Paulina Gretzky

Ducks' Teemu Selanne knows where his office space belongs

2013-05-01 16:55:00

If Wayne Gretzky once had his "office," then so does the Ducks' Teemu Selanne. Gretzky, in his day, often set up shop behind the net to create offense. Selanne's power-play "office" frequently has been the left-wing circle. Again, he delivered from...

L.A. youth hockey flourishing with inspiration from The Great One

2013-04-01 19:45:00

Wayne Gretzky is long gone from the Kings and long retired from the NHL, but the impact of his presence in Los Angeles is being felt more strongly than ever in the increasing success of youth hockey players who were born and trained in Southern...

Ducks Coach Bruce Boudreau is taking it a week at a time

2013-03-18 00:00:00

Most NHL coaches divide the season into quarters or 10-game segments and set goals for wins or points. Ducks Coach Bruce Boudreau takes a shorter-term view, preferring to break things down into digestible, one-week chunks. "That just comes from when I...

Jerry Buss didn't just put the Kings on ice

2013-03-03 00:00:00

Jerry Buss was so strongly associated with the Lakers and their championships that it's easy to forget he was the Kings' second owner — and that they were more to him than a throw-in item when he bought the Lakers, the Forum, the Kings and a 13,000-...

Andy Warhol online auction is prime turf for celebrity-gawking

2013-03-01 07:32:00

Andy Warhol famously said that in the future, everyone would have 15 minutes of fame. But that didn't stop him from focusing his camera lenses and other image-making implements on folks whose ride on the wagon of celebrity figured to last somewhat...

Dustin Johnson wins at Kapalua despite Paulina Gretzky's presence

2013-01-09 07:33:00

Dustin Johnson and Paulina Gretzky, who would've thought? Not that the 12th-ranked golfer in the world and the socialite daughter of the greatest hockey player ever are dating. Maybe they are, maybe they aren't. But if the rumors about the two being...

Lenny Dykstra assaulted 2 L.A. jail officials, authorities say

2012-12-04 03:32:51

Lenny Dykstra was injured while in custody, officials reveal

2012-12-03 17:52:11

Review: For Bo Jackson, playing was enough

2012-12-07 18:22:00

We're lucky if we have the gift to do one thing well in this life. Even most superheroes just get a single superpower. ("Wait — you're faster than a speeding bullet and you're more powerful than a locomotive? How is that fair?") So there is...

Price reduced on mansion of ex-New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra

2012-12-04 14:10:00

The one-time home of ex-New York Mets star Lenny Dykstra is back on the market in Thousand Oaks, reduced to $14.995 million from the $18.75 million it was listed for in June. Hockey great Wayne Gretzky sold the 6.5-acre compound to the former World...

Tom Brady's father questions if he'd let his son play football

2012-05-25 10:35:00

With all of the recent discoveries about the dangers of concussions, Tom Brady's father said that he's not sure if he would have let his son play football if knew then what he knows now. "No, not without hesitation," Brady Sr. told Michael Silver of...

Book Review: 'Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias'

2011-07-10 00:00:00

Wonder Girl The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias Don Van Natta Jr. Little, Brown: 404 pp., $27.99 So do you know who made the Top 10 when ESPN chose its 50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century? Here they are: (1) Michael Jordan....

My mom's from L.A., so I went to a lot of Kings games as a kid. And in the '80s, Bernie Nicholls on the Kings scored a ton of points on Wayne Gretzky's line. So I always liked Bernie Nicholls. When he got to the Hawks, I was super fired-up about it.

2013-03-29 00:00:00

Cmon Wayne, turning 50 cant be all that bad. Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky celebrates his birthday today. (Photo by Norm Hall/NHLI via Getty Images)

2013-01-18 16:28:00

Six time Stanley Cup champion and second only to Wayne Gretzky in total points, Mark Messier Mark Messier is 50 today. (Photo by Scott Levy/NHLI via Getty Images)

2013-01-09 18:50:00