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The Battery Atlanta: Next front in war between MLB owners, players

ATLANTA — In 2021, Times columnist Bill Plaschke incurred the wrath of Atlanta by blaspheming the entertainment district surrounding the Braves’ ballpark as a “sterile shopping mall.” The district, called…

Photos: Kershaw’s road to 3,000

The Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw’s road to 3,000 strikeouts started in his very first game, when he struck out Skip Schumaker of the St. Louis Cardinals on May 25, 2008. His…

Clayton Kershaw is the greatest pitcher in Dodgers history

The slider was sizzling. The hitter was frozen. The strikeout was roaring. With an 85-mph pitch on the black in the sixth inning against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday…

Can LeBron James help maddening Deandre Ayton change his image?

The Lakers found their next starting center, and they didn’t have to give up Austin Reaves to land him. There’s a reason why. As athletic and skilled as Deandre Ayton…

Bronny James generates excitement in Lakers’ loss to Clippers

LAS VEGAS — Even with all the sports dignitaries in attendance and even though they were watching a rivalry game of sorts between the Lakers and Clippers, the fans inside…

Dodgers fans celebrate Clayton Kershaw reaching 3,000 strikeouts

Fernando Urquiza screamed himself hoarse, slapping palms with strangers on the field level of Dodger Stadium. He’d waited six innings — each on the very edge of his seat. He…

Clayton Kershaw, Dodger teammates bask in glow of 3,000th strikeout

It wasn’t so much the culmination of a career as it was another signpost pointing the way to the Hall of Fame. It certainly wasn’t the last pitch Clayton Kershaw…

Diogo Jota dead: Car crash claims soccer forward and brother

Liverpool FC and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother, fellow soccer player André Silva, died in a car crash early Thursday morning, Spanish authorities said Thursday. Jota was 28,…

Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy heads to IL with left knee bone bruise

The Dodgers will be without Max Muncy for approximately six weeks after the third baseman was placed on the injured list Thursday with what the team is calling a bone…

Jacob Misiorowski is the talk of the All-Star Game. Why the Dodgers are partially to thank

ATLANTA — Seven days ago, Jacob Misiorowski was really only known by the most die-hard of baseball fans. And even then, he was far from any sort of household commodity.…