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p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Ferguson, a second-round draft pick from Oregon, made his debut after sitting out the first two preseason games because of a hamstring injury. Ferguson was quiet the first quarter, but in the second he got a chance to show why the Rams selected him to be the heir apparent to veteran tight end…

For all the warnings, lectures and advice given to high school football players before their first game of the season to hydrate so they can avoid cramping, it still happens. For whatever reason, the pain begins, gets even more painful, then walking off the field becomes a chore. “Game 1, for some reason in football,…

Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat during his Triple Crown year in 1973 and electrified the sport, died Friday at his home near Grand Falls, New Brunswick, Canada. He was 84. According to his longtime friend and business partner Leonard Lusky, his death was due to natural causes. Turcotte, who despite being in a wheelchair since…

Players placing bets on games is taboo. Innumerable sports fans were educated on this point in 1989 when hits king Pete Rose received a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball for betting on games while he was a manager. Or upon watching “Eight Men Out,” the 1988 film about MLB’s Black Sox Scandal in which…

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THURSDAY’S WEEK ZERO RESULTS CITY SECTION Nonleague Granada Hills 50, North Hollywood 16 SOUTHERN SECTION Nonleague Aliso Niguel 38, Beckman 3 Apple Valley 20, Orange Vista 6 Beaumont 58, San Jacinto 14 Big Bear 41, Riverside Prep 7 Bolsa Grande 66, Savanna 0 Chino Hills 40, Glendora 0 Citrus Hill 35, Redlands…

DENVER — When the Dodgers arrived in Colorado on Sunday night they had a golden opportunity to pad their narrow division lead against with the worst team in the majors. Unfortunately, even with Thursday’s 9-5 win over the Rockies, the Dodgers only managed a split of the four-game series. They now head to San Diego for a…

A look at two of this week’s top high school football games: FRIDAY Mission Viejo vs. Santa Margarita at Trabuco Hills Carson Palmer debuts as head coach for Santa Margarita, which has perhaps the toughest schedule in Southern California. It won’t be easy taking down quarterback Luke Fahey and the Diablos, but the return of…

It was a night when defenders draped over Kelsey Plum, her path to the rim often crowded. And when she turned to the officials for relief, the whistles were elusive. But when it mattered most — that being with 3.3 seconds to play and the Sparks trailing by one — Plum lowered her shoulder and…

A former Miami Heat security officer has pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge in connection to stealing team memorabilia worth millions of dollars and selling the items to online brokers. Retired Miami police officer Marcos Tomas Perez appeared Tuesday at U.S. Superior Court for the Southern District of Florida and issued a guilty…

The high school football season begins this weekend with Week 0 games. Let’s examine storylines and questions to be answered: What will it take for a team other than Mater Dei or St. John Bosco to reach the Southern Section Division 1 final? The answer is luck, because it’s not happening. Every season since 2016,…