Special Olympics

Giorgio Armani's niece Roberta has star power of her own

2013-05-12 00:00:00

There are few designers working today who have had as big an influence on fashion as Giorgio Armani. Founding his company in Milan in 1975, he modernized the suit, giving it a relaxed, soft silhouette, and created a daytime uniform of power and...

Jim and Shannon Mora make a difference in children's lives

2013-04-16 20:04:00

We agreed to meet at the Kettle in Manhattan Beach. I arrived early so I could remove the knives from the table. I had never met Shannon Mora, but she's the wife of UCLA football Coach Jim Mora so I could only imagine. First thing I wanted to know:...

A promising second act for Shriver

2013-05-02 18:37:00

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, California's most, ah, colorful former first couple, were back in the news this week. On Tuesday, using his own life as an example of the American Dream, Schwarzenegger argued for immigration reform during a...

Character actor Bill Smitrovich takes his turn in 'American Buffalo'

2013-04-30 18:50:00

This is one in a series of occasional articles about the careers and lives of character actors in Hollywood. Bill Smitrovich remembers the day when "everything exploded in my head" and he decided to become an actor. Smitrovich, 65, had worked at...

Shriver or Schwarzenegger: Whose reinvention is working better?

2013-05-01 10:32:00

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, California’s most, ah, colorful former first couple, were back in the news this week. On Tuesday, using his own life as an example of the American Dream, Schwarzenegger argued for immigration reform...

Dodger great Carl Erskine: Pitching equality

2013-04-09 17:09:00

Jackie Robinson changed baseball and the nation that loves it on April 15, 1947, when he became the first black player to walk onto a major league ball field. He changed Carl Erskine's life in March 1948, when Robinson, by then a Brooklyn Dodgers star,...

Muhammad Ali misses awards ceremony while recovering from surgery

2013-02-23 08:30:00

Muhammad Ali was unable to attend the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation annual Aspire awards event in Baltimore because he could not travel after undergoing a recent undisclosed surgery. Ali and Under Armour founder Kevin Plank were honored Friday night by...

2015 Special Olympics will boost Los Angeles County economy

2013-02-14 09:23:00

The Special Olympics will have a significant economic benefit for Los Angeles, according to a study released Thursday. The games being held in the summer of 2015 will generate at least $415 million in economic activity for the county, according to the...

Steve Nash ready to step up as Lakers playmaker -- can he do it?

2012-12-15 20:02:00

PHILADELPHIA — His life has already been one of amazing accomplishment on and off the court. So it's a thrill to meet him. I don't get the opportunity often to talk to someone who is almost my age and still playing professional basketball,...

Daum: Really? First gay president?

2012-06-14 00:00:00

It's been a month since President Obama announced his support for same-sex marriage and was declared, on the cover of Newsweek, "the first gay president." That's an eternity in politics, but Obama's swing through California last week, which included a...

The Sunday Conversation: Mark K. Shriver honors his father

2012-07-08 00:00:00

Mark K. Shriver, a brother of former California First Lady Maria Shriver, explores his relationship with their father in his new book, "A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver." Shriver, George McGovern's Democratic vice presidential...

Rafer Johnson makes TV ad for Howard Berman

2012-05-15 16:38:36

The Aberdeen Thunder Special Olympics team raised more than $6,000 for the Polar Plunge on April 28; the dollar amount was the most money raised by a team.

2013-05-19 15:14:00

Michael Edwards (right) of Bushkill Elementary School gets a crab painted on his hand by Nazareth student Natalie Sasso, 14 as one of his event partners Nazareth students Susan Deily, 17, watches and smiles.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Jarod Markley leads the group of more than 15 runners Tuesday morning at the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics. The group ran an estimated 1.5 miles from Holgate Middle School to O.M.

2013-05-14 22:56:00