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There’s one way Alex Verdugo could be considered a steal by the Red Sox, regardless of how he performs: if Mookie Betts never plays a game for the Dodgers. The blockbuster trade went down in February, with Betts, in his final year before free agency, and David Price expected to help chase a 2020 World …
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Elon Musk has listed two of his Bel Air mansions for sale, just days after a bizarre Twitter rant in which he said he “will own no house” even as he tweeted that Tesla’s stock had gotten “too high.” The swanky Los Angeles properties include a six-bedroom, 11-bath, 16,000 square-foot mansion complete with a tennis …
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The Los Angeles Lakers returned a loan obtained through the US government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the team confirmed on Monday, after learning that funds in the federal program had been depleted. The loans were intended to help smaller businesses with no more than 500 employees cover employee payroll and rent, with large sectors of …
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The world wanted the Dolphins to tank for Tua. They didn’t, but they landed the star quarterback that comes with an injury risk anyways. After all the pre-draft talk about Tua Tagovailoa’s health and potentially sliding down the first round, the Dolphins drafted the Alabama lefty with the No. 5 pick of the NFL Draft …
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Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner thanked healthcare workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic by donating 100 meals to a hospital in Los Angeles. On Monday, Fueling The Fearless — a non-profit dedicated to “feeding tireless hospital workers at the front lines of COVID-19” — posted an image of the staff at East LA Doctors Hospital …
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Could there be trouble in paradise? Lakers All-Star forward Anthony Davis has put his home in Westlake Village, Calif., on the market for an asking price of $7.995 million, the Los Angeles Daily News reported. Dealt to the Lakers last summer, the 27-year-old Chicagoan can become an unrestricted free agent after the season if he …
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The plan to start the Major League Baseball season after the coronavirus shutdown is lifted seems a little fishy to the sport’s biggest star. Los Angeles Angels outfielder and reigning AL MVP Mike Trout sounds skeptical about the proposal being discussed to play games in Arizona without fans while sequestering players and staff in nearby …
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The Los Angeles Times, claiming “advertising revenue has been nearly eliminated” because of the coronavirus, said it will furlough business-side employees and slash pay for senior executives by 5 percent to 15 percent. The furloughs are slated to start April 19 and will last up to 16 weeks, according to a memo from the newspaper’s …
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Well, that’s one classy way to make money. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have reportedly been offered over $1 million to do a sit down, tell-all interview — not unlike the famous interview Princess Diana did with Martin Bashir decades ago. The underemployed couple, who just moved to Los Angeles and are looking for work, …
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Forbes estimates the New York Yankees are baseball’s most valuable franchise at $5 billion, up 9 percent over last year and 47 percent more than the No. 2 Los Angeles Dodgers at $3.4 billion. The Yankees are second among all sports in Forbes’ evaluations to the Dallas Cowboys, listed at $5.5 billion in the last …
There’s one way Alex Verdugo could be considered a steal by the Red Sox, regardless of how he performs: if Mookie Betts never plays a game for the Dodgers. The blockbuster trade went down in February, with Betts, in his final year before free agency, and David Price expected to help chase a 2020 World …
