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California said Anaheim's stadium sale broke the law. Who asked for an investigation?

LOS ANGELES — A longtime Orange County housing advocacy group warned the city of Anaheim on at least three occasions that its proposed Angel Stadium sale would violate California's affordable housing law, according to documents reviewed by The Los Angeles Times.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 24, 2022

El veredicto contra Eric Kay es el inicio de un largo y triste camino para Angels, MLB y la familia Skaggs

En la primera frase de su declaración de clausura el jueves, el gobierno federal dejó claro de qué creía que se trataba este juicio. "Este caso", dijo al jurado la fiscal adjunta Lindsey Beran, "es sobre una persona".

Los Angeles Times · Feb 23, 2022

Labor Wars: A New Hope (Well, Maybe)

With 10 days to go until the MLB lockout impacts the scheduled start of the regular season, the two sides have made little progress on a new collective bargaining agreement. Yesterday in Manhattan, where temperatures were in the 50s and the atmosphere ideal for some spring baseball, the ...

Sports Illustrated · Feb 18, 2022

Jury convicts former Angels employee in Tyler Skaggs’ overdose death

Eric Kay was convicted of one count each of drug distribution resulting in death and drug conspiracy. He faces up to life in prison when he is sentenced on June 28.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 17, 2022

Angels Staffer Found Guilty for Distributing Drugs That Caused Tyler Skaggs’s Death

Eric Kay, the former Angels communications director, was found guilty on charges that he supplied Skaggs with fentanyl that caused his death in 2019.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 17, 2022

MLB Drug Testing Finds No Opioid Violations in Two Seasons

Five players testified that Eric Kay, who faces charges relating to Tyler Skaggs’s death, provided them with oxycodone.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 17, 2022

Former Angels employee Eric Kay won't testify in his defense, his attorneys indicate

FORT WORTH, Texas — Eric Kay will not testify in his defense, his attorneys indicated in U.S. District Court on Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 16, 2022

Spring training fueled boom in Arizona's Cactus League. Owners' lockout puts it in jeopardy.

The COVID-19 pandemic cut short spring training in 2020. It compelled Cactus League teams to keep about three out of four seats empty in 2021. A pandemic is no one's fault.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 16, 2022

Matt Harvey Discusses Drug Use in Trial of Former Angels Staffer

In his testimony, the pitcher talked about his discussions with Tyler Skaggs about drugs and his, as well as Skaggs’s, substance use.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 15, 2022

Four former Angels say they received oxycodone pills from Eric Kay

FORT WORTH, Texas — Four former Angels players testified Tuesday to using oxycodone pills they received from Eric Kay, the team’s former communications director charged with giving Tyler Skaggs the drugs that resulted in his death in a suburban Dallas hotel room in July 2019.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 15, 2022