New York Mets

Don Mattingly Loses Remaining Credibility as Dodgers Sink Further in West

The 1962 New York Mets -- losers of 120 games and a team the locals are resembling more and more each day -- were led by a first baseman known fondly as Marvelous Marv Throneberry, about whom it was said, "If he could get to it, he could drop it." The 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers -- losers of but 36 ga ... More >>

5 Stories All Angels Fans Should Know

If you're an Angels fan looking for more ways to prove your diehard loyalty, there's a book out there that might hold a helpful suggestion or two. Baseball writer Joe Haakenson recently released 100 Things Angels Fans Should Know and Do before They Die and we took some excerpts from the book to guid ... More >>

Elayne Boosler: Laughs for Lassie

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here. "Doesn't she look like Audrey Hepburn?" asks Elayne Boosler of Jazzy, a visiting pit bull–Weimaraner mix. Boosler does an impression of Jazzy as Hepburn, playing off the w ... More >>

Dodgers Take Two in New York; Brewers on Tap Next

Ah, the ups and downs of a .500 team. Or, in the case of the 9-10 Dodgers, an almost-.500 team. L.A.'s baseball club went east for a week, dropped two out of three in Baltimore, won two of three versus the Mets, and came home as happy as clams in the Chesapeake. Winning the final game of a road tri ... More >>

­The Other Cleat Drops: Chad Billingsley to Have Tommy John Surgery Tomorrow

Well, the news on Chad Billingsley couldn't be worse for the Dodgers. Here is the statement from the club, issued this afternoon: "Chad Billingsley will undergo Tommy John surgery tomorrow, April 24, at the Kerlan Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles. Dr. Neal ElAttrache will perform the surgery. ... More >>

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 >>

La Vida Boheme: Venezuelan Disco Punks Perform Before the Dodgers Game on Sunday

See also: Viva Los Dodgers 2012 Lineup Announced: Ximena Sariñana, Ana Tijoux, More Henry D'Arthenay is psyched for this Sunday's Dodger game, and not just because it's only the second of his life. As he tells us over Skype from his home in Caracas, Venezuela, his band La Vida Boheme will also per ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Moneyball Review

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Movie Reviews: The Edge of Heaven, The Foot Fist Way, The Strangers

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The Boras Factor

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

Satellite of Love

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

People Who Need People

What to do in LA this week

Fists in the Pocket

Cowboys and Indians

Gene Autry vs. Southwest Museum: Piracy or preservation?

Rebel Yelp

Infinte Justice Tour 2005

Freedom Rides Again

Ornette and Denardo Coleman, a harmolodic family

Bart Wars

New York Marquee

Now playing in the big town

A Platter of Prejudice

Indigestible stands on immigration from the L.A. Times

The Man Show

Fuckin’ Z

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