The Lakers fell to the San Antonio Spurs, 109-99, on Wednesday evening in their second and final matchup of the six-team California Classic in Sacramento. Second-year guard Max Christie had another strong showing, scoring 13 third-quarter points on his way to a team-high 25 on 7-of-13 shooting to go with four rebounds and four assists.…
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LOS ANGELES — The guys in the Dodgers’ bullpen were so anxious for Daniel Hudson to rejoin them that left-hander Caleb Ferguson said they joked about going to management and telling them Hudson could skip his rehab assignment and just do it at the big-league level with them even if it meant extra work for…
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SAN DIEGO — After the Angels, with an injury-ravaged lineup, lost to the Padres, 5-3, on Wednesday night, Manager Phil Nevin wasn’t about to refer to the injured list as an excuse for his team’s current free fall. “I’m not going to use the injuries (as an excuse),” he said. “We’ve just got to play…
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An Orange County man was sentenced Wednesday to six months probation and ordered to forfeit $3 million for helping run an illegal bookmaking business that allegedly ensnared ex-Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig. Edon Kagasoff, 45, of Lake Forest, pleaded guilty last year to a federal charge of conspiring to run the gambling operation, according to the…
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SAN DIEGO — The Angels are giving Anthony Rendon a chance to avoid a third trip to the injured list this season. Although Rendon was walking with the help of crutches on Tuesday, and still using one crutch on Wednesday, the Angels kept the veteran third baseman on the active roster in hopes that he…
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In March, I offered four storylines to watch this season in MLB. Since then another has emerged – seemingly out of nowhere – which I addressed a couple of weeks back: the topsy-turvy, bunched-together nature of the standings. At the time, I wasn’t especially convinced of a singular root cause of the chaos until Miguel…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Doug Deutsch of Costa Mesa, a longtime professional baseball scout with the Houston Astros and Kansas City Royals, is being remembered for his astute ability to identify talent and strong belief that the character and work ethic of a prospect mattered. Deutsch, 81,…
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Whoops, a few people forgot to pack up their massive pop tents. And another person left behind a big barbeque on the beach. Revelers who packed the coast on the Fourth of July also left behind countless pieces of plastics and trash littering beaches across Southern California. Volunteers on July 5 — considered the dirtiest…
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The Los Angeles Football Club traded forward Kwadwo “Mahala” Opoku to Montreal on Wednesday for $1.75 million in general allocation money. All but $100,000 of that figure applies to 2023. The remainder was slotted for 2024. In a separate transaction with Montreal, LAFC also acquired a 2023 international roster slot for $100,000 in 2024 GAM.…
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The house was a fixer, selling for $950,000 “as is.” In addition to needing fresh paint, the kitchen, the bathroom and some of the floors needed to be updated, listing agent Stephen Haw said. That didn’t stop buyers from getting into a bidding war over the West Torrance house. By the time escrow closed on…
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