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The LA County Economic Resiliency Task Force on Friday submitted a report proposing a four-phase plan to reopen venues for sports and live entertainment in the region. The report’s timeline suggests that Major League Baseball could begin its shortened season in July, and Major League Soccer in August. If implemented…

Spectrum SportsNet LA said Wednesday that it has reached a carriage agreement that will see DirecTV, AT&T TV, U-verse TV and AT&T TV Now customers finally be able to watch Los Angeles Dodgers games. The deal ends a six-year impasse that has kept the MLB team off DirecTV screens in more than half of homes in its own…

UPDATED, 11;55 AM: Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred today gave his first public interview regarding the sign-stealing scandal that has rocked the sport. He also took time to respond to the Los Angeles City Council’s resolution that urges MLB to give the tainted 2017 and 2018 World Series titles to the…

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias has been suspended 20 games after he was accused of shoving a woman to the ground at an L.A. shopping mall in May. “My office has completed its investigation into the allegations that Julio Urias violated Major League Baseball’s Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child…

Dodgers fans who don’t have the SportsNet LA channel will be able to watch five more games on KTLA this season under a new deal with Spectrum Networks. The move will help assuage a long-standing complaint among local fans who don’t want to pay for the service or switch out of their existing providers. The Dodgers…

Bill Buckner, a longtime baseball star who spoofed his crucial late-career World Series error on Curb Your Enthusiasm, died today. He was 69. Sportswriter Jeremy Schaap tweeted that Buckner’s widow Jody said had been suffering from Lewy body dementia. Buckner played for five teams during his 22-year career, amassing…

A fight between two men at Dodgers Stadium on Friday night has left one fan on life support. The Dodgers have said they are cooperating with the police investigation. The incident is reminiscent of a 2011 Dodgers Stadium altercation involving San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow, who suffered permanent disability and…

The Boston Red Sox are the 2018 World Series champions, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 5 to 1 Sunday night at Dodgers Stadium and wrapping up an impressive 4-1 takedown. The championship is the fourth by Boston in this century after a 20th century drought that dated to 1918. It is their first championship…

UPDATE: Fox claims 13,564,000 viewers tuned in to Game 4 of the World Series, projecting to its fifth straight nightly win in prime time, with the total audience peaking at 16,772,000. Fox averaged an audience of 14,146,000 across Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox Streaming platforms. Game 4 was the most-watched game on Fox…

UPDATED WITH FINAL NUMBERS:  The 18-inning drama between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night goosed the World Series ratings on two Fox platforms. While television scored 13,251,000 fans for prime time –  down 4% from Game 2 – Fox Deportes and Fox Sports Digital celebrated increases. Fox…

Baseball fans on Twitter were livid on Friday night, as DirecTV in Phoenix experienced technical difficulties that took the service offline in the 10th inning of the World Series. Fox Sports leaped into the breach, reminding fans that a live stream was available on the Fox Sports app.The crucial game three of the…

UPDATE 4:20 PM: The World Series is taking a night off as the 2-0 Boston Red Sox and the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers move America’s pastime out West after Game 1 and Game 2 in Beantown. With Game 3 set for tomorrow night in the City of Angels, the final numbers from last night’s Game 2 reveal that Fox is also…