Arthur Ashe

That Time of Year

2013-04-08 12:14:00

Strawberry nachos in Oxnard? Playing dress-up in your finest big-band-era garb for a weekend of music in Ventura? Toasting Mother Nature at an Earth Day festival in Santa Barbara? Take your pick. The Central Coast is ripe with plenty of escapes this...

Robin Roberts to receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at ESPYs

2013-03-27 07:26:00

Robin Roberts, host of "Good Morning America" and one of the first female anchors for ESPN, will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2013 ESPYs on July 17 in Los Angeles. Roberts has twice been stricken by serious illness in recent years and...

Watch Mr. T score from center ice during intermission of NHL game

2013-03-27 08:55:00

� There is no one in the history of the world quite like Mr. T. What other person has ever had a mohawk, starred in a No. 1 TV series, starred in a "Rocky" movie and main-evented two WrestleManias? No one else, that's who. Now you can add one more...

Live discussion: Lakers, Clippers stumbling toward playoffs

2013-03-27 09:02:00

� Join Times Lakers writer Mike Bresnahan and Clippers writer Brad Turner at 11:30 a.m. today for a video chat about the Lakers and Clippers. The Lakers have lost three in a row and are in danger (again) of missing the playoffs. But even with those...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tells Jimmy Kimmel he wants to coach UCLA

2013-03-27 10:23:00

� This is anything but a slam-dunk. Heck, it’s not even a sky hook. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wants to be the next UCLA basketball coach. The former Bruins star, appearing on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on Tuesday night, said, “I would certainly be...

Luc Robitaille donates a Stanley Cup ring to Hockey Hall of Fame

2013-03-27 11:21:00

Kings great Luc Robitaille donated a 2012 Stanley Cup championship ring to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Wednesday, which added it to the Stanley Cup Championship display at the Hall in Toronto. "We are very grateful to the Los Angeles Kings organization,...

Charlie Pasarell, new Hall of Fame member, keeps building his legacy

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Charlie Pasarell has long been tennis' answer to baseball's Field of Dreams. Pasarell built it, and they came. Actually, Pasarell kept building, and the players kept coming. No singular sensation for this visionary of the sport. Monday in New York,...

Los Angeles gives up its once-prominent stop on men's tennis tour

2012-11-16 17:55:00

Bob Kramer spoke of the loss he is about to suffer, admitting he has a hole in his heart. He wasn't grieving a child or a parent, just a best friend. Kramer is director of a tennis tournament that will be no more. The Los Angeles men's tennis event that...

A lens on the Olympics: Shooting the Federer/Del Potro tennis match

2012-08-05 07:33:08

Southern California Close-up: Westside of Los Angeles

2011-09-25 00:00:00

You're an outsider heading to the Westside of Los Angeles — not the beach cities, but Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Westwood and the nearby well-heeled neighborhoods south of the Santa Monica Mountains. This means you'll be well-fed, well-rested and...

Walt Hazzard dies at 69; former Bruins basketball star and coach

2011-11-19 00:00:00

Walt Hazzard, a stellar point guard who helped John Wooden win his first national championship at UCLA and became the fifth coach to follow the college basketball legend, died Friday. He was 69. Hazzard, who suffered a stroke in 1996, died at Ronald...

U.S. Open: Two Wednesday quarterfinals canceled

2011-09-07 16:33:55

Robin Roberts will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at this year's ESPYs.

2013-03-27 00:00:00

Carly is like every grown man's naughty school girl dream, except better: She's legal. Can you believe that she's 26 years old?

2012-09-04 14:33:00

Arthur Ashe

2012-08-16 00:00:00