This week's newsletter on the unofficial love language of the Lakers: trolling www.latimes.com/sports/newsl...

Shohei is wild for that. And for that. And for that, too. The man just keeps out-doing himself -- and everyone else, ever. On Ohtani's historic contributions to an incredible night: www.ocregister.com/2025/10/28/s...

A house is not a home, by Rein Kooyman, 2025, 📸 via @mlbonfox

I cannot believe Eric posted this at 12:08 p.m. — almost 12 hours before Freddie Freeman finally ended this latest Paisley thriller. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I can’t decide whether I want Paisley back tonight or never again.

Got an easy one for you: If Team A has an Elite Offense & Elite Pitching and Team B has an Elite Offense & Solid Pitching, which team has the advantage? Team A, duh. So the Dodgers better bat around, eh? www.ocregister.com/2025/10/26/s...

We all have that friend who is convinced everything is fixed. Shoot, maybe *you’re* that friend. Or, after this week, maybe I am? Strung together some thoughts on gambling in/and the NBA. www.ocregister.com/2025/10/25/s...

Where Sabreena Was for Freddie’s slam …

This was a fun one -- asked a bunch of people Where Where You When ... Freddie Freeman hit his Game 1 Grand Slam? And actually got all kinds of answers. www.ocregister.com/2025/10/20/s...

Called my little brother today and he answered like this: “I better never hear you complain about your job!” Our coverage of an epic night: @billplunkettocr’s banger of a gamer: www.ocregister.com/2025/10/17/s... My column on GOAT stuff: www.ocregister.com/2025/10/17/s...

Just the greatest baseball player of all time having the greatest game of all time — in no small part because of the great time he picked to do it. Bye, bye Brewers. Hello World Series. Holy Shohei Ohtani, man. Got to write about it. www.ocregister.com/2025/10/17/s...

man what a dominant outing Yamamoto retired his final 14 batters, first Dodgers postseason complete game in 21 years

I love when walk-ons steal the show. Shoutout King Miller — and shoutout to Jess Holguin, USC occupational therapy professor and the answer to the trivia question: Who was the first USC football walk-on to score a TD? www.ocregister.com/2025/10/14/s...

L.A. 💙s Roki! A column: www.ocregister.com/2025/10/09/s...

the Dodgers' wild ride is over www.truebluela.com/dodgers-scor...

The Kawhi Era was already disappointing. Now a bombshell report alleging the Clippers might have circumvented the salary cap has us wondering if it's worse than that. On this mess, and how I just don't think Kawhi has been worth the headaches. www.ocregister.com/2025/09/04/s...

An all-girls college prep school as a football power? Well, yes. You know that Loya kid with all the talent? No, not the former Bruin Logan Loya. I mean his little sister -- Lexi! A column on girls getting in on the ultimate team sport: www.ocregister.com/2025/09/03/s...

“It sucks. They’re taking stuff away from the kids.” On DJ Wingfield, Kaedin Robinson and the arbitrary nature of the eligibility rulings coming down for former JUCO football players: www.ocregister.com/2025/08/20/s...

The Sparks and Valkyries will play each other on Saturday night in Ballhalla. Both teams are 14-15 and winner will take sole possession of 8th place. Game preview in the Sporting Tribune.

Out there in the I.E. — checking in with firefighting pool skateboarding legend Tristan Rennie before the upcoming Rockstar Energy Drink Classic. www.ocregister.com/2025/08/09/s...

The Audible is back after a couple of weeks off for vacations. @mirjamswanson.bsky.social and I discuss LAFC's newest star, an old favorite returning to the Chargers, and ... well, let's just call it an outbreak of ugly behavior at WNBA games. Join us. www.ocregister.com/2025/08/07/t...

Talk about rekindling a Spark. L.A., your WNBA team is has its swagger back. 💯💯💯💯💯 … www.ocregister.com/2025/08/08/s...

Britain Covey is new to L.A. and the Rams, but the electric punt returner sorta expected he’d land here eventually, and he feels at home considering Puka Nacua is a little like a little brother and Sean McVay keeps quoting Covey’s grandfather… www.ocregister.com/2025/08/05/s...

Britain Covey is new to L.A. and the Rams, but the electric punt returner sorta expected he’d land here eventually, and he feels at home considering Puka Nacua is a little like a little brother and Sean McVay keeps quoting Covey’s grandfather… www.ocregister.com/2025/08/05/s...

Saturday's events confirmed it: Luka Doncic is not only the Lakers' future, he's the No. 1 guy right now. www.ocregister.com/2025/08/02/a...

Media days got me kinda excited for the upcoming college football season around here, where both USC and UCLA's goals -- living up to perennially high hopes or proving wrong doubters – ought to be achievable. On that: www.ocregister.com/2025/07/25/s...

Predictably, people have an issue with athletes asking for more money, because they already make millio-- wait. Predictably, people have an issue with WNBA players asking for more because... women's basketball? On the WNBA's All-Star fashion statement: www.ocregister.com/2025/07/22/s...

Lawrence Frank: When PG decided to go to Philly, it created optionality for us

A column on Kiki Iriafen’s smooth evolution from WNBA rookie to All-Star: 'Not even on my radar,' the hyper-driven former Harvard-Westlake and USC star told us this week of the first-year nod. www.ocregister.com/2025/07/18/s...

A journo friend once told me he tried to avoid ever writing the same sentence -- so here's a new one: Bradley Beal, on an incredible deal. But what's that mean for the Clippers? www.ocregister.com/2025/07/16/s...

lol Angels My column: www.ocregister.com/2025/07/13/s...

How pickleball - and a players' WhatApp group - helped save lives during the Eaton Fire. An awesome column by my friend and colleague, @mirjamswanson.bsky.social www.ocregister.com/2025/07/11/s...

A friend told me about this Altadena pickleball group that rang the alarm as the Eaton Fire was starting on Jan. 7 & that's since transformed into a different life-saver -- the Eaton Fire Survivors Network Discord, the go-to hub for recovery info. www.ocregister.com/2025/07/11/s...

The Golden State Valkyries have done something few thought possible: created a playoff contender out of scratch. And much of that is attributable to head coach Natalie Nakase.

I’m one of the kids that got to meet him when I was growing up. I still have a signed ball and photo of Mr. Abbott and myself. I don’t follow baseball players, but I did him. He was way more interested in my grades than sports. It was a brief meeting, but it was one that impacted me my whole life.

I was just discovering sports when Jim Abbott arrived on the scene in Anaheim to play for my first favorite team - this week, I got to chat with him because ESPN has this wonderful new documentary, "Southpaw," about his legacy airing Sunday. This was fun. www.ocregister.com/2025/07/10/s...

The NBA's transaction season is almost over shortly after it began. Meanwhile, baseball's runup to the July 31 trade deadline starts now. @mirjamswanson.bsky.social and I discuss what that means for the local teams in this week's Audible. www.ocregister.com/2025/07/10/t...

Any “most remarkable career” list should have him at or near the top.

I remember his no hitter. That was fun.

This is dope, especially this: “We automatically assign morality: ‘He’s a great person because he can shoot a basketball or put a hockey puck in the net.’ But Jim is who you hope he is; he’s actually that way – an incredible person. And I think I’m a better person for having gotten to know him.”

I was just discovering sports when Jim Abbott arrived on the scene in Anaheim to play for my first favorite team - this week, I got to chat with him because ESPN has this wonderful new documentary, "Southpaw," about his legacy airing Sunday. This was fun. www.ocregister.com/2025/07/10/s...

No offense internet GMs, I love ya, but I’m glad you’ve got day jobs. A column on the Lakers’ free agency so far. www.ocregister.com/2025/07/03/s...

Clayton Kershaw is the 5th player to strike out 3,000 batters with one team

Underneath Los Angeles lurks an amazing new horror comic. Literally.

The DFS departure/Ayton addition has me thinking about the offseason when the Lakers "added Artest and bid farewell to the popular Ariza" in 2009. From the pro's pro, @elliottteaford.bsky.social: www.dailybreeze.com/2009/07/03/l...

Clayton Kershaw is about to join one of the world's most exclusive clubs -- and location, location, location! matters in this feat: Control, command and the fact that No. 22 could be one just of three 3,000-strikeouts pitchers to play for just one team. www.ocregister.com/2025/07/01/s...

Clayton Kershaw made his first start on my kid’s first birthday, so all their milestones seem weirdly interspersed. Thinking about Kersh’s lasting power — and will power — as one of the greatest to ever do some very rare things. www.ocregister.com/2025/07/01/s...

Honored to have written SI's official farewell to Greg Popovich. Every minute of covering him was interesting. Hope you enjoy. bit.ly/3TN7p70

The open letter and accompanying petition asking publishers "to make a pledge that they will never release books that were created by machines" garnered more than 600 signatures within a few hours.

LeBron James is right. The Lakers definitely need to be making win-now moves to please and appease their superstar … ... Luka Doncic. www.ocregister.com/2025/06/29/s...

It wasn't all bad today at Crypto (STAPLES!) as the Sparks retired Candace Parker's jersey at halftime of the Sparks/Sky game on Sunday afternoon. I wrote about it at the Sporting Tribune.