Throwing pottery on a wheel can be a love-hate relationship. “Many people fall in love with clay when they take their first class,” Chernoff says as she sits at the potter’s wheel in her Pasadena studio. “That was when it all changed, and I started making sets, which I’m very grateful for now.” “No matter how many years I throw, …
CLEVELAND — They sat at Lola Bistro, capping the 14-hour interview at the white tablecloth restaurant on E. 4th Street, trying to talk Terry Francona out of managing the Cleveland Indians. But it was set up to end with Francona at the helm, the full-circle script fit with the perfect final scene, a manager savoring the long-awaited parade down Ontario …
“You’re going to hate this question,” I say, before scanning the cramped visiting manager’s office at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. “That’s a good way to start,” Terry Francona says, leaning back in a leather chair, his fingers interlocked and resting on his stomach. “He does a lot of funny stuff,” says Rays manager Kevin Cash, Francona’s practical joke adversary …
We’re nearing the end of 2020, and while the year has been … well … disastrous in so many ways, our writers did a lot of great work over the last 12 months. — Bill Landis Meet Lisa Boyer, the NBA’s real first female volunteer assistant coach I am really proud of this piece as a whole, from the reporting …
Oh, the Mets and Phillies are aiming high. Mets president Sandy Alderson said he wants to hire the, “most accomplished baseball person we can find.” New owner Steve Cohen added, “I’m not crazy about people learning on my dime.” And the Phillies, according to a source, are seeking the front-office equivalent of manager Joe Girardi, a proven winner and preferably …
