Arsenal announce new CEO as Gazidis joins AC Milan
Click:MPO/MTP Patchcord After almost 10 years in his current role, the executive will leave the north London side to take up a similar position in Italy Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has resigned to join AC Milan, the Premier League club have announced. The 54-year-old will step down at the end of October, following a decade…
World Series: Nationals keep the good times rolling with a 12-3 rout of Astros
HOUSTON — Adam Eaton raced around the bases when he smashed the ball over the right-field wall, without an inkling of desire to admire the home run, slowing down only when he reached home plate and began his walk to the dance floor along the third base line. He stepped into the Washington Nationals’ ecstatic dugout…
Racing! Breeders’ Cup pre-entries are in
Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as we look at some of the Santa Anita cards and shake our head. On Wednesday, 188 horses were entered into the Breeders’ Cup next weekend at Santa Anita. There were 47 from overseas. The total purses are slightly more than…
Woike: Warriors open new season with plenty of uncertainty
SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors are no longer the Golden State Warriors, even if there are moments when it might look like it. The minute Stephen Curry stepped onto the court during the team’s media day, everyone pushed to surround him. Even if nothing had changed for the Warriors, it would’ve been like this.…
Landry Shamet's path to NBA began with strong family ties
View this post on Instagram Love my mom, call it what it is, #MamasBoy judge me. A post shared by Landry Shamet (@landryshamet) on Jul 5, 2013 at 11:44pm PDT Coaches and teammates trace a direct line from Shamet’s dependability as a pro to his upbringing — a childhood in which he quickly learned to…
The Sports Report: Nationals rout the Astros in Game 2
Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news. WORLD SERIES Suddenly losing in five games to the Washington Nationals doesn’t seem so bad, does it, Dodgers fans? The Nationals won their eighth straight game of the postseason by routing the Houston Astros, 12-3, on Wednesday night in Houston. Stephen Strasburg outdueled…
Dangerous Diablo winds fueling Kincade fire with wind gusts up to 76 mph
Forecasters had been warning for days that dangerous Diablo winds were coming. Now, those conditions have produced a monster fire in Sonoma County. The Kincade fire was burning out of control, consuming 10,000 acres in just a few hours. What are the conditions firefighters are facing? The area around the fire is seeing severe fire…
Newsletter: The particular schadenfreude of sentencing in the college admissions scam
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, Oct. 24, and I’m writing from Los Angeles. Newsletter Get our Essential California newsletter It was an unseasonably warm afternoon in Los Angeles when news broke of the latest sentencing in the college admissions scandal. One can only imagine that it would have been…
Orange County firefighters battle blaze in Santiago Canyon
Orange County firefighters were battling a brush fire in Santiago Canyon set off by a burning car early Thursday. The Orange County Fire Authority used air drops and hand crews to battle the blaze that broke out near Santiago Canyon Road and Highway 241 east of the city of Orange around 3:30 a.m. As of…
Datebook: MOCA explores an art movement inspired by feminine and domestic traditions
Paintings that draw from the feminine and the domestic, a Day of the Dead celebration in three languages and an artist-made carousel in Venice. Here are a dozen exhibitions and events to check out in the coming week: “With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972-1985,” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles.…