Dodgers

• NEW YORK (AP) -- Fox is objecting to the proposed sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers, saying the incoming ownership group that includes Magic Johnson has not disclosed whether Time Warner Cable is involved in the purchase.
(CNN Sports Illustrated)
• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The opening day game at Dodger Stadium got under way Tuesday amid a heavy police presence, one year after a Giants fan was beaten into a coma in the parking lot.
(CNN Sports Illustrated)
• The Dodgers need to keep their icons healthy. Vin Scully missed his first home opener in 35 years because of what the Dodgers said was a bad cold. Clayton Kershaw had been fighting stomach flu for the better part of a week.
(Los Angeles Times)
• LOS ANGELES -- The fans in right field began serenading Andre Ethier midway through the home opener Tuesday, singing several choruses of Happy Birthday and raising drinks in honor of both the outfielders 30th birthday and Dodger Stadiums 50th anniversary.
(msnbc.com)
• NEW YORK (AP) -- A group that includes former Lakers star Magic Johnson and longtime baseball executive Stan Kasten agreed Tuesday night to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers from Frank McCourt for a record $2 billion.
(Yahoo Finance)
• Once there was a time when Andre Ethier was king of the walk-offs, when his swing was golden, when he threatened to make a run at the triple crown. Then came a broken pinkie, then a banged up knee, and then the uncertainty.
(Los Angeles Times)
• A sold-out crowd of fans buoyed by the hope of new ownership helped the Los Angeles Dodgers usher in a new season and finally turn the page on last season, marred by the teams bankruptcy and the brutal parking lot beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow.
(Los Angeles Times)
• Police were out in force Tuesday for Opening Day at Dodger Stadium, swarming on bikes, going undercover and looking for boozing tailgaters a year after a San Francisco Giants fan from Santa Cruz was brutally beaten into a coma.
(msnbc.com)
• NEW YORK (AP) -- A group that includes former Lakers star Magic Johnson and longtime baseball executive Stan Kasten agreed Tuesday night to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers from Frank McCourt for $2 billion.
(Yahoo Finance)