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  • News

    March 28, 2013

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

    Cable subscribers are subsidizing a dying industry

  • 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

    June 6, 2011

    Lenny Dykstra Charged With More Alleged Crimes, Including Grand Theft Auto

    ​Updated at the bottom: Authorities claim ecstasy and cocaine were found at Dykstra's house. Also, we add some details about the alleged scam they say he was trying to pull. More charges for baseball legend Lenny Dykstra today. City News Service reports that he's been charged with a hole pac ... 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

    January 12, 2011

    Tucson Massacre: Dodgers Set Up Memorial Fund To Honor Christina Green, Daughter Of Dodgers' Scout

    Christina Green, a member of the Dodgers family.​One of the most heart-wrenching stories out of Arizona over the weekend was that of 9-year-old Christina Green, who had been elected to her local student council and had gone to a Tucson Safeway to meet Rep. Gabrielle Giffords that fateful Satur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Giffords Tragedy: Nine-Year-Old Victim Christina Taylor Green Was Daughter Of Dodgers Scout John Green

    APChristina Taylor Green.​The youngest victim of the weekend massacre in Arizona, 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, was the daughter of Dodgers East Coast scout John Green. Green told a reporter that he has a lot of anger over the attack would like to spend some one-on-one time with suspect ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    McCourt Divorce Trial, Day Three: Screwing The Fans

    Frank McCourt​Day Three. The Dodgers began the day 6.5 games out the wild card, but fell 7.5 games back with an afternoon loss to the Phillies. How's this for karma? At the same moment that Roy Oswalt was mowing down Dodger hitters this afternoon, David Boies was grilling Frank McCourt ab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Frank McCourt and Jamie McCourt Trial: Dodger Divorce Underway

    Frank McCourt​The trial to decide who owns the Dodgers begins today in front of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott M. Gordon. The trial, to be decided by a judge and not a jury, will address the narrow question of whether a document signed by the couple during their marriage gives Frank M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Top 5 Cheesesteaks Approved by an Expert Tonight's Cheesesteak Talk at The Shack

    Photo credit: Tami Fertig​ Where to find cheesesteak in Los Angeles? It's a question that sparks heated debates among Philadelphia transplants. And who better to put the issue to rest than Carolyn Wyman (pictured). This food historian sampled more than 50 greasy sandwiches in and around Philly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Top 5 Sports Bars West of the 405

    Sports are in full swing right now with the NBA Playoffs, the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the beginning of Major League Baseball season. In honor of all this adrenaline-filled activity, we decided to help out those poor Westsiders who are afraid of driving east by giving them our top 5 sports bars west ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/17 - 10/23

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "A truly great dive bar is like a successful horror movie: it's a little gross, maybe a bit scary, but always a fun adventure, and filled with an eclectic cast of characters."

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Dodgers/Phillies Game 5: Well, So Much For 2009. Thanks For the Memories.

    ​Turn out the lights, the party's over.There was a glimmer of hope when Andre Ethier hit a solo home run in the 1st inning, but the Phillies quickly snuffed it out in the bottom of the inning with that three-run dinger by Jayson Werth.The Dodgers needed another solid outing from Vicente Padilla bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Squid Ink Food Fight: Dodger Rally Cry, Philly Cheesesteak Battle

    My hope had been for the Dodgers to crush the Phillies, then to write a piece about a cheesesteak battle, offering locals the opportunity to consume the symbolic heart of Philadelphia, metaphorically finishing them off with a few voracious bites. But then the Dodgers got destroyed without putting up ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Dodgers/Phillies Game 5 Preview: A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That

    ​It'll be Vicente Padilla going for the Dodgers in Game 5 in Philly on Wednesday. Padilla has been solid since coming over late in the season, and he's been even better in the playoffs. He didn't get the Game 2 victory, but his effort made it possible for the Dodgers to pick up the win.It's actual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Dodgers/Phillies Game 4: The Fat Man Chokes, the Fat Lady Is Warming Up

    Boss Hogg blew it.Jonathan Broxton imploded in the bottom of the 9th Monday night, giving up a walk, hitting a batter, then giving up a two-out double to Jimmy Rollins that scored the tying and winning runs and put the Phillies one victory away from eliminating the Dodgers for the second consecutive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2009

    Dodgers/Phillies Game 3: The Story's In the Trade That Wasn't Made

    On July 29, the defending world champion Phillies acquired AL Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee and outfielder Ben Francisco from the Cleveland Indians for pitchers Carlos Carrasco and Jason Knapp, infielder Jason Donald, and catcher Lou Marson.​ Just two days prior to the trade the rumor mill had L ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Dodgers/Phillies Game 1: Haunted By a Familiar Name

    ​A couple nights ago, I listed the various Dodgers and Phillies who had previously played for the opposing team in this series. But I neglected to mention Chan Ho Park, who won 80 games for the Dodgers from 1994-2001, including a career-high 18 in 2000. He was the first Korean player signed by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Dodgers/Phillies Game 2: Phew!

    ​Freaky Friday, folks.Has-been Pedro Martinez dialed up the way back machine and held the Dodgers to two hits in seven shutout innings with no walks. Castoff Vicente Padilla pretty much matched him: four hits over 7.1 innings, with one walk and only Ryan Howard's solo homer. And the Dodgers turned ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    McCourts Split As Dodgers Vie For Championship

    What would baseball be without drama outside the diamond? On the eve of the Dodgers' National League Championship Series opener against the Phillies today, team owner Frank McCourt confirmed he is separating from wife Jamie.MLBFrank McCourt​The question is, do the billionaires jointly own the team ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Dodgers/Phillies Game 1: Uh, That Wasn't Pretty

    ​What the hell was that?If you would've told me that the Dodgers would score 6 runs on 14 hits in Game 1, I would've taken that bet on a victory.Unfortunately, the Dodgers gave up eight earned runs. Eight. Joe Torre's roll of the dice to start 21-year-old Clayton Kershaw didn't pay off as he gave ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Dodgers/Phillies: Whoa! Torre Goes With The Kid in Game 1

    ​It's official: Joe Torre has selected 21-year-old Clayton Kershaw to start Thursday against the defending world champs.Speculation was that it would be either one of the team's lefty starters, Kershaw or Randy Wolf, to hopefully neutralize the Phillies left-handed batters. Wolf had the more consi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Dodgers/Phillies: It'll Be Deja Vu All Over Again

    ​ Stupid Rockies.All they had to do Monday night was hold a two-run 9th inning lead to extend their series with the Phillies to a fifth game, but closer Huston Street blew it. The Rockies got the tying run on base in the bottom of the 9th, but couldn't push it across.So the NL Championship, beginn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Dodgers Win First in Series Against Cardinals, Was it Luck?

    When the Cardinals loaded the bases with no outs in the first inning Wednesday night, it was hard not to think about Cliff Lee, who gave up six hits and one run in the Phillies' victory over the Rockies earlier in the day. The Phillies got last year's American League Cy Young Award-winning pitcher i ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2009

    So It's Knit, Knit, Knit for the Home Team

    When the Cardinals loaded the bases with no outs in the first inning Wednesday night, it was hard not to think about Cliff Lee, who gave up six hits and one run in the Phillies' victory over the Rockies earlier in the day. The Phillies got last year's American League Cy Young Award-winning pitcher i ... More >>

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    Gold Standard: Pulitzer Winner Defends His Tastes

    When the Cardinals loaded the bases with no outs in the first inning Wednesday night, it was hard not to think about Cliff Lee, who gave up six hits and one run in the Phillies' victory over the Rockies earlier in the day. The Phillies got last year's American League Cy Young Award-winning pitcher i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    Last Night: Dodgers Descent Into Darkness

    BY MARK GROUBERT Los Lobos belts the National Anthem out of the park prior to Game 4. Hall of Famer-to-be Jeff Kent watches helplessly from the dugout as his rookie replacement Blake Dewitt’s batting average descends to just .091. Two-time batting champion Nomar Garciaparra watches helplessly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2008

    Dodgers Fight Back

    In front of a sold out crowd at Dodgers Stadium on Sunday, Big Blue blew out the Philadelphia Phillies 7-2 in the third game of a seven-game series for the National League Championship. The Dodgers still trail the Phillies one game to two, but the team can even the series with a win tonight at Chave ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2008

    Los Angeles Invited To Party After Dodger Victory

    "We're going to party at my house. We're going to party like rock stars, if you can find my house," yelled an enormous sweat and champagne-covered man to the frenzied crowd at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night. The “man” was Manny. And indeed he is the man right now in this Dodger-crazed City of ... More >>

  • LA Life

    October 2, 2008

    Best Cheesesteak: Philly West Bar & Grill

    "We're going to party at my house. We're going to party like rock stars, if you can find my house," yelled an enormous sweat and champagne-covered man to the frenzied crowd at Dodger Stadium on Saturday night. The “man” was Manny. And indeed he is the man right now in this Dodger-crazed City of ... More >>

  • LA Life

    June 19, 2008

    Fanning the Fuego at Dodger Stadium

    And special guest Benjamin Franklin on immigration

  • LA Life

    May 15, 2008

    Larry Bowa

    The third eye

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