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  • Bruce Arena returns to bigger, better Gold Cup with an inexperienced roster

    Bruce Arena returns to bigger, better Gold Cup with an inexperienced roster

    The last time Bruce Arena coached in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the field included South Africa and Colombia, attendance averaged less than 14,000 a game and the U.S. won the title on a penalty kick from a 24-year-old Brad Davis following 120 scoreless minutes against Panama. That was a dozen years...

  • Clippers acquire rights to Oklahoma State guard Jawun Evans

    Clippers acquire rights to Oklahoma State guard Jawun Evans

    The Clippers announced Thursday that they have acquired the rights to Oklahoma State guard Jawun Evans for cash from the Philadelphia 76ers. The 76ers chose Evans in the second round with the 39th pick in the NBA draft last month and then agreed to trade him to the Clippers for compensation. Evans,...

  • U.S. drops 12 spots to No. 35 in FIFA rankings

    U.S. drops 12 spots to No. 35 in FIFA rankings

    The U.S. men’s national soccer team hasn’t lost since Bruce Arena took over as coach in December, has climbed from last to third in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying table and played Mexico to a 1-1 draw on the road last month. But none of that has paid off in the FIFA world rankings, where the...

  • Clippers, European star Milos Teodosic agree to deal

    Clippers, European star Milos Teodosic agree to deal

    The Clippers have agreed to a two-year, $12-million deal with European star Milos Teodosic, according to NBA executives who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. The second year of the deal is a player option for the 30-year-old Serbian, the executives said. He got a portion of the...

  • A look at Dodgers voted to start All-Star games since 1970

    A look at Dodgers voted to start All-Star games since 1970

    When no Dodger was voted by fans into the starting lineup of this year's All-Star game, reliever Kenley Jansen blamed the fans. Some of those fans took to email and social media to say it wasn’t their fault that more than half of the Los Angeles area still can't watch the team on TV. But is that...

  • Valentina Shevchenko plots UFC 213 revenge on Amanda Nunes

    Valentina Shevchenko plots UFC 213 revenge on Amanda Nunes

    Valentina Shevchenko has been schooled since the beginning of her martial arts career never to dwell on her opponent’s advantages, and to treat each fight as her last. As her Saturday night UFC 213 main-event rematch against women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes nears, Shevchenko said she’s...

  • Former Laker Nick Young agrees to a contract with the Golden State Warriors

    Former Laker Nick Young agrees to a contract with the Golden State Warriors

    Former Laker Nick Young has agreed to a one-year deal with the Golden State Warriors that is worth $5.2 million. That amount is half a million less than Young was set to make had he picked up the player option on his contract with the Lakers this summer. Young declined that option on June 21 and...

  • Kings hope they scored big with top draft picks Gabe Vilardi and Jaret Anderson-Dolan

    Kings hope they scored big with top draft picks Gabe Vilardi and Jaret Anderson-Dolan

    There might come a day when Gabe Vilardi walks into the Kings’ dressing room as a man among boys. On this day, though, Vilardi, was a wide-eyed boy wonder when he toured the Kings’ practice facility in El Segundo. “I saw Jeff Carter,” he said of the Kings’ all-star center. “It’s crazy. I grew up...

  • Watch Daniil Medvedev throw money at umpire after losing at Wimbledon

    Watch Daniil Medvedev throw money at umpire after losing at Wimbledon

    Daniil Medvedev didn’t remain the feel-good story of Wimbledon for long. Two days after upsetting reigning U.S. Open champion Stan Wawrinka in the opening round, the unseeded Wimbledon newcomer seems to have lost some composure during his 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3 loss to Ruben Bemelmans on Wednesday....

  • Clayton Kershaw flirts with no-hitter before Dodgers hold off Diamondbacks, 4-3

    Clayton Kershaw flirts with no-hitter before Dodgers hold off Diamondbacks, 4-3

    The ball squirted to his right, and Cody Bellinger had a fraction of a second to decide. Break to his right and the pitcher would have to cover first base. Break to cover the base and the ball might dribble into the outfield for a hit. “No man’s land,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday....

  • On second thought, Kenley Jansen says he loves Dodgers fans

    On second thought, Kenley Jansen says he loves Dodgers fans

    Kenley Jansen repeatedly proclaimed his love for Dodgers fans Tuesday, two days after blaming them for failing to elect teammates Corey Seager and Justin Turner into the starting lineup for the All-Star game. It would be one thing if Dodgers fans did not care much for voting. But they do: More...

  • Getting out the All-Star vote

    Getting out the All-Star vote

    Do Dodgers fans vote for the All-Star Game? Indeed they do. Balloting is exclusively online, and the data available includes the breakdown of voters by their favorite team. This is a breakdown of voters rather than votes, but the unheralded Justin Smoak of the Toronto Blue Jays winning the American...

  • NBA free agency: Forward Gordon Hayward will join the Boston Celtics

    NBA free agency: Forward Gordon Hayward will join the Boston Celtics

    Gordon Hayward has chosen to sign with the Boston Celtics and reunite with coach Brad Stevens. Hayward told Utah officials that he is moving on after seven seasons with the Jazz and that he picked Boston, making the announcement Tuesday evening on The Players' Tribune site. Hayward played college...

  • Cody Bellinger to compete in home run derby after firefighters come to 'rescue'

    Cody Bellinger to compete in home run derby after firefighters come to 'rescue'

    Never has Cody Bellinger been happier to provide a few autographs. Bellinger said Tuesday he would sign some bats and balls for the firefighters who have agreed to cover his father’s work shifts next week. Bellinger accepted an invitation to compete in Monday’s home run derby, but not until he...

  • Peter Sagan disqualified from Tour de France after causing crash at end of fourth stage

    Peter Sagan disqualified from Tour de France after causing crash at end of fourth stage

    World champion Peter Sagan was disqualified from the Tour de France for causing a serious crash in a chaotic sprint finish on Tuesday that left Mark Cavendish needing treatment for his injuries and eventually withdrawing from the competition. About 50 yards from the end of Stage 4, Sagan elbowed...

  • Yankees' Starlin Castro might miss All-Star game because of hamstring injury

    Yankees' Starlin Castro might miss All-Star game because of hamstring injury

    New York Yankees second baseman Starlin Castro might miss the All-Star Game because of his strained right hamstring. Castro went on the disabled list June 27 and New York manager Joe Girardi said Castro won't start running hard until Thursday. “I don't know if we'll have him back before the break,”...

  • Angels send struggling starter Alex Meyer to triple-A Salt Lake

    Angels send struggling starter Alex Meyer to triple-A Salt Lake

    Alex Meyer owns the best earned-run average, 4.16, of any Angels starting pitcher this season. His fielding-independent pitching metric also leads the club’s substandard rotation. By some measures, the 6-foot-9 right-hander has been effective. By others — chiefly his league-high walk rate of more...

  • NHL free agency: Avalanche sign Nail Yakupov, Hurricanes trade for Marcus Kruger

    NHL free agency: Avalanche sign Nail Yakupov, Hurricanes trade for Marcus Kruger

    The Colorado Avalanche have added another goal-scoring option by signing former No. 1 overall pick Nail Yakupov to a one-year deal, while the Carolina Hurricanes have acquired Marcus Kruger from the Vegas Golden Knights, the forward's second trade in three days. Yakupov was the top pick by Edmonton...

  • Angelique Kerber, Milos Raonic win first-round matches at Wimbledon

    Angelique Kerber, Milos Raonic win first-round matches at Wimbledon

    Last year's runners-up were up first on the main showcourts at Wimbledon on Tuesday, and both came through in straight sets. Angelique Kerber, playing in the spot on Centre Court normally reserved for the defending women's champion, beat Irina Falconi of the United States 6-4, 6-4. On No. 1 Court,...

  • Dodgers' Justin Turner leads race for final spot on NL All-Star team

    Dodgers' Justin Turner leads race for final spot on NL All-Star team

    Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner leads the five-man race for the final spot on the National League All-Star team, Major League Baseball said Tuesday. In the “Final Vote” program, Turner leads Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, with Washington Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon in third,...

  • Clippers close to landing Danilo Gallinari in sign-and-trade

    Clippers close to landing Danilo Gallinari in sign-and-trade

    Free-agent forward Danilo Gallinari and the Clippers were closing in on a sign-and-trade agreement Monday night that involved the Denver Nuggets, Atlanta Hawks and Clippers guard Jamal Crawford, according to NBA officials who were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. Gallinari will agree...

  • Angels' pitching crumbles in 9-5 loss to Twins

    Angels' pitching crumbles in 9-5 loss to Twins

    Alex Meyer could not believe the call, and even hours later he did not understand it. He had two strikes and two balls on Joe Mauer with two outs in the second inning Monday night at Target Field. Minnesota had a runner at third and another at first: Byron Buxton, one of baseball’s fastest men....

  • He's in: Dodgers' Cody Bellinger officially joins Home Run Derby field

    He's in: Dodgers' Cody Bellinger officially joins Home Run Derby field

    Cody Bellinger started April in the minor leagues. If his season went well, he said, he hoped he could play in the triple-A All-Star Game. His season has gone a bit better than he had hoped. The Dodgers called him up in April, and he took the National League by storm. He spotted the league three...

  • Lakers sign Lonzo Ball

    Lakers sign Lonzo Ball

    As NBA free agency passed its third full day, the Lakers finally made a few transactions. Just formalities, though. Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma, the 27th pick in the draft, and Josh Hart, the 30th pick, signed their contracts Monday afternoon. They did so amid summer league two-a-days, which began Monday...

  • Umpire Angel Hernandez sues MLB, claiming race discrimination

    Umpire Angel Hernandez sues MLB, claiming race discrimination

    Angel Hernandez, a big league umpire for nearly a quarter-century, sued Major League Baseball on Monday alleging race discrimination. In a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati, the 55-year-old Hernandez, who was born in Cuba and lives in Florida, alleges MLB chief baseball officer...

  • Curt Onalfo faces tough decisions in picking a lineup for injury-riddled Galaxy

    Curt Onalfo faces tough decisions in picking a lineup for injury-riddled Galaxy

    In picking a starting lineup for Tuesday’s game with Real Salt Lake, Galaxy coach Curt Onalfo would be well served by first considering who can’t play before deciding who should. Captain Jelle Van Damme is out because of a suspension. Forwards Gio dos Santos and Gyasi Zardes are on international...

  • MLB: Miguel Montero is traded by Cubs

    MLB: Miguel Montero is traded by Cubs

    The Chicago Cubs traded catcher Miguel Montero to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday, six days after he blamed pitcher Jake Arrieta for allowing seven stolen bases during a loss to Washington. Toronto said it will send a player to be named or cash to Chicago for Montero, a two-time All-Star who was...

  • Angels' Mike Trout will miss All-Star game as he continues rehabbing an injury

    Angels' Mike Trout will miss All-Star game as he continues rehabbing an injury

    For the first time since he stormed onto the scene in 2012 and won a spot as a rare rookie starter in the All-Star game, Angels center fielder Mike Trout will not play in the annual event. Fans elected him as a starter for the sixth consecutive season, but Trout will not travel to Miami, where...

  • Right-hander Brandon Morrow is at 100% and Dodgers are getting their money's worth

    Right-hander Brandon Morrow is at 100% and Dodgers are getting their money's worth

    He regained 15 pounds he lost during a lengthy bout with valley fever, a nasty fungal lung infection, in the winter of 2015-16. He has full strength in a shoulder that didn’t feel quite right last season after surgery to repair an impingement in August 2015. Brandon Morrow didn’t need to see “100...

  • Dodgers' Adrian Gonzalez might not play until September, but whatever happens, he's at peace with it

    Dodgers' Adrian Gonzalez might not play until September, but whatever happens, he's at peace with it

    Adrian Gonzalez sighed. “We have some hypotheticals,” he said of current plans to rehabilitate the herniated disks in his back. He sounded uncertain. “We’re being cautious,” he added. Gonzalez has played in only 49 of the Dodgers’ 84 games. He has been on the disabled list for the last three weeks...

  • Rob Blake faces formidable task of reviving the Kings

    Rob Blake faces formidable task of reviving the Kings

    It was at the NHL draft last month that Mark Yannetti, the Kings’ director of amateur scouting, noticed a distinct contrast between the demeanor of his former boss, Dean Lombardi, and that of Rob Blake, who succeeded Lombardi as the club’s general manager. After not reaching the playoffs for the...

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