Frank McCourt
Marseille's Hiroki Sakai gestures end of the French League One soccer match between Olympique de Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. Paris Saint-Germain won 2-0. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Marseille seeks league downsizing amid French soccer turmoil

By Rob Harris Feb. 17, 2021 08:11 AM EST

Hall of Fame and former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda passed away at the age of 93. Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda cutout prior to a MLB baseball game on Opening Day at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 23, 2020. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
Lasorda, fiery Hall of Fame Dodgers manager, dies at 93

By Beth Harris Jan. 08, 2021 05:07 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2020, file photo, New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen watches spring training baseball practice in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Van Wagenen and many of his top aides are out, moves announced less than an hour after hedge fund manager Steve Cohen completed his $2.4 billion purchase of the team Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Mets GM Van Wagenen, others out as Cohen takes over team

By Ronald Blum Nov. 06, 2020 04:38 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2009 file photo, billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen attends a benefit in New York. Major League Baseball owners voted Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, to approve the sale of the New York Mets to Cohen. The sale from the Wilpon and Katz families values the franchise at between $2.4 billion and $2.45 billion, a record for a baseball team. The sale is likely to close within 10 days. (AP Photo/File)
Sale of Mets to Steve Cohen approved; Wilpon era nears end

By Ronald Blum Oct. 30, 2020 05:58 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Oct. 28, 2020 07:15 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Oct. 27 The Los Angeles Times...

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016 file photo, owner of the Olympique de Marseille soccer club, Frank McCourt, right, speaks to Olympique Marseille President Jacques-Henri Eyraud during the League One soccer match between Marseille and Caen, in Marseille, southern France. Marseille must pay UEFA several millions euros (dollars) for breaking rules that monitor club finances but retains its Champions League place. Their place in the Champions League group stage was earned by coach Andre Villas-Boas’s team being second to French champion Paris Saint-Germain when the league was ended early during the pandemic. Villas-Boas revived the 1993 European champion after being hired by Frank McCourt, the former Los Angeles Dodgers owner. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, file)
Marseille fined by UEFA but keeps Champions League place

Jun. 19, 2020 11:55 AM EDT