Dodgers fans pay up, in significant numbers and in significant amounts, to watch their team on SportsNet LA: Home team, home channel. Not on Friday, though, when Clayton Kershaw takes the mound for what might well be the final time at Dodger Stadium. The exclusive broadcast rights for the game belong to Apple TV+, as part of a package of …
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Clayton Kershaw took a deep breath, grasped the microphone with his left hand, then chuckled as he scanned the room around him. “This,” he said, “is weird.” Over his 18 seasons with the Dodgers, Kershaw was always wary of putting the spotlight on himself. Now, dozens of teammates, coaches, executives, staffers and media members, as well as his wife, Ellen, …
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Left-hander Clayton Kershaw is going to retire as a player after the current campaign, per an announcement from the Dodgers. His final regular season start at Dodger Stadium will be on Friday. “On behalf of the Dodgers, I congratulate Clayton on a fabulous career and thank him for the many moments he gave to Dodger fans and baseball fans everywhere, …
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Last year, in the middle of a World Series celebration he had spent two decades dreaming about, Clayton Kershaw took the mic at Dodger Stadium and made a declaration. “I love you guys, thank you!” he shouted to an adoring Chavez Ravine crowd. “Dodger for life!” On Thursday, that distinction was cemented. After 18 seasons, three Cy Young Awards, an …
Read More »LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw will retire at the end of this season, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Thursday. The 37-year-old left-hander who got his 3,000th strikeout in July will make his final regular-season start at Dodger Stadium on Friday night against the San Francisco Giants. The 11-time All-Star and 2014 NL MVP is …
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Alden GonzalezSep 18, 2025, 04:22 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw has decided he will retire at the end of this season, which will mark his 18th with the Dodgers. The Dodgers announced Kershaw’s decision …
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Clayton Kershaw, the iconic Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander who won three Cy Youngs with the franchise and left an indelible mark as perhaps the best pitcher of his generation, is retiring after 18 seasons. The Dodgers announced Kershaw’s decision a day ahead of what will be his 228th and final home regular-season start at Dodger Stadium. The 37-year-old, who has …
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David Mackenzie spent the first half of his filmmaking career making uneasy and compelling British dramas filled with off-kilter psychology and actors like Ewan McGregor or Jamie Bell skulking around Scottish canals and rooftops. After knighting Jack O’Connell as a leading man of unique intensity in the prison drama Starred Up, Mackenzie’s projects have shown an interest in reflecting the …
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Even now, Clayton Kershaw. After all these years, Clayton Kershaw. When the Dodgers are reeling and roiling and losing their grip on a long hot summer, who is the one player who can stop the fall and calm the nerves and, oh yeah, kick some San Diego Padre butt? Still, still, still, Clayton Kershaw. He’s 37 with a battered 18-season …
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They’ve each played 18 respective big-league seasons. They’ve combined for nearly 6,500 strikeouts and 436 career wins. They each have two World Series titles, and three Cy Young Awards. And one day, they’ll each have plaques in Cooperstown, future first-ballot Hall of Famers who defined their generation of pitching. For Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer, there’s nothing left to prove. …
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