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A record, and then a ninth inning
Max Muncy passed Eric Karros for the most home runs ever hit at Dodger Stadium. Ninety minutes later, Edwin Díaz blew his third save in six games and…
$12.5 billion, and a new Lakers owner again
Josh Kushner and Bob Iger have agreed to buy the Lakers from Mark Walter for a record $12.5 billion — less than a year after Walter bought them at a $10…
Snell is back, and he looked like he never left
Three months after elbow surgery, Blake Snell struck out 10 over six innings of one-run ball. Max Muncy finished the job in the 10th. The Dodgers have…
Not pretty but didn’t need to be
Tarik Skubal’s Dodger Stadium debut was a grind, the bullpen gave back the lead, and Los Angeles won anyway, 6-5 over Kansas City. After eight losses in…
Two teams headed in opposite directions
The Dodgers went 1-5 on the road and have now lost three straight series. Two hours south, the Padres are 14-9 since the break and just took a series…
Point Gawd, twice
Chelsea Gray tied it at the regulation buzzer, then won it at the overtime buzzer — the first player in WNBA history to do both in the same game. The…
The cavalry is coming for the Dodgers
The Dodgers have spent a week losing games but Dave Roberts delivered some good news on Wednesday: Blake Snell starts next week, Tyler Glasnow is close…
The other guy the Dodgers traded for
Tarik Skubal made his Dodgers debut Tuesday at Wrigley and everyone watched every pitch. Arash Markazi argues the catcher who called the game — Ben…
The Dodgers are better, but not unbeatable
Everyone is crowning the Dodgers after the Skubal trade but they've lost four straight. Arash Markazi reports from Chicago on why the deal was made from…
The Dodgers trade for Tarik Skubal
Los Angeles landed reigning two-time AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal from Detroit at the deadline — and did it without surrendering the top tier of its…

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