Bill Plaschke, an L.A. Times sports columnist since 1996, is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame and California Sports Hall of Fame. He has been named national Sports Columnist of the Year nine times by the Associated Press, and twice by the Society of Professional Journalists and National Headliner Awards. He is the author of six books, including a collection of his columns entitled ¡°Plaschke: Good Sports, Spoilsports, Foul Balls and Oddballs.¡± Plaschke is also a panelist on the popular ESPN daily talk show, ¡°Around the Horn.¡± He is in the national Big Brothers/Big Sisters Alumni Hall of Fame and has been named Man of the Year by the Los Angeles Big Brothers/Big Sisters as well as receiving a Pursuit of Justice Award from the California Women¡¯s Law Center. Plaschke has appeared in a movie (¡°Ali¡±), a dramatic HBO series (¡°Luck¡±) and, in a crowning cultural moment he still does not quite understand, his name can be found in a rap song ¡°Females Welcome¡± by Asher Roth.
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Shohei Ohtani winning National League MVP was a foregone conclusion after the Dodgers star put up the best season by any L.A. athlete ever.
The Dodgers should avoid the temptation of signing Juan Soto and run it back to defend their World Series championship in 2025.
Lincoln Riley needs to approach the final stretch of the season as if he¡¯s coaching for his USC life, and Jayden Maiava could be the player who saves him.
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Bienvenidos a la era dorada de los Dodgers, cuyos grandes gastos de la franquicia est¨¢n dando sus frutos en camino hacia el campeonato de la Serie Mundial, escribe Bill Plaschke.
Welcome to the Dodgers¡¯ golden era, with the franchise¡¯s big spending paying off in its greatest World Series championship run, Bill Plaschke writes.