UCLA coach Mick Cronin shouts during a game against Washington at Pauley Pavilion on Dec. 3. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Mick Cronin is the youngest active coach to reach 500 victories. In his short time as UCLA’s head basketball coach, he has guided the team to one Final Four and two Sweet 16 … Read more
Luka Doncic watches the Lakers play the Warriors while standing along the sideline on Thursday night at Crypto.com Arena. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) As the texts started flying in last Saturday night regarding the Anthony Davis for Luka Doncic trade (was it real?), I harkened back to another supposed trade between the Lakers … Read more
The great Don Bradman’s view that rebel Aussie cricketers were right to take huge amounts of money to play in South Africa during apartheid has been revealed in a series of letters that also expose the sadness the sporting icon felt in the final years of his life. More than 20 letters The Don wrote … Read more