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Dave Roberts started out of the dugout with a walk. Once Blake Snell caught his gaze, it turned into a trot. With two out in the seventh inning, and Snell trying to put the finishing touches on his best performance in a Dodgers uniform, Roberts appeared to be coming to the mound after a pair…
LAS VEGASΒ βΒ A couple of years ago, while covering SaΓΊl βCaneloβ Γlvarezβs return to Guadalajara, I visited the gym where he began a brilliant two-decade career that made him the undisputed super middleweight champion and champion in four different divisions. There, Chepo Reynoso, the trainer who took him in at age 14, spoke to me about…
Dave Roberts described it as an easy decision. If only it hadnβt come with such disastrous consequences. In the middle of the fifth inning Tuesday night, Shohei Ohtani returned to the Dodgersβ dugout in the midst of his best pitching performance all season.. Waiting for him at the top step was manager Dave Roberts, wanting…
The Fresno State football players wanted to be heard after so much frustration, so much uncertainty. A season that had started with their coach leaving the job because of health problems, only to deteriorate further with four losses in six games during a maddening midseason stretch, was now back firmly on the upswing. Their temporary…
Those who deliver the news canβt always break the news, even when it concerns themselves. Molly Qerim discovered that firsthand when it was reported that she would be leaving the ESPN morning staple βFirst Takeβ after serving as host since 2015. She acknowledged as much Tuesday, writing on Instagram, βNow that the news came out…
Philadelphia came to Los Angeles having already clinched a playoff berth. With Mondayβs 6–5 extra-inning win over the Dodgers they added a division title to that collection, one they celebrated in the center of the Dodger Stadium infield, then with champagne in the tiny visitorsβ clubhouse. The Dodgers are zeroing in on a playoff berth…
Before the season, Rams coach Sean McVay spoke confidently about his teamβs talent and depth. That depth will get another early test. Starting cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon was placed on injured reserve Monday after suffering a fractured clavicle during Sundayβs 33-19 victory over the Tennessee Titans. Witherspoon, 30, will be sidelined βprobably 12 weeks,β McVay said…
On the same day Corona Centennial was playing Mater Dei in football, the sounds of baseballs coming off aluminum bats could be heard from the Centennial batting cage. Only in sunny Southern California does baseball keep going month after month. On this occasion, the Huskies are trying to keep up in the talent-laden Big VIII…
SAN FRANCISCOΒ βΒ This is the time to bring on the rivals. The Dodgers are used to taking on challengers down the pennant stretch: the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres β and, in a previous version of the National League West, the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds. The final two weeks of the regular season…
A look at the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland: Rk. School (record) result; Next game; last week ranking 1. St. John Bosco (4-0) def. San Mateo Serra, 42-0; vs. Honolulu St. Louis, Friday; 2 2. Sierra Canyon (4-0) def. Downey, 49-7; vs. Orange Lutheran at Orange Coast College, Thursday; 3 3….
