Bill Plaschke shares harrowing experience of survivor’s guilt
"I begin crying, awash in gratitude and relief, until I look around at the barren smoldering landscape and my heart almost instantly drops into a much deeper emotion. Guilt."
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Freddie Freeman’s historic grand slam misses LA Times print editions
The morning after one of the great moments in recent LA sports history, and this is the front page of the LA Times sports section.
LA Times headline criticized for implying DiJonai Carrington purposefully poked Caitlin Clark in eye
"Absolutely irresponsible headline."
Al Michaels doesn’t want to call NBA games for Amazon under new package
The 79-year-old Michaels is entering the final year of his deal at Amazon ahead of the streamer picking up NBA games starting in the fall of 2025.
The L.A. Times’ Ryan Kartje on USC’s inaugural Big Ten season
Bill Plaschke recounts improbable journey throughout journalism career
"Being an unconventional writer from a school not known for sports, I had little chance on the national job market."
Bill Plaschke lambasts Lakers for ‘foolishly’ hiring JJ Redick
"There will be players who will listen to Redick and ask, is that our coach talking or LeBron talking or Rich Paul talking?"
Longtime newspaper columnist Mike Downey dies at 72
Downey is survived by his wife, Gail.
Bill Plaschke blasts Lakers ‘humiliation’ after Dan Hurley rejection
Longtime Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Plaschke ripped the Lakers after they failed to land UConn coach Dan Hurley.
T.J. Simers, former LA Times sports columnist, dies at 73
"Man did I love reading his stuff. Had a great way of insulting people and we all laughed."
Hailey van Lith speaks candildly after controversial article
"At the end of the day, I'm rocking with them cause they don't change who they are. So I'll have their back."
ESPN tabs Jorge Castillo as new Mets, Yankees reporter
"As someone who grew up consuming everything ESPN, this opportunity is truly a dream come true for me."
Tributes pour in for Helene Elliott, first woman in major NA sport Hall of Fame, after her Los Angeles Times buyout
Helene Elliott is exiting The Los Angeles Times after 34 years there.
LA sportswriting legend Bill Plaschke argues Shohei Ohtani is a bigger star than LeBron James
"He's so magnetic, he's so fun to talk to, he's such a great athlete."
L.A. Times sent reporter to Super Bowl just to cover Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift
"My purview is strictly the Taylor Effect."
Los Angeles Times’ Dodgers writer Jack Harris says he’ll return to that beat, weeks after tweeting he was laid off
"Turns out, I'm keeping my job at the LA Times covering the Dodgers."
Los Angeles Times lays off 115, including three beat writers and other sports figures
Former ESPN exec Kevin Merida steps down from top job at LA Times
“I still believe in The Times and its potential.”
Skip Bayless isn’t sure he could have handled Russell Westbrook with restraint
"I’m not sure I could have restrained myself the way he did"
LAT’s Bill Plaschke takes rooting for cities to the extreme with “Rams vs. 49ers will end like Dodgers vs. Giants” column
"The Rams will beat the 49ers like the Dodgers beat the Giants, only it will be decided long before the final pitch, and there will be no whiny finish."
Former L.A. Times sports editor Angel Rodriguez reassigned from masthead news role to special projects role
Some of Rodriguez's moves during his time running the Times sports department have come under recent fire, including his hiring of Arash Markazi and an aborted deal with the Pac-12. He's now been reassigned from an assistant managing editor for news role to a special projects role.
L.A. Times columnist Bill Plaschke details his battle with COVID-19: “I have been scared out of my mind.”
"My temperature hovered in the upper reaches of 102. It felt like my head was on fire. One night I sweated through five shirts."
Can Arash Markazi return to the LA Times after a coworker-initiated campaign to oust him?
A movie based on Bill Plaschke’s “Paradise Found,” on the Paradise HS football team after the 2018 Camp Fire, is in the works
After the Nov. 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people and destroyed much of Paradise, CA, the Paradise High Bobcats came back this year. Now a film is in the works on their story.
Arash Markazi leaves ESPN for the Los Angeles Times
Writers leaving ESPN for local newspapers certainly is a change from what we've become accustomed to in recent years.
