BETH HARRIS
Alana Gee, the widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma, leaves the Stanley Mosk civil courthouse of Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Matthew Gee died in 2018 from permanent brain damage caused by countless blows to the head he took while playing linebacker for the 1990 Rose Bowl winning team, according to the wrongful death suit filed by Alana Gee. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Trial starts in concussion case of dead USC football player

By Beth Harris Oct. 21, 2022 01:08 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles jury heard opening statements Friday in the case of

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully speaks during his induction into the team's Ring of Honor prior to a baseball game between the Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles on May 3, 2017, in Los Angeles. Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night, Aug. 2, 2022, the team said. He was 94. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Vin Scully, Dodgers broadcaster for 67 years, dies at 94

By Beth Harris Aug. 02, 2022 11:43 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided

Kentucky Derby entrant Simplification works out at Churchill Downs Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Louisville, Ky. The 148th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 7. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Horse racing's new governing body in rush to starting gate

By Beth Harris May. 05, 2022 02:25 PM EDT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — With interest among the general public at its highest with the

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, file photo, former San Francisco 49ers player Paul Salata is seen before an NFL football game between the 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams in Santa Clara, Calif. Salata, who created the Mr. Irrelevant Award that honors the last selection of the NFL draft, after playing football at Southern California and in the NFL and Canadian Football League, died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. He was 94. (AP Photo/Josie Lepe, File)
Paul Salata, creator of Mr. Irrelevant Award, dies at 94

By Beth Harris Oct. 16, 2021 07:02 PM EDT
Paul Salata, who created the Mr. Irrelevant Award that honors the last

FILE - In this May 30, 2021, file photo, Japan's Naomi Osaka celebrates after defeating Romania's Patricia Maria Tig during a first-round match of the French Ppen tennis tournament at Roland Garros stadium in Paris. Osaka returned to the spotlight for the first time since withdrawing from the French Open in May and skipping Wimbledon, posing on the red carpet at The ESPYS on Saturday night, July 10. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
Osaka returns to spotlight on red carpet at The ESPYS

By Beth Harris Jul. 10, 2021 11:02 PM EDT
Naomi Osaka returned to the spotlight for the first time since withdrawing from

In this video grab issued Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, by NBC, Jodie Foster, left, holding her dog Ziggy, accepts the award for best supporting actress in a motion picture for "The Mauritanian" as her wife Alexandra Hedison looks on at right at the Golden Globe Awards. (NBC via AP)
Jodie Foster fulfills promise to thank Packers QB at Globes

By Beth Harris Mar. 01, 2021 12:02 AM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jodie Foster thanked Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2020, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love heads up the court after making a 3-point basket against the Denver Nuggets during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Denver. Love received the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the ESPY Awards on Sunday, June 21, 2020, for sparking a national conversation about mental health. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
The ESPYS focus on honors, pandemic and racial justice

By Beth Harris Jun. 21, 2020 11:29 PM EDT
No red carpet, no nattily dressed athletes, no house band or monologue poking

FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2019, file photo, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson speaks during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams in Los Angeles. Ratification of a new collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and its players is an important step closer after a narrow majority approval by team union representatives, but there's still work to be done to ensure another decade of labor peace. Wilson is one of the players who have spoken out against the current proposal.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Wilson, Rapinoe, Bird to host different and remote ESPYS

By Beth Harris May. 26, 2020 10:56 AM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s a way different kind of year, and so The ESPYs will be,

FILE - This May 6, 1999 file photo shows Hollywood Park Inc. CEO R.D. Hubbard listening during a news conference at the Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood, Calif. Hubbard, who bred, owned and raced thoroughbred and quarter horses, and was an influential executive in the racing industry, has died. He was 84. Hubbard died Wednesday, April 29, 2020 at home with his wife Joan Dale at his side in Palm Desert, about 115 miles east of Los Angeles, according to Shaun Hubbard. His grandson told The Associated Press that he had been in declining health. (AP Photo/ Damian Dovarganes, file)
R.D. Hubbard, horse racing breeder, executive, dies at 84

By Beth Harris Apr. 30, 2020 06:10 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — R.D. Hubbard, who bred, owned and raced thoroughbred and

This undated photo shows Associated Press sports writer Ken Peters while at the AP bureau in Los Angeles. Peters, who covered multiple Olympics and other major events during a nearly 35-year career as a sports writer for AP, has died. He was 77. His wife, Cathy, said Peters died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020, in the Los Angeles suburb of Chino Hills after a long illness. (AP Photo)
Ken Peters, AP sports writer who covered Olympics, dies

By Beth Harris Feb. 25, 2020 07:24 PM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken Peters, who covered multiple Olympics and other major

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009 file photo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, meets former Green Bay Packers player Willie Wood, on Capitol Hill in Washington, during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on legal issues relating to football head injuries. Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Wood, captain of the 1959 USC football team who played in the first 2 Super Bowls, died today, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020 of natural causes in Washington, D.C. He was 83.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
Willie Wood, Packers great and Hall of Fame DB, dies at 83

By Beth Harris Feb. 03, 2020 10:12 PM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Willie Wood, the Hall of Fame defensive back who won five