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    July 15, 2007

    Sunday's Headlines & Surprises

    John Wayne and the Grey, er, Wild Goose: Greg Aragon reports that John Wayne's 1942 yacht, Wild Goose, remains a work horse tour boat for Hornblower Cruises & Events in the area and that the long dead actor's spiritual presence is aboard. (If dying doesn't change bad habits, I presume he's still in ... More >>

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    Kill Your Idols

    But let them play until they embarrass themselves first

  • Features

    September 21, 2000

    Gettin Shig-ee With It

    Shigetoshi Hasegawa pursues baseball, golf balls and the American dream

  • Columns

    January 24, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Shigetoshi Hasegawa pursues baseball, golf balls and the American dream

  • Features

    January 2, 2003

    2002: Diary of a Mad Year

    Shigetoshi Hasegawa pursues baseball, golf balls and the American dream

  • Features

    May 29, 2003

    Heaven on dirt

    Ladies and gentlemen, your Anaheim Angels

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez Signs with the New York Mets

    Bye-bye Frankie. ESPN is reporting that now ex-Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez has signed a three-year, $37 million deal with the New York Mets.Rodriguez, who broke the single-season saves record in 2008 with 62, will certainly make bank in NYC. And considering that he usually only works a single ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    9 Reasons to Be Happy K-Rod is Leaving the Angels

    Even more important than the Angels keeping Mark Teixeira - hey, it's not like the LAofA isn't already loaded with power hitters, right? -- was keeping record-breaking closer Francisco Rodriguez, or "K-Rod" as the kids and Bizzaro World Madonna call him. But now that the right-handed flame thrower h ... More >>

  • Features

    June 12, 2008

    [Summer Guide] The Five Best Remaining Angels Giveaways

    Even more important than the Angels keeping Mark Teixeira - hey, it's not like the LAofA isn't already loaded with power hitters, right? -- was keeping record-breaking closer Francisco Rodriguez, or "K-Rod" as the kids and Bizzaro World Madonna call him. But now that the right-handed flame thrower h ... More >>

  • Features

    May 24, 2007

    The Boras Factor

    Some fans and team officials think hes the devil. His player clients think hes an angel. Everyone agrees that super agent Scott Boras has changed baseballbut for better or worse? And what does he want now?

  • Features

    March 30, 2006

    Our MVP

    Most Valiant Player: Carlos Delgado

  • Features

    December 30, 2004
  • News

    June 26, 2003

    Scorecard

    Los Angeles Ashes

  • Columns

    April 11, 2002

    Diary of a mad county

    Los Angeles Ashes

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    The Smoking Gun Posts Lenny Dykstra's Bankruptcy Filing

    ​Lenny Dykstra, the pride of Santa Ana known as "Nails" during an illustrious Major League Baseball career with the New York Mets in the 1980s and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1990s, details his post-career, financial free-fall in bankruptcy documents just posted by The Smoking Gun, which notes th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2009

    Say Hey, Vladdy: Retire

    Guerrero: Now, sadly mortal...​The most painful part of tonight's 4-3*, 13-inning loss your Angels suffered at the steroid-enhanced hands of the New York Yankees? Not the errors. Not Brian Fuentes blowing his save opportunity. Not the prospect of the Halos having to come back from a 2-0 deficit if ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    2009 Postseason Throwndown: Who Are Bigger Assholes, New Yorkers or Philadelphians?

    A-Rod or A-Hole?​Since it's now obvious there will be no freeway series (hey, Angels and Dodgers, here's an idea: bring your bats next time), the time has come to move beyond the brutal losses suffered by our soon-to-be-exiting home teams and concentrate on the really important stuff. ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 10, 2010

    The Double Play's the Thing

    [Summer Guide] The sweet science and the ol' ballgame dominate the theater's sports-themed lineup

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2010

    K-Rod Adds Another Strike-Out to His Record, His Father-in-Law (Allegedly!)

    ​New York Mets closer Francisco Rodriguez was arrested last night after clashing with his wife's father in the hallway outside the team's clubhouse at Citi Field, police said.Rodriguez, 28, allegedly fought with his 53-year-old father-in-law after the Mets' 6-2 loss to the Colorado Rockies, sendin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    [UPDATED with Charlie Sheen, Maid's BJ Chatter:] Lenny Dykstra's Spectacular Fall Continues with Fed and Local Crime Charges

    ​UPDATE, APRIL 26, 11 A.M.: The lawyer for Lenny Dykstra is denying rampant media reports that Charlie Sheen bailed the embattled former Major League Baseball star out of jail. Meanwhile, the hits keep coming against the former New York Met and Philadelphia Philly facing federal fraud and loc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    [UPDATED with Indictment:] Lenny Dykstra's Spectacular Fall Continues

    ​UPDATE, MAY 9, 11:22 A.M.: Lenny Dykstra, the former major leaguer out of Garden Grove, could get up to 80 years in federal prison if the numerous bankruptcy fraud counts against him stick.That's disclosed in an announcement of a federal grand jury indictment accusing Dykstra of bankruptcy fraud ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2011

    [UPDATED with LA County Bail Set at a Half Mil:] Lenny Dykstra's Spectacular Fall Continues

    ​UPDATE, JUNE 6, 5:58 P.M.: Already looking at 80 years behind bars if convicted of the 13 counts against him in federal court, Lenny Dykstra today had another 25 criminal charges filed against him in Los Angeles County Superior Court.The former baseball star out of Garden Grove is facing 23 felo ... More >>

  • Film

    September 22, 2011

    'Moneyball' Is a Field of Statistically Knowable Dreams

    The formulas work in movie version of Michael Lewis' book

  • News

    October 27, 2011

    OC's Scariest People 2011

    Celebrating the Day of the Dead with some of the county's worst offenders

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