LeBron James, Steph Curry lead U.S. to gold-medal win over France
PARIS — It’s gotta be the shoes. With these metallic gold sneakers on, of course LeBron James wasn’t leaving Bercy Arena with anything less than an...
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Letters: Lincoln Riley shouldn’t mess with USC vs. Notre Dame
I don’t always agree with Bill Plaschke, but when he’s right he’s right. Getting rid of Notre Dame from football schedule to play a patsy?...
Karen Bass touts ‘car-free’ L.A. Olympics, but there’s a catch
PARIS — Rush hour all but disappeared. There was less traffic on the freeways and not as much stop-and-go on surface streets. Long-time residents of Southern...
Commentary: Admit it. August in L.A. is the worst
Here we are, in the middle of August in Los Angeles, and I’m here to say: This is awful. You already knew that if you...
Jake Goossen embraces challenge of replacing Hart’s Herrington brothers
Hart first-year football coach Jake Goossen bought a 65-inch TV for the P.E. office so he could watch film. And a couple of his players...
Out-of-state murder suspect fatally shot by authorities in Anaheim
Authorities fatally shot a man in Anaheim on Friday while trying to arrest him in connection with a murder in another state, police said. About...
Conservationists are turning dead urban trees into lumber
To stop California’s 6 million urban trees from knocking out power lines, crashing through houses, or lying across streets when they die, humans have to...
Plaschke: Hey Dodgers, stop messing with Mookie Betts
C’mon Dodgers, you must realize what you’re doing to your best player, continually drenching his season in uncertainty, battering his body, ruining his rituals, denting...
Rams aim to see how Stetson Bennett handles start vs. Dallas
Stetson Bennett has not taken a game snap since the Rams’ final preseason game last year at Denver. So the quarterback is looking forward to...
Is L.A. too ugly to host the Olympics? You can be a part of saving it
If you overlook the polluted Seine, Paris looks so pretty on TV, so quintessentially Parisian, that it raises the question: How will Los Angeles compare...