ANAHEIM —Joe Maddon has insisted that the Angels have the ingredients to be a championship team, but he conceded that they didn’t look like one in their 5-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night. The Angels made two critical defensive mistakes that led to three unearned runs in the seventh, just after they…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now OJAI – A historic boys tennis season for University continued Saturday night on the storied hard courts at the 120th Ojai tournament. The Trojans, however, completed the trek with some company from Orange County. Valencia also made history under the lights at Libbey…
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LOS ANGELES — Like the Kings’ postseason fate, their 4-2 victory over the Ducks on Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena went down to the wire in a grudge match befitting retiring Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf’s final game against the Kings. Alexander Edler scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and the Kings closed…
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CARSON — All of the concerns that Galaxy coach Greg Vanney had about trying to break down the Nashville SC defense came to fruition on Saturday night. Nashville, one of the stingiest teams in Major League Soccer, lived up to its reputation, frustrating the Galaxy for most of the match. That was until the 87th…
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Jin Young Ko hits from a creek bed between the 17th and 18th holes during the third round of LPGA’s DIO Implant LA Open on Saturday at Wilshire Country Club. Her ball hit the wall and bounced back twice. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Jin Young Ko hits from a creek bed between the 17th and 18th…
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It was the biggest game Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving ever played as teammates, the weight of their Brooklyn experiment hanging in the balance. And like a 39-year-old Brooklyn hipster in a basement apartment with a Harvard degree, they underachieved. What a sad way to go out. Durant and Irving each had a measly 16…
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The Nets made half their shots against the Celtics and made 12 threes on 29 attempts. They moved the ball for 25 assists on 39 field goals and six of their nine players who logged minutes scored in double figures. But for the third game in a row, Celtics head coach Ime Udoka solved the…
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Less than a week after opening training camp, the Sparks lost their preseason opener on the road Saturday to the Seattle Storm, 81-68. Rookie Olivia Nelson-Ododa led L.A. with 15 points, 12 rebounds, five assists, two blocked shots and a steal in her 35 minutes. The 19th overall pick in the April 11 WNBA Draft,…
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ANAHEIM — Joe Maddon doesn’t seem to have any desire to move Shohei Ohtani out of the leadoff spot. Although it’s not a traditional spot in the order for someone with Ohtani’s power, the Angels’ manager reiterated Saturday that he believes the leadoff spot is still the best place for Ohtani right now, with this…
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The Chicago Cubs piled on the runs in historic fashion Saturday, crushing the Pirates 21-0 at Wrigley Field in the franchise’s largest shutout win since at least 1901. After two sluggish offensive performances in losses in the first two games of the series, the Cubs pounded out 23 hits — the team’s most since a 23-hit…
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