LAS VEGAS — Folarin Balogun and Chris Richards scored their first international goals, both off assists from Gio Reyna, and the United States beat Canada 2-0 on Sunday night for the Americans’ second straight CONCACAF Nations League title. Richards scored in the 12th minute from a corner kick and Balogun, who debuted in Thursday’s 3-0…
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ARCADIA — The debate is on after 12 horses died at Churchill Downs in a six-week span this spring. Bring back synthetic tracks or stick with the traditional dirt surfaces? According to Santa Anita senior vice president and general manager Nate Newby, Santa Anita officials are always looking at options to improve the product but…
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LOS ANGELES ― The Dodgers began their three-game series with the third-best record in the National League. They ended it with the third-best record in their own division. In between, they suffered an embarrassing three-game sweep at the hands of the San Francisco Giants. Sunday’s 7-3 loss before an announced crowd of 52,307 at Dodger…
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LOS ANGELES ― The light at the end of the tunnel for the Dodgers’ beleaguered pitching staff is getting closer, and now they can circle it on the calendar. Julio Urías and Daniel Hudson are set to rejoin the team during its three-game series in Kansas City from June 30 to July 2, manager Dave…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — No one expected Mike Trout’s puzzling to slump to last as long as it has, and now perhaps it’s finally over. Trout homered just after Shohei Ohtani put the Angels up with a two-run homer in the fifth inning of the Angels’ 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It’s fitting that Brandon Drury reached Father’s Day playing his best baseball of the season, because he said he owes his father for helping to turn around his career. Drury had hit .205 with a .600 OPS over three straight years from 2018-20, seasons that he now calls “awful.” That’s when…
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Michael Brigandi was 18, not long out of high school, when he was drafted into the Army in February 1944. Four months later, he found himself in England, waiting for transport to Utah Beach in Normandy. That wait took four days, for reasons unknown to him. “When you’re 18 or 19 years old, all you’re…
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For years, the California Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom have signed off on lucrative and unjustified contracts for the state prison guard union, despite warnings from the non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office that legally required compensation studies were not being conducted. Now, the Newsom administration is pulling a fast one on California taxpayers with a flawed…
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This last week and within 24 hours, the Securities and Exchange Commission made two allegations against the cryptocurrency platforms Binance and Coinbase, asserting the latter was engaged in illicit securities trading within the United States. These moves mark a significant escalation in the SEC’s efforts to regulate an industry that has long existed in a…
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There’s always been a performative aspect to American politics. Politicians say or do things to seek attention, rather than contribute to governance. But it has become pervasive in recent years. Former President Donald Trump personifies the bombastic approach, saying anything to get his supporters riled up – even to the point of violence – and…
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