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The 20 greatest Dodgers of all time, No. 1: Sandy Koufax
We recently asked you to list your choices for the 10 greatest Dodgers of all time, and vote you did, as we received an amazing 12,231 ballots. So many people voted that we have decided to expand the list from the top 10 to the top 20. Each weekday at...Tags: World Series, Baseball, Sports, Awards and Prizes, Politics
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La implacable maldición que atormenta a los Angelinos
Previo al arranque de la temporada de 2012 lancé una maldición a los Angelinos de Los Angeles —y en particular a Albert Pujols— que aún sigue atormentando a los serafines y al slugger dominicano. Entonces, un sábado 24 de diciembre de...
Tags: Chauncey Billups, Jim Leyland, David Ortiz, Boston Celtics, Super (movie)
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Letters to the Editor for May 16
“42” reminds how far we’ve come on race Dear Editor, The other night my wife Kristen and I went to see the movie42, the Jackie Robinson story. Being the son of a baseball coach and having played baseball in high school, I am...
Tags: Entertainment, Sports, Racism, High School Sports, Movies
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Review: "Mickey and Willie" by Allen Barra
Baseball is a game of failure. The best hitters make outs almost seven times out of 10 at-bats, and the best pitchers don't win a third of their starts. Baseball biographies and autobiographies have a similar success rate. Too many are publicity-...Tags: Research, Baseball, Sports, Northwestern University, Mining
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Letters: Fans want a new Blue, all right
Check any correct answer to the following question: What is 42? a) the number worn by Jackie Robinson when he played with the Brooklyn Dodgers. b) a movie about Robinson's courage in breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947. c) the number of...Tags: Sports, Pittsburgh Pirates, Matt Kemp, Vernon Wells, Los Angeles Dodgers
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Tigers 10, Indians 4
ReutersThe Sports Xchange By Richard L. Shook, The Sports Xchange Tigers 10, Indians 4 DETROIT -- Long home runs by Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder, plus a solid start Friday night by Max Scherzer, helped the Detroit Tigers cool off the Cleveland Indians,...Tags: Sports, Phil Coke, Detroit Tigers, Jim Leyland, Michael Brantley
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Vin Scully is the true voice of Los Angeles
My young colleague, Ben Welsh, who hails from Swisher, Iowa, by way of Columbia, Mo., and Washington, D.C., quickly caught on to what we native Angelenos know subliminally. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Scully: A May 14 Op-Ed about Vin Scully said...
Tags: 42 (movie), Sports, Piracy, Travel, Summer Olympics
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Baseball is diamond in the rough to black players at Gardena Serra
On a sunny Tuesday afternoon on a cluttered street in Gardena, some very big and skilled athletes are hanging out on a concrete basketball court, bouncing around underneath rusted backboards and chain nets, acting out a typical inner-city scene, with...
Tags: California Interscholastic Federation, Sports, Racism, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals
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Cabrera, Fielder lead Tigers past Indians
ReutersThe Sports Xchange By Richard L. Shook, The Sports Xchange Cabrera, Fielder lead Tigers past Indians DETROIT - The best 3-4 combination Jim Leyland's ever seen put a 1-2 knockout punch on the streaking Cleveland Indians. No. 3 hitter Miguel Cabrera...Tags: Sports, Phil Coke, Detroit Tigers, Jim Leyland, Michael Brantley
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Faith and Values: The real motivation and commitment in '42'
I went to see the movie "42" last week, about Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. It is an important topic and the movie has a chance to enlighten a whole generation on crucial matters that occurred 66 years ago. However,...Tags: Entertainment, Baseball, 42 (movie), Sports, Movies
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Column: Jason Williams scores one for gay rights
By Leonard Pitts, Miami Herald columnistBoom. And just like that, history is made. Just that quickly, a barrier becomes rubble. Just that fast, everything changes. "I’m a 34-year-old NBA center," writes Jason Collins in the May 6 edition of Sports Illustrated. "I’m black....Tags: ESPN (tv network), Entertainment Events, Minority Groups, Kobe Bryant, Periodicals
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College Roundup: UCI baseball falls to UCLA
BASEBALL UCLA 8, UC Irvine 1 LOS ANGELES — Connor Spencer went two for four with one run batted in and Chris Rabago was two for four for the visiting Anteaters in the nonconference game Tuesday at Jackie Robinson Stadium. UCLA (28-13) broke...Tags: College Sports, College Baseball, UC Irvine Anteaters, Big West Conference, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
May 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 18, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
May 16, 2013
|Story| Interior Journal
May 17, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 10, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 10, 2013
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May 14, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 14, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
May 10, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 10, 2013
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 1, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Apr 30, 2013
|Story| Daily Pilot
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