Kevin Baxter 🇺🇦🏳️🌈🇵🇷
@kbaxter11
L.A. Times sportswriter. Write mostly about soccer. Have a cool dog. Luddite ✊🏻. Majored in Lesbian Dance Theory. Political views my own and generally correct.
Well, that was soul crushing….just lost my best friend after 11 1/2 years. That’s longer than my first marriage and 9 of 11 jobs I’ve had. Completely gutted 🐶 dogs. We don’t deserve them
Our road match against the Houston Dynamo, originally scheduled for Friday, July 25, has been rescheduled to Saturday, September 6 at 5:30 p.m. PT. 📰: bit.ly/4f8JyJ5
BREAKING: Dilrosun will NOT be extending his contract. He played his last minutes tonight for LAFC. He returns to Liga MX with Club America. Thank you Javairo for your service 🫡
Cherundolo confirms Javairo Dilrosun is leaving. “It was a pleasure to have him, he’s got another hour or so with us before he becomes an opponent” #LAFC
Freddie Freeman’s walk-off hit saves the day, lifts Dodgers to win over Twins latimes.com/sports/dodgers…
Dodger manager Dave Roberts on Mookie Betts' status for Friday's game in Boston: “Everything is OK” with Betts, he said, but added that “there's some things going on personally for him. We'll see if he's going to be there for the Friday game.”
Dodger manager Dave Roberts said SS Mookie Betts is dealing with some “personal things” that may cause him to miss the opening game of the team’s three city road trip Friday in Boston
So it’s @GalaxyPodcast’s birthday today. Happy 21st pato!
From colleague Kara Alexander: @weareangelcity welcomes infusion of talent with hope of netting more wins latimes.com/sports/soccer/…
NASCAR announces race on U.S. Naval base in Coronado scheduled for 2026 @NASCAR latimes.com/sports/story/2…
PODCAST: The Galaxy fought their way back into a game that LAFC seemed to gift them. Why do the Galaxy play the spoiler against LAFC? And what can the Galaxy learn? 🎙 buff.ly/rAjAhcJ #LAGalaxy #MLS #Podcast #Soccer
For many soccer fans, the violent raids, which upended families and communities, were personal. Commentary: @LAFC fans put aside their rivalry with @LAGalaxy to stand in solidarity against ICE latimes.com/sports/soccer/…
This is a really important story. So sad this is happening here, much less anywhere......ICE raids put a chill on L.A. high school football: 'I've never experienced anything like this' latimes.com/sports/highsch…
ICE raids put a chill on L.A. high school football: ‘I’ve never experienced anything like this’ latimes.com/sports/highsch…
PODCAST: The LA Galaxy should have been out of the game on Saturday night. Instead, the Galaxy may have found that competitive gear they've been missing all season. 🎙 buff.ly/rAjAhcJ #LAGalaxy #MLS #Podcast #Soccer
Both the @LAGalaxy and @LAFC were found to be in violation of the @MLS confrontation policy in the 90th minute of Saturday’s match The Galaxy and coach Greg Vanney will be fined while LAFC and coach Steve Cherundolo will be issued warnings Three players were also fined
Commentary: @LAFC fans put aside their rivalry with @LAGalaxy to stand in solidarity against ICE latimes.com/sports/soccer/…
"Soccer, by custom and breeding, is an immigrant sport. Like pizza, sushi and Halloween, soccer was imported to the U.S... So for many soccer fans, the violent raids, which upended families and communities, were personal." Great column by @kbaxter11: latimes.com/sports/soccer/…
That’s exactly the opposite of what I said.
And again confirms that MLS teams are afraid of Trump. That it is mostly coming from the teams, not the league. The Galaxy have no fucking balls, basically.