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The Dodgers thinned out their glut of middle infielders on Monday, trading second baseman Gavin Lux to the Cincinnati Reds for outfield prospect Mike Sirota and a competitive-balance Round A draft pick, according to a person familiar with the deal but not authorized to speak publicly about it. Lux had a productive finish to 2024…

With its plans next season at quarterback uncertain, USC is adding a former top prospect — and a familiar face — to the mix at the position. Sam Huard started his career as a coveted, five-star quarterback prospect at Washington, before playing one season at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, then sitting out another because…

Now that the Rams have clinched a playoff spot, coach Sean McVay has a decision to make. Does he play starters to ensure the best chance of beating the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at SoFi Stadium and retaining the No. 3 seed? Or does he rest quarterback Matthew Stafford and others and take his chances…

Michelle Siemienowski’s first season as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader came to an exciting conclusion Sunday — so exciting that she deemed it necessary to provide an update on her well-being later that day on social media. “I’m alright everyone,” the San Diego native posted on her Instagram Stories, along with a video clip that showed…

The MLS champion Galaxy traded center back Jalen Neal to Montreal on Monday for $650,000 in general allocation money. It is the second significant trade the team has made since winning the MLS Cup a month ago, following the December move that send midfielder Gastón Brugman, the most valuable player of the championship game, to…

Nick Young once said of his falling out with former Lakers teammate D’Angelo Russell, “I can’t be mad forever.” Maybe that’s still true. But Swaggy P’s grudge against DLo appears to be going strong more than eight years after Russell secretly recorded Young discussing women other than then-fiancée Iggy Azalea in a video that somehow…

Oregon’s Bryce Boettcher has the potential to follow in the footsteps of legends. Like Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders before, the Oregon football and baseball star could be the next two-sport athlete to make his mark in the big leagues and the NFL. Boettcher hasn’t decided whether working a double shift is in the cards,…

The Rams took the field needing arguably their most impactful win of the season. The Rams took the field with scrubs. Say what? A competitive fireball such as Sean McVay and a Super Bowl champion such as the Rams just laying down in a game that meant something? It was weird. It was wild. It…

LAS VEGAS —  Watching Justin Herbert scramble for 41 yards in the Chargers’ regular-season finale against the Las Vegas Raiders, how could you not think it? Watching Quentin Johnston catch everything Herbert threw in his vicinity, how could you not feel it? This will be the season Justin Herbert finally wins his first playoff game —…

The 2025 high school football transfer tracker is officially up and looking for top players switching schools in Southern California. There were more than 17,000 transfers statewide last school year, and football produces plenty of transfers. According to CIF rules, players who transfer and physically move along with their family are eligible immediately at the…