Dodgers add Abreu, lose to Cubs
CHICAGO - The Dodgers are off to their best start in years, and Manager Don Mattingly thinks Bobby Abreu makes the NL West leaders better. Abreu signed with the Dodgers on Friday, insisting he was OK...
View ArticleMTV college sex show comes to UCI
Dan Savage is a sex advice superstar. College campuses are filled with kids having sex – sorry folks, but it's not just studying that's getting done in the library nowadays. MTV likes shows about young...
View ArticleLaker Rimshots 5/4/12
Lakers and Laker fans prior to Friday night's game 3 playoff game in Denver.
View ArticleMMA: Chandler blasts Gono in 56 seconds at Bellator 67
By BRIAN KNAPP SHERDOG.COM Michael Chandler did not waste any time. The reigning Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight titleholder took care of Akihiro Gono in less than a minute, as he stopped...
View ArticleDenny's fast-food experiment fails; cafe closes
Denny's Cafe, a prototype fast-food version of the casual dining coffee house, closed in Orange. The concept was the first Denny's test restaurant to open in the country. Denny's had hoped to see...
View ArticleClippers promise to bite back
PLAYA VISTA – Since losing Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against Memphis on Wednesday night, Reggie Evans and the Clippers have watched hours of game film, their glaring shortcomings...
View ArticlePujols booed as Angels shut out again
ANAHEIM - Albert Pujols reached another milestone in the depths of his worst-ever start to a season. He heard boos. And not just shy, discontented murmurs, either. Many among the 33,160 who witnessed...
View ArticleLakers don't put up much of a fight
DENVER – On the bright side for the Lakers, they can say they didn't try that hard in a playoff game and still kept it somewhat close. More meaningful for now is that a bunch of inexperienced Denver...
View ArticleMay 5 celebrity birthdays
See some of the people celebrating birthdays today. Notable personalities of the past who were born on this date can be found at the end of this slideshow. SEE BIRTHDAYS FOR A PREVIOUS DATE Celebrities...
View ArticleMorning letters: Our Golden State is worth next to nothing
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Robert Helfand: The columns by Mark Landsbaum and Steven Greenhut were right on in their analysis of California’s poor future [“Golden State gone,” Commentary, April 29]. Gov. Jerry...
View ArticleMMA: 'The Ultimate Fighter 15' Episode 9 recap
The ninth episode of “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 15 opens with a shot of Team Cruz’s Mike Rio arriving at the UFC Training Center. Meanwhile, Rio’s opponent, Andy Ogle, hangs the flag of his native...
View ArticleSolution for NBA, Sacramento? Fold the Kings
It's ending ugly in Sacramento. It always was going to. The only real question now is whether the unseemly mess created by the Brothers Maloof and NBA commissioner David Stern ends up on Anaheim's...
View ArticleScheftz pitches Uni back into first in PCL (photos)
It was Jordan Scheftz's turn to shine on the mound Friday afternoon. The University junior threw a complete game, allowing just four hits to lead the Trojans to a 2-1 victory over Beckman in a key...
View ArticleCinco de Mayo: Big fiestas in Santa Ana, Anaheim
On the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, celebrations of Cinco de Mayo will take place this weekend in both Santa Ana and Anaheim, expecting to draw about 250,000 people total. They're among...
View ArticleO.C. surfer wins $50,000 for huge wave
When Nathan Fletcher looks at the footage from a massive, avalanche of a wave he took in Tahiti last August, he can't even believe it was him. "I haven't come up with an exact answer of what was going...
View ArticleGallery: 90 Beeler and Smith cartoons
The hilarious cartoons of Nate Beeler of Cagle Cartoons and Mike Smith of the Las Vegas Sun
View ArticleQuake strikes rural Northern California
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — No damage or injuries have been reported after a magnitude-4.3 earthquake rattled a rural area of Northern California. The United States Geological Survey says the quake hit...
View ArticleTeen killed in Anaheim shooting
ANAHEIM – Gang and homicide officials are investigating the death of 17-year-old boy shot late Friday, Anaheim Police Sgt. Bob Dunn said. About 10 p m. Friday, Anaheim police dispatchers received...
View ArticleClippers survive shaky finish to beat Grizzlies
LOS ANGELES – Clippers second-year guard Eric Bledsoe summed up his feelings after Saturday's NBA playoffs Game 3 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies with a single word — "relief." The Clippers missed...
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