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  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Patrick Soon-Shiong, L.A.'s Richest Man, Joins Steven Cohen in Dodgers Bid

    With owner Frank McCourt's April 30 deadline to sell the team rapidly approaching, and with potential suitors--like alleged con man, and L.A. Weekly cover boy, Josh Macciello--dropping like flies, bidding for the Dodgers is getting serious. Hedge fund billionaire Steven Cohen gained a new asset in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Rock Out with Your Lock-Out: Five Awful Athlete Songs

    See also: Top Five Rapping Basketball Players Phil Jackson Might Actually Like If there's one thing most professional athletes are good at, it's sports. Unfortunately, the recent NBA lockout stemming from millionaires failing to come to terms with billionaires left many players with an unprecedente ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    September 22, 2011

    Moneyball Review

    See also: Top Five Rapping Basketball Players Phil Jackson Might Actually Like If there's one thing most professional athletes are good at, it's sports. Unfortunately, the recent NBA lockout stemming from millionaires failing to come to terms with billionaires left many players with an unprecedente ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Toronto Film Festival: Moneyball and the Fetishizing of Spreadsheets

    ​ "It's hard not to be romantic about baseball," admits Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics played, in career-best form, by Brad Pitt in Bennett Millers' Moneyball.This line, from a screenplay by Stephen Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, happens in the home stretch of a film abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    We Are All Greg MacDonald: Dodger Fan Urges Bankruptcy Judge Not To Bail Out Frank McCourt

    Frank McCourt​Greg MacDonald, 33, has been a Dodger fan since childhood. He had a day off last week, and decided to use it to send a heartfelt message to the judge overseeing the Dodger bankruptcy case."Please allow us to reclaim our team," he wrote. "I beg you."MacDonald said he thought the lette ... 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

    April 26, 2011

    Lenny Dykstra Arrested in Encino, Charged With Embezzlement

    lennydykstra.com​Update: TMZ reports that Charlie Sheen put up $22,000 to bail Dykstra out of jail. Retired baseball star Lenny Dykstra was charged this week with bankruptcy fraud. The U.S. Attorney's Office says he was arrested last night in an unrelated matter. A sheriff's inmate informatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2010

    Jose Lima, 1972-2010

    Flickr image by Malingering Jose Lima​Jose Lima, one of the most entertaining characters in recent Dodgers history, died early this morning of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles, according to a report in ESPN Deportes. He was 37.Lima had not pitched in the majors since going 0-4 for the New ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2009

    BREAKING: DJ AM Dies in New York

    Story developing. Refresh often for updates. Flier for DJ AM's welcome home gig last fall at Avalon Hollywood​ TMZ is reporting that DJ AM, born in Philadelphia but a longtime LA resident, has been found dead in New York. AM was the co-owner of the popular high-end Hollywood nightclub LAX, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    For Mets Fans, Hate Is a Manny-Splendored Thing

    N.Y. PostNew York Mets fans (or at least the local sports writers) used the Los Angeles Dodgers' three-game visit to mix tradition with self-pity. On the one hand, there was the opportunity to indulge in the area's second-favorite pastime, L.A.-bashing; on the other, the return of Manny Ramirez (and ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    May 29, 2008
  • News

    May 24, 2007

    The Boras Factor

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

  • LA Life

    April 19, 2007

    Satellite of Love

    He went XM. I went Sirius. This is our violent, triumphant story

  • LA Life

    November 9, 2006

    People Who Need People

    What to do in LA this week

  • Film+TV

    April 27, 2006

    Fists in the Pocket

    What to do in LA this week

  • News

    August 18, 2005

    Cowboys and Indians

    Gene Autry vs. Southwest Museum: Piracy or preservation?

  • Columns

    March 31, 2005

    Rebel Yelp

    Gene Autry vs. Southwest Museum: Piracy or preservation?

  • News

    February 10, 2005

    Infinte Justice Tour 2005

    Gene Autry vs. Southwest Museum: Piracy or preservation?

  • Music

    November 11, 2004

    Freedom Rides Again

    Ornette and Denardo Coleman, a harmolodic family

  • Columns

    June 3, 2004

    Bart Wars

    Ornette and Denardo Coleman, a harmolodic family

  • Stage

    January 8, 2004

    New York Marquee

    Now playing in the big town

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    A Platter of Prejudice

    Indigestible stands on immigration from the L.A. Times

  • Columns

    June 6, 2002

    The Man Show

    Indigestible stands on immigration from the L.A. Times

  • Music

    September 7, 2000

    Fuckin’ Z

    Zakk Wylde crushes everything in his path. Then he drinks it.

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