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Los Angeles Times
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
The Sports Report: Ohtani, Rushing star as Dodgers win laugher over Athletics
From Jack Harris: As is typically the case when a team wins 19-2 like the Dodgers did against the Athletics on Thursday night, plenty of hitters in the team's star-studded lineup aligned to have monster nights. Shohei Ohtani homered twice in a six-RBI performance, tying the major league lead with 15 long balls this season. Max Muncy, Andy Pages and James Outman also went deep, helping the club set a season-high for runs. Hyeseong Kim reached base all five times. Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts also combined to get aboard five times before being removed after the third inning, the lead at that point already 11 runs. All of those accomplishments, however, paled in personal significance to what the Dodgers' starting catcher did. Making his major league debut after being called up in a major roster move the day prior, top prospect Dalton Rushing walked in his first at-bat, singled in the next and went two-for-four while navigating a pre-determined bullpen game behind the plate — a strong showing for a 24-year-old slugger with so much potential, the Dodgers cut longtime backup catcher Austin Barnes to get him on the roster. 'He's very comfortable, I think, in a good way,' manager Dave Roberts said of Rushing, a second-round draft pick in 2022 who has blossomed into one of the most highly touted prospects in baseball. 'I think he thought he was ready [for the majors] when he signed.' Continue reading here Who is the next Dodger to go? | Dodgers Debate Dodgers box score MLB scores MLB standings Should Pete Rose and Joe Jackson be in the Baseball Hall of Fame? Click here to vote in our survey. Results will be announced Monday. From Dan Woike: In the shadows, I was asking around about the Lakers' biggest story this offseason, at least according to the internet. Are the Lakers going to trade Austin Reaves? My friend and colleague Bill Plaschke argued in those hallowed Times' pages that the Lakers must trade Austin Reaves to fulfill their needs for a big man no matter how painful the decision would be. Bill Simmons predicted on his podcast that Reaves 'will get traded' this summer. So what was the buzz at the NBA combine about all this? Everyone is aware of the noise from the media and on the message boards (shoutout Lakers reddit), no one is acting like a trade is going to happen this summer for a couple of reasons. Continue reading here All Times Pacific Conference semifinals Western Conference No. 1 Oklahoma City vs. No. 4 Denver NuggetsDenver 121, at Oklahoma City 119 (box score)at Oklahoma City 149, Denver 106 (box score)at Denver 113, Oklahoma City 104 (OT) (box score)Oklahoma City 92, at Denver 87 (box score)at Oklahoma City 112, Denver 105 (box score)at Denver 119, Oklahoma City 107 (box score)Sunday at Oklahoma City, 12:30 p.m., ABC No. 6 Minnesota Timberwolves vs. No. 7 Golden StateGolden State 99, at Minnesota 88 (box score)at Minnesota 117, Golden State 93 (box score)Minnesota 102, at Golden State 97 (box score)Minnesota 117, at Golden State 110 (box score)at Minnesota 121, Golden State 110 (box score) Eastern Conference No. 1 Cleveland vs. No. 4 IndianaIndiana 121, at Cleveland 112 (box score)Indiana 120, at Cleveland 119 (box score)Cleveland 126, at Indiana 104 (box score)at Indiana 129, Cleveland 109 (box score)Indiana 114, at Cleveland 105 (box score) No. 2 Boston vs. No. 3 New YorkNew York 108, at Boston 105 (OT) (box score)New York 91, at Boston 90 (box score)Boston 115, at New York 93 (box score)at New York 121, Boston 113 (box score)at Boston 127, New York 102 (box score)Friday at New York, 5 p.m., ESPNMonday at Boston, 5 p.m., TNT* *if necessary The Chargers will seek approval to sell an 8% stake in the franchise to private investment firm Arctos at next week's NFL team owners meetings. The approval request was sent in a memo to NFL team owners, according to a person with knowledge of the memo not authorized to speak publicly about it. If approved, Chargers owner Dean Spanos and siblings Michael Spanos and Alexis Spanos Ruhl would still own approximately 61% of the franchise. It is the second major change for the Chargers ownership group in the last year after Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores bought a 27% stake in the team in September. That transaction resolved a long-running dispute between Dea Spanos Berberian and her siblings as Gores and his wife bought Spanos Berberian's share of the franchise. Continue reading here Meet the Chargers content team winning the schedule release 'Super Bowl' Who's No. 1? Colts take themselves out of the running for best schedule-release videos From Ryan Kartje: USC may have taken a step back in Lincoln Riley's second season, but the coach remained comfortably among the top rung of college football's highest-paid coaches in 2023. USC paid Riley more than $11.5 million in reportable compensation in 2023, according to the school's latest federal tax returns, obtained by The Times. His $10.2 million in base compensation ranked No. 4 nationally in 2023. Of the $11.5 million credited by the school to Riley, $100,000 is listed under bonus and incentive compensation and $1.15 million is categorized as other reportable compensation. Perhaps that felt like a bargain to USC compared to the previous year, when it shelled out nearly $20 million in reportable compensation to land Riley, $4.5 million of which was used to pay his buyout at the University of Oklahoma. Continue reading here From Thuc Nhi Nguyen: Super Bowl champion and Olympic gold medalist? Some NFL players could be at the center of the Venn diagram in 2028. NFL team owners could vote next week at the league's meetings on whether to allow NFL players to participate in Olympic flag football in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. A resolution, announced Thursday, included several possible guidelines as further negotiations continue between the NFL Players Assn., the league, national governing bodies and Olympic authorities. The proposed resolution would permit players under an NFL contract to try out for a 2028 Olympic flag football team, but limit NFL player participation to no more than one from each NFL team for each national team. In addition, each NFL team's designated international player can play for his home country. Continue reading here From John Cherwa: Trainer Bob Baffert loves to come to the Preakness. He loves the fact that all the top horses are in the same barn, so he can kibitz with his fellow trainers, such as an extended conversation with Mark Casse about the best crabcakes in town. He loves the casual atmosphere, in contrast to the high stakes, high pressure feeling at Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby. Or maybe it's because he's won the second leg of the Triple Crown eight times, more than any other trainer in history. So, he was asked why he was bringing Goal Oriented, an undefeated two-time starter who has never run in a stakes race, to the Preakness. Continue reading here The strongest field of the majors gave way to a few surprises Thursday in the PGA Championship, starting with Jhonattan Vegas charging into the lead with a seven-under 64 and the top 10 players in the world nowhere to be found among the top 10 at Quail Hollow. A long day filled with sunshine and mud balls ended with Vegas in the penultimate group playing the best golf hardly anyone saw. A briefly energized crowd had mostly left when Vegas blazed his way to the finish with five birdies on his last six holes, ending with an 18-footer on No. 8 and a 25-footer on the rugged ninth. It was Vegas' best score in 45 rounds playing the majors. The Venezuelan has never finished in the top 20 in a major and hadn't qualified for this one in three years. Continue reading here Leaderboard Jim Hiller will return next season as the Kings' coach, new general manager Ken Holland says. Holland praised Hiller and looked ahead to their new partnership Thursday during the Hall of Fame hockey executive's introductory news conference at the Kings' training complex. Holland is returning to the NHL after a one-year absence, taking over as the replacement for Rob Blake. The 69-year-old former GM of the Detroit Red Wings and the Edmonton Oilers immediately made it clear he isn't in Los Angeles to blow up a team that has made four straight playoff appearances, only to lose to the Oilers in the first round every spring. Holland won't make an immediate change behind the Kings' bench — or even in the front office, where he plans to retain the assistant GMs and hockey executives who worked for Blake. Continue reading here All times Pacific Conference semifinals Pacific 1 Vegas vs. Pacific 3 EdmontonEdmonton 4, at Vegas 2 (summary)Edmonton 5, at Vegas 4 (OT) (summary)Vegas 4, at Edmonton 3 (summary)at Edmonton 3, Vegas 0 (summary)Edmonton 1, at Vegas 0 (OT) (summary) C1 Winnipeg vs. C2 DallasDallas 3, at Winnipeg 2 (summary)Winnipeg 4, at Dallas 0 (summary)Dallas 5, at Winnipeg 2 (summary)at Dallas 3, Winnipeg 1 (summary)at Winnipeg 4, Dallas 0 (summary)Saturday at Dallas, 5 p.m., ABCMonday at Winnipeg, TBD, ESPN* Eastern Conference Atlantic 1 Toronto vs. Atlantic 3 Floridaat Toronto 5, Florida 4 (summary)at Toronto 4, Florida 3 (summary)at Florida 5, Toronto 4 (OT) (summary)at Florida 2, Toronto 0 (summary)Florida 6, at Toronto 1 (summary)Friday at Florida, 5 p.m., TNTSunday at Toronto, 4:30 p.m., TNT* Metro 1 Washington vs. Metro 2 CarolinaCarolina 2, at Washington 1 (OT) (summary)at Washington 3, Carolina 1 (summary)at Carolina 4, Washington 0 (summary)at Carolina 5, Washington 2 (summary)Carolina 3, at Washington 1 (summary) * If necessary 1884 — Isaac Murphy, a Black jockey and one of the greatest American riders, wins the Kentucky Derby aboard Buchanan. He will win the showcase race two more times. 1916 — Damrosch, ridden by Linus McAtee, takes the early lead, gives it up in the stretch, and comes back to beat Greenwood by 1½ lengths in the Preakness Stakes. 1925 — Flying Ebony, ridden by Earl Sande, becomes the fourth field horse to win the Kentucky Derby, a 1½-length victory over Captain Hal. The first network radio broadcast of the Kentucky Derby airs from WHAS in Louisville. 1930 — 6th Walker Cup: US, 10-2. 1955 — Rocky Marciano beats Don Cockell by TKO in the 9th round at Kezar Stadium, San Francisco to retain his world heavyweight boxing title. 1964 — Northern Dancer, ridden by Bill Hartack, wins the Preakness Stakes by 2½ lengths over The Scoundrel. 1973 — AC Milan of Italy win 13th European Cup Winner's Cup against Leeds of England 1-0 in Saloniki. 1975 — Muhammad Ali TKOs Ron Lyle in 11 for heavyweight boxing title. 1976 — The Montreal Canadiens win their 19th Stanley Cup with a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers, capping a four-game sweep. 1977 — Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelist in 15 for heavyweight boxing title. 1979 — FC Barcelona of Spain wins 19th European Cup Winner's Cup against Fortuna Düsseldorf of West Germany 4-3 in Basel. 1980 — The Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 123-107 to win the NBA title in six games. Rookie guard Magic Johnson takes the opening tip for the injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and comes up with 42 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists and is named the Finals MVP. The 42 points are the most scored by a rookie in an NBA Finals game. 1982 — Stanley Cup Final, Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC: 3-peat for NY Islanders; sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games with a 3-1 Game 4 win. 1984 — Juventus of Italy win 24th European Cup Winner's Cup against Porto of Portugal 2-1 in Basel. 1985 — Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year. 1992 — America's Cup: America Team USA defeats II Moro di Venezia 4-1 in San Diego. 2009 — Rachel Alexandria, ridden by Calvin Borel wins the 134th Preakness in 1:55:08. 2014 — Paris Saint-Germain F.C. & Manchester City F.C. are each fined €60 million for breaching Fair Play Regulations. 2019 — Brooks Koepka fires tournament record equalling, and course record 63 (-7) to lead the PGA Championship by 1 stroke after the 1st round at Bethpage Black, N.Y. 1933 — Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators made his major league debut with five hits in a 12-inning, 11-10 win over the Chicago White Sox. 1939 — The Cleveland Indians beat the Philadelphia Athletics 8-3 in 10 innings in the first American League night game, held at Philadelphia's Shibe Park. 1953 — The White Sox loaded the bases against the Yankees in the ninth inning, but Vern Stephens, who had 10 grand slams in his career, was lifted for a pinch-hitter. Pitcher Tommy Byrne, the substitute batter, then hit a homer off Ewell Blackwell for a 5-3 win. 1965 — Jim Palmer, 19, won his first major league game and hit his first homer, off Jim Bouton. The Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 7-5. 1972 — Rick Monday hit three consecutive homers to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8-1 win at Philadelphia. Greg Luzinski's 500-foot home run hit the Liberty Bell monument at Veterans Stadium for the Phillies' only run. 1978 — The White Sox trade OF Bobby Bonds to the Rangers for OF Claudell Washington and OF Rusty Torres. 1981 — Craig Reynolds of Houston hit three triples to lead the Astros to a 6-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs. 1996 — Sammy Sosa becomes the first Cub ever to hit two homers in one inning, hitting them in the eight-run 7th inning at Wrigley Field. 1997 — The Montreal Expos overcame an early nine-run deficit and rallied past the San Francisco Giants 14-13 on David Segui's RBI single in the ninth inning. The Giants took an 11-2 lead after three innings. Montreal came back with four runs in the fourth, three in the fifth and three more in the sixth for a 12-11 lead. Glenallen Hill's RBI single capped a two-run seventh that put the Giants ahead 13-12. 2000 — The Dodgers went into the Wrigley Field crowd after a fan ran off with Chad Kreuter's cap in the ninth inning of a 6-5 victory. The game was delayed for nine minutes while some Dodgers and fans fought. 2001 — Rickey Henderson leads off with a home run, extending his major-league record for leadoff home runs to 79. This is the same as the combined total for the #2 and #3 players on the list: Brady Anderson (44), and Bobby Bonds (35). 2006 — The New York Yankees, down 9-0 in the second inning, matched the biggest comeback in Yankees history when Jorge Posada hit a game-winning, two-run homer with two out in the ninth for a 14-13 victory over the Texas Rangers. 2008 — Jayson Werth of Philadelphia hit three home runs and tied the team record with eight RBIs in a 10-3 win over Toronto. 2009 — Gabe Gross and Akinori Iwamura pulled off a double steal in the fifth inning of a 4-2 win over Cleveland, giving Tampa Bay at least one stolen base in 18 straight games. It was the longest stretch in the AL since the New York Yankees had a 19-game run in 1914. 2012 — Is there anything the old man cannot do? 49-year-old Jamie Moyer picks up his second win of the year for Colorado by throwing 6 1/3 innings, during which he allows a single run, and helps his own cause with a two-run single in the 4th. 2015 — Miguel Cabrera hits the 400th home run of his career. 2020 — The owners release figures showing that on average, teams will lose $640,000 per game played without fans. This is done in the hope of convincing players to accept a form of revenue sharing in conjunction with their plan to play a truncated season starting around July 4th, with no spectators present - at least at the outset - due to the coronavirus pandemic. They also provide the Players Association with a detailed protocol on how such games would be played in order to minimize contact between persons present at the ballpark and maintain social distancing. All of these proposals still require the players' approval before they can be implemented. Compiled by the Associated Press That concludes today's newsletter. If you have any feedback, ideas for improvement or things you'd like to see, email me at To get this newsletter in your inbox, click here.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Anticipating birth of first child, Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani won't play vs. Rangers
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is introduced before the team's home opener against the Detroit Tigers on March 27. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Shohei Ohtani has had plenty on milestones moments on the field in the last year. This weekend, he's about to have one off of it. The Dodgers slugger and reigning National League MVP is being placed on the paternity list, manager Dave Roberts announced, in anticipation of the birth of his first child this weekend. Advertisement Ohtani stayed back in Los Angeles with his wife, Mamiko Tanaka, according to Roberts, and will be replaced on the roster during the Dodgers series against the Texas Rangers by veteran outfielder Eddie Rosario, who was called up from triple A. Read more: Dodgers coach Chris Woodward is 'proud' of Rangers managerial stint, despite 2022 firing Ohtani can stay on the paternity for up to three days — which would rule him out until next week's series against the Cubs at Wrigley Field — but Roberts said it's possible he could rejoin the team later this weekend in Texas. To make room on the 40-man roster for Rosario, the Dodgers transferred reliever Edgardo Henriquez to the 60-day injured list. Advertisement Read more: Pitching help on the way, improved bats, too? | Dodgers Debate Sign up for more Dodgers news with Dodgers Dugout. Delivered at the start of each series. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
20-03-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
The Sports Report: Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani delivers during Tokyo homecoming week
Howdy, I'm your host, Iliana Limón Romero, filling in for Houston Mitchell, who is probably recovering from the Dodgers' season-opening sweep in Tokyo. Let's get right to the news. From Dylan Hernández: The entire week was a buildup to this. Whether the ball struck by Shohei Ohtani would have cleared the right-field wall at the Tokyo Dome if some fans hadn't reached over the railing is immaterial. In baseball, results are marked in absolute terms, and the official record will forever show that Ohtani homered in the fifth inning of the Dodgers' 6-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night. 'I'm relieved that one got out somehow,' Ohtani said in Japanese. Because Ohtani knew. He knew why 42,367 fans packed the Tokyo Dome on this night, and why many of them paid extraordinary prices for tickets. He knew what they wanted to see. This week wasn't about the defending World Series champions visiting Japan, or Yoshinobu Yamamoto's transformation, or even Roki Sasaki's major league debut. This was the Week of Ohtani. Continue reading here Dodgers-Cubs Game 2 box score Roki Sasaki's MLB debut is tantalizing, and shaky, as Dodgers complete Tokyo Series sweep Dodgers Debate: Dodgers go home with two wins, Roki Sasaki shows promise Shohei Ohtani is a $100-million man this year. Salary not included Kiké Hernandez and Will Smith on Roki Sasaki's first MLB start LA Times Today: 'Paint Japan blue': How the Dodgers' vision of Japanese prominence became reality Photos: Dodger Blue takes over Tokyo during season-opening series Jackie Robinson's Army story restored to Defense Department site after removal in DEI purge From Dan Woike: The streamers eventually would fall Wednesday night. The huge cheers for Bronny James coming off the bench in the fourth quarter were bound to happen. Randy Newman's 'I Love L.A.' would play. It was fated by the time fans started filing into the building. The latest chapter in the Lakers-Nuggets rivalry was going to look a lot different, with word that Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray weren't going to play buzzing around before the game. The script was flipped, the Lakers and their fans used to seeing Nuggets come off the injury report ahead of games against them. But without Denver's best players, all it was going to take from the Lakers was a focused performance to get the job done. By midway through the first quarter, Luka Doncic was so good that the bar for 'focused performance' suddenly had been significantly lowered. The Lakers handled the Denver Nuggets 120-108, Doncic's monster first quarter enough to cover up for sluggish, sloppy play that might've cost them if Jokic and Murray were on the floor. Continue reading here Lakers-Nuggets box score NBA scores NBA standings From Ben Bolch: Eric Dailey Jr. clapped along to the school's fight song playing over the sound system. Aday Mara and Lazar Stefanovic stood alongside one another on the perimeter and tapped basketballs before firing three-pointers. Trent Perry sank a half-court shot and commenced a victory dance. There was a reason they all seemed a little jaunty. Everything they did Wednesday afternoon inside Rupp Arena was a first. All four UCLA players had never participated in an NCAA tournament open practice, much less a game. Few on this roster have. Seven of the team's top 10 players will make their March Madness debut on Thursday night when the seventh-seeded Bruins (22-10) face 10th-seeded Utah State (26-7) in a Midwest Region first-round game. Continue reading here MORE COLLEGE BASKETBALL Xavier rallies to beat Texas in NCAA tournament First Four game Audi Crooks, Addy Brown lead Iowa State to NCAA women's tournament win over Princeton March Madness men's tournament analysis: Teams and players to watch March Madness women's tournament analysis: Teams and players to watch From Gary Klein: Cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon first joined the Rams in 2023, when he signed a one-year, veteran-minimum contract about a month before training camp. One game into last season, Witherspoon was a free agent when the Rams signed him to another one-year deal. On Wednesday the Rams and Witherspoon once again agreed to a one-year contract, the team announced. Continue reading here 1897 — Yale beats Penn 32-10 in New Haven, Conn., in the first men's intercollegiate basketball game. 1918 — The Toronto Arenas (who would become the Maple Leafs) are the first NHL team to play in the Stanley Cup Final. Toronto's Reg Noble scores two goals with an assist in the first period of a 5-3 win over Vancouver of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. 1939 — In a game of unbeaten teams, Long Island U. defeats Loyola of Chicago 44-32 to win the National Invitation Tournament title. 1954 — In the first televised NCAA championship game, La Salle defeats Bradley 92-76 and sets a record for most points in the title game. 1965 — Gail Goodrich's 42 points lead UCLA to a 91-80 victory over Michigan in the NCAA basketball championship. 1965 — St. John's sends Joe Lapchick out a winner, as the Redmen beat Villanova 55-51 to win their fifth National Invitation Tournament championship. 1965 — Bill Bradley scores 58 points to lead Princeton to a 118-82 rout of Wichita State in the NCAA third-place game. UCLA beats Michigan 91-80 to win its second National championship. 1968 — Dave Bing of the Detroit Pistons finishes the season with a league-leading 27.1 average, becoming the first guard in 20 years to lead the NBA in scoring. 1969 — Less than two months after she becomes the first woman to ride in a pari-mutuel race in America, Diane Crump rides her first winner at Gulfstream Park. 1976 — Boston's John Havlicek becomes the first NBA player to score more than 1,000 points per season for 14 consecutive years. 1988 — Mike Tyson knocks out Tony Tubbs in the second round to retain his world heavyweight title in Tokyo. 2005 — Liz Johnson becomes the first woman to advance to the championship match of a Professional Bowlers Association tour event, but loses by 27 pins to Tommy Jones in the final of the PBA Banquet Open. 2005 — LeBron James, 20, becomes the youngest player to score 50 points in an NBA game, when he scores 56 in the Cavaliers' 105-98 loss to the Raptors. 2006 — Japan beats Cuba 10-6 in the title game of the inaugural World Baseball Classic. 2010 — Northern Iowa pulls off one of the biggest NCAA upsets in years by knocking No. 1 overall seed Kansas with a 69-67 win. Ali Farokhmanesh buries an open 3-pointer with the shot clock still in the 30s to give the Panthers a four-point lead with 35 seconds left. 2014 — Bernard Tomic loses the shortest completed ATP match on record, lasting only 28 minutes at the Sony Open in his first tournament since having surgery on both hips. Ending a two-month layoff, Tomic wins just 13 points and loses to Jarkko Nieminen 6-0, 6-1. It's the quickest match since the ATP started keeping such records in 1991. 2020 — After 20 years with the New England Patriots, six-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady officially agrees to move to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Compiled by the Associated Press
