Music
Ozzy Osbourne, Cher and Mary J. Blige headline this year’s eclectic group of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Jimmy Buffet, Wayne Kramer, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield will also be honored for musical excellence.
Among the acts nominated for induction into the Rock & Roll of Fame this fall are Cher, Lenny Kravitz, Sinéad O’Connor and Mariah Carey.
Sports
Readers of the L.A. Times Sports section give their opinions and thoughts on Pete Rose’s death, the Dodgers’ playoff hopes and Reggie Bush.
Dodgers
The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced that Steve Garvey and former Dodgers teammate Tommy John are two of eight candidates on this year’s Classic Baseball Era ballot.
The Dodgers donate memorabilia from their World Series win over the Yankees to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, including Freddie Freeman’s cleats.
California
For one magnificent season, a Mexican immigrant electrified a city that had long treated its Mexican population as little better than the help, winning the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year while helping to propel the Blue Crew to their first World Series win in 16 years.
Lakers
The Lakers’ defensive specialist was more than that. “If we don’t have Coop, we don’t win those series,” former Lakers teammate Byron Scott said of five titles.
The 38th Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony takes place Friday night in Brooklyn and, for the first time, will be streamed live on Disney+.
Seven of the 10 inaugural inductees were entertainers or athletes, for chrissakes, while the three others were developers.
Mike Madden talks about the moment his father, legendary coach and TV broadcaster John Madden, found out he would be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.