Dylan Hernández

5 days ago | macon.com | Dylan Hernández

LOS ANGELES - The leisurely pace at which he is building up his arm points to a lack of urgency, but don't be deceived. His team's place in the standings indicates his return to the mound is more of a luxury than a necessity, but don't be lured into a false sense of security. The Dodgers need Shohei Ohtani to pitch this season, and they need him to pitch well. Even after an offseason in which they added Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki, the Dodgers are back to where they were last year.

6 days ago | latimes.com | Dylan Hernández |Dylan Hernandez

The leisurely pace at which he is building up his arm points to a lack of urgency, but don’t be deceived. His team’s place in the standings indicates his return to the mound is more of a luxury than a necessity, but don’t be lured into a false sense of security. The Dodgers need Shohei Ohtani to pitch this season, and they need him to pitch well. Even after an offseason in which they added Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki, the Dodgers are back to where they were last year. Their rotation is unraveling.

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Dylan Hernández

Algo inesperado sucedió en el partido de eliminación de los Clippers el jueves por la noche. James Harden apareció de verdad. En la victoria de los Clippers por 111-105 sobre los Nuggets de Denver en el Intuit Dome, Harden no se pareció en nada al jugador con fama de decepcionar a estas alturas de la temporada. Estuvo decidido, estuvo atento y anotó 28 puntos en el sexto partido para ampliar a siete la serie de primera ronda de los playoffs de su equipo.

1 week ago | latimes.com | Dylan Hernández |Dylan Hernandez

Dylan Hernández is a sports columnist with the Los Angeles Times. Before that, he was the Dodgers beat writer. Hernandez grew up in South Pasadena and graduated from UCLA in 2002, after which he worked at the San Jose Mercury News for five years.

1 week ago | latimes.com | Dylan Hernández |Dylan Hernandez

Something unexpected happened in the Clippers’ elimination game on Thursday night. In the Clippers’ 111-105 victory over the Denver Nuggets at Intuit Dome, Harden looked nothing like the player with a reputation for stinking up arenas at this stage of the season. He was purposeful, he was sharp, and he scored 28 points in Game 6 to extend his team’s first-round playoff series to seven games.