Dave Roberts gave the @Dodgers an A-minus for their performance during the season's first half.
That seems low, @helenenothelen writes, but the manager has to leave some incentive to sustain this level and maybe raise it after the All-Star break. latimes.com/sports/story/2…
@Dodgers@helenenothelen They have the majors' second-best record, and they did it without injured pitchers Walker Buehler, Daniel Hudson, Andrew Heaney, Dustin May and Blake Treinen, as well as briefer absences of position players Chris Taylor and Mookie Betts latimes.com/sports/story/2…
@Dodgers@helenenothelen The Angels’ first-half performance would get an F-minus or lower, if that’s possible for a team that has two of the game’s best players in Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout but can’t build balance and depth around them. latimes.com/sports/story/2…
@Dodgers@helenenothelen The Angels are 2-12 in July, their wins coming in games Ohtani started.
It’s ugly. And interim manager Phil Nevin’s insistence they can still get back into things if they reel off a long winning streak sounds less convincing each time he says it. latimes.com/sports/story/2…
“The hitting coaches and players are working their tails off daily," said general manager Perry Minasian. “At the end of the day, this is the major leagues, we have to perform.” latimes.com/sports/angels/…
In the early hours of July 11, two armed guards left their Brink’s big rig, giving a gang of thieves a 27-minute window to make the huge snatch, its total value still a mystery. Estimates range from $10 million to $100 million.
With #NopeMovie, Jordan Peele has a close encounter of the Spielberg kind.
Whether you leave the movie in high spirits or scratching your head, @GeBraxton has the guide for you, explaining all those references to the “Jaws” director in Peele’s new movie. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Sprinkled through “Nope” are shoutouts to Hitchcock, Sidney Poitier and even, yes, Dwayne Johnson’s “The Scorpion King.” But perhaps the most obvious riffs are those saluting Steven Spielberg’s 1977 sci-fi classic, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” latimes.com/entertainment-…
As in “Close Encounters,” a UFO lies at the core of #Nope. In both films, they fly swiftly in the darkened skies, wreaking havoc on power lines and electrical equipment. latimes.com/entertainment-…
Ethan Hawke breaks down his distinctive approach to “The Last Movie Stars,” a six-part documentary on the lives and careers of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. latimes.com/entertainment-…
"Sometimes you have to go slow to go fast... The spine of the movie is their love affair. They were flat-out lovers. But what makes their story worth talking about is the breadth and scope of it," says Hawke. latimes.com/entertainment-…
In "The Last Movie Stars," Hawke collaborates with his own friends and contemporaries, including George Clooney, Laura Linney, Zoe Kazan and more. latimes.com/entertainment-…
It's one of track and field’s most enduring paradoxes: The U.S. regularly produces many of the world’s fastest men, yet it equally produces head-scratching results in the 4x100-meter relay. latimes.com/sports/story/2…
When the team won gold at the 2019 world championships, @LylesNoah said the U.S. had broken “the curse, a generational curse, and bring on a new era.”
Two years later, the team failed to qualify for the finals at the Tokyo Olympics. latimes.com/sports/story/2…
“It’s not usually written about, but I can tell you with absolute certainty that on the U.S. team, you have Coach A saying, ‘Well, my athlete ain’t going to run if he’s not running anchor,’ or ‘if he’s not leading off...’ says Olympic medalist Ato Boldon. latimes.com/sports/story/2…
Harbour says he worked with his trainer for eight months “to make the transformation, and then another year to keep it through the pandemic.”
“All told it was a difficult and exciting ride, changing diet and exercise plans (or lack thereof).” latimes.com/entertainment-…
He also added that #StrangerThings isn’t the only Hollywood project that will reap the benefits of a physical transformation. He gained weight again to portray Santa Claus for another title but added that weight fluctuations might not be sustainable. latimes.com/entertainment-…