I know exactly where Pete Rose’s Hall of Fame plaque should have been hanging — for the past three decades. You’d have found it in the middle of a powerhouse cluster in the plaque gallery — nestled in between the plaques of Tom Seaver and Reggie Jackson. Among others. Thousands of baseball fans would have … Read more
As the WNBA has reached wildly successful highs this season in viewership and attendance, players say the boom long coveted throughout women’s basketball has come with unfortunate consequences. During these playoffs, athletes who would normally be focused on winning have instead shared a swell of complaints of being targeted with racist, misogynistic, homophobic and threatening … Read more
The Athletic has live coverage of the MLB Wild Card Series. The postseason begins with no clear favorite, as MLB finished the regular season with no 100-game winner for the first time since 2014. Every team seemingly has a path to a title, and every team also appears to have a flaw as big as the … Read more
In a highly anticipated duel of the Southland’s top quarterbacks, Makena Cook threw three touchdown passes to keep the Orange Lutheran flag football team unbeaten with a 20-13 victory over Trinity League rival Santa Margarita on Tuesday night. Cook completed nine of 11 throws in the first half, including touchdowns of 21 and 53 yards … Read more
Sunday night’s dramatic derby with city rivals Real Madrid put Atletico Madrid’s relationship with the radical block of fans that gather inside their ground under a new global spotlight. After Real Madrid took the lead, Atletico captain Koke and manager Diego Simeone pleaded for calm with balaclava-wearing supporters, who had thrown objects onto the pitch … Read more
Jared Goff tossed a perfect game Monday night. The Detroit Lions quarterback completed 18 of 18 passes for 292 yards and two touchdowns during a 42-29 win over the Seattle Seahawks at Ford Field. Yet, the former No. 1 overall draft pick of the Rams did not finish with a perfect passer rating. “Did I … Read more
The question was simple. The responses were strikingly alike. How well have the Dodgers gotten to know Shohei Ohtani this year? Well enough for several of his new teammates to draw a similar conclusion about the superstar’s personality, noticing an unexpected dichotomy at the heart of the 30-year-old’s success. “[He can] be goofy and playful … Read more
SoFi Stadium wants high school football games to be part of its annual schedule of events, and the first of three games for this season is Friday when Mission Viejo plays Long Beach Poly. Other games scheduled are St. John Bosco vs. Servite on Oct. 18 and Garfield vs. Roosevelt on Oct. 25. The Chargers, … Read more
SAN DIEGO – Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a towering two-run homer on his first playoff swing in four years and Michael King struck out 12 in his first postseason start as the San Diego Padres beat rookie AJ Smith-Shawver and the Atlanta Braves 4-0 in Game 1 of their NL Wild Card Series on Tuesday … Read more
When Raesjon Davis arrived in 2021, during the last gasps of the Clay Helton era at USC, the four-star linebacker from Santa Ana Mater Dei looked like he could make an immediate impact at a position where USC desperately needed it. Those stars never quite aligned. But as other members of that last Helton class … Read more