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LOS ANGELES – Dodgers Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda has been hospitalized for several days. Details of Lasorda’s illness are being kept private, but a number of Lasorda’s former players have been among those in contact with Lasorda, who has been in the intensive care unit at a Los Angeles hospital. Lasorda, 89, has a history of heart problems and was hospitalized following a heart attack as recently as 2012. Lasorda has been hospitalized multiple times in the past year, including after a fall while attending a memorabilia show in Atlantic City last August and then again for 10 days...

PHILADELPHIA -- Dodgers Hall of Fame former manager Tom Lasorda suffered a mild heart attack in New York on Monday and had a stent inserted for one blocked artery, the team confirmed Tuesday. "The doctors confirmed I do bleed Dodger Blue," Lasorda joked. "I'm looking forward to being back at the stadium to cheer on the Dodgers." Lasorda was in New York representing the Dodgers at the First-Year Player Draft when he took ill Monday night and was taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. The 84-year-old is resting comfortably and in stable condition and could be released as early as Wednesday....

LOS ANGELES - Tommy Lasorda, meet the pope. The Hall of Fame manager flew to Washington on Tuesday after accepting an invitation from President Bush to attend Wednesday morning's arrival ceremony for Pope Benedict XVI. The former Los Angeles Dodgers manager, currently a special adviser to Dodgers chairman Frank McCourt, will join diplomats, elected representatives, government officials and other invited guests on the South Lawn of the White House before attending a private dinner hosted by the President and Mrs. Bush. "I am truly honored to be invited to such a special occasion," Lasorda said. "It is humbling to be...