Vin Scully’s folksy manner and melodic language made him a beloved figure in American culture. His career with the Dodgers, which dated back to 1950 when the team was in Brooklyn, took off with the move to Los Angeles before the 1958 season.
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Posted inEnvironment
How climate change is threatening the future of the Winter Olympics
As global warming continues to take its toll, the number of training cities gets smaller and cities able to host the Winter Olympics gets fewer.
Posted inCOVID Today
COVID remains the most formidable, frightening foe at Beijing Olympics
Olympic athletes are coping with intense anxiety over COVID test results, with positive results a constant threat to knock them out of competition.
Posted inCoast Life
Olympic officials look to continue surfing and skateboarding at 2028 L.A. Games
The International Olympic Committee is expected to approve the addition of surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing in February for 2028 L.A. Games.
Posted inPandemic Life
‘A little strange’: Tokyo Olympics were a showcase of resilience amid an attempt at normalcy
With virtually all fans shut out from attending, the Tokyo Olympics had a sterile feel that often muted the outstanding accomplishments of the athletes. The competition sometimes felt like sports in a laboratory. Reverse somersaults, double layouts and three-point shots were greeted with silence or, worse, the echoed clapping of a half-dozen teammates.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
For Laurel Hubbard and other transgender athletes, change is finally coming to Olympics
Laurel Hubbard, New Zealand weightlifter, is among the first openly transgender athletes to compete at the Olympics. “A big cultural war has erupted around this,” one observer says. “I think it’s a conversation that has a lot to do with issues that go well beyond sports to how we organize our society.”
Posted inPandemic Life
To vaccinate or not? For U.S. Olympic athletes, the debate creates division
The Olympics is supposed to be an event that brings people together, but controversy over vaccination is in full force in Tokyo for U.S. athletes.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
A stormy 24 hours: Stars in unexpected trouble at increasingly turbulent Tokyo Olympics
Losses and missteps by Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka, Katie Ledecky and the U.S. women’s soccer and men’s basketball teams have these Olympic Games in trouble. Not only that, but with 13 days still to go in the Games, COVID-19 infections are surging in Tokyo.
Posted inRecreation & Sports
The Quiet Games: How Tokyo Olympic athletes are dealing with the loud sounds of silence
Unable to draw energy from crowds because of COVID-19 restrictions, athletes at the Tokyo Olympics try to overcome the ‘uncomfortable’ situation.
Posted inCOVID Today
Tokyo Olympics teeter on the edge of being both a psychological and political drama
A Tokyo Games mired in controversy could cast the Olympic movement into a void that could have consequences that reach all the way to Los Angeles.