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  • 1 week ago | nbcdfw.com | Michael Duarte |Andrew Blankstein |Helen Jeong

    The Buss family is entering an agreement to sell majority ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers to Mark Walter, the CEO of TWG Global and owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources familiar with the deal told NBCLA on Wednesday. The deal, first reported by ESPN, has a valuation of about $10 billion, a source told NBCLA. Walter is part of the ownership of other sports franchises, including the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA, Chelsea FC of the English Premier League and several auto racing teams.

  • 1 week ago | nbcdfw.com | Michael Duarte |Helen Jeong

    The Buss family is entering an agreement to sell majority ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers to Mark Walter, the CEO of TWG Global and owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources familiar with the deal told NBCLA on Wednesday. The deal, first reported by ESPN, has a valuation of about $10 billion, a source told NBCLA.

  • 3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Michael Duarte

    LAFC beats Club América 2-1 to clinch last FIFA Club World Cup spot originally appeared on NBC Sports PhiladelphiaSomewhere between heartbreak and history, LAFC found magic. The kind of magic that only shows up when the odds have cornered you, when the world is laughing, and the noise is deafening.

  • 4 weeks ago | nbclosangeles.com | Michael Duarte

    LOS ANGELES - You can almost feel it in the suddenly warm Los Angeles air. The weight of October memories. The hum of unfinished business. The echo of bat cracks, walk-off slams, and historic comebacks. When the Los Angeles Dodgers return home for a seven-game stretch starting on May 30, Dodger Stadium won't just be a ballpark - it'll be a battleground where the ghosts of a not-so-distant postseason past come out to play. The Bronx Bombers are coming. The Metropolitans are coming.

  • 1 month ago | nbcchicago.com | Darsha Philips |Karla Rendon |Michael Duarte

    A Los Angeles resident made a disturbing discovery over Mother’s Day weekend when he found a stranger sleeping nude in his bed. Michael Duarte, an NBC Los Angeles sports writer, found his Echo Park home ransacked late Saturday night. Food from his pantry and fridge had been taken out and his miscellaneous items were found scattered across his kitchen. “My first thought was – did some wild animal come into my home and damage everything?” he said.

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Michael J. Duarte
Michael J. Duarte @michaeljduarte
7 Jun 25

Dodgers shutout by Sonny Gray, Cardinals in 5-0 loss >> https://t.co/483Yg1mGrW

Michael J. Duarte
Michael J. Duarte @michaeljduarte
7 Jun 25

FINAL: #Cardinals 5 #Dodgers 0 LA is 38-26. They get shutout. They’re 9-8 during this stretch of playing 1st or 2nd place teams. SD won, so the lead in the NL West is back down to one game. Yamamoto goes tomorrow.

Michael J. Duarte
Michael J. Duarte @michaeljduarte
6 Jun 25

Justin Wrobleski is starting tonight’s game for the Dodgers. https://t.co/yII7KzVTvQ