Piracy

Dodgers can't turn it around against favorite patsy, fall 6-3

2013-06-16 15:22:00

Not even the Pirates could right the Dodgers’ ship. Pittsburgh was the one team the Dodgers had pretty much had their way with the past three years. The Dodgers had won six consecutive series against the Pirates,�including a three-game sweep at...

Dodgers blow lead but recover for 5-3 win over Pirates

2013-06-15 19:55:00

PITTSBURGH -- Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly was supposed to watch Toby Keith in concert Saturday night. He never made it. The Dodgers' notoriously unreliable bullpen blew yet another lead, extending a game that should have been won in nine innings. So...

California Attorney General Harris targets movie piracy ring

2013-06-14 18:47:00

California Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris has filed criminal charges against three San Francisco Bay Area brothers for allegedly operating an illegal website that allowed users to watch bootleg versions of copyrighted television shows and movies. Hop Hoang,...

Dodgers blow lead in ninth but rally to win in 11 innings, 5-3

2013-06-15 17:15:00

Say this for the Dodgers, they may not win a lot, but when they do, they tend to make it interesting. They seemed all set to win a routine game Saturday -- getting great starting pitching, a spurt of timely hitting and even a game-saving defensive...

New troops can't get Dodgers offense going in 3-0 loss to Pirates

2013-06-14 19:05:00

The Dodgers’ refrain: Wait until we get our guys back! Wait for the cavalry! The first wave came Friday, and for one night, the new Dodgers looked a lot like those old Dodgers. Offense continued to be mere rumor, the Dodgers going meekly in a 3-...

Suspected pirates face unprecedented trial in U.S. court

2013-06-01 19:51:00

WASHINGTON — Long before a retired Southern California couple and two friends were shot and killed aboard their sailboat off the Horn of Africa in February 2011, the threat from Somali pirates was frighteningly clear. Since 2005, heavily armed...

UCLA had a great 1-3 pitching punch in 2011

2013-06-06 17:53:00

Rarely has one college team had two such dominant pitchers. UCLA was a handful with Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer as starters in 2011. Cole was the first overall pick in the major league draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bauer was taken No. 3 by the...

Kevin Cannon, Zander Cannon on graphic novels ‘Crater XV,’ ‘Heck’

2013-06-06 17:02:30

High seas drama emerges in piracy-murder trial

2013-06-08 00:00:00

NORFOLK, Va. — As heavily armed pirates held an American sailboat off the coast of Somalia in February 2011, Navy SEALs on the bridge of the guided missile destroyer Sterett heard one of the hijackers on the radio threatening the lives of his four...

Vin Scully is the true voice of Los Angeles

2013-05-14 00:00:00

My young colleague, Ben Welsh, who hails from Swisher, Iowa, by way of Columbia, Mo., and Washington, D.C., quickly caught on to what we native Angelenos know subliminally. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Scully: A May 14 Op-Ed about Vin Scully said...

Pirates' Francisco Liriano to make season debut Saturday

2013-05-10 19:25:00

Francisco Liriano will come off the disabled list and make his Pittsburgh Pirates debut Saturday against the New York Mets. The left-hander has been sidelined all season while recovering from a broken right arm. Pirates Manager Clint Hurdle says the...

L.A. is a leader in greening of ports, Mayor Villaraigosa says

2013-05-07 17:51:00

California ports are going green. In a speech at the 28th World Ports Conference on Tuesday, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the city's port is at the forefront of pushing for clean energy alternatives and reducing pollution. The...

Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Francisco Liriano is set to come off the disabled list and make his Pirates debut on Saturday.

2013-05-10 19:25:17

Kid quotient: Great for mateys of every age! Fun factors: Dressing up, talking, singing and dancing like pirates all while cruising Baltimore's Inner Harbor aboard the Fearless. Don't miss: On Wednesdays and Fridays at 9 a.m., little pirates can enjoy Free Pirate Story Time. Info: urbanpirates.

2013-04-08 00:00:00

PITTSBURGH, PA - APRIL 04: Kyuji Fujikawa #11 of the Chicago Cubs pitches in the eighth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the game on April 4, 2013 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Cubs defeated the Pirates 3-2. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 163492986

2013-04-04 00:00:00