Dodgers

The Dodgers Year-In-Review

Ken Levine | Posted 11.12.2009 | Sports


Ken Levine

Next season will be here before you know it. Pitchers and catchers due in February. Manny Ramirez due in January.

The Importance of Schedule Strength in Sports

Wayne Winston | Posted 11.11.2009 | Sports


Wayne Winston

The goal of my posts will be to show you how simple mathematical concepts can often lead to important insights about the burning sports questions of the day.

Court Denies McCourt's Bid To Get Dodgers Job Back

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 11.05.2009 | Los Angeles


LOS ANGELES — The wife of Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt lost her bid Thursday to be reinstated as the team's chief executive during a ...

Dodgers' Padilla Shot In Nicaragua

AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Los Angeles


MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is recovering from a bullet wound in his leg after a target shooting instructor acc...

Frank McCourt, Dodgers Owner, Fires Wife Jamie

latimes.com | Bill Shaikin | Posted 10.22.2009 | Home


Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has fired his estranged wife Jamie from her position as the team's chief executive, triggering what her attorney said woul...

Life's Lessons the Phillies Can Teach Us

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 10.22.2009 | Entertainment


Joan E. Dowlin

The Phillies are en route to their second-consecutive World Series, and we can all learn from the qualities that got them there: patience, perseverance, hard work and the will to win.

The Dubnoff Center Continues To Help Kids While California Continues To Cut Funds

Terry Gardner | Posted 10.14.2009 | Impact


Terry Gardner

The Dubnoff Center For Child Development plans to host its 7th Annual Charity Golf Tournament in hopes of offsetting the massive California budget cuts that have stripped our educational institutions bare.

How Did That Idiot Become My Boss?

Simon Sinek | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business


Simon Sinek

As people get more senior, they move from being doers to being thinkers and managers, but most companies don't train people how to manage or think.

Dumping on Manny

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.09.2009 | Entertainment


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Manny grabbed the headlines for a day. It drew solemn pledges from MLB officials to do whatever it takes to end the cheating. And just as quickly the Manny flap will blow over.

This Week In Cheating

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 06.08.2009 | Comedy


Jeff Kreisler

Even if they close some loopholes, the Republican Party knows they can't catch us all. Just ask Willie Nelson and Wesley Snipes. You can't spell "making millions by cheating on taxes" with out "cheating on taxes."

Plaxico Baseball: MLB Not Letting Manny Be Manny

Brandon Perkins | Posted 06.07.2009 | Entertainment


Brandon Perkins

While the media may discuss how this affects the career .315 hitter's legacy, it may be more appropriate to ask how it affects baseball's legacy.

The Mystery of Manny

Michael Shapiro | Posted 04.02.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Shapiro

We are left to assume that Ramirez, talented as he is, remains a child -- a moody, eccentric, if overgrown child. It was not always so.

Mark Teixeira & Baseball's Fantasy World

George Mitrovich | Posted 01.31.2009 | Entertainment


George Mitrovich

We may achieve a new equity between players and fans, between the few who makes millions playing a game and the many who labor to survive America's economic nightmare.

White House Ribs

Giles Slade | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


Giles Slade

America can capitalize on its cultural assets by creating state-owned brands based on recognizable American symbols. I think we should start with the White House.

I'm Not a Liberal

Dave Winer | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics


Dave Winer

I think people who say Obama is liberal haven't bothered to find out anything about him. It's my conservative side that's voting for him.

Dodgers Sweep The Cubs

AP | JOHN NADEL | Posted 11.05.2008 | Chicago


LOS ANGELES — It's a century and counting for the Chicago Cubs. Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers shoved Chicago into another long winte...

Slim to None? Cubs Blow First Game

Jon Greenberg | Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago


Jon Greenberg

This team has been so good all year, and the rest of the National League so average, it seemed predestined that in the 100th anniversary of the Cubs' last World Series title, they would win again and exorcise the old demons that have haunted this club and its fans for so long. This was a new team, you were told, a new beginning. So why does it feel the same?

A Day in the Life of Covering Manny Ramirez

Ken Levine | Posted 08.12.2008 | Entertainment


Ken Levine

When the Red Sox unloaded Manny to the Dodgers for essentially a day pass to Universal Studios, it set off the kind of mass media hysteria normally reserved for the Pope's visit or the premiere of The Love Guru.