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Former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow is suing the team for breach of contract and for making him “the scapegoat” in sign-stealing scandal.
At age 39, Zlatan Ibrahimovic isn’t a washed-up soccer player. He leads one of Europe’s top leagues in scoring, even after recovering from COVID-19.
Utah is proceeding with plans to play UCLA on Saturday with a patchwork lineup after its opening game was canceled by a COVID-19 outbreak.
USC running back Markese Stepp didn’t have the best game in the Trojans’ season-opening win over Arizona State, but Clay Helton isn’t too concerned.
Players and coaches must first be tested for the coronavirus and finish paperwork to be cleared to work out on LAUSD campuses.
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Celtic Miracle became the 29th fatality at Los Alamitos since the start of the racing season Dec. 27.
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Chargers coach Anthony Lynn cannot believe what the team is experiencing with the last-second losses and blown leads.
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Milwaukee Brewers reliever Devin Williams has won the NL Rookie of the Year award while Seattle Mariners center fielder Kyle Lewis won the AL honor.
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USC women’s basketball team activities were paused Monday after one player tested positive for the novel coronavirus, USC said in a statement.
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LAFC will visit the Seattle Sounders on Nov. 24 in the quarterfinals of the MLS playoffs, a rematch of last year’s Western Conference final.
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Nathan Bain’s game-winning shot for Stephen F. Austin against Duke last season helped rebuild his family’s home, a school and a church in the Bahamas.
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Justin Herbert is a franchise quarterback for the Chargers, but amid a season of constant struggle, the team isn’t doing enough to protect the rookie.
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The Trojans don’t look like a team that can contend for a College Football Playoff spot, but Clay Helton’s team showed Saturday it won’t give up.
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The Lakers are working on an effort to address social inequality as part of a six-step plan that goes beyond using Staples Center as a polling venue.
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Justin Herbert could help the Chargers become SoFi Stadium’s main attraction. The team has nine weeks to decide if Anthony Lynn is the right coach for the job.
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Plaschke: The most important game of the Dodgers’ World Series title season was one they didn’t play
Plaschke: The most important game of the Dodgers’ World Series title season was one they didn’t play
Mookie Betts, the Dodgers’ only African American player, wasn’t going to play August 26 as a message of social protest, so his teammates didn’t play either.
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Already a crucial figure in ending one long World Series drought, Dave Roberts and his steady cool exorcised the Dodgers’ demons — and some of his own.
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President Trump claimed he played a role in resurrecting the Big Ten football season, but it did little to help the conference or his re-election chances.
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Too much has happened to keep believing that sports play an effective defense against reality. It’s time to cheer with your conscience.
After this week’s open date, Rams will begin preparing for their toughest stretch of their schedule which begins with the Seattle Seahawks visiting SoFi Stadium.
The Rams appeared primed to finish the first half of their season with momentum until an ugly loss to the Miami Dolphins. Now their schedule gets tough.
After Sunday’s loss at Miami, the Rams will use this week to recharge ahead of a difficult schedule in the second half of the season.
The Dolphins’ defensive game plan Sunday was similar to one the Patriots used to stop the Rams in the Super Bowl two seasons ago. Of course, these Miami coaches came from that New England staff.
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Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert and Dolphins signal-caller Tua Tagovailoa is poised to be one of the most interesting duels of the 2020 NFL season.
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Kalen Ballage has not been a Charger long, but he has been around the league and proved to be a valuable commodity at running back against the Raiders.
UCLA and USC
UCLA’s home opener against Utah has been rescheduled from Friday to Saturday as the Utes deal with the coronavirus among their players.
Dorian Thompson-Robinson’s 109 rushing yards against Colorado helped fuel UCLA in the season opener. Should the Bruins make it a bigger part of the offense?
The cancellation of two Pac-12 games endangered at least two weekends’ worth of games and revealed the challenges of staging a season amid a pandemic.
UCLA ran a new defensive scheme against the Colorado, but the Bruins still gave up 525 total yards and six touchdowns in a 48-42 loss to Colorado.
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George Lombard, the Dodgers’ first base coach, is leaving the team to become the Detroit Tigers’ bench coach under manager A.J. Hinch.
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Several members of the Dodgers organization tested positive for the coronavirus, although none were inside the World Series bubble in Arlington, Texas.
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The Dodgers won the World Series, Justin Turner made a poor choice, and MLB decided to point the finger at him first and investigate later.
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Kobe Bryant was a much-hyped teenager when he made his Lakers debut Nov. 3, 1996. He missed the only shot he took but would soon become a Lakers legend.
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Lakers’ Danny Green joins campaign to change perception of Black people by breaking the sterotypes we see in advertising and media.
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Kentavious Caldwell-Pope accepts his place as a Lakers role player; his importance to the NBA champions makes his re-signing imperative.
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I know you come to the Monday newsletter to see the stewards’ rulings, but the CHRB didn’t get the first week of the Del Mar meet published in time.
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NASCAR has waved the checkered flag on its frenetic 2020 season, making it through all 38 races while crowning a new champion, the series’ most-popular driver.
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The West Covina Dukes have 10 high-school aged players who recently tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Bucks guard Sterling Brown and the Milwaukee city attorney have agreed to a revised $750,000 settlement of a lawsuit Brown filed after his 2018 arrest.
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The University of Notre Dame is requiring students to undergo coronavirus testing after fans gather on the field following win over Clemson on Saturday.
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Kentucky Derby winner Authentic, fresh off his victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday, has been retired from racing by his owners.
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Gonzaga will open the season No. 1 in the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the first time. UCLA is at No. 22 after promising season.
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Sergio Garcia pulled out of the Masters on Monday after he tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming the second player to withdraw following a positive test.
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Tiger Woods showed from an early age he had the confidence to be a golf champion: “I want to win all of the big tournaments, all of the major ones.”
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Drew Brees throws for 222 yards and four touchdowns and Tom Brady is intercepted three times in the Saints’ 38-3 blowout win over the Buccaneers.
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The Chargers put a drive together in attempt to beat the Raiders before time ran out, but two dropped passes in the final six seconds cost them a victory.
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Former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow is suing the team for breach of contract and for making him “the scapegoat” in sign-stealing scandal.
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Players and coaches must first be tested for the coronavirus and finish paperwork to be cleared to work out on LAUSD campuses.
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Justin Herbert is a franchise quarterback for the Chargers, but amid a season of constant struggle, the team isn’t doing enough to protect the rookie.
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The West Covina Dukes have 10 high-school aged players who recently tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Chargers coach Anthony Lynn cannot believe what the team is experiencing with the last-second losses and blown leads.
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Anaheim Servite coach Troy Thomas joins Eric Sondheimer and Randy Rosenbloom to discuss high school football and the playoffs that might have been.
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Servite High School football coach Troy Thomas joins Eric Sondheimer and Randy Rosenbloom to discuss the playoffs that might have been.
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Ted Corcoran will serve as interim coach at St. Francis, taking over for Jim Bonds, who died Oct. 28 after a battle with cancer.
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After eight months of a COVID-19 shutdown in California, it’s time to move forward with sports while following the necessary precautions.
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LAUSD Supt. Austin Beutner says campus sports facilities in the district will be available for coaches starting next week for voluntary conditioning workouts.
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Diego Rossi finishes with an MLS-best 14 goals as LAFC plays Portland to a 1-1 draw Sunday before embarking on the postseason, which will begin with match in Seattle.
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Julian Araujo’s red card in the 41st minute kept the Galaxy shorthanded for most of their 3-0 loss to the Vancouver Whitecaps.
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In a season filled with unprecedented challenges, LAFC coach Bob Bradley knows opening the MLS playoffs on the road is a tough task for his team.
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Galaxy midfielder Sebastian Lletget has been added to the national team roster for friendlies with Wales and Panama replacing Josh Sargent.
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Former NBA standout Chauncey Billups is finalizing a contract to join Tyronn Lue’s Clippers coaching staff, which also will include Larry Drew.
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Rex Kalamian, a Clippers assistant for the past two seasons, is joining Sacramento as an assistant on coach Luke Walton’s bench.
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Brian Adams, who coached the Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario since 2018, is joining Doc Rivers’ coaching staff on the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Miami assistant Dan Craig, ex-Brooklyn coach Kenny Atkinson and former Cleveland assistant Larry Drew have committed to join the Clippers as assistants.
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The Dodgers’ Mookie Betts and Angels’ Mike Trout are both receipts of this season’s Silver Slugger award.
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Right-hander Cole Percival wanted to pitch for the Angels, the team with which his father, Troy, won the 2002 World Series, but the Dodgers made an offer instead.
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The Angels have interviewed at least 14 people for their GM opening. A focus on scouting and player development appears preferred to a reliance on analytics.
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The Angels and MLB filed a motion in Orange County Superior Court on Monday to dismiss a complaint by former team employee Brian “Bubba” Harkins.
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The NHL has postponed the 2021 editions of its Winter Classic and All-Star Weekend, citing “ongoing uncertainty resulting from the coronavirus.”
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Mike “Doc” Emrick, NBC’s longtime voice of NHL coverage, announced Monday he is retiring from broadcasting after 50 years of covering the sport.
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Quinton Byfield, the No. 2 overall pick by the Kings in the 2020 NHL draft, has signed his rookie contract with the team.
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Shattenkirk will join the Ducks after helping the Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup this season. As expected, the Kings passed on signing anyone.
