Wednesday, March 25, 2015

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 6th. The team is still in the midst training and gearing up for season at Camelback Ranch in Arizona. Hyun-jin Ryu, the Dodgers’ “3rd 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

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

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.


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.


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. 


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.



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
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

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.


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).


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).


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.


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.


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