BERLIN – Four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame Taylor Fritz 6-2, 7-5 as Team Europe rallied to beat Team World 13-11 and win the Laver Cup on Sunday. Alcaraz broke the U.S. Open runner-up Fritz in the 11th game and then closed out victory on serve, sparking celebrations as the Europe team rejoiced with … Read more
Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter has pleaded guilty to stealing millions from him to feed a sports gambling habit. The man who took Ippei Mizuhara’s bets entered a guilty plea to running an illegal bookmaking operation. Major League Baseball has closed its investigation into the matter. And the Dodgers are delighted that Ohtani is putting up … Read more
With starting safety Alohi Gilman doubtful because of a knee injury, the Chargers’ Elijah Molden could have a larger role Sunday against the Carolina Panthers. It’s exactly the moment for which the fourth-year defensive back has been waiting. “I feel like right now I’m playing my best football,” said Molden, who joined the Chargers in … Read more
PITTSBURGH – Justin Fields threw for a touchdown and ran for another and the Pittsburgh Steelers topped the Los Angeles Chargers 20-10 on Sunday. Pittsburgh improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2020 behind another efficient performance from Fields, who completed 25 of 32 passes for 245 yards, including a 55-yard touchdown pass to … Read more
Rams coach Sean McVay enjoyed the luxury of having receivers Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua seemingly healthy at the same time for exactly half of one game. The knee injury that Nacua aggravated in a season-opening loss at Detroit landed the second-year pro on injured reserve. So on Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals, Kupp is … Read more
Usually the Dodgers wait until October to collapse. This season, they’re getting a head start. Usually the Dodgers wait until their first postseason opponent actually shows up before they wreck a summer’s worth of overblown expectations. This season, their first postseason opponent is themselves, and the cratering begins now. Tyler Glasnow is done, and it … Read more
When it comes to throwing a football, perhaps no girl in the Southland can do it with more accuracy and distance than Makena Cook. The Orange Lutheran sophomore is relishing the quarterback role and has led the Lancers’ flag team to a 14-0 start and the No. 1 ranking in the country by MaxPreps. As … Read more
“The Jeffersons” was a hit TV sitcom on CBS from 1975 to 1985, with its famous theme song, “Movin’ On Up.” There’s another hit Jeffersons show playing out on the football field at Cathedral High, where coach Vince Jefferson, younger brother and offensive coordinator Jabari Jefferson, and Jabari’s son, quarterback Jaden Jefferson, have the Phantoms … Read more
When the Downey High football team has the ball and is trailing, coach Jack Williams holds his trust in one student: 17-year-old quarterback Oscar Rios. “They left too much time,” Williams said Rios told him after Long Beach Millikan took a six-point lead with less than three minutes to go on Sept. 6. And when … Read more
BOSTON – Boston’s Triston Casas homered in his first three at-bats on Sunday in the opener of a split doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins. The 24-year-old Casas has driven in seven runs. The Red Sox lead the Twins 8-1 in the seventh inning. The record for homers in a game is four, and its been … Read more