Lisa Borodkin

Beloved Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in a ceremony in Las Vegas tomorrow. The National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame honors one radio and one television broadcaster every year. Scully was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982, awarded a Life Achievement Emmy award in 1995, named the "Sportscaster of the 20th Century" in 2000 and was listed as...

If you've ever been curious about the NASCAR experience, it doesn't get any closer than this. On NASCAR's last visit to Auto Cub Speedway in Fontana last month, LAist got an exclusive, behind-the-scenes view from the pits of Indy 500 winner and Formula One crossover Juan Pablo Montoya. Montoya, driver of the #42 Target Chevrolet for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing, is currently battling for a spot in the Chase at 14th in the standings. There is...

With Spring Training underway, the Dodgers have made Manny Ramirez another offer to return for the 2009 baseball season, reports the Los Angeles Times. The latest offer is $25 million dollars for one year with a player option for a second year for $20 million dollars. The 2010 player option is the only significant difference between the current offer on the table and the Dodgers' previous offer of one year for $25 million in...

Matt Kenseth is all smiles as he accepts the Best Driver Award, Take Two at Fontana. Photo: Lisa Borodkin for LAist Matt Kenseth continued his perfect start to the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup season by winning the Auto Club 500 in Fontana, California tonight. Fresh off a coast-to-coast victory tour for the Daytona 500, Kenseth is the first driver since Jeff Gordon in 1997 to start a NASCAR Cup Series season with back-to-back victories....

Matt Kenseth winning the 2009 Daytona 500 in the DeWalt #17 Ford. LAist scored an exclusive interview with Matt Kenseth, winner of the 2009 Daytona 500. The Daytona 500, also known as "the Great American Race," is the most-watched auto race in America and carries by far the richest purse ($1,536,388) of any NASCAR race of the year. While gearing up for this weekend's NASCAR doubleheader at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Kenseth slowed...

While you are waiting for the tape-delayed West Coast television feed of the Grammys, LAist will be covering the awards show as it unfolds live at LA Live! We're adding YouTube video of the performances as they come in (and as long as they're up) below. So far the biggest bombshell is that Radiohead will be doing a surprise performance of "15 Step" about halfway through the show. They will be introduced by Gwyneth...

Get your cyber punk, Blade Runner and SciFi geekery from 1982 out of your closet because starship Twiistup 5 is getting ready to touch down at Santa Monica airport next Thursday. Twiistup is a semi-annual conference, expo and all-around bash for the tech, entertainment and social media communities in LA. It brings together players from all these industries as well as those in the job market for same. Or you could just go for...

Left: Manny Garcia's 2006 photo for AP. Right: "Hope" by Shepard Fairey The Associated Press has claimed that the famous "Hope" portrait of President Barack Obama created by Eastsider Shepard Fairey infringes its copyright in a 2006 photo. The AP is seeking credit and compensation, according to, err, the AP. Fairey has admitted publicly that his image was based on Garcia's. The original photo was taken in April 2006 by Manny Garcia on assignment...

In the words of Reese Bobby, "If you're not first, you're last." That's how it ended for 18-year-old NASCAR sensation Joey Logano trying to repeat as winner of the Toyota All-Star Showdown at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale over Peyton Sellers. The race demonstrated it was worthy of its nickname as the "Daytona 500 of short-track racing" in a wild result that still has both drivers' websites claiming that they "won" the race. The official winner...

Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, 20 miles east of downtown LA Want to see what NASCAR is all about while staying in LA's backyard? Or get a preview of tomorrow's household names? Or just looking for a novel way to show your West Coast sports pride? Then check out the Toyota All-Star Showdown tomorrow and Saturday at the Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. Consider it the Spring Training for NASCAR's prospects of tomorrow. One of the...