Jim Alexander

Moreno Valley

Sports Columnist at The Press-Enterprise

Sports Columnist at Orange County Register

Sports Columnist at Los Angeles Daily News

Yes, it's me, and no, I won’t pay for “verification.” Sports columnist for @SoCalNewsGroup (OC Register, LA Daily News, etc.). On Threads: @jim_alexander

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Articles

Yankees avoid sweep but Dodgers keep rolling

4 days ago | gazettextra.com | Jim Alexander

LOS ANGELES - What can we say? It's baseball. One evening, the Dodgers run it up against the Yankees, 18-2, and look like World Series champions. The next night, with their ace on the mound and with a series sweep over last October's opponents within reach, they go down meekly, about as futilely as superagent Scott Boras looked when he attempted to snag a foul popup that landed near his front-row seat late in Sunday's game. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
Alexander: Yankees avoid sweep but Dodgers keep rolling

4 days ago | dailynews.com | Jim Alexander

Max Muncy #13 of the Dodgers hits a solo home run against the New York Yankees in the seventh inning during a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 1, 2025. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Orange County Register/ SCNG) UPDATED: June 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM PDTFormer Dodger Ryan Yarbrough silences top of the lineup as Yoshinobu Yamamoto struggles in 7-3 loss, but the Dodgers take series and maintain NL West lead. Subscribe to continue reading this article.
Alexander: Yankees avoid sweep but Dodgers keep rolling

4 days ago | ocregister.com | Jim Alexander

LOS ANGELES — What can we say? It’s baseball. One evening, the Dodgers run it up against the Yankees, 18-2, and look like World Series champions. The next night, with their ace on the mound and with a series sweep over last October’s opponents within reach, they go down meekly, about as futilely as superagent Scott Boras looked when he attempted to snag a foul popup that landed near his front row seat late in Sunday’s game.
Jim Alexander: Yankees avoid sweep but Dodgers keep rolling

4 days ago | dailygazette.com | Jim Alexander

LOS ANGELES — What can we say? It’s baseball. One evening, the Dodgers run it up against the Yankees, 18-2, and look like World Series champions. The next night, with their ace on the mound and with a series sweep over last October’s opponents within reach, they go down meekly, about as futilely as superagent Scott Boras looked when he attempted to snag a foul popup that landed near his front-row seat late in Sunday’s game. kAmp 4@FA=6 @7 4C@@<65 ?F>36CD @?
Alexander: Denis Bouanga’s winner puts LAFC on the global stage

5 days ago | ocregister.com | Jim Alexander

LOS ANGELES — Call it the $9.55 million goal. Or call it Denis Bouanga picking up the mantle that had been left behind by Carlos Vela, a torch unofficially being passed a few days after LAFC’s first icon officially retired, picked up by the team’s current star.
Alexander: For golfer Michael Herrera, Monday could be historic

6 days ago | sacbee.com | Jim Alexander

It is known as Golf’s Longest Day, a 36-hole grind Monday in Santa Clarita that will determine the final qualifying spots for the U.S. Open, scheduled for June 12-15 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa., just outside of Pittsburgh. There will be 759 players competing for … well, the exact number of spots won’t be known until the end of the day Monday.
Alexander: For golfer Michael Herrera, Monday could be historic

6 days ago | pressenterprise.com | Jim Alexander

Alexander: For golfer Michael Herrera, Monday could be historic Moreno Valley resident and 759 others – including 10 others from the Inland area – attempt to qualify for the US Open
Alexander: Are we inching closer to that college football Super League?

1 week ago | sacbee.com | Jim Alexander

The world according to Jim:• Remember my suggestions that college football might someday be headed for a Super League concept, with promotion and relegation and a clear demarcation between the haves and the have-nots? It's creeping closer. And if the latest proposal for a 16-team College Football Playoff – along with the recent Southeastern Conference meetings – are any indication, it will be sooner rather than later.
Alexander: Are we inching closer to that college football Super League?

1 week ago | dailynews.com | Jim Alexander

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, shown speaking at SEC football media days last summer in Dallas, told reporters covering the conference meetings this week: “I’ve shared with the decision-making working group that I have people in my room asking ‘Why are we still in the NCAA?’” (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter, File) UPDATED: May 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM PDTThe noises being made at the Southeastern Conference meetings sound like support for a breakaway from the NCAA.
The Audible: On Carlos Vela, the NBA’s young stars and in-game interviews

1 week ago | sbsun.com | Jim Alexander |Mirjam Swanson |Jim Alexander

Jim Alexander: We had a significant retirement in SoCal sports this week, albeit one that was dramatically underplayed. Carlos Vela hung ‘em up this week, after a 19-year soccer career that included stints in Spain and the Premier League – and El Tri on the international level, including two World Cup tournaments under Mexico’s banner – before coming to the expansion Los Angeles Football Club in 2017.