Week 12 Downtown LA Sports Beats Report

Baseball

The Dodgers have a record of (12-8) and are currently in first place in their respective West division. Starting outfielders Carl Crawford and Yasiel Puig all joined starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy and reliever Joel Peralta on disabled list with injuries. McCarthy is out for the year with a torn UCL, Peralta is out with a dead shoulder, Puig is out for awhile with a hamstring tightness, which are tricky to deal with it and Crawford might be out for at least a month with an oblique strain. The Dodgers are in the middle of three game series with the San Francisco Giants (9-12) and are currently last place in the same division and are playing their last game of the series today and the Dodgers are sending Zack Greinke to mound to counter with Giants’ starter, Ryan Vogelsong. 

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=la

Basketball

The Clippers are currently in the first round of playoffs and are currently losing the series against the San Antonio Spurs, 3-2, and will be playing Game 6 on Thursday in San Antonio against the Spurs. 

http://www.nba.com/clippers/?splash=off&hp=1

Lakers are currently planning out their offseason by focusing on the NBA Draft, which is on June 25th, 2015.

http://www.nba.com/lakers/?tmd=1

Soccer

The Galaxy have announced that they are playing FC Barcelona and Club America among the teams in the international cup this summer. Meanwhile, the Galaxy tie with the New York Red Bulls, 1-1. The Galaxy have a record of (3-2-3) and are in 4th place in the Western Conference with 12 points. The Galaxy are playing the Colorado Rapids (1-2-5) and last place in the Western Conference this Saturday, May 2nd at 7:30 PST. 

http://www.lagalaxy.com

Football Stadium

No updated news on the football stadium.

Week 11 Downtown LA Sports Beats Report

Baseball

The Dodgers ended their 7 game winning streak last night in San Francisco, losing 6-2, to the Giants. End of the rotation starter, Brett Anderson, gave up 4 runs in 4 innings and was given the loss. The Dodgers started off the season well, sweeping the Seattle Mariners and the Colorado Rockies back to back. The Dodgers then traded for Washington Nationals reliever Xavier Cedeno for cash considerations. Outfielder Chris Heisley was activated for today’s game and will start in center field for the Dodgers, giving rookie outfielder Joc Pederson a day off against tough lefty Madison Bumgarner. The Dodgers’ record is (9-4) and are in first place in the West Division and are in the middle of a series in the Bay area. The Dodgers are sending their three time Cy Young ace, Clayton Kershaw, to the hill and the Giants (5-10, last place in the West Division) are also sending their ace, Madison Bumgarner, in a counter move. 

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=la

Basketball

The Clippers finished the season with a (56-26) record and got second place in the Pacific Division are 1-0 against the San Antonio Spurs in playoffs in Los Angeles as the Clippers have home court advantage with the first two games in LA. The Clippers and Spurs play their second game of the series vs the Spurs tonight at 7:10 PST on TNT.

http://www.nba.com/clippers/?tmd=1

The Lakers are done for the season, finishing the season with a (21-61), the worst franchise record in Lakers history. The Lakers will be preparing for the NBA draft and free agency for their offseason. This Kobe Bryant’s 20th and, perhaps, last season in the NBA. The Lakers will be building a roster to better suit Bryant and help gear up for his 6th ring next season.

http://www.nba.com/lakers/?tmd=1

Soccer

The Galaxy tied the Vancouver Whitecaps FC last week, 2-2. The Galaxy are preparing for their next opponent in, the New York Red Bulls, on Sunday April 26th. The Galaxy’s current record is (3-2-2) with 11 points and are in 3rd place in the Western Conference.

http://www.lagalaxy.com

Football Stadium

The Carson City Council unanimously approved the vote to build a $1.7 billion football stadium to bring the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers to Los Angeles. The two teams still continue to pursue stadium plans in their cities respectively, Oakland and San Diego. With Carson plans approved, soon football will be back in Los Angeles in no time!

http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-nfl-stadium-carson-20150422-story.html

Week 10 Downtown LA Sports Beats Report

Baseball

Today is an important day in Major League Baseball history The Dodgers are coming off back to back nights of wins and are looking to pull off a sweep against the visiting American League West team, the Seattle Mariners. The Dodgers beat the Mariners twice in the 9^th inning or later. The Dodgers had called up veteran pitcher David Huff to start yesterday’s game has now been designated for an assignment within the organization. The team, in turn, then called up young reliever Carlos Frias for pitching depth. The Dodgers send up new Dodgers starter, Brett Anderson, to the hill to counter with Taijuan Walker, a young starting pitcher with good potential to become a star. The Dodgers’ record this season is (5-3) and is in second place, 1 game behind the surprising Colorado Rockies. The Dodgers play tonight at 7:10 PST at Dodgers Stadium and it will be on channel ESPN2 and will not be blacked out in the LA area.

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=la

Basketball

The Clippers won their last game of the season yesterday beating their host, the Phoenix Suns, 112-101. The Clippers clinched a playoff spot in the Western Conference and also clinched home court advantage for the first round of playoffs.  The Clippers could face the San Antonio Spurs or the Dallas Mavericks in the first round depending on the tiebreaker with the Houston Rockets over the second or third seed. The Clippers have a record of (56-26) on par to the Rockets. Playoffs begin this weekend.

http://www.nba.com/clippers/?tmd=1

The injury-riddled Lakers are playing their last game of the season at home in Los Angeles against the Sacramento Kings. The Lakers that are out with injuries are the likes of guards Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Jeremy Lin, Nick Young, Ronnie Price and Wayne Ellington. Also forward Wesley Johnson and rookies forward Julius Randle and guard Jordan Clarkson are also out for the season with injuries. The Lakers brought up rookie Vander Blue out of the Lakers’ D-League team, the D-Fenders. The Lakers are ending the season with the fourth NBA worst record of (21-61) and are in last place in their division and will miss playoffs.

http://www.nba.com/lakers/?hp=1

Soccer

The Galaxy currently has a record of (2-2-2) and 8 points with their next game in Vancouver against Whitecaps FC on Saturday at 4 pm PDT. Gyasi  Zardes and Omar Gonzalez represented the United States in a game against the Mexico National team yesterday, winning 2-0.

http://www.lagalaxy.com/

Football Stadium

The move to LA project in Carson led by the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders is moving forward the Carson City Council set to vote on after the signatures by the citizens have been verified. The Chargers and Raiders are competing against the St. Louis Rams and Inglewood.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-nfl-carson-stadium-20150416-story.html

Week 9 Downtown LA Sports Beats Report

Baseball

With Spring Training coming to a close, the Dodgers are packing their gear up and heading back to Los Angeles from Camelback Ranch to face off with the their freeway rivals in an expedition 3-game series, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, this weekend. There are still six more roster spots that still needs to be filled between the bench and the bullpen. Opening Day is April 6th versus the an old friend, former Dodger, outfielder Matt Kemp and the San Diego Padres at 1:10 PST.

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=la

Basketball

The Clippers are coming off a tough loss from yesterday against the first place Golden State Warriors, 110-106 at Staples Center. The team flew to Portland today to get ready for another tough playoff team in Damian Lillard and the Trailblazers. The Clippers are currently (49-26) and will be going to the playoffs.

http://www.nba.com/clippers/?tmd=1

The Lakers are also playing tonight against all-star forward Anthony Davis and New Orleans Pelicans. The Lakers are playing without their star players, guards Kobe Bryant and Nick Young and rookie forward Julius Randle. The Lakers also waived retired all-star guard Steve Nash to make room for guard Jabari Brown, who signed to a multi-year deal today with the Lakers. The Lakers are currently in last place in the West division with a record of (20-53).

Galaxy

The Galaxy took a bad sting losing to D.C. United,1-0, at the 67th minute. D.C. United handed the Galaxy their first loss. The Galaxy were without their star players in Robbie Keane and Gyasi Zardes, whom were all called for international duty over the weekend. The Galaxy (1-1-2, 5 points) will be playing their next game at Vancouver against  Whitecaps FC (3-1-0, 9 points) on April 4th at 7 pm PST.

http://www.lagalaxy.com

Football Stadium

A committee headed by owners Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys and Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots have made endorsements to have a football team in Los Angeles. A sign that could help push plans forward to bringing a NFL team to LA. 

https://www.thepostgame.com/blog/daily-take/201503/robert-kraft-jerry-jones-nfl-los-angeles-support-football-return

Week 8 Downtown LA Sports Beats Report

Baseball

The Dodgers are less than two weeks away from their Opening Day Season opener in Los Angeles, April 6^th. The team is still in the midst training and gearing up for season at Camelback Ranch in Arizona. Hyun-jin Ryu, the Dodgers’ “3^rd ace”, was sent back to LA to get a MRI on his throwing shoulder and the results came back negative. On the bullpen front, set up man, Brandon League, is set to start the season on the 15-Day disabled list (DL) with a discomfort in the his throwing shoulder. On the free agent front, the Dodgers have agreed to deals with two Cubans within the past week.  29-year-old 3rd baseman Hector Olivera, agreed to a deal worth $62.5 million with a $28 million signing bonus and 25 –year-old Pablo Millan Fernandez to an $8 million minor league deal with the Dodgers.

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=la

Basketball

The Clippers just kicked off their 3 game east coast road trip with a big win at the Madison Square Garden, dropping the Knicks, 111-80. On top of that win, point guard Chris Paul earned the player of the week award from last week after averaging 26 points, 11.3 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 2.0 steals, while lead the Clippers to an undefeated week (4-0). The Clippers record is currently (46-25) and in second place in the division behind the Golden State Warriors and will play their next game at Philadelphia against the (17-54) 76ers.

http://www.nba.com/clippers/?tmd=1

As the Lakers are limping through their season, they came up with a win in Minnesota versus the Timberwolves, 101-99. Rookie point guard Jordan Clarkson led the Lakers with 20 points had 5 assists, while guard Jeremy Lin had 19 points and like Clarkson, also had 5 assists as well. The Lakers are currently playing without their star players in guards Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash and rookie forward Julius Randle, whom all are out for the season with their respective injuries. The Lakers are currently (18-51) and will be travelling to Toronto to face all-star guard Kyle Lowry and the Raptors (42-29) on Friday at 4 pm.

http://www.nba.com/lakers/?tmd=1

Soccer

This week, the Galaxy currently has two of their best players on international duty, meaning they have called up to serve their country in soccer matches over in Europe. Head coach Bruce Arena has to figure out to replace their starters by Saturday in the District of Columbia versus D.C. United at 4 pm. The Galaxy’s record is (1-0-2) this season.

 http://www.lagalaxy.com/

Football Stadium

No updates. 

Week 7 Downtown LA Sports Beats Report

Baseball

The Dodgers are currently in the middle of spring training and gearing up for the start of the season the end of March. The Dodgers have made good progress on having their new double play combo up the middle, with shortstop Jimmy Rollins on the left and second baseman Howie Kendrick on the right, Rollins and Kendrick fitting into their new team like fitting into a glove. Outfielder Carl Crawford has a minor shin bruise and is listed day to day. Will Ferrell will participating in the battle against cancer by playing for one inning each for 10 MLB teams, including the Dodgers, this thursday, all in one day. Opening day for the Dodgers will be April 6th at home against former Dodger Matt Kemp and the San Diego Padres will visiting town at 1:10 pm.

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=la

Basketball

The Clippers just recently beat the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight, 120-108, and point guard Chris Paul was the star of the game with 33 points, 9 assists,  4 rebounds and 2 steals. The Clippers also signed free agent guard Nate Robinson back on March 7th to a 10-day contract with sixth man Jamal Crawford sidelined with an injury. The Clippers (41-23) will play their next game at Dallas versus Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks (41-25) this Friday, March 13th, at 5:30 pm.

http://www.nba.com/clippers/

The Lakers recently won their last game at home yesterday, the 10th, versus the Detroit Pistons, 93-85. Forward Jordan Hill led all Lakers scorers with 16 points. On the injury front, sixth man Nick Young may be out for the rest of the season with a sore left knee and prized rookie Julius Randle, whom was out for the year with a fractured right tibia, has been cleared for non-contact basketball activities.The Lakers took their team photo today and superstar guard Kobe Bryant was in the attendance during picture day. Bryant will be attending games for the rest of the season and help mentor some of the young guys. The Lakers’ (17-46) next game is at home versus the (12-51) New York Knicks on Thursday, March 12th, at 7:30 pm. 

http://www.nba.com/lakers/?tmd=1

Soccer

The Galaxy signed two players to their team within the last week, first, the Galaxy improved their midfield by adding 33-year-old finnish, Mika Vayrynen from Finland, and striker Edson Buddle is returning to the Galaxy for a 3rd go around. The Galaxy kicked off their 2015 season with a 2-0 win in last Friday’s game over Chicago Fire for their first win of the season. The Galaxy’s next game is March 15th at Portland versus the Timbers at 4 pm.

http://www.lagalaxy.com

Football Stadium

AEG abandons their LA football stadium plans and cuts off talks with the NFL. AEG spent over 50 million and 5 years trying to bring NFL to LA, but decided ultimately to move on. Meanwhile the San Diego Chargers and the Oakland Raiders are working hard together to make Carson their new home. St. Louis Rams owner, Stan Kroenke 

announced last month with a $1.86 billion to build a stadium plan was the highest budget of all stadium proposals, with AEG having a slightly smaller plan, $1.5 billion plan, and being outnumbered.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-nfl-stadium-aeg-20150310-story.html#page=1

Week 6 Downtown LA Sports Beats Report

Baseball

The Dodgers played their first spring training game against their Camelback Ranch neighbors, The Chicago White Sox, as they start to warm up and get into shape for the regular season. The Dodgers lost 6-4. Dodgers relievers Juan Nicasio and Carlos Frias combined to give up five runs. The Dodgers will be playing again tomorrow afternoon at 12 p.m. Ace Clayton Kershaw will be taking the mound for the Dodgers opposite of John Danks of the Chicago White Sox.

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=la

Basketball

On Monday, March 2nd, the Clippers (40-19) took away a win in Minnesota versus the Timberwolves, 110-105. The Clippers currently playing without forwards Blake Griffin and Matt Barnes and guard Jamal Crawford due to injuries. Griffin, whom had a staph infection to his elbow, is edging closer to returning to court. Barnes, whom has a strain hamstring, was quoted, “If this is the playoffs, I think I would play.” Crawford has a right calf contusion in yesterday’s win versus the Timberwolves. The Clippers play tonight at 7:30 p.m. at home versus all-star point guard Damian Lillard and  the Portland Trailblazers (39-19).

http://www.nba.com/clippers/?tmd=1

The Lakers just went through a very difficult loss in Charlotte versus the Hornets, losing 104-103 in a heartbreaker. The Lakers also lost point guard Ronnie Price for the rest of the year as Price had right elbow surgery to remove a bone spur. The Lakers lost in Miami tonight to the Heat, 100-94. The Lakers’ (16-43) next game will be on Friday, March 6th in Memphis  versus the Grizzlies (42-17).

http://www.nba.com/lakers/?tmd=1

Soccer

The Galaxy beat Robbie Keane’s old team, the Shamrock Rovers, 1-0, to end the Europe tour. The team came back to California only to lose their only in country preseason match to the San Jose Earthquakes, 3-2. The Galaxy will have their season opener this friday, March 6th, at StubHub Center at 7 p.m. versus the Chicago Fire.

http://www.lagalaxy.com

Football Stadium

Organizers that are proposing on building a stadium in Carson for the Oakland Raiders and the San Diego Chargers have filed paperwork to bring their plans for the stadium before voters. It is the first step in the process to officially have a football stadium in the city of Los Angeles. The project costs $1.7 billion to build the stadium and if it gets approved then the zoning laws would allow construction of a stadium on a former landfill.

http://www.fresnobee.com/2015/03/04/4408918/nfl-stadium-supporters-in-la-suburb.html