The stolen trophy that honours 'the world's most cheerful loser'
The Lipton Cup, stolen from a Glasgow museum, is valued at nearly £500,000 but as a symbol of sportsmanship some regard it as priceless. Source link
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Why Dodgers’ Emmet Sheehan has ‘K ALS’ stitched into glove
ST. LOUIS — Dodgers right-hander Emmet Sheehan first met MLB.com researcher extraordinaire Sarah Langs during the World Series last year. But he’d known of her before that. Langs, who turned 33 on Saturday, made her mark on the industry early in her career. Even as a young writer, her talent for digging up interesting stats, along with…
UCLA coach Bob Chesney restores Bruins festive spring game energy
It was a brotherly battle at UCLA’s spring football game on a clear Saturday afternoon at the Rose Bowl. At the helm of the opposing white and blue teams, respectively, quarterbacks Nico and Madden Iamaleava led the split halves of the Bruins squad during a well-attended end to the first spring camp under the direction…
Roki Sasaki shines, but Dodgers suffer fourth straight loss
ST. LOUIS — Dodgers right-hander Roki Sasaki’s new splitter may prove to be the key as he makes his case to remain in the major-league rotation once lefty Blake Snell returns from injury. After debuting the pitch last week, Sasaki mixed it in with the slower version he’s more traditionally thrown during the Dodgers’ 3-2 loss to…
Angel City falls to Utah Royals after getting its first red card
Captain Paige Cronin delivered a pinpoint cross onto Cloé Lacasse’s head for the game’s only goal in the 32nd minute, giving Utah (4-2-1) a win over Angel City at BMO Stadium. It was the Royals’ fourth straight victory. In first half stoppage time, Maiara Niehues received a direct red card for violent conduct towards Lacasse….
Galaxy gives up late goal to seal tie with Vancouver Whitecaps
Mathias Laborda scored in the 82nd minute for the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night, sealing a 1-1 tie with the Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson. The Whitecaps (8-1-1), who were only the second MLS team in the post-shootout era (since 2000) to win eight of their first nine games to begin a…
Philadelphia 76ers stun Boston Celtics to complete series comeback
Boston were 99-98 behind following two Neemias Queta free throws before Maxey scored eight unanswered points to give his side a 107-98 lead with 15 seconds left. “We started off well and then in the second quarter we kind of relaxed a little,” said Embiid. “Same thing with the start of the fourth. “But we…
Oswald Peraza’s RBI single in 10th lifts Angels to win over Mets
Oswald Peraza hit a two-out RBI single in the 10th inning and the Angels snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the New York Mets on Saturday night. Jorge Soler drew a leadoff walk from Austin Warren (0-1) to open the 10th and Jo Adell singled to load the bases with no…
World Snooker Championship 2026 quiz: Name all finalists since 2000
China’s Wu Yize is the 21st man to reach a World Snooker Championship final at the Crucible Theatre since the turn of the century thanks to his extraordinary win against Mark Allen. Can you name the other 20 players who have appeared in a world title decider in Sheffield between 2000 and 2025? After more…
High school baseball and softball: Saturday’s scores
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL & SOFTBALL Saturday’s Results BASEBALL CITY SECTION Mendez 13, CALS Early College 0 Palisades 4, San Pedro 3 Port of Los Angeles d. Dorsey, forfeit Sun Valley Poly 8, LA Marshall 2 Venice 10, San Fernando 2 Verdugo Hills 8, Chatsworth 4 SOUTHERN SECTION Big Bear 9, San Bernardino 2 Bishop Amat…