blogs
May 4, 2011
Frank McCourt Fact Check: Dodgers' Record Was Better Under Fox Ownership
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 >>
Blogs
April 29, 2011
Werner Herzog, Crazy-Man Film Director, Thinks L.A. Is The Only City in America With Substance
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 >>
Blogs
April 28, 2011
Los Angeles, a Major Global City Owned And Run by Outsiders?
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 >>
Blogs
April 21, 2011
MLB Takes Control Of L.A. Dodgers
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 >>
Blogs
April 21, 2011
In Wake of MLB Takeover, Councilwoman Janice Hahn Suggests Public Ownership of Dodgers
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 >>
Blogs
April 20, 2011
Frank McCourt, Dodgers Owner, Sends Out Eerie Press Release, Confronting Commissioner Bud Selig
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 >>
Calendar
April 14, 2011
Warming Up
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 >>
News
April 14, 2011
Cleaning Out Dodger Stadium
Can the clock be turned back on drunken, violent crowds and 'bad" fans?
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