Category Archives: Sports

Dodgers Begin Spring Training

Posted on February 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 23, 1960: The champions of the baseball world, the Los Angeles Dodgers, opened spring training and Times sportswriter Frank Finch apparently viewed it as a heavy assignment. Finch spent a lot of space discussing the pounds carried … Continue reading →

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Does L.A. Want the Lakers?

Posted on February 23, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 23, 1960: Minneapolis Lakers owner Bob Short was ahead of his time. Reading comments made by Short to a group of basketball writers, one could assume he owned a team in 2010 rather than 1960. After all, he … Continue reading →

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Angels Borrow a Page From the Dodgers

Posted on February 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 22, 1970 : The Angels were starting their first full season under the control of several ex-Dodgers and unlike what Mike Scioscia and his former Dodger teammates have done for the franchise, the first try at borrowing from … Continue reading →

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14 Illegal Immigrants Seized in Railway Car

Posted on February 22, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 22, 1910: Thomas A. Montez is accused of helping smuggle 14 Chinese men who were found in a boxcar loaded with staves. The cost of being smuggled into the U.S. is about $250 [$5,707.53 USD 2008] each, The … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray, The Marrying Kind

Posted on February 21, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 21, 1980: Pro golfers really, really love their old clubs! Ask Lou Graham.

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1910 Auto Show

Posted on February 20, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 20, 1910: The Auto Show at Fiesta Park featured nearly 200 cars. An enormous tent was built at the park and redwood limbs were used to disguise the uprights so that the entire show resembled a forest. There are … Continue reading →

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Governor Halts Chessman Execution

Posted on February 19, 2010 by lmharnisch

Caryl Chessman is prepared for the gas chamber, but gets a last-minute reprieve – for now. Vice President Richard Nixon visits the winter Olympics at Squaw Valley. An experiment in composting, “one of the disposal systems of the future.” … Continue reading →

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NBA Courting Los Angeles

Posted on February 18, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 18, 1960 Los Angeles was being courted. "We don't regard the games as test contests—Los Angeles fans already have shown they appreciate big league sports," Marty Blake told The Times leading up to the Lakers' games at the Sports … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray – The Brat No More

Posted on February 17, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 17, 1980: Jim Murray [Update: interviews] on Jimmy Connors, “Tennis is a grueling game. It's one on one. It's not a team game. You can't just say, 'Well, shoot, they called that one on the team.' … Continue reading →

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Olympics Open at Lake Placid

Posted on February 14, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 14, 1980: Has it really been 30 years since Bob Fosse’s “All That Jazz” opened? Yes it has.

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Jim Murray – Requiem for a Buddy

Posted on February 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 12, 1980: A Jim Murray turn of phrase, “When you talk about love affairs, you start with theirs. They made Romeo and Juliet look like enemies.”

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Confronted With Recording, Finch Says He Wouldn’t Lie

Posted on February 12, 2010 by lmharnisch

Photograph by John Malmin / Los Angeles Times July 22, 1959: Carole Tregoff enters a detectives' office for more questioning in the death of Barbara Jean Finch. Hey, it’s Lena Horne at the Cocoanut Grove. Wouldn’t it be great to … Continue reading →

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UCLA’s Larry Brown

Posted on February 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 8, 1980: Mike Littwin writes, “On a scale of 1 to 10 for unpredictability, Larry Brown's brief tenure as UCLA basketball coach already rates a Bo Derek. "For two reasons. First, although UCLA assumed its usual … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles Speedway to Open

Posted on February 8, 2010 by lmharnisch

A gas station occupies the spot where the track's gateway used to be. Feb. 8, 1920: The Los Angeles Speedway is about to open at Pico Boulevard and Beverly Drive. The property was sold in 1923 to be … Continue reading →

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Jim Murray on the Olympics

Posted on February 7, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 7, 1980: Jim Murray writes, “The International Olympic Committee is a body of men made up largely of dukes and earls and lords and millionaires who look at the world through monocles, probably because they do not … Continue reading →

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Lakers Seeking New Home

Posted on February 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 5, 1960: The Lakers were inching closer to a new home in Los Angeles. The team's owner, Bob Short, was complaining about life in Minneapolis while the team was adjusting its schedule to play two games in February at … Continue reading →

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Raiders Trying to Move to Los Angeles

Posted on February 5, 2010 by lmharnisch

Feb. 5, 1980: The Los Angeles Coliseum Commission has been saying that the Raiders are coming to L.A. The team has asked a federal judge to bar the NFL from preventing the move. And Jim Murray writes about Spectacular Bid, … Continue reading →

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Prosecution Rests in Finch Trial

Posted on February 3, 2010 by lmharnisch

Times Sports Editor Paul Zimmerman takes a look at the appeal of Mexican boxers in Los Angeles. Feb. 3, 1960: A Gallup poll examines patterns in voting among women, who are expected to outnumber male voters for the first … Continue reading →

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Nixon, the ‘Indispensible Man’

Posted on February 1, 2010 by lmharnisch

“You Remember Her?” NBC used to have an opera company. Amazing, no? Although I can’t say I’ve ever heard of Virginia Copeland (Gordoni), David Poleri or Chester Ludgin. “Goliath and the Barbarians” in Colorscope! Paul Zimmerman takes a … Continue reading →

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Lefty Gets Fired

Posted on January 31, 2010 by lmharnisch

Jan 31, 1970: Lefty Phillips was fired–the radio personality, not the Angels' manager. KMPC decided to cancel the Lefty Phillips Show, which The Times' radio critic Don Page thought was a terrible idea. Not that the Phillips show was good … Continue reading →

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