Walk-off loss to Angels puts Dodgers in first-place tie in NL West
The Dodgers finally had their storybook moment.Until the Angels rewrote it with a walk-off ending.In the top of the ninth inning at Angel Stadium on…
Sex toy tossed near Sophie Cunningham during Sparks win over Fever
A neon green sex toy was thrown from the stands and landed on the court during the second quarter of Tuesday night’s Sparks win over…
Sparks just keep going and going in win over Mystics
Dearica Hamby lined up for one of those last-second launches as the first-half clock dipped toward zero.The ball clanged off the front rim, appearing short…
Coco Gauff disappointed by Wimbledon loss but won’t dwell on it
LONDON — Before Wimbledon began, Coco Gauff reflected on the significance of her breakthrough performance at the place six years ago — a run to the fourth…
The Dodgers have baseball’s best record, with room for improvement
With a 6-1 annihilation of the downtrodden Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, the Dodgers extended their advantage in the National League West to eight…
Max Muncy gets help from the rain, then hits a grand slam to lead Dodgers past hapless Rockies
DENVER — The rain came out of nowhere. So too, it seemed, did Max Muncy’s infield pop-up.In the top of the sixth inning at Coors Field on…
Christian Moore’s two homers help Angels rally to beat Red Sox
The Angels ran into a buzzsaw.Boston southpaw Garrett Crochet scorched through them on Tuesday night, striking out 10 across seven scoreless innings. The 6-foot-6 Red…
‘Very awkward.’ Dodgers waive the white flag historically early in rout to Padres
SAN DIEGO — Major League Baseball does not have a mercy rule for ending games early.On Tuesday night at Petco Park, the Dodgers could have used one.In…
Angels get by Red Sox in extra innings
BOSTON — Automatic runner Zach Neto scored on Taylor Ward’s bases-loaded double-play groundout to lift the Angels to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox in…
Dearica Hamby, Kelsey Plum rally Sparks, but their comeback falls short
When the Sparks traded for Kelsey Plum, the buzz around her reunion with former championship teammate Dearica Hamby centered on one thing: their pedigree elevating…
Canon King’s historic performance: 5 for 5 with 3 RBIs and winning run
Whatever Canon King of Venice High had done earlier this season — he had six home runs — his performance on Tuesday night in the…
Yoshinobu Yamamoto starts it, Dodgers finish it with walk-off win over Arizona
Tuesday didn’t start as a game the Dodgers necessarily had to win.But, by the time extra innings arrived on a nervy night at Dodger Stadium,…
Roki Sasaki’s shoulder issue puts Dodgers in a familiar, problematic position
Like pretty much every other time the Dodgers have found themselves in a self-made mess, the task of downplaying a major problem once again was…
Fernando Tatis Jr.’s walk-off homer lifts Padres over Angels
SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a two-run 430-foot walk-off homer to centerfield to give the San Diego Padres a comeback 6-4 victory over the Angels…
Evan Phillips goes on IL, but Dodgers bounce back with blowout win
MIAMI — When minor-league reliever Matt Sauer showed up in the Dodgers clubhouse Wednesday afternoon, it was a sign that something was amiss.In the middle of the…
Kings keep their home streak going by beating Rangers
Kevin Fiala scored twice, Darcy Kuemper stopped 22 shots, and the Kings beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Tuesday night.Phillip Danault also scored as…
Alex Ovechkin is held goalless, but Capitals defeat the Ducks
Aliaksei Protas had the first hat trick of his NHL career and Alex Ovechkin and Pierre-Luc Dubois each had three points as the Washington Capitals…
Brayden Burries, Myles Walker lead Roosevelt into regional final
There’s only so many superlatives that Eastvale Roosevelt coach Stephen Singleton can use to describe what McDonald’s All-American Brayden Burries accomplishes on a basketball court.It…
Clippers blow 23-point lead and lose to the Suns
PHOENIX — Kevin Durant scored 34 points, Devin Booker added 17 and the Phoenix Suns rallied from a 23-point deficit late in the third quarter to beat…
Roki Sasaki’s first official Dodgers outing is a rousing success
PHOENIX — It all came as advertised.The 99-mph heat. The late-diving, hard-biting splitter. The overwhelming, if still raw, stuff that many expect will make him a future…