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Tenants getting federal rent subsidies have yet to be affected by the partial govement shutdown, now in its fourth week.But big problems could arise for those renters and their landlords should the ...

PITTSBURGH >> Clayton Kershaw should be happy. His back injury was less serious than might have been feared when he left his July 23 start. He has retued to health relatively quickly. And his team is so far out front that it can afford to take it slowly with him, giving him a long runway to retu to the rotation with bullets saved for October. Oh, yeah — that last part doesn’t seem to sit well with the Dodgers ace. “Health-wise, I could have pitched in the big leagues 10 days ago. But that’s not the plan obviously,” Kershaw said Monday after throwing a four-iing simulated game at PN...

PACIFIC PALISADES >> Eddie Merrins stood just off to the side of the 18th green at Riviera Country Club late Sunday afteoon, perhaps not even noticing that Doc Redman and Doug Ghim went right behind him with a purpose toward the 10th tee box at the 117th U.S. Amateur Championship. “That’s about as strong a finish as you’d hope to see,” said the 84-year-old legendary golf pro at Bel-Air Country Club and former UCLA coach who, in 1954, made it to the quarterfinals in a touament won by Aold Palmer. The thing was, this edition of the oldest USGA touament wasn’t even finished. Redman...

LONDON >> The American sprinter took a mighty tumble. Nobody, however, has fallen harder than Jamaica so far at this year’s world championships. The evening after Usain Bolt’s improbable loss to a pair of U.S. ruers, the world’s best sprint island watched the red, white and blue parade aroun...

LOS ANGELES >> The Dodgers still aren’t prepared to declare a probable date for Clayton Kershaw’s retu from the disabled list. But there was good reason to take the under on the initial four- to six-week timeline reported Monday, before Kershaw met with a back specialist. Kershaw is taking p...

LOS ANGELES >> The first thing Dodgers catcher Austin Baes noticed was the mechanics. Clayton Kershaw didn’t have his full range of extension, a red flag for any pitcher. So, with two outs in the second iing, in the middle of an at-bat on a sweltering Sunday, Baes jogged to the mound. “H...

LONG BEACH >> Familiar faces are navigating unfamiliar circumstances this weekend at the World Series of Beach Volleyball in Long Beach. Some of the best players in the world are adjusting on the fly to new partners, fast playing surfaces and the USA vs. The World exhibition format. The inaugu...

LOS ANGELES >> All in all, you’d have to say that went pretty well. Justin Tuer hit two home runs and Clayton Kershaw threw a complete game as the Dodgers reached the All-Star break with a 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sundayafteoon. The win completed a sweep of the interleag...

LOS ANGELES >> The New York Mets might owe the rest of baseball an apology for more than Mr. Met’s behavior. Two weeks ago, the Mets hit four home runs off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, roughing him up for six runs in a game the Dodgers won anyway. But it was the first time in Kershaw’s career ...

The Galaxy have one final hurdle to clear before getting a chance to regroup and refocus. Tuesday night against Real Salt Lake, the Galaxy (6-7-4, 22 points) will play their seventh game in less than 22 days, all while being severely shorthanded. The bright side is everyone on the roster has receive...

LOS ANGELES >> Starting pitching sure ain’t what it used to be. Once dinosaurs such as Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson and Nolan Ryan roamed the earth, snarling at anyone who dared to approach the pitcher’s mound before the ninth iing. “Five and fly” was an insult, dripping with disdain, aimed at s...

LOS ANGELES >> Clayton Kershaw was halfway between the mound at Dodger Stadium and the home dugout when he tilted his head up, raised his left arm and shook a closed fist. There was relief. In the top of the first iing, Kershaw threw 33 pitches, nearly a third of his total workload Saturday ...

ROCKIES at DODGERS When: Today, 7:10 p.m. Where: Dodger Stadium TV: SportsNet LA THE PITCHERS DODGERS LHP CLAYTON KERSHAW (10-2, 2.61 ERA) Vs. Rockies: 20-6, 3.13 ERA At Dodger Stadium: 76-30, 2.05 ERA Hates to face: Nolan Arenado, 13 for 42, 3 doubles, 2 HRs Loves to face: Pat Valaika, 0 for 5, 3 Ks ROCKIES RHP TYLER CHATWOOD (6-7, 4.08 ERA) Vs. Dodgers: 4-7, 3.95 ERA At Dodger Stadium: 3-2, 1.62 ERA Hates to face: Yasmani Grandal, 5 for 9, 1 double, 1 triple, 1 HR Loves to face: Kike’ Heandez, 0 for 4 — Bill Plunkett Advertisement ...

PLAYA VISTA >> Hall of Famer Jerry West officially joined the Clippers on Friday, and the man who spent four decades with the Lakers, called his job as a consultant with the other team in Los Angeles “the last adventure of my life.” Wearing a trim blue suit, the 79-year-old West said he never ...

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will start a do-or-die Game 4 of the National League Division Series today against the Washington Nationals. Right-hander Joe Ross starts for Washington. The game begins at 2 p.m. at Dodger Stadium by virtue of the Chicago Cubs’ loss to the San Francisco Giants last night. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and Nationals manager Dusty Baker did not reveal their starting pitchers until the moing of the game. Roberts said the decision to start Kershaw hinged on the availability of his relief pitchers — “with how they’ve been used the last couple days, and looking at potential for Julio (Urias), and obviously there’s some pitch-count mindfulness with Julio. W...

The voice is unmistakable — a warm, velvety tenor, so rich in tone, so rhythmic in its pace — like the croon of a classic standard. In Los Angeles, a city of constant reinvention, where transience is a way of life, the voice has endured for nearly seven decades. “The soundtrack of summer,” it is so warmly labeled. But to those who have faithfully tuned in over the years, the voice transcends the images that title conjures — of sun-drenched afteoons in the shade of palm trees, of Dodger dogs and baseball in Chavez Ravine. To many here, the voice is bigger than the game itself. Years after the transistor radio became a relic, replaced by MLB TV and live updates on iPhone screens, the voice re...

MIAMI >> It felt like a win to everyone but the man who took the loss. Seventy-five days after his most recent start — and nearly two months after he admitted doubting whether he would pitch again this season — Clayton Kershaw lasted just three iings in his retu from the disabled list as the Dodgers lost 4-1 to the Miami Marlins Friday night. “Just to see him on the mound was great,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “And in talking to him after the start, he came back into the dugout and said he felt good. “Obviously every game is important. But for Clayton to be back on the mound, I think that’s a win for us.” Dodgers third baseman Justin Tuer said Kershaw “looked awesome” to him a...

DENVER >> It’s no surprise that the Dodgers will give the ball to rookie left-hander Julio Urias for Friday’s start against the San Diego Padres. The 20-year-old left-hander is 5-2 with a 3.71 eaed-run average in 14 games (12 starts) with the Dodgers. His last four outings, all victories, have seen Urias allow two eaed runs in 19 2/3 iings, good for a 0.92 ERA. “The way he’s throwing the baseball right now,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, “this is the best thing for the Dodgers and for Julio.” And yet, Friday’s start might be his last of the season. Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman stopped short of saying Urias would move to the bullpen after facing the Pad...

LOS ANGELES >> When major league rosters expand to 40 players on Sept. 1, teams often tu to the minor leagues to give their top prospects some prime-time exposure. Clayton Kershaw and Andre Ethier aren’t your typical September call-ups, but the Dodgers are awaiting their arrival just the same. Kershaw threw his second bullpen session in four days Tuesday. The hope surrounding the Dodgers’ ace has morphed into tangible progress, as Kershaw could be throwing to live batters by the end of the week. Ethier, meanwhile, got a solid endorsement for playing again this season when manager Dave Roberts said the outfielder is expected back “sometime in September.” “Inteally we’re talking about a...

Four months after the final buzzer sounded on his playing career, Kobe Bryant rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday and aounced a foray into the world of investing. Bryant and entrepreneur Jeff Stibel aounced a $100 million fund that will support companies at the “convergence of technology, media and data,” Stibel said on CNBC Monday moing. The Bryant Stibel Investment Portfolio has already invested in 13 ventures, including The Players’ Tribune, video game company Scopely and Legal Zoom. Stipel is the former president of Web.com. Sporting a beard and a sharp blue suit on the floor of the NYSE, Bryant said he and Stibel have been quietly working on putting together ...