Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Here are the cities that have hosted the Summer Olympics since Los Angeles last hosted in 1984. After weeks of negotiations with the International Olympic Committee, Los Angeles officials have reached a deal to host the 2028 Summer Games under terms they hope will generate hundreds of millions in savings and additional revenues.The agreement will bring the Olympics back to Southern California for a third time, after Los Angeles hosted in 1984 and 1932. It also opens the door for the 2024 Games to be held in Paris.“It has been...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Here are the cities that have hosted the Summer Olympics since Los Angeles last hosted in 1984. After weeks of negotiations with the International Olympic Committee, Los Angeles officials have reached a deal to host the 2028 Summer Games under terms they hope will generate hundreds of millions in savings and additional revenues.The agreement will bring the Olympics back to Southern California for a third time, after Los Angeles hosted in 1984 and 1932. It also opens the door for the 2024 Games to be held in Paris.“It has been...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Before all the haggling, the ugly words and political machinations, there was a happier story.The way the Haudenosaunee people tell it, the animals of the forest gathered for a great ballgame. The powerful bear and swift deer led one team; on the other side stood the hawk, eagle and owl.Just before the start, a mouse and squirrel approached the birds, asking to join in. It seems they had been rejected by the larger four-legged animals because of their size. The birds welcomed them.This ancestral tale serves as a metaphor for the...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Before all the haggling, the ugly words and political machinations, there was a happier story.The way the Haudenosaunee people tell it, the animals of the forest gathered for a great ballgame. The powerful bear and swift deer led one team; on the other side stood the hawk, eagle and owl.Just before the start, a mouse and squirrel approached the birds, asking to join in. It seems they had been rejected by the larger four-legged animals because of their size. The birds welcomed them.This ancestral tale serves as a metaphor for the...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement LeBron James had just led the Cleveland Cavaliers — including a tough, seven-game finals — when he decided to skip the . That meant passing on a chance to become the first American to win four medals in men’s basketball.Now he has another chance .The Lakers star heads a list of 44 players nominated to represent the U.S. at the upcoming Summer Games. USA Basketball issued the finalists’ names on Monday morning, also including stars such as Damian Lillard, James Harden and Russell Westbrook.Tokyo would mark James’ fourth trip to the...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement LeBron James had just led the Cleveland Cavaliers — including a tough, seven-game finals — when he decided to skip the . That meant passing on a chance to become the first American to win four medals in men’s basketball.Now he has another chance .The Lakers star heads a list of 44 players nominated to represent the U.S. at the upcoming Summer Games. USA Basketball issued the finalists’ names on Monday morning, also including stars such as Damian Lillard, James Harden and Russell Westbrook.Tokyo would mark James’ fourth trip to the...WW…

AdvertisementBy Los Angeles TimesJul 07, 2019 at 11:12 amLos Angeles, EEUU — Frank Meza, a quien el resultado en el Maratón de Los Ángeles le fue anulado por oficiales de la carrera, esta semana, después de revisar un video del recorrido, ha muerto. Tenía 70 años de edad.Un vocero del Departamento Forense del Condado de Los Ángeles dijo que Meza fue encontrado el jueves por la mañana en el Río de Los Ángeles cerca del puente de Figueroa Street. Fue declarado muerto a las 10:05 a.m. Aún se esperan los resultados de la autopsia.AdvertisementLas autoridades respondieron a las llamadas de...…AdvertisementBy Los Angeles TimesJul 07, 2019 at 11:12 amLos Angeles, EEUU — Frank Meza, a quien el resultado en el Maratón de Los Ángeles le fue anulado por oficiales de la carrera, esta semana, después de revisar un video del recorrido, ha muerto. Tenía 70 años de edad.Un vocero del Departamento Forense del Condado de Los Ángeles dijo que Meza fue encontrado el jueves por la mañana en el Río de Los Ángeles cerca del puente de Figueroa Street. Fue declarado muerto a las 10:05 a.m. Aún se esperan los resultados de la autopsia.AdvertisementLas autoridades respondieron a las llamadas de...WW…

AdvertisementBy Los Angeles TimesAug 22, 2016 at 10:56 pmRIO DE JANEIRO — Dark clouds hovered over Maracana Stadium at dusk, with a sudden wind tugging at flags and whipping the Olympic flame.Then a drenching rain began to fall.AdvertisementThe storm that intruded on Sunday night's Closing Ceremony at the Summer Olympics befit a mega-sporting event that, over the past few weeks, had blended spectacle with more than a few glitches and negative headlines."A Games in the middle of reality," Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, had called them.AdvertisementThere were...…AdvertisementBy Los Angeles TimesAug 22, 2016 at 10:56 pmRIO DE JANEIRO — Dark clouds hovered over Maracana Stadium at dusk, with a sudden wind tugging at flags and whipping the Olympic flame.Then a drenching rain began to fall.AdvertisementThe storm that intruded on Sunday night's Closing Ceremony at the Summer Olympics befit a mega-sporting event that, over the past few weeks, had blended spectacle with more than a few glitches and negative headlines."A Games in the middle of reality," Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, had called them.AdvertisementThere were...WW…

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has a fourth chance at the Triple Crown. He will saddle American Pharoah, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes in Elmont, N.Y.It takes a minute or so to walk from the racetrack at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., to the barns in back.Through the parking lot and down a dirt path, the man with the shock of white hair and ostrich-skin cowboy boots waves at everyone who calls his name. People want to shake his hand and congratulate him. They all say pretty much the same thing.Just one more win.Belmont Stakes show, 1:30...…Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has a fourth chance at the Triple Crown. He will saddle American Pharoah, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes in Elmont, N.Y.It takes a minute or so to walk from the racetrack at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., to the barns in back.Through the parking lot and down a dirt path, the man with the shock of white hair and ostrich-skin cowboy boots waves at everyone who calls his name. People want to shake his hand and congratulate him. They all say pretty much the same thing.Just one more win.Belmont Stakes show, 1:30...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The United States would consider a boycott of next year’s because of Beijing’s repression of minorities and other human rights abuses, the State Department said Tuesday.State Department spokesman Ned Price said the U.S. would consult with other countries to see if a joint boycott could be staged for the Winter Olympics, which are set to run Feb. 4 to 20, 2022, in Beijing.He said the administration was considering such action, though a final decision has not been made.“It is something that we certainly wish to discuss,” Price said in...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement The United States would consider a boycott of next year’s because of Beijing’s repression of minorities and other human rights abuses, the State Department said Tuesday.State Department spokesman Ned Price said the U.S. would consult with other countries to see if a joint boycott could be staged for the Winter Olympics, which are set to run Feb. 4 to 20, 2022, in Beijing.He said the administration was considering such action, though a final decision has not been made.“It is something that we certainly wish to discuss,” Price said in...WW…

Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Even as forced organizers to postpone some preparations for the this weekend, Japanese officials lashed back at a suggestion the Games might have to be canceled or moved.Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike expressed anger at comments from a British politician who said London is ready to serve as a replacement host.“It’s inappropriate to say something that will make the coronavirus an issue for the mayoral race at a time when it has attracted global interest,” Koike told reporters at a news conference.AdvertisementEarlier in the week, Shaun...…Copyright © 2022, Los Angeles Times | | | | Advertisement Even as forced organizers to postpone some preparations for the this weekend, Japanese officials lashed back at a suggestion the Games might have to be canceled or moved.Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike expressed anger at comments from a British politician who said London is ready to serve as a replacement host.“It’s inappropriate to say something that will make the coronavirus an issue for the mayoral race at a time when it has attracted global interest,” Koike told reporters at a news conference.AdvertisementEarlier in the week, Shaun...WW…