Dodgers provide update on Fernando Valenzuela amid TV absence

Dodgers provide update on Fernando Valenzuela amid TV absence

Dodgers broadcaster and former World Series-winning pitcher Fernando Valenzuela has “stepped away from the Dodger broadcast booth for the remainder of this year to focus on his health,” the team announced Wednesday morning. Valenzuela, 63, was absent from the team’s Spanish-language broadcasts near the end of the season, and has reportedly been hospitalized. “He and … Read more

Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka meet at a tennis coaching crossroads in Beijing

Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka meet at a tennis coaching crossroads in Beijing

The ‘other guy’ theory of coaches is a sporting truism. A team that loses more than it wins with a so-called ‘players’ coach’, someone who specializes in relating to athletes and creating an easygoing atmosphere, will often replace them with a disciplinarian. Reserved coaches who don’t find success get replaced by high-energy, emotional types big … Read more