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Keenan Allen achieved quite a bit in his career with the Chargers — and that’s probably one of the reasons why they’d like to give him another chance. The veteran wide receiver, who was a salary-cap casualty when the Chargers traded him last year, was scheduled to meet with the team Thursday to discuss a…

Walt Disney Co. is expected to announce the NFL is taking an equity stake in its sports media property ESPN, according to people familiar with the plan. Disney may reveal the deal during its earnings call Wednesday. Representatives at the NFL and ESPN declined comment Friday. In return for the equity stake, ESPN is expected…

José Caballero was a member of the Tampa Bay Rays at the start of Thursday’s game against the New York Yankees. He was a member of the Rays when he turned a double play to end the fifth inning. He was a member of the Rays when he popped out to second base to start…

So much for the Dodgers ruining baseball. They won’t finish this season with the best record in history, as they could win every one of their remaining games and still not realize the 120-win season that was envisioned for them. They might not even finish this season with the best record in the National League…

Shakira Austin didn’t realize how important fashion would become when she entered the WNBA in 2022. Her introduction to game-day tunnel fashion began at the University of Mississippi in 2020. “My school started doing their own tunnel fits,” she said. “It was cute, but I definitely didn’t know [the WNBA tunnel walk was] as popping…

A funny thing blocked the path to another Andrew Friedman midsummer triumph. An Andrew Friedman midsummer failure. The Dodgers and their renowned baseball boss came to bat at baseball’s trade deadline Thursday poised to knock another fat midseason pitch out of the park en route to a second consecutive World Series championship. They never took…

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Chargers quarterback Trey Lance passes in the first half of the Hall of Fame Game on Thursday. (David Richard / Associated Press) Lance, the onetime third overall pick of San Francisco, looked sharp and polished. Whether that’s enough for him to get the upper hand on Taylor Heinicke for the Chargers’ backup job…

In the slang, “mid” means disappointingly mediocre, forgettable, uninspiring. On TikTok, a classic rant starts: “It’s called the Midwest because everything in it is mid! Skyline Chili? Mid! Your Cincinnati Reds, who haven’t won a World Series since 1990? M-M-M-Mid!!!” Today, the Reds are five games over .500, and one of four teams that appear…

Before trade rumors heated up and dream scenarios were briefly envisioned, before the Dodgers were linked to a string of big names who all wound up anywhere but Los Angeles, the team’s front office foreshadowed what proved to be a rather straightforward, unremarkable trade deadline on Thursday afternoon. “This group is really talented,” general manager…