Nation Sep 18 Starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw to retire after 18 seasons with Los Angeles Dodgers The 37-year-old left-hander who got his 3,000th strikeout in July will make his final regular-season start at Dodger Stadium on Friday night against the San Francisco Giants.
Nation May 04 Sovereignty wins 151st Kentucky Derby, outdueling 3-1 favorite on rain-soaked track Sovereignty gave trainer Bill Mott a second Kentucky Derby victory. This time there was no doubt about it and no asterisk.
Arts May 02 Ruth Buzzi, comic actor on ‘Laugh-In’ and more, dies at 88 Buzzi rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and made over 200 television appearances during a 45-year career.
Nation Oct 23 Fernando Valenzuela, Dodgers pitcher who inspired ‘Fernandomania,’ dies at 63 Valenzuela was one of the most dominant players of his era and a wildly popular figure in the 1980s, although he was never elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Arts Oct 01 John Amos, iconic screen actor from ‘Good Times’ to ‘Roots’ to ‘The West Wing,’ dies at 84 “Many fans consider him their TV father,” his son Kelly Christopher Amos said in a statement.
Nation May 05 Mystik Dan edges to victory at 150th Kentucky Derby in closest 3-horse photo finish since 1947 The 150th Kentucky Derby produced one of the most dramatic finishes in its storied history — three noses at the wire.
Arts Mar 29 Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87 Gossett's nephew told The Associated Press that the actor died Thursday night in Santa Monica, California. No cause of death was revealed.
Nation Aug 26 Bronny James’ cardiac arrest caused by congenital heart defect, spokesperson says The 18-year-old son of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James went into cardiac arrest during a basketball workout at the University of Southern California last month because of a congenital heart defect, according to a family spokeswoman.
Nation May 08 7 horses died in the lead-up to the Kentucky Derby. What is being done to prevent deaths and injuries? The deaths of seven horses at the home of the Kentucky Derby has once again intensified the debate over the safety of horse racing. Two of the deaths occurred as the result of race injuries on Derby day at Churchill…
Nation May 06 7 horse deaths, scratched favorite cast pall over Kentucky Derby races Two more horses died, making it seven in all, before the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, and early favorite Forte was scratched with an injury in another series of blows to a sport already reeling from doping suspensions and breakdowns.