Jamaica

Mexico and Costa Rica tie, 0-0

2013-06-12 00:00:00

Despite havinig the home-field advantage, Mexico could not manage more than a 0-0 tie with Costa Rica on Tuesday night in a World Cup qualifying game at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. It was the fifth tie in six games in the qualifying tournament for...

U.S. midfielder Jermaine Jones to miss World Cup qualifier

2013-06-09 18:40:00

U.S. midfielder Jermaine Jones, who sustained a concussion in a 2-1 victory over Jamaica in a World Cup qualifying game Friday, said he will miss the next qualifier, against Panama on Tuesday in Seattle. Jones is scheduled to see a neurologist Monday....

Brad Evans' stoppage-time goal lifts U.S. past Jamaica, 2-1

2013-06-07 22:46:00

Brad Evans scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, giving the U.S. a thrilling 2-1 win over Jamaica at Kingston on Friday night that solidified the Americans' chances of qualifying for next year's World Cup. Jozy Altidore put the...

Jamaica Kincaid strives to write 'the history of people like me'

2013-04-21 17:15:00

In her long and illustrious career, Jamaica Kincaid has tackled many genres of literature. So best believe her when she says that her 2013 work "See Now Then" is a novel and a work of fiction. Period. That's why, she said in a discussion with Hector...

A celebration of all things books at USC

2013-04-19 05:00:00

Since background-check legislation was voted down in the Senate on Thursday, Adam Winkler, author of "Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America," expects a "lively" conversation at his panel on guns in America at the 18th annual Los...

Five reggae jams that blow away Snoop Lion's new 'No Guns Allowed'

2013-03-21 06:05:00

On Wednesday morning, the artist also known as Snoop Dogg unveiled the newest work under his reggae pseudonym, Snoop Lion. The rapper from Long Beach announced last year that he’d decided on both a new name and style of music he’d be making...

Snoop Dogg was gangsta; Snoop Lion is Rasta

2013-03-16 07:30:00

Snoop Dogg had come to Burbank to let loose the lion. Engulfed by a haze of marijuana smoke thick as London fog in a hotel suite high above the so-called Media Capital of the World, the gangsta rap superstar surrendered himself to a hairdresser's...

Review: 'Reincarnated' gets personal with Snoop Lion

2013-03-14 18:16:00

First he was Snoop Doggy Dogg, then simply Snoop Dogg. Now, 20 years after the release of his debut single as a solo artist — the still-vibrant "Who Am I (What's My Name?)" — the laid-back rapper from Long Beach has altered his identity once...

Review: 'Better Mus' Come' ties Cold War to Jamaica gang war

2013-03-14 16:40:00

Ricky (Sheldon Shepherd), the hero of Storm Saulter's ambitious coming-of-age drama "Better Mus' Come," is a man for all seasons. Gangster, community leader, part-time poet, full-time dad, Ricky negotiates the dangerous complexities of the culture of...

Snoop Lion's 'Reincarnated' out April 23; documentary lands in March

2013-02-28 15:40:00

Snoop Dogg has been called many things over the course of his two-decade career -- Snoop Doggy Dogg, Bigg Snoop Dogg and Snoop D-O Double G are just a few of the monikers. When the multi-platinum rapper announced last summer that he’d been...

Your Scene: Uplifting experience in Jamaica

2013-02-16 06:30:00

After recovering from serious health problems, Richard Lowe traveled to Jamaica to celebrate life. “This vacation was my gift to myself for surviving,” he said. Seeing this pair afloat above the waters off Negril Beach, in western Jamaica,...

Emily Raboteau's fresh exploration of identity and faith

2013-01-18 07:10:00

-------------------- Searching for Zion The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora Emily Raboteau Atlantic Monthly Press: 320 pp., $25 -------------------- In 1965, author and civil rights essayist James Baldwin appeared at the Cambridge Union...

American midfielder Jermaine Jones is tackled hard by Jamaica's Garath McCleary during a World Cup qualifying game.

2013-06-07 00:00:00

The Windsor boys and girls track team has about 40 members who hail from Caribbean Islands, mainly Jamaica. Many of the Jamaican athletes gathered for a photo.

2013-04-17 00:00:00

Agua de flor de jamaica is made with the calyxes of the plant called roselle, also known as rosa de jamaica. The taste is more sour than sweet, like cranberry juice.

2013-04-08 18:39:08