Houston Mitchell is an assistant sports editor, writer of the Dodgers Dugout newsletter and editor of all of the sports newsletters for the Los Angeles Times. Mitchell was born in Redondo Beach and has lived in the Los Angeles area his entire life. He has worked for The Times since 1991 and hopes no one ever figures out that he gets paid to watch and write about sports for a living.
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Tommy Edman’s two-run single in the bottom of the 10th gives the Dodgers, who had blown a 5-0 lead, the win over the Marlins.
Some fans have been very critical of Max Muncy, who is off to a slow start. Are they being fair to him?
Oilers tie it late in the third period then win it in overtime to even best-of-seven series with Kings.
Strong defense and balanced scoring leads the Clippers to a big victory over Denver and a 2-1 lead in their first-round series.
Adrian Kempe has two goals, Anze Kopitar has a goal and three assists as Kings defeat Edmonton in Game 2 of first-round series.
The Lakers take a big early lead in Game 2, then withstand a Timberwolves comeback to even the best-of-seven first-round series.
Going to a Dodgers game has become cost prohibitive for many fans, and no one in the sport seems to care.
The Kings managed to just fend off an incredible Edmonton comeback in the third period to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven playoff series.
Aday Mara reached out to The Times to set the record straight about why he chose to leave UCLA for Michigan.
It appears the NL West will be a three-way race among the Dodgers, Padres and Giants, so let’s do an early comparison.