LA Times podcast listeners, check out Legends of Sport, a co-production of the Legends of Sport and the Los Angeles Times. For the next 16 weeks, Legends of Sport is focusing its lens on a the return of the NBA season inside the Orlando bubble with a series of episodes called “Restarting the Clock.” Our host and NBA Hall of Fame photographer Andy Bernstein will be joined by legendary players and coaches, league officials, and members of the sports media. We’ll tackle all that goes into restarting this unique season including training, the abridged finish of the regular season, and the excitement of the playoffs on the road to this year's historic NBA Finals.Enjoy the entire first episode of this Legends of Sport: Restarting the Clock series. In this episode, Andy chats with Tania Ganguli and Andrew Greif of the LA Times. As you listen, make sure to subscribe to Legends of Sport wherever you listen to podcasts: Subscribe today: http://link.chtbl.com/LegendsofSport.

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From the Los Angeles Times, comes Coronavirus in California: Stories from the Front Lines, an essential new podcast hosted by Gustavo Arellano. Every weekday, the podcast gives listeners dispatches from Californians who are in the thick of this pandemic. We hear from medical workers struggling to care for people who’ve fallen ill. We talk to renters and teachers, farmworkers and athletes, from Crescent City to Chula Vista. And we reach out to LA Times staffers to get reports from the field. Coronavirus in California tackles tough questions: What’s actually going on in our hospitals and neighborhoods right now? How is life changing because of COVID-19? What can we do to help?Subscribe today: http://link.chtbl.com/CoronavirusInCA.

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Host Beto Durán welcomes Fidel Martinez, audience engagement editor, and Mark Potts, video producer, to this podcast. Having spoken to all the journalists who tend to cover a singular sport, Fidel and Mark are covering the whole spectrum of LA Times Sports coverage. Having been to the Super Bowl, World Series, Vegas for March Madness, and many other sports fan bucket list events, hear how they approach their jobs and the coverage they provide in this new day of media.

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Host Beto Durán welcomes Lakers beat writer Tania Ganguli and NBA reporter Brad 'BT' Turner to the podcast. Recorded Friday (the day before the Anthony Davis trade was announced), Tania, BT, and Beto take stock of the Lakers as they end their 6th straight season missing the playoffs. Prior to these 6 years, the Lakers missed the playoffs a total of 6 years in the previous 65 seasons. The Anthony Davis trade has the team and fans feeling this drought will end, and this podcast serves as the wrap up to this recent unsuccessful tenure. There is plenty of speculative free agency talk out there, this podcast serves as a glimpse into the behind the scenes perspective of two journalists deeply involved in covering the inner workings of the Lakers.

Lakers Dark Ages Wrap Up Podcast (Ganguli, Turner)

Host Beto Durán goes on the road to Angel Stadium in Anaheim for the Freeway Series where the LA Dodgers play the LA Angels. We try to discover if there is a crosstown rivalry and how people feel about interleague play. Angels beat writer, Maria Torres, interviews LA Angels reliever, Ty Buttrey. Also joining this special episode are Mark Gubicza, Mike DiGiovanna, David Vassegh, Andy McCullough, Jorge Castillo, Victor Rojas, and Jamie Jarrin.

Freeway Series, Ty Buttrey (Angel Stadium)

Host Beto Durán welcomes Dylan Hernandez and Bill Shaikin to the podcast. With the boxing world still buzzing from the first Mexican heavyweight champion, Andy Ruiz Jr., Hernandez discusses the bigger picture and adds some historical perspective to this significant moment. Prior to that discussion, Dylan discusses the state of the Dodgers. Later, Shaikin joins to discuss his recent story on the food at Dodger Stadium and how close we were to a minor league Dodgers team in the San Fernando Valley.

Dodgers and Andy Ruiz Jr (Hernandez, Shaikin)

Host Beto Durán travels up the 710 to visit the LAFC at their practice facility at CSU Los Angeles to record this episode onsite. Durán meets up with soccer reporter Kevin Baxter. Kevin sits down for a one-on-one interview with LAFC forward Christian Ramirez. Beto has some questions for Christian too, and then Kevin and Beto discuss the Women's World Cup, LAFC and the 3252 fans, the Gold Cup, and a few other soccer related topics. Kevin shares the history of an upcoming 50th anniversary of a significant game between El Salvador and Honduras (in LA on June 25th), and we open up the "Twitter mailbag" to take some questions.

Soccer - LAFC, Christian Ramirez, Women's World Cup Preview (Baxter)

Host Beto Duran was onsite at the Lakers Practice Facility on Monday for the announcement of the Frank Vogel hire by Lakers GM Rob Pelinka. Several hours earlier, former President of Basketball Operations, Magic Johnson, made some unflattering comments about his relationship with Pelinka. Featuring interviews with Tania Ganguli, Arash Markazi, Bill Plaschke, and Dylan Hernandez, we take you to the press conference. Listen to Ganguli break the ice on Magic Johnson's comments to Pelinka, hear Hernandez directly ask new coach Vogel a few very pointed questions, and observations (and opinions) from Plaschke and Markazi get served up on this latest podcast.

Rob Pelinka & Frank Vogel (Ganguli, Markazi, Plaschke, Hernandez)

Host Beto Duran welcomes Bill Plaschke and Arash Markazi to the podcast to discuss the Lakers' recent coaching hires and team direction. Plaschke evaluates the Vogel and Kidd hires, Jeanie Buss' leadership perspective, and offers Lakers fans a path back to greatness. Recorded prior to the Draft Lottery where the Lakers received the 4th pick, Markazi discusses what is expected of the franchise and how their legacy should be used as leverage. Talking Dodgers, Plaschke also discusses Jamie Jarrin's loss this offseason. Jarrin has been the Dodgers Spanish-language Broadcaster for over 60 years, and Plaschke shares the poignant story on Jamie's wife, Bianca, passing away. Also discussed, how can the Dodgers step up to honor Fernando Valenzuela (and other Dodger greats) by retiring their jersey numbers when they have not been voted into the Hall of Fame? Plaschke has a direct answer that question. Markazi shares a surprising story late in the podcast.

Lakers & Dodgers (Plaschke, Markazi)

Host Beto Duran welcomes Sports & Culture columnist LZ Granderson to discuss a wide range of topics. The conversation starts with Granderson's recent story on Alex Cora's White House snub. As LZ often explores the territory beyond the X's and O's of sports that impacts culture, the conversation goes on a natural progression to where Beto and LZ cover many topics of the day and explore the history that brought us here. Later in the show, LZ and Beto examine what motivates Granderson to strive to be the journalist he is, when there are clearly easier routes to take and not speak up on the issues that Granderson seeks to explore. 

The Crossroads of Sports, Politics, Culture, & Lifestyle (Granderson)

Host Beto Duran continues coverage for Canelo-Jacobs Fight Week in Las Vegas, welcoming boxing legends Oscar De La Hoya and Sugar Ray Leonard to the show for a session with Lance Pugmire, Dylan Hernandez, and Arash Markazi. Oscar discusses his earliest memories of being in the LA Times, and Sugar Ray discusses some of his greatest opponents. Later in the show, Tevin Farmer pops by to discuss what happened at the undercard press conference with Joseph Diaz, Jr. and discusses what he overcame early in his career to become the IBF super featherweight champion.

Canelo-Jacobs Fight Week - Oscar De La Hoya, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tevin Farmer (Las Vegas)

Host Beto Duran is in Las Vegas for this weekend's Canelo Alvarez-Daniel Jacobs matchup Saturday May 4th. The build-up to the big event is known as Fight Week. Recorded Wednesday during the Undercard Workout, Beto talks with boxing journalist Lance Pugmire and columnist Dylan Hernandez about the upcoming fight. Also featuring one-on-one interviews with undercard standouts Vergil Ortiz, Jr., Joseph Diaz, Jr., and Mauricio Herrera - all Southern California current residents. If you can't be here, Beto takes you there - up, close, and personal with these athletes preparing not only for this weekend, but their continued journey towards their goals of someday headlining a Cinco de Mayo boxing match in Las Vegas themselves.

Canelo-Jacobs Fight Week - Undercards (Las Vegas)

The Kentucky Derby prides itself on being the longest-running sporting event in the United States.But amid the mint juleps, the extravagant hats and sartorial finery, there is a history behind the Run for the Roses that’s hidden from the limelight.Much in the way that the history of slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction can get spun into an alternative narrative of genteel white Southern virtues, an important African American contribution to a key sports and cultural institution has been whitewashed. For the 145th running of the Kentucky Derby, "Arrive Early, Leave Late" takes a different turn, as Beto Durán (@DuranSports) sits down with national correspondent Kurtis Lee (@kurtisalee) to talk about his Column One piece on the little known story of the African American jockeys who rode to victory in the early days of Churchill Downs.

The Forgotten Black History of the Kentucky Derby

Join host Beto Duran as he takes you into Staples Center prior to Game 3 of the 1st Round Playoff Series between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Golden State Warriors. Maybe these Clippers were not on everyone's radar prior to their dramatic 31 point come from behind victory over Golden State in Game 2. So we set out to answer the question - who are these LA Clippers? We asked the coach (Doc Rivers), the starting center (Ivica Zubac), the broadcasters who cover them (Ralph Lawler, Jim Hill, Brian Sieman, and Don MacLean), and our sports journalists (Bill Plaschke, Brad 'BT' Turner, Andrew Greif, and Arash Markazi) to try and discover the answer.

Who Are These LA Clippers? (Staples Center)

Host Beto Duran welcomes Andy McCullough and Sam Farmer to discuss two athletes who attract a lot of attention - Yasiel Puig and Tiger Woods. Puig returns to Los Angeles this week after his off-season trade to the Cincinnati Reds. McCullough explored the effect Puig had on his former Dodger teammates in a story released this past Sunday. Andy discusses how he approached his story, what was important in the coverage, and what he thinks the story is lacking. Puig's return to LA including a late arrival and a home run off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, thus helping craft the narrative that so many fans are tuning in to witness. Farmer was in Augusta covering the Masters golf tournament, and was in the right place at the right time as Tiger Woods return to glory happened this past weekend. Sam reveals the intricate oddities which make the Masters unique and discusses some of the amazing stories that he uncovered while there. Chairs, media technology, restrictions, and legendary caddies add to the tale of Tiger clawing back into the forefront of the golf world.

Yasiel Puig (McCullough) & Tiger Woods (Farmer)

A common refrain about LA sports fans is that they arrive late to games and leave early – we want to flip that on its head. Powered by the award-winning sports staff at the Los Angeles Times and helmed by veteran sports journalist Beto Duran, this podcast will smash the stereotype that our fans don’t have a passion for their sports teams. We'll provide in-depth interviews with the athletes, coaches, and front office personnel that drive our daily sports conversation. We’ll be there when you can’t – because our journalists always ARRIVE EARLY, LEAVE LATE. 

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