DENVER — The Dodgers escaped the House of Mile-High Horrors having to salvage a split against the less-talented Colorado Rockies, having played the coldest game in franchise history, having reliever Blake Treinen hit in the head by a batted ball during batting practice. And most significantly, having to report Monday that star closer Edwin Díaz will have…
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. I’m Eric Sondheimer. There’s three weeks left in the high school baseball season. The rush is on to make the City Section Open Division and Southern Section Division 1 playoffs. Get our high school sports newsletter Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports…
The Sparks worked on building their 2026 roster long before the WNBA’s compressed free agency period tipped off. Teams have had a little more than a week to prepare their training camp rosters between free agency, the league’s primary draft and an expansion draft. The Sparks have one of the more notable roster transformations in…
The Los Alamitos High Song Team will compete in Orlando, Fla., beginning Wednesday at the International Cheer Union Junior World Championships after being selected as the lone United States representative to compete with more than 70 nations. The team was selected as part of the U.S. National Junior Pom Team. The competition one day could…
With more than 40 years of coaching experience, Tom Harp of Granada Hills sure knows how to pull off upsets in boys volleyball. His team created some uncertainty for the City Section playoffs by knocking off the likely No. 1 seed, Chatsworth, on Monday with a five-set victory, 24-26, 23-25, 25-18, 25-21, 15-12. “It was…
Former USC and Georgia receiver Zachariah Branch was arrested early Sunday in Athens, Ga., for not moving far enough on a public sidewalk when a police officer asked him to do so. Branch, widely projected to go in the second round of the NFL draft later this week, faces misdemeanor charges of obstructing public sidewalks,…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> One quarterback will go in the first round of the NFL draft, but he won’t have to wait long to hear his name. And five Ohio State players will go in the opening round, including four in the first seven picks. That’s how this year’s beat-writer draft unfolds, at least. For more than…
After entering a rehabilitation facility last month, Rams All-Pro receiver Puka Nacua’s availability for the start of the team’s voluntary offseason workout program appeared to be in doubt. But on Monday, Nacua was present along with quarterback Matthew Stafford, star receiver Davante Adams, new cornerbacks Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson and other returning players for…
Slide over, Jacob Kiplimo. The world’s fastest human in the half-marathon is still just that, but the Ugandan’s record time of 57 minutes, 20 seconds, was obliterated Sunday in Beijing by a 5-foot-5 humanoid robot named Lightning. Lightning was one of more than 100 robots running the 13.1-mile race in the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area…
As a kid growing up in Windsor, Canada, just across the river from Detroit, D.J. Smith would look forward to the Stanley Cup playoffs the way other kids looked forward to Christmas. “It’s special as a kid growing up, just watching that first game of the NHL playoffs,” he said. “As a Red Wings fan,…