PLEASANTON, Calif. — The best seat in the house is still reserved for John Madden. His throne is fully reclined and draped in a fleece Raiders blanket. It sits squarely before a 20-foot-tall LED wall, a study in sensory overload, showing every NFL broadcast at once. When the Hall of Fame coach retired from the TV … Read more
GLENDALE, Ariz. — He didn’t have any protection. He didn’t have any weapons. Matthew Stafford was a sitting duck in the Rams’ 41-10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. Playing behind an offensive line decimated by injuries, Stafford was sacked five times at State Farm Stadium. Starting the game without Puka Nacua and ending it … Read more
Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp stands on the field before a preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys at SoFi Stadium on Aug. 11. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) A week after catching 14 passes for 110 yards and a touchdown against the Detroit Lions, Cooper Kupp suffered an ankle injury in the second quarter … Read more
BOULDER, Colo. – The clock struck 0:00 and Shedeur Sanders rolled to his left and let the football fly. LaJohntay Wester caught it in the end zone, unleashing bedlam in Boulder on a rainy, storm-the-field kind of night that coach Deion Sanders and the rest of the Colorado football program will soak in for a … Read more
The emotional pain was far worse than the physical pain for Anthony Banda, the Dodgers reliever who suffered a hairline fracture in his left hand when he hit what manager Dave Roberts called a “solid object” with his pitching hand in frustration after giving up two runs in a Sept. 9 game against the Chicago … Read more
Chargers running back J.K. Dobbins runs past the Panthers defense for a touchdown. (Rusty Jones / Associated Press) The Chargers were 25th in the NFL in yards rushing last season, averaging less than 100 a game. And that was actually an improvement from 2022, when they were third from the bottom in the league. Yet … Read more
A look at the top performers from high school football games across the Southland on Thursday and Friday nights. RUSHING • Erick Stubbs, Bell: Rushed for 280 yards and two touchdowns in a win over South East, pushing him past 1,000 yards rushing in five games. • Brian Bonner, Valencia: Ran for 169 yards and … Read more
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — USC played a team that passed for 32 yards. Not on one play. In the entire game. Coach Lincoln Riley described the 27-24 loss to Michigan on Saturday as a game his team could have won, saying, “We came up one play short.” In truth, this was a game the Trojans should … Read more
BATON ROUGE, La. — As they ran into a tunnel leading into the locker room for halftime, UCLA players were loudly serenaded by a pack of fans in a nearby corner of Tiger Stadium shouting the school’s four letters. The Bruins had finally provided something to cheer about after largely listless showings in their first two … Read more
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It seemed, at first, like just the sort of old-fashioned Big Ten welcome that would have made Bo Schembechler swoon. Two defenses swarming to the ball. Two rushing attacks grinding away, one yard, two yards, three yards at a time. Two coaches wary of the forward pass. And in the wreckage stood … Read more