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Dan Holmes
Shohei Ohtani AL MVP Odds: Angels Might Just Be Too Bad This Year
San Diego Padres World Series Odds: Fernando Tatis Jr. Suspension Is Bad News
Prop 27 Could Launch CA Online Sports Betting By September 2023
If Prop 27 passes this November, legal online sports betting could be live in California by September 2023. That’s according to Anita Lee, the principal fiscal and policy analyst for the California Department of Justice, who spoke at a joint hearing of the California Assembly and Senate Governmental Organization committees on Wednesday. The two California […]
DraftKings Is ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ Prop 27 Will Pass in California
An influential supporter of Prop 27 is “cautiously optimistic” that California voters will pass the measure in November, allowing mobile sportsbooks to operate in what should be a massive CA sports betting market. DraftKings sent out a press release Friday that focused on revenue statements for the second quarter of 2022. But the release also addressed […]
Fact-Checking Latest Prop 26, Prop 27 Attack Ads in CA Sports Betting Battle
In recent weeks, the latest blows were traded in the fight for California sports betting supremacy. Prop 26 and Prop 27 each released negative ads targeted toward one another. They were the newest pieces of advertising campaigns that have dominated California airwaves and totaled up to $218 million in spending. Those ads are becoming increasingly vitriolic. […]
Origin Stories of the Lakers, Dodgers, Rams, Clippers Team Names
Probably no other city in America has more peculiar origin stories for its sports teams than Los Angeles. Sure, the City of Angels has the Angels … but they’re in Anaheim, situated in an entirely different county. Why are the Lakers not the Pacifics? And just exactly what are the LA Dodgers trying to “dodge”? […]
Major California Newspaper Urges Readers to Vote No on Prop 26 and Prop 27
One of the San Francisco Bay Area’s leading news sources has published a scathing editorial against California sports betting, advocating no votes on both Prop 26 and Prop 27. “The last thing California needs is more gambling,” the Mercury News wrote in an editorial published July 29. The paper warns against an industry that “often […]
Matthew Stafford NFL MVP Odds: Rams QB Is a Dark Horse in 2022
The 7 Best Vin Scully Calls in Dodgers Baseball History
When Vin Scully retired following the 2016 season, he closed a chapter of Los Angeles Dodgers history. Scully, a Ford C. Frick Award winner, was the last active connection to the Dodgers’ days in Brooklyn. His first season in the booth was 1950, when he did simulcasts for television and radio. Over the span of […]
Inside the History of the Hollywood Stars, Who Played in LA Long Before the Dodgers
When the Dodgers and Giants moved from New York to California prior to the 1958 season, it opened a new market for Major League Baseball. But it also served as the death knell of top-level minor league baseball in California. Prior to 1958, a popular baseball team played in Hollywood, in the shade of the […]