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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