Michael Duarte

3 weeks 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.

1 month ago | nbclosangeles.com | Michael Duarte

The Edmonton Oilers may have been down, but they proved you can't count them out. Connor Brown had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers punched their ticket to the second round of the playoffs with a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Darnell Nurse, Zach Hyman and Trent Frederic each had a goal and an assist and Adam Henrique also scored for the Oilers, who won four straight to take the best-of-seven series in six games.

1 month ago | nbclosangeles.com | Michael Duarte

The Los Angeles Lakers so-close-and-yet-so-far first season with Luka Dončić has come to an end. Dončić, who led the Dallas Mavericks all the way to the NBA Finals last season, couldn't help the Lakers get out of the first round in the 2025 NBA Playoffs as the Minnesota Timberwolves dispatched of the Lakers 103-96 in Game 5 at Crypto.com arena to advance to the second round of the NBA Playoffs.

1 month ago | nbcchicago.com | Michael Duarte

In the sprawling drama that is the 2025 NBA Playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers thought they had rewritten the script. Instead, Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves snatched the pen from their hands — and wrote a stunning new chapter. On a Sunday afternoon packed with tension and thunder in Minneapolis, the Timberwolves erased a double-digit second-half deficit and stormed back to a heart-stopping 116-113 victory over the Lakers, grabbing a commanding 3-1 lead in their first-round series.

1 month ago | nbclosangeles.com | Michael Duarte

Andy Pages and Teoscar Hernandez both homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers dominated the Pittsburh Pirates 9-2 on Sunday afternoon. Dodgers' starter Tyler Glasnow left the game in the second inning with a right shoulder injury. He joins Blake Snell with two of the Dodgers top starters dealing with shoulder injuries early in the season. Glasnow also left his last start early with lower leg cramps.