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"
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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.
LA Times publisher Ross Levinsohn accused of past sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior (updated)
Levinsohn has twice been a defendant in sexual harassment lawsuits that were settled. He's also been accused of other inappropriate workplace behavior.
