By Lindsey Bahr/AP Film Writer Goodbyes don’t tend to mean much in the Hollywood franchise system. Death isn’t a reliable end for characters or, lately, even actors. Technology, nostalgia and the often-inflated […]
By Pete Zarustica/Orange County Tribune Here’s a little poem for followers of the Los Angeles Angels. “Whatever happens/ we have got/Shohei Ohtani/and they have not.” In addition to the mountain-high contributions of […]
You may not have noticed it, but one of the world’s biggest sporting events is creeping up and it doesn’t involve a bat, a helmet or shattering a backboard. The FIFA Women’s […]
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer In a saner world, we would have already had a dozen Jennifer Lawrence comedies. When aliens arrive they will surely go directly to IMDB to survey […]
By Jocelyn Noveck/AP National Writer “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature,” went a famous ’70s commercial catchphrase. But we learn in “The Flash” – the much awaited, long gestated new DC […]
Aside from trotting around the bases on one of his frequent and prodigious home runs, Angels’ two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani is not going anywhere. No, The Big Sho is not a close […]
By Joe Reedy/AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA (AP) – Justin Herbert hopes he doesn’t have to answer questions about a contract extension much longer. However, the Los Angeles Chargers quarterback did hint […]
Now, here’s something you don’t see every day. The Los Angeles Angels and the Los Angeles Dodgers are roughly equal in the standings. Starting the week, the Halos had 36 wins and […]
Newsfolks are sometimes – not always without some justification – criticized for focusing so much on the negative in reporting. But that’s because a) news is what’s a bit unusual, not the […]
In my last column, I made some suggestions about how to modernize and enliven professional sports, and saved the best idea – and probably the strangest – for last. I’m not going […]
