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Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Orphan Black' on BBC

2013-05-03 12:22:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 5 - 11, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black A trip to the suburbs...

Retired athletes to protest workers' compensation bill

2013-04-15 00:00:00

SACRAMENTO — Let the political games begin. A battle between professional athletes and owners of football, baseball, basketball, hockey and soccer teams starts Monday. Dozens of retired athletes plan a news conference on the steps of the state...

Jorge Arce says Manny Pacquiao must be 'using something' to fight

2013-02-20 08:25:00

With losses in his last two fights, Manny Pacquiao is no longer the elite fighter he once was. And once you drop out of the elite ranks, others start taking shots at you they may not have before. Case in point, Jorge Arce, who says Pacquiao has to be...

NFLPA chief says players don't trust Commissioner Roger Goodell

2013-02-20 07:58:00

NFL Players' Assn. President Domonique Foxworth says NFL players don't trust Commissioner Roger Goodell because of the Saints bounty case. "It's pretty obvious that there's a gap in what would be a reasonable amount of trust," Foxworth said in a...

NCAA says Miami assistants violated 'principles of ethical conduct'

2013-02-20 11:42:00

The NCAA believes former Miami assistant coaches Clint Hurtt, Aubrey Hill and Jorge Fernandez provided false or misleading information during the probe into the Hurricanes' athletic department. The NCAA said all three violated “principles of...

Live discussion (canceled): Lakers, Clippers start second half of season

2013-02-20 09:26:00

� Join us for a live discussion today at 11:30 a.m. when Times Lakers writer Mike Bresnahan and NBA writer Ben Bolch discuss the outlook for the two teams coming out of the All-Star break. Update: Due to technical problems, the live event has been...

Study finds chronic brain damage in retired football players

2013-01-22 14:46:00

Doctors have discovered a way for professional football players to see how much damage their brains have suffered through a bruising career before it’s too late, according to a new study. UCLA researchers led a team of scientists that used a...

NFLPA won't have official probe into Redskins' handling of RGIII's injury

2013-01-11 12:55:00

Even though Robert Griffin III continued playing for the Washington Redskins on an injured knee, the NFLPA will not demand a formal investigation of the team's handling of his injury, the union announced Friday. The NFLPA launched an informal inquiry...

Milton Bradley charged in domestic abuse case

2013-01-11 13:29:00

Former major leaguer Milton Bradley, who spent parts of two tumultuous seasons with the Dodgers, faces prosecution on 13 misdemeanor counts of assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism and persuading a witness from making a report in a domestic abuse case...

Junior Seau had brain disease when he committed suicide

2013-01-10 08:12:00

Retired NFL star Junior Seau had a degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide in May, according to a study by the National Institutes of Health. ABC News/ESPN reported Thursday�that Seau’s family was recently told of the findings,...

RG3 injury: Redskins' Robert Griffin III has surgery on right knee

2013-01-09 06:45:00

Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III had surgery Wednesday morning to repair a torn lateral collateral ligament and to see if there is any other damage in his right knee. The surgery was conducted by Dr. James Andrews in Gulf Breeze, Fla....

Jovan Belcher of Kansas City Chiefs dead in suspected murder-suicide

2012-12-01 11:09:00

Jovan Belcher of the Kansas City Chiefs shot and killed his girlfriend, then drove to the team’s practice facility and killed himself in front of team officials, police said Saturday. Police confirmed to the Kansas City Star the player was...

NFLPA chief Domonique Foxworth says players don't trust NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

2013-02-20 07:41:24

The handling of RGIII's injury will not be formally investigated by the NFLPA.

2013-01-11 12:06:33

The celebration had already started as Ray Lewis and fellow linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo made the short drive to MT Bank Stadium for the last time that Lewis, at least as an active player, would ever walk into the house he has protected all these years.

2013-01-06 00:00:00