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Jury Finds Dodgers Partly Liable For The Beating Of Bryan Stow
A Los Angeles jury found the Dodgers 25 percent responsible for the permanent brain damage suffered by Giants fan Bryan Stow during a parking-lot assault in 2011. They'll owe him $4.5 million of the $18 million he was awarded for his injuries. ...

The Strangest Moments From Donald Sterling's Testimony Today
A day after being called up to the stand by Shelly Sterling's attorney, Donald Sterling actually showed up for Sterling v. Sterling. The disgraced Clippers owner's behavior and responses were quite bizarre at times—which is par for the course with him—but some of his quotes were still astounding....


Yasiel Puig Misreads Fly Ball, Catches It Anyway, Starts Double Play
Sometimes, highlights begin with an error. Yoenis Cespedes wouldn't have made that throw if he fielded that ball correctly. But aren't highlights revered because of how those plays shouldn't be made? Isn't the impressive part that few players have the ability to recover so quickly like Cespedes ...

Donald Sterling Soaks In The Sun, Chats With Some Gals
The reclining lump clad in black in the pool chair is Donald Sterling, catching some rays poolside. According to our tipster, he was at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica....

The Indians Pulled Off A Damn Impressive Triple Play
It took two umpire reviews, but the Cleveland Indians pulled off an unusual, exciting triple play on the Dodgers tonight. See if you can follow along....

Dodgers Work Together To Give Scott Van Slyke A Hot Foot
It took teamwork and patience by the Dodgers dugout, but they successfully gave outfielder Scott Van Slyke a hot foot....

Elvis Andrus After Getting Hit With Pickoff Attempt: "AW SHIT!"
ESPN's love of microphones gave us an unexpected Sunday Night Baseball moment when Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus was tagged in the arm on a failed pickoff attempt from Angels pitcher Matt Shoemaker. We hear the "AW SHIT" before we know its reason....

All 15 Of Clayton Kershaw's No-Hitter Strikeout Pitches In One GIF
When Clayton Kershaw came within one error of a perfect game Wednesday night, he added "no-hitter" to a list of accolades and achievements that already included three ERA titles, two Cy Young awards, and a Triple Crown. In fact, he did more than that—going by Bill James's old game score metric, he p...


Donald Sterling Left Furious Voicemails For Two Doctors
Your two favorite people were back in court today, with Shelly Sterling seeking an injunction against Donald Sterling, accusing him of threatening her lawyer and two doctors who had him declared mentally incapacitated. I know you're not sick of hearing Donald Sterling's voice on tape yet, so please ...

Clayton Kershaw's No-Hitter Was Inexpressibly Ridiculous
Clayton Kershaw is the kind of pitcher who can win two National League Cy Young awards in three years for one of the most glamorous teams in baseball and still go a little underappreciated. Maybe it's because so much of the country sleeps through so many of his starts; maybe it's because he's not th...

Ellen Kershaw's Reaction To Her Husband's No-Hitter Was Great
One of the best things about Clayton Kershaw's dominant no-hitter is the fact that Kershaw's wife, Ellen, was there to witness the whole thing in person. The broadcast showed Ellen watching nervously from the stands throughout the night, but things really got good when her husband finally recorded t...

Clayton Kershaw's Powerade Bath, In Extreme Slow Motion
Clayton Kershaw earned a sports beverage shower for his dominant performance in throwing a no-hitter tonight. The beverage looks pretty cold! Here's the moment slowed down to a ridiculous speed. Congrats, Clayton....

Clayton Kershaw Hurls A Dominant No-Hitter Against The Rockies
Clayton Kershaw became the second Dodgers pitcher this season to spin a no-hitter, but his was a bit more impressive than Josh Beckett's. And it could have been a perfect game if not for one Hanley Ramirez throwing error in the seventh....

No One Can Find Raul Ibanez's Foul Ball
Raul Ibanez hit a foul ball in today's Angels-Indians game. That's not odd. The odd part is that no one found it....

Yasiel Puig And The Stanley Cup Are Best Friends
The Stanley Cup-winning Los Angeles Kings stopped by Dodgers Stadium today, and so did the cup itself. Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig took the opportunity to take a photo with the trophy. Look at those two pals!...

Celebrating Kings Fans Took Down A Drone
On Friday, after winning the Stanley Cup, Kings fans celebrated outside the Staples Center under the watchful eye of a quadcopter-mounted camera. In the most L.A. move ever, they brought it out of the sky with a commemorative T-shirt, whacked it with a skateboard on its way down, and chanted "We Got...

L.A. Mayor At Kings Stanley Cup Rally: "This Is A Big Fuckin' Day"
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti either committed political suicide, or just became Mayor For Life. Addressing a rally for the Stanley Cup winners inside the Staples Center, Garcetti noted two rules of politics and then immediately broke both, to raucous applause. ...
