EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers tackle Rashawn Slater was placed on injured reserve on Oct. 9 after having right ankle surgery. Slater had the surgery after a high ankle sprain in the team’s loss to the Seattle Seahawks. He’ll miss at least four games. The team said Slater will begin rehab immediately. […]
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A first-time WNBA champion awaits as the Valkyries face the Dream in the finals
NEW YORK (AP) — Golden State Valkyries owner Joe Lacob proclaimed that his team would win a championship within its first five years when he bought the expansion franchise. The Valkyries are now one step away from achieving his mandate way ahead of schedule as it only took two years for Golden State to reach […]
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Tatis, Padres eliminated from postseason by top-seeded Brewers in 4 games
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr.’s 429-foot home run to straightaway center field leading off the third inning got the sellout crowd of 47,712 at Petco Park revved up and waving their yellow rally towels. That was pretty much the extent of the excitement for those fans as the San Diego Padres once again […]
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Don Pierce, a Hall of Fame jockey who won more than 3,500 races, dies at 89
Don Pierce, who won 3,546 races during a 30-year riding career that culminated in his election to racing’s Hall of Fame, has died. He was 89. Pierce died on Oct. 5 in Denton, Texas, according to social media posts from his brother, Larry, who was a former jockey, and the National Museum of Racing and […]
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Pete Crow-Armstrong wins Baseball Digest player of the year. Jacob Misiorowski voted top pitcher
NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong won the Baseball Digest major league player of the year award, and Milwaukee Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski was selected pitcher of the year. San Diego Padres closer Mason Miller was chosen reliever of the year. Crow-Armstrong batted .280 with 45 home runs and 41 stolen […]
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Chargers wide receiver Ladd McConkey leaves vs. Seahawks with foot injury
SEATTLE (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Ladd McConkey was ruled out for the rest of the game against the Seattle Seahawks with a foot injury during the third quarter on Oct. 4. McConkey was questionable to play coming in, but was active as the Chargers tried to snap their season-opening three-game losing streak. […]
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Padres’ Ethan Salas becomes MLB’s youngest postseason catcher in Game 2 vs. Cubs
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Ethan Salas became the youngest player to catch in the major league postseason when he started Game 2 of the San Diego Padres’ NL Wild Card Series with the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 30. The 20-year-old Salas was seventh in the lineup announced by manager Craig Stammen at Petco Park. Salas […]
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Islanders turn in breakthrough performances at Grit and Grind Invitational
Coronado High School cross country delivered one of its strongest meets of the season on Sept. 26 at the 5th Annual Grit and Grind XC Challenge. Sophomore Evan Russo delivered one of Coronado’s top performances, racing to fifth place overall in a freshman/sophomore race with 193 finishers. Sophomore Diego Ibarra Cruz and freshman Felix Scott […]
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2028 Olympic torch relay to begin in Atlanta and travel through all 50 states before arriving in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The torch relay for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will begin in Atlanta, home of the last U.S. Summer Games in 1996, and travel through all 50 states, organizers announced on Sept. 29. The Olympic flame will be lit in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, before beginning its […]
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Simone Biles remains undecided about the 2028 Olympics, but the lure of competing in LA is very real
Simone Biles understands the constant speculation about whether she has one more run at Olympic gold in her. Mostly because the American gymnastics icon is still kind of wondering about it herself. So much so that there will be times when the question wakes the 29-year-old two-time Olympic all-around champion up in the middle of […]
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Chargers coach Harbaugh pushes back on suggestion offensive changes needed after latest struggles
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh brought in Mike McDaniel as coordinator this offseason with an objective to add a dynamic element to his Justin Herbert-led offense. It’s yet to materialize for the Chargers (0-3), off to their worst start since 2017, or McDaniel, who landed in LA after four […]
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Insisting that his coaching career is over, Doc Rivers joins NBC as an NBA analyst
Doc Rivers turned down an offer to become an NBA analyst for NBC after retiring as a player in 1996 because he couldn’t promise then-NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol that he wouldn’t become a coach. With Rivers now insisting that his Hall of Fame coaching career is over, the time seemed right for him to […]
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A franchise-record 3rd straight postseason, and the Padres still want more
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The San Diego Padres are back in the postseason for a franchise-record third consecutive year. Now, they want to win a World Series for the first time, having been there twice only to lose. Manny Machado fielded Mookie Betts’ groundout to third base for the final out in a 4-2 win […]
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NFL offenses boost under-center snaps early this season, reversing the shotgun trend
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — On the first offensive play of the season for the Baltimore Ravens, Lamar Jackson did something he hadn’t done often in the past. He took the snap from under center, faked a handoff to Derrick Henry and connected on a 49-yard pass to Zay Flowers. The play might have seemed […]
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Chargers’ Justin Herbert is off to a rough start under new coordinator Mike McDaniel
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Two games into the season, the returns aren’t promising for the Chargers and quarterback Justin Herbert under new offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel. Herbert struggled for the second straight week on his home field — this time in front of a hostile crowd — as Los Angeles fell to 0-2 with its […]
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Ethan Salas becomes youngest catcher with a multi-homer game as Padres beat Rockies 9-3
DENVER (AP) — Ethan Salas hit his first two home runs and became the youngest catcher in major league history with a multi-homer game as the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 9-3 on Sept. 16. San Diego moved 3 1/2 games ahead of Arizona for the last National League wild card when the […]