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Federal agents staging near Dodger Stadium denied entry to parking lot, sources say
Department of Homeland Security vehicles with masked agents were stationed Thursday morning outside Dodger Stadium, in another sign of the raids sweeping Southern California. It is unclear what operation the federal agents were carrying out or whether anyone in the area was arrested. Images of the government vehicles immediately played out on social media and…
PGA’s first-ever CEO introduced as commissioner plans exit
Longtime NFL executive Brian Rolapp has been introduced as the PGA Tour’s first chief executive officer. While news of that move had leaked last week, another tidbit emerged on Tuesday from the official announcement, as the tour revealed that Commissioner Jay Monahan will step down at the end of next year after transferring his day-to-day…
Angel City takes stand against ICE raids as others stay silent
Why is it always the women who stand up first? That’s a rhetorical question, of course. But it’s one that has a basis in fact because girl power is real. From Joan of Arc to Cassidy Hutchinson, whenever men have proven too cautious, cowardly or complacent to act, women have had the courage to do…
Angel City wears ‘Immigrant City Football Club’ shirts
Angel City FC players and staff wore T-shirts and read a pregame message declaring their support for immigrants on Saturday, a day of protest against ICE raids throughout Los Angeles. The front of the black T-shirts read: “Immigrant City Football Club.” The back featured the phrases: “Los Angeles is for everyone” and “Los Ángeles es…
Scott Bloomquist’s fatal plane crash deemed ‘act of suicide’
Dirt track racing legend Scott Bloomquist’s death in a 2024 plane crash likely was caused by “the pilot’s intentional flight into a building as an act of suicide,” according to a report issued this week by the National Transportation Safety Board. Bloomquist, a 2002 National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame inductee, was the pilot…
Gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton pleads no contest to DUI
Gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton pleaded no contest Tuesday to a DUI charge that stemmed from her arrest last month in her hometown of Fairmont, W.Va. In a statement emailed to The Times, attorney Edmund J. Rollo said a Marion County judge fined his client $100. Rollo said that the amount is “consistent with sentencing…
Freddie Freeman appreciated gesture from slain Baldwin Park officer
Tears flowed from Freddie Freeman as he sat in a Dodger Stadium interview room Aug. 5 and described the arduous recovery his 3-year-old son Max was making from a rare neurological condition in which the body’s immune system attacks the nerves. Max had returned home from a five-night stay at Children’s Hospital Orange County, and…
John Brenkus, ‘Sport Science’ host, dies after battle with depression
John Brenkus, the charismatic TV host who found creative ways to get sports fans to think about science, has died, his production company, Brinx.TV, said Sunday in a statement. “John, co-founder of Base Productions, founder of Brinx.TV, and co-creator and host of the 6-time Emmy Award-winning ‘Sport Science,’ had been battling depression,” the statement read….
John Mellencamp ’embarrassed’ at Pacers-Knicks. Blame Pat McAfee
Legendary rocker and Indiana native John Mellencamp apologized Thursday “on behalf of most Hoosiers” for the “poor, poor sportsmanship” displayed during the Pacers’ home win over the New York Knicks in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals two days earlier. Although the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer. did not call out any specific…
WNBA unable to verify report of fan racism toward Angel Reese
A WNBA investigation was unable to substantiate a “report of racist fan behavior in the vicinity of the court” during a game between the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever on May 17 in Indianapolis. The investigation reportedly was started in response to allegations that a fan had made racist comments toward Sky star Angel Reese….