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The Guardian
15 hours ago
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- The Guardian
Ice agents denied entry to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, reports say
Department of Homeland Security agents near Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Thursday were denied entry on to venue grounds when they tried to enter parking lots, according to multiple reports. DHS vehicles, with masked officers, were spotted near Dodger Stadium, according to several local journalists, as the city continues to reel from Ice raids targeting immigrants. It remains unknown what these federal agents were doing, and whether they arrested anyone, the Los Angeles Times reported. The agents refused to tell a Times reporter why they were at Dodger Stadium. These DHS vehicles were apparently located near the stadium's downtown parking lot entrance. A source told the newspaper that federal agents met near Dodger stadium for a briefing but departed when photos of their meeting started to spread on social media. Kevin Takumi, a videographer and photographer for Fox's Los Angeles affiliate, posted aerial video on X showing several vans and SUVs, and apparent immigration officers, around entrances to the stadium. 'Ice agents are taking up positions at the entrances to Dodger Stadium, media and crowd beginning to arrive,' Takumi wrote. Jack Harris, the Dodgers beat writer for the Los Angeles Times, said on X: 'Regarding the photos going around on social media this morning about ICE agents at Dodger Stadium: sources say Ice agents tried to access Dodger Stadium today, but were denied entry to the grounds by the team.' Another journalist, Fabian Ardaya, who covers the Dodgers for the Athletic, wrote: 'Ice agents attempted to access Dodger Stadium this morning but were denied by the Dodgers. Images had circulated this morning of agents appearing to use the parking lots as a staging area.' Protesters arrived at Dodger Stadium after photos of federal agents circulated on social media. Police formed a line in front of one of the Dodger Stadium entrances, LAist reported. The presence of federal agents comes as the Dodgers are expected to announce plans for helping immigrant communities harmed by recent raids – and amid fear of ramped-up enforcement. Prior to this planned announcement, the Dodgers had remained silent for weeks as Ice bore down on Los Angeles, spurring mass protests and military deployment. Neither DHS nor Ice immediately responded to a request for comment. The Dodgers' press contacts did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Dodgers and San Diego Padres are facing off in Los Angeles this evening. There will also be a celebrity softball game to celebrate Black Heritage Night, CNN said.
Los Angeles Times
2 days ago
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
The Sports Report: Dave Roberts gets mad, Andy Pages gets even and Dodgers beat Padres
From Jack Harris: Dave Roberts had made it only three steps out of the dugout when he got ejected Tuesday night. So, before he went back, the Dodgers manager made sure to get his money's worth. On a contentious night that saw two superstars get hit by pitches, both dugouts receive umpire warnings, and the Dodgers eventually beat the San Diego Padres 8-6 at Dodger Stadium, tensions reached their boiling point in the bottom of the third inning. And it was the usually even-keeled Roberts whose emotions burned hottest. After Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. was hit by a pitch in the top of the third inning by Dodgers reliever Lou Trivino, reigning National League MVP Shohei Ohtani was hit in the leg with one out in the bottom half of the inning. Unlike Tatis' hit by pitch, which came with a runner in scoring position in an inning that saw the Padres score two runs, Ohtani's plunking occurred amid more suspicious circumstances. Continue reading here Dodgers say Nezza is not banned from stadium for singing national anthem in Spanish Dodgers box score MLB scores MLB standings All Times Pacific NBA FINALS Oklahoma City vs. Indiana Indiana 111, at Oklahoma City 110 (box score, story)at Oklahoma City 123, Indiana 107 (box score, story)at Indiana 116, Oklahoma City 107 (box score, story)Oklahoma City 111, at Indiana 104 (box score, story)at Oklahoma City 120, Indiana 109 (box score, story)Thursday at Indiana, 5:30 p.m., ABCSunday at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m., ABC* *if necessary Kyle Hendricks and three relievers combined on a four-hitter as the Angels beat the slumping New York Yankees 4-0 on Tuesday night to hand them their third straight shutout. New York manager Aaron Boone tinkered with his lineup — batting rookie Jasson Domínguez first and dropping Paul Goldschmidt to sixth — but it didn't yield results for the Yankees, who were 0 for 10 with runners on and got just three to second base. Aaron Judge went 0 for4 with three strikeouts and heard boos following whiffs in the sixth and eighth. He is two for 19 with 12 strikeouts in his past five games. Continue reading here Angels box score MLB scores MLB standings For 12 years UCLA waited to return to Omaha and the College World Series. It waited 15 total hours to play the fourth inning of its game with Louisiana State. Now, the Bruins will have to wait several months to play again. UCLA fell behind in the first inning for the second time on Tuesday and couldn't complete an improbable comeback. The Bruins' season ended at Charles Schwab Field in a 7-3 loss to Arkansas. 'I'm just so proud of our guys,' UCLA coach John Savage said. 'Disappointing day for sure. Tough day. Tough circumstances. But at the end of the day, you know, you've got to give credit to LSU and, certainly, Arkansas.' UCLA played from behind most of the game after returning starter Cody Delvecchio gave up a two-run homer in the first inning. He responded, yielding just one more run across four innings in his first appearance since March 28. Continue reading here Men's College World Series schedule From Gary Klein: A Rams-Jalen Ramsey reunion might not be in the offing. Coach Sean McVay on Tuesday reiterated his respect for the star cornerback who helped the Rams win Super Bowl LVI, but for the first time he indicated that there might be too many 'obstacles' to making a trade with the Miami Dolphins for the three-time All-Pro. Ramsey is due to earn $24.3 million this season, and his salary-cap number will increase substantially over the next few seasons, according to 'Usually, those are scenarios and situations that you have to have plans in place prior to executing some of the decisions that have occurred,' McVay said, perhaps referencing the contract adjustment quarterback Matthew Stafford received and the signing of free-agent receiver Davante Adams. 'Definitely don't want to rule anything out... but there would be some obstacles that are real that are in the place of maybe preventing that from occurring.' Continue reading here From Anthony De Leon: If one word sums up the Sparks' season so far, it's hardship. Injuries continue to mount, and Kelsey Plum, their primary scorer and star, has joined the growing list of sidelined players. Plum's absence was sorely felt as what began as a valiant effort by the Sparks — keeping pace with the visiting Storm through the first half — quickly unraveled into a 98-67 blowout loss Tuesday at Arena. Already down two key starters — Plum and Odyssey Sims — the Sparks were forced to piece together a new starting lineup on short notice. Dearica Hamby, Rickea Jackson, Azurá Stevens, Sarah Ashlee Barker and newly acquired Shey Peddy marked the Sparks' fifth different starting five this season. Continue reading here Sparks box score WNBA standings From Kevin Baxter: Why is it always the women who stand up first? That's a rhetorical question, of course. But it's one that has a basis in fact because girl power is real. From Joan of Arc to Cassidy Hutchinson, whenever men have proven too cautious, cowardly or complacent to act, women have had the courage to do the right thing. The latest example of this feminine fearlessness came last Saturday, after federal immigration agents launched a series of raids throughout the Southland targeting everyone from schoolchildren to elderly churchgoers. Angel City FC players and staff wore shirts in support of immigrants before the team's match on Saturday. The club gave away 10,000 of the shirts to fans. Within hours of the first arrests, Angel City, a women's soccer club, became the first local sports franchise to issue a statement, recognizing the 'fear and uncertainty' the raids had provoked. A day later LAFC, Angel City's roommate at BMO Stadium, released a statement of its own. That was a week and a half ago. But Angel City didn't stop there. While the collective silence from the Dodgers, the Galaxy, the Lakers, Kings and other teams has been deafening, Angel City has grown defiant, dressing its players and new coach Alexander Straus in T-shirts that renamed the team 'Immigrant City Football Club.' On the back the slogan 'Los Angeles Is For Everyone /Los Angeles Es Para Todos' was repeated six times. Continue reading here From Kevin Baxter: It's been just 18 days since Inter Milan played its last game, losing to Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League final. But a lot has happened since then. The team parted ways with manager Simone Inzaghi, who led it to two European finals in three seasons, and replaced him with Cristian Chivu. It temporarily lost the services of forward Mehdi Taremi, who had returned to his native Iran earlier this month and became stranded there when Israeli attacks closed the airspace over much of the Mideast. Then the rest of the second-best club in Europe traveled 6,000 miles from Milan to Los Angeles, where it opened the FIFA Club World Cup on Tuesday in a 1-1 draw with Mexican club Monterrey before an announced crowd of 40,311 at the Rose Bowl. 'We're trying to focus. And it's not easy every day, I'm not going to lie,' said forward Marcus Thuram, whose 18 goals in all competition was second on the team this season. 'But it's part of what we do, we love what we do and we'll continue doing what we do.' Continue reading here Stanley's stay in South Florida is getting extended. The Florida Panthers repeated as Stanley Cup champions by beating the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Game 6 of the Final on Tuesday night, becoming the NHL's first back-to-back winners since Tampa Bay in 2020 and '21 and the third team to do it this century. Sam Reinhart scored four goals, becoming just the sixth player in league history and first since Maurice Richard in 1957 to get that many in a game in the Final. His third to complete the hat trick sent rats, along with hats, flying onto the ice. Matthew Tkachuk, one of the faces of the franchise, fittingly scored the Cup clincher. More rats were part of the victory celebration when the clock hit zeroes. Panthers players mobbed in the corner, while the Oilers watched in dismay. Continue reading here STANLEY CUP FINAL Edmonton vs. Floridaat Edmonton 4, Florida 3 (OT) (summary, story)Florida 5, at Edmonton 4 (2 OT) (summary, story)at Florida 6, Edmonton 1 (summary, story)Edmonton 5, at Florida 4 (OT) (summary, story)Florida 5, at Edmonton 2 (summary, story)at Florida , Edmonton 1 (summary) 1910 — Alex Smith wins the U.S. Open by beating John McDermont and Macdonald Smith in an 18-hole playoff at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Smith beats McDermont by four strokes and Macdonald Smith by six. 1921 — The University of Illinois wins the first NCAA track and field championships with 20¼ points. Notre Dame finishes second with 16¾ points. 1941 — Joe Louis knocks out Billy Conn in the 13th round at the Polo Grounds in New York to retain the world heavyweight title. 1960 — Arnold Palmer beats amateur Jack Nicklaus by two strokes to win the U.S. Open. 1967 — Jack Nicklaus shoots a record 275 to beat Arnold Palmer for the U.S. Open. Nicklaus breaks Ben Hogan's 1948 record by one stroke. 1972 — Jack Nicklaus wins the U.S. Open by three strokes over Bruce Crampton and ties Bobby Jones' record of 13 major titles. 1972 — UEFA European Championship Final, Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium: Gerd Müller scores a brace as West Germany beats Soviet Union, 3-0. 1975 — Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins wins the Norris Trophy as the NHL's best defenseman for the eighth consecutive year. 1984 — Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a 3-under 67 to beat Greg Norman by eight strokes in the 18-hole playoff at Winged Foot GC for the U.S. Open title. 1990 — Hale Irwin makes an 8-foot birdie putt on the 91st hole to beat Mike Donald in the first sudden-death playoff to decide the U.S. Open. It is the third U.S. Open title for the 45-year-old Irwin, the oldest winner in the tournament's history. 1992 — Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft pick. 1995 — Michael Johnson becomes the first national champion at 200 and 400 meters since 1899 as he captures both races at the USA-Mobil Championships. 1995 — FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden: Hege Riise & Marianne Pettersen score within 3 minutes of each other to give Norway a 2-0 win over Germany. 2000 — Tiger Woods turns the 100th U.S. Open into a one-man show, winning by 15 strokes over Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez. Woods' 15-stroke margin shatters the Open mark of 11 set by Willie Smith in 1899 and is the largest in any major championship — surpassing the 13-stroke victory by Old Tom Morris in the 1862 British Open. 2006 — Phil Mickelson's bid for a third consecutive major ends with a shocking collapse when he bungles his way to a double bogey on the final hole, giving the U.S. Open to Geoff Ogilvy. 2017 — Brooks Koepka breaks away from a tight pack with three straight birdies on the back nine at Erin Hills and closes with a 5-under 67 to win the U.S. Open for his first major championship. 2017 — Diana Taurasi scores 19 points to break the WNBA career scoring record in the Phoenix Mercury's 90-59 loss to the Sparks. Taurasi finishes with 7,494 points, passing Tina Thompson's mark of 7,488. 1938 — The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Babe Ruth to coach for the remainder of the season. 1947 — Cincinnati's Ewell Blackwell tossed a 6-0 no-hitter against the Boston Braves. 1950 — In the nightcap of a doubleheader, the Cleveland Indians scored 14 runs in the first inning for an American League record as they trounced the Philadelphia A's 21-2. 1953 — At Fenway Park, Dick Gernert's home run highlighted the 17-run, 14-hit seventh inning as the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 23-3. The Red Sox were up 5-3 after 6 1/2 innings. The Red Sox scored the 17 runs on 14 hits and six walks and left the bases loaded. Gene Stephens collected three hits and Sammy White scored three runs and Tom Umphlett also reached base three times in the inning. 1960 — The San Francisco Giants fired Bill Rigney and selected Tom Sheehan as manager. At 66 years, 2 months and 18 days, Sheehan was the oldest man to debut as a manager of a major league team. 1967 — Houston Astro Don Wilson tossed the first of his two career no-hitters by blanking the Atlanta Braves 2-0, facing 30 batters and striking out 15. 1975 — Fred Lynn batted in 10 runs with three homers, a triple and a single in a 15-1 Boston Red Sox victory over the Detroit Tigers. Lynn's 16 total bases tied an AL record. 1976 — Commissioner Bowie Kuhn voided the sale of Oakland Athletics stars Vida Blue, Rollie Fingers and Joe Rudi. Athletics owner Charlie Finley sold Blue to the New York Yankees for $1.5 million and Rudi and Fingers to the Boston Red Sox for $1 million each. Kuhn ordered the players to return to Oakland on grounds that they would upset the sport's competitive balance. 1977 — New York Yankees outfielder Reggie Jackson and manager Billy Martin get into a dugout confrontation at Fenway Park that's seen on national television. Martin removed his right fielder for loafing on a ball hit to the outfield. Jackson questioned Martin in the dugout and the two are eventually separated by coach Elston Howard. 1986 — Don Sutton pitched a three-hitter for his 300th victory as the Angels beat the Texas Rangers 5-1. The 41-year-old right-hander became the 19th pitcher in baseball history to win 300 games. 2002 — Luis Castillo of the Florida Marlins ties Rogers Hornsby's 80-year-old record for the longest hitting streak by a second baseman, beating out a dribbler to the pitcher in the 6th inning to make it 33 games in a row. Florida beats the Cleveland Indians, 2-1. 2007 — Chone Figgins went 6-for-6 and drove in the game-winning run in the ninth inning to lift the Angels over Houston 10-9. 2011 — Connor Harrell hit the first College World Series home run in the new TD Ameritrade Park to break a sixth-inning tie and first-time qualifier Vanderbilt defeated North Carolina 7-3. 2012 — R.A. Dickey became the first major league pitcher in 24 years to throw consecutive one-hitters and Ike Davis hit a grand slam in the New York Mets' 5-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. The previous pitcher to throw consecutive one-hitters was Dave Stieb for Toronto in September 1988. 2012 — Aaron Hill hit a solo homer in the seventh inning to become the fifth Arizona player to hit for the cycle, lifting the Diamondbacks to a 7-1 win over the Seattle Mariners. 2014 — Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers throws the second no-hitter of the year, shutting out the Colorado Rockies, 8 - 0. It comes less than a month after his teammate Josh Beckett had pitched a no-hitter on May 26th. He strikes out 15 without giving up a walk, the only baserunner coming on a two-base error by SS Hanley Ramirez in the 8th. 2017 — Nolan Arenado completed the cycle with a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Colorado Rockies stunned the San Francisco Giants by rallying for a 7-5 victory. 2024 — Hall of Famer Willie Mays, in the conversation for the greatest player ever, passes away at 93. 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.
Los Angeles Times
11-06-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
The Sports Report: Dodgers are routed by Padres
From Jack Harris: 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 recent years, the club has punted on plenty of games in the interest of protecting their often injury-riddled and shorthanded pitching staffs. But in an 11-1 loss to the San Diego Padres, they took the act of de facto forfeiture to levels even they hadn't previously pioneered. First, they let minor league call-up Matt Sauer wear it — in every sense of the phrase — over a nine-run, 13-hit, 111-pitch outing. Then, in the face of a nine-run deficit in the bottom of the sixth, they sent position player Kiké Hernández to the mound to pitch the rest of the game, the earliest a true position player had ever taken the mound in a contest in Dodgers franchise history. 'Very awkward,' manager Dave Roberts said. 'It doesn't feel good.' The Dodgers' decision to pack, even before the seventh-inning stretch, it in was rooted in logic. They are currently operating with only four healthy starting pitchers. Their equally banged-up bullpen is leading the majors in innings, and was coming off five frames of work in an extra-inning win the night before. And by the time Hernández took the mound in the sixth, the game had long been lost, the Padres (38-28) teeing off on Sauer with three runs two-out runs in the third inning, single scores in the fourth and fifth, and a four-spot in the sixth. Continue reading here Shaikin: Despite a quiet offseason, Padres are still making noise in competitive NL West Shohei Ohtani (and Glasnow and Snell) could be back on Dodgers' mound sooner than expected Dodgers box score MLB scores MLB standings All Times Pacific NBA FINALS Oklahoma City vs. Indiana Indiana 111, at Oklahoma City 110 (box score, story)at Oklahoma City 123, Indiana 107 (box score, story)Wednesday at Indiana, 5:30 p.m., ABCFriday at Indiana, 5:30 p.m., ABCMonday at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m., ABCThursday, June 19 at Indiana, 5:30 p.m., ABC*Sunday, June 22 at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m., ABC* *if necessary Nolan Schanuel hit a single into shallow center field in the 10th inning for the first walk-off hit of his career to drive in Jo Adell and give the Angels a 2-1 win over the Athletics on Tuesday night. Reid Detmers (2-2) struck out two of three batters to strand the automatic runner in the top of the 10th. Hogan Harris (1-1) took the loss for the A's, who have lost 22 of 26 games. The Angels trailed 1-0 in the bottom of the eighth when Travis d'Arnaud hit left-hander T.J. McFarland's first pitch for a pinch-hit homer and a 1-1 tie. Continue reading here Angels box score MLB scores MLB standings From Gary Klein: Davante Adams lined up on the right side, ran a short slant pattern to the middle of the field, and then caught a pass from Matthew Stafford and sprinted up the middle toward the end zone. A few players later, Adams crossed the field left to right and then extended his 6-foot-1 frame while leaping high to grab a pass over the middle for another significant gain. It's only organized team activities, conducted without pads, but Adams demonstrated on Tuesday that he has quickly immersed himself in the Rams' offense and culture since the three-time All-Pro receiver signed a free-agent contract in March. Continue reading here From Thuc Nhi Nguyen: He wasn't under the watchful eye of Chargers executive director of player performance Ben Herbert this offseason. He didn't train in the team's El Segundo practice facility. But it doesn't mean Rashawn Slater wasn't working this offseason. Making his first offseason appearance at the Chargers' facility this week as the team started mandatory minicamp, Slater immediately passed the team's conditioning test. In fact, Jim Harbaugh said, Slater reported the test was too easy. 'Too easy,' the coach said, 'because he trains.' Slater's return highlighted the Chargers' perfect attendance on the first day of three-day minicamp Tuesday. The star left tackle had missed all of voluntary organized team activities while in discussions for a contract extension. Continue reading here From Ben Bolch: David Greenwood adored basketball so much in middle school that he would play for three different teams in three different parks on the same day, multiple times a week. His brother, Al, would be in the car driving around with him between games while David traded in his sweaty uniform for a fresh one, repeating the process over and over. 'He was relentless,' Al said, 'because he loved the game.' At home, David would get tossed around in driveway games by the cement contractor father who was twice his size, only to keep getting back up for more contact. In practices, he shot blindfolded to perfect his form, his brother having to let him know when he was close to going out of bounds so that he could get his bearings. Greenwood, the determined Compton kid who went from a star high school player at Verbum Dei to one of the top scorers in UCLA history to an NBA champion with the Detroit Pistons, died Sunday night at a Riverside hospital Continue reading here From Kevin Baxter: When the CONCACAF Gold Cup was launched, it was intended to be the confederation's version of UEFA's European Championships or CONMEBOL's Copa América. And for more than a generation it sufficed. But as Mexico and the U.S. got better, playing group-play matches against the likes of Saint Kitts and Nevis or Martinique every other year ceased to be a challenge. So twice in the past decade the confederation brought South America's championship tournament to North America just to make things interesting. However, this summer the Gold Cup, which kicks off Saturday with Mexico, the reigning champion, facing the Dominican Republic at SoFi Stadium, has gotten its groove back. (The U.S. opens play Sunday in San José against Trinidad and Tobago.) Continue reading here All times Pacific STANLEY CUP FINAL Edmonton vs. Floridaat Edmonton 4, Florida 3 (OT) (summary, story)Florida 5, at Edmonton 4 (2 OT) (summary, story)at Florida 6, Edmonton 1 (summary, story)Thursday at Florida, 5 p.m., TNTSaturday at Edmonton, 5 p.m., TNTTuesday at Florida, 5 p.m., TNT*Friday, June 20 at Edmonton, 5 p.m., TNT* * If necessary 1898 — Willie Simms becomes the only Black jockey to win the Preakness Stakes when he rides Sly Fox to victory and the only one to have won all three Triple Crown races. Simms' other Triple Crown wins: Kentucky Derby (1896, 1898), Belmont Stakes (1893, 1894). 1919 — Walter Hagen wins the U.S. Open with a one-stroke playoff victory over Michael Brady. 1919 — Sir Barton, ridden by Johnny Loftus, captures the Belmont Stakes to become thoroughbred racing's first Triple Crown winner. 1921 — Grey Lag, ridden by Earl Sande, wins the first Belmont Stakes run counterclockwise. Previous Belmonts were run clockwise over a fish-hook course that included part of the training track and the main dirt oval. 1938 — Ralph Guldahl wins golf's U.S. Open for the second straight year by beating Dick Metz. 1949 — Cary Middlecoff wins the U.S. Open by beating Sam Snead and Clayton Heafner. 1955 — Nashua wins the Belmont Stakes with Eddie Arcaro in the saddle. It's the sixth Belmont victory for Arcaro, tying Jimmy McLaughlin's record. 1977 — Seattle Slew, ridden by Jean Cruguet, runs wire to wire in the Belmont for a four-length victory over Run Dusty Run and the Triple Crown. 1978 — Nancy Lopez shoots a record 13-under par to win the LPGA Championship by six strokes over Amy Alcott. 1982 — Larry Holmes stops Gerry Cooney in the 13th round for the WBC heavyweight title at Las Vegas. 1984 — The Boston Celtics beat the Lakers 111-102 in Game 7 to win their 15th NBA title. 1992 — Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame. 1994 — For the first time in 11 years, the United States loses in the women's world basketball championships. Guards Hortencia and Paula combine for 61 points, and Brazil stuns the defending champions 110-107 in the semifinals. 2006 — Se Ri Pak beats Karrie Webb on the first playoff hole to win the LPGA Championship. Pak atones for a three-putt bogey on the 18th hole in regulation that set up the playoff. 2006 — Rafael Nadal wins his second consecutive French Open, beating Roger Federer in four sets. Nadal spoils Federer's bid for a fourth consecutive Grand Slam championship and extends his record clay-court winning streak to 60 matches. 2011 — Texas A&M sweeps the men's and women's titles at the NCAA outdoor championships, becoming the first school to post dual three-peat champions. Villanova's Sheila Reid becomes the first woman to win the 1,500 and 5,000 meters at the same NCAA meet. 2012 — Rafael Nadal wins his record seventh French Open title, returning to Roland Garros to defeat Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. It's Nadal's 11th Grand Slam title, tying him on the all-time list with Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg, who won six French Open titles. 2012 — The Kings win their first NHL title, defeating the New Jersey Devils 6-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. 2017 — Rafael Nadal wins his record 10th French Open title by dominating 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 in the final. No other man or woman has won 10 championships at the same major in the Open era, which began in 1968. 2017 — Stanley Cup Final, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat Nashville Predators, 2-0 for 4-2 series win; Penguins back-to-back champions. 2022 — Charl Schwartzel hangs on to beat fellow South African Hennie Du Plessis by a stroke to win the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational event. 2023 — French Open Men's Tennis: Novak Djokovic beats Casper Ruud of Norway 7-6, 6-3, 7-5 for his men's record 23rd Grand Slam singles title. 1904 — Bob Wicker of the Chicago Cubs pitched 9 1-3 hitless innings before Sam Mertes of the New York Giants singled. Wicker won a 1-0, 12-inning one-hitter. 1938 — Johnny Vander Meer hurled the first of two consecutive no-hitters, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Braves 3-0. 1967 — The Chicago Cubs hit seven homers and the New York Mets four in the second game of a doubleheader, tying the major league record set by the New York Yankees (6) and Detroit Tigers (5) in 1950. Adolfo Phillips hit four home runs in the doubleheader for Chicago. 1981 — After Seattle's 8-2 win over Baltimore, major league players went on strike. 1985 — Von Hayes became the first player in major league history to hit two home runs in the first inning. Hayes connected twice in a nine-run first, powering the Philadelphia Phillies to a 26-7 victory over the New York Mets. 1988 — Rick Rhoden of the New York Yankees became the first pitcher since the inception of the designated hitter (1973) to start a game as the DH. He was seventh in the lineup and grounded to third out in the third inning and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Jose Cruz pinch-hit for him in the fifth of the 8-6 win over Baltimore. 1990 — Nolan Ryan pitched the sixth no-hitter of his career to extend his major league record, and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0. Ryan, 43, was the first to pitch no-hitters for three teams and the oldest to throw one. 1995 — Lee Smith set a major league record with a save in his 16th consecutive appearance, pitching a scoreless ninth inning to preserve the Angels' 5-4 victory over Baltimore. Smith broke the mark of 15 straight set by Doug Jones in 1988. 2002 — Jared Sandberg became the 16th AL player to homer twice in an inning, and the third this season, when Tampa Bay beat the Angels 11-2. 2003 — Houston's Roy Oswalt, Pete Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner combined for the first no-hitter against the New York Yankees in 45 years, winning 8-0. The sextet set a record for the highest number of pitchers to throw a no-hitter in major league history — four accomplished the feat twice. 2010 — Andy Pettitte records his 200th win in pinstripes in the Yankees' 4-3 win over Houston at Yankee Stadium. Whitey Ford (236) and Red Ruffing (231) are the only other members of this exclusive New York club. 2012 — The Cubs sign Cuban defector Jorge Soler to a nine-year contract worth $30 million. The 20-year-old outfielder was the subject of a bidding war among several teams. 2013 — The Dodgers and Diamondbacks engage in a beanball war. The hostilities start when D-Backs pitcher Ian Kennedy hits super rookie Yasiel Puig in the head with a fastball in the 6th inning. The ball hits his nose, and he stays on the ground for a few minutes but stays in the game; Andre Ethier follows with a tying two-run homer. In the top of the 7th, Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke hits the first batter, Miguel Montero, in the back, prompting both benches to empty, although only stares are exchanged. Then, in the bottom of the inning, Kennedy throws a pitch near Greinke's head, and pandemonium breaks out, with both benches and bullpens emptying again, and players and even coaches going at each other. When order is restored, Puig and coach Mark McGwire are ejected for the Dodgers, and manager Kirk Gibson and coach Turner Ward for the D-Backs. Incidentally, the Dodgers wins the game, 5 - 3. Major League Baseball will hand out eight suspensions and twelve fines as a result of the events, with Kennedy getting a ten-game suspension and Eric Hinske of the D-Backs getting five; both managers are suspended for one game, and two for the two coaches. 2017 — Max Scherzer of the Nationals records the 2,000th strikeout of his career, beating out Clayton Kershaw, who reached the milestone less than a week ago, as the third fastest pitcher to the mark. 2017 — Rookie sensation Aaron Judge hit two more home runs, including a drive that cleared the distant bleachers at Yankee Stadium and sent New York romping past Baltimore 14-3. The 6-foot-7 Judge led the majors with 21 homers and topped the AL with 47 RBIs and a .344 average. 2022 — Jared Walsh hits for the cycle and Mike Trout blasts a pair of homers as the Angels defeat the first-place Mets, 11-6. Walsh is the 9th player in team history to achieve the feat, almost exactly three years after teammate Shohei Ohtani was the last to do so, while Trout appears to be out of the deep slump that contributed to recent 14-game losing streak, costing manager Joe Maddon his job. 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.
Los Angeles Times
28-05-2025
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
The Sports Report: Michael Conforto, Max Muncy lead Dodgers to victory
From Jack Harris: For a few weeks now, the Dodgers have been in the 'treading water' portion of their season, trying to work through injuries in their pitching staff and inconsistencies in the lineup to remain atop the National League West standings. On Tuesday, in a 9-5 win over the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field, two of their coldest hitters finally gave them some comfortable space to breathe. In a game that was close until the final few innings, Michael Conforto and Max Muncy both showed long-awaited signs of life at the plate, each reaching base three times and each hitting late home runs to help the Dodgers pull away on a cool night in Cleveland. 'It's big,' manager Dave Roberts said. 'It adds the length [to the lineup] that we expected coming into this season.' For much of this year, that length had been missing, the Dodgers forced to navigate around subpar production from both veteran sluggers — both at the plate and in the field. Continue reading here Dodgers box score MLB scores MLB standings All Times Pacific Conference finals Western Conference No. 1 Oklahoma City vs. No. 6 Minnesotaat Oklahoma City 114, Minnesota 88 (box score)at Oklahoma City 118, Minnesota 103 (box score)at Minnesota 143, Oklahoma City 101 (box score)Oklahoma City 128, at Minnesota 126 (box score)Wednesday at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m., ESPNFriday at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m., ESPN*Sunday at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m., ESPN* Eastern Conference No. 3 New York vs. No. 4 IndianaIndiana 138, at New York 135 (OT) (box score)Indiana 114, at New York 109 (box score)New York 106, at Indiana 100 (box score)at Indiana 130, New York 121 (box score)Thursday at New York, 5 p.m., TNTSaturday at Indiana, 5 p.m., TNT*Monday at New York, 5 p.m., TNT* *if necessary From Bill Shaikin: The adjective hit me like a line drive. Wayne Randazzo, the television voice of the Angels, was detailing just how poorly the team's relievers had performed. He recited the Angels' earned-run average in the late innings, inning by inning. Over 5.00. Over 6.00. In the ninth inning, at that time, over 7.00. 'The numbers,' Randazzo said, 'are gargantuan.' What a colorful, descriptive and absolutely apt adjective. Not the 'struggling' or 'scuffling' or 'slumping' a broadcaster typically offers, bland adjectives presented with the assurance that better times are ahead. No team can win with that kind of bullpen performance, and no one can guarantee that better times are ahead for a relief corps where only the closer has a successful track record. For all that has gone wrong on the field for the Angels in modern times, they have struck gold in the broadcast booth. In pairing Randazzo with longtime analyst Mark Gubicza, the Angels just might have their best broadcast team since Dick Enberg and Don Drysdale half a century ago. Continue reading here ———— Carlos Rodón pitched seven scoreless innings of five-hit ball, and Devin Williams barely survived a perilous ninth inning to earn his first save since April 17 in the New York Yankees' 3-2 victory over the Angels on Tuesday night. Yoán Moncada homered in the ninth as the Angels ended a stretch of 16 scoreless innings in the series with two runs and three hits off Williams, the Yankees' embattled new reliever. Williams lost the closer role last month after a shaky beginning to his New York tenure, and he hadn't had a save opportunity since April 25. After Moncada led off the ninth with a homer on his 30th birthday, Taylor Ward and Luis Rengifo singled to put runners on the corners with one out. Ward scored when Jo Adell grounded into a forceout, but Williams got pinch-hitter Logan O'Hoppe on a foul popup to secure his fifth save and the Yankees' seventh straight series win. Continue reading here Angels box score MLB scores MLB standings From Anthony De Leon: 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 the franchise. On Tuesday night, fans got a glimpse of the potential that the duo could attain. The chemistry. The comfort. The way they fed off each other's energy — stepping up when the Sparks needed it most, looking to build momentum off a previous hard-fought victory. By the fourth quarter of an 88-82 loss to the Atlanta Dream (4-2) on Tuesday night at Arena, the Sparks (2-4) were on the verge of a comeback. A steal by Hamby near midcourt turned into an outlet on the fastbreak to Plum, who quickly dished it back for the finish, trimming the deficit to 66–63. The second half belonged to them. Plum and Hamby combined for 39 points to rally the Sparks from a 40–31 halftime hole. Like clockwork, Plum buried a clutch three-pointer to cut the lead to 71–70 — the closest L.A. would get. Hamby's late free throws pulled them to within two in the final minutes. Continue reading here Sparks box score WNBA standings From Kevin Baxter: Carlos Vela, the first player signed by LAFC and still the club record-holder in goals, assists, games and minutes played, announced his retirement Tuesday. The team said in announcement that Vela will work with LAFC as its first Black and Gold Ambassador. He will also be honored on Carlos Vela Night at BMO Stadium on Sept. 21. 'Helping to build LAFC and winning trophies for the club is a highlight of my career,' Vela, 36, said in a statement issued by the team. 'This club means so much to me and my family, and I am proud of everything we have accomplished together with the great fans of Los Angeles. I am excited to begin this next chapter in my journey here in L.A.' Vela signed a designated-player contract with LAFC in August 2017, eight months before the team's first game. He led LAFC to the playoffs in his first season, then set the MLS single-season goal-scoring record with 34 in 2019, when the team won the first of two Supporters' Shields. Vela was named the league's MVP that season Continue reading here From Kevin Baxter: The last time Bruce Arena and Dave Sarachan stood together on the sidelines at Dignity Health Sports Park, the Galaxy were beating the Colorado Rapids in the MLS Western Conference semifinals. That was 2016 and the win was the pair's 18th playoff victory in eight seasons with the Galaxy. It was also the last game they coached together in Carson. They'll be back on Wednesday, only this time Arena and Sarachan will be in the opposite technical area, standing in front of the San José Earthquakes' bench. And in some ways it's a bittersweet return. Because while both men have mostly fond memories of their time with the Galaxy, they return with the home team hungry and winless through 15 games, the longest drought in franchise history. That makes the homecoming both welcome and challenging. 'I have nothing but good memories of my time in L.A. with the Galaxy. So it's nice to go back,' Arena said. 'I like watching them and they've had tough times. But they're better than their record indicates. We're the next team up, which will be in some ways very, very challenging because you know they're due to have success.' Continue reading here From Kevin Baxter: With the World Cup, one the U.S. will play at home, just 380 days away, Captain America has decided to take a pass on the national team's last major competition ahead of the tournament. That's Pulisic's choice, of course. He's played a grueling schedule with AC Milan this season, one that concludes Sunday, a week before the national team reports to camp in Chicago. And he has permission. 'Christian and his team approached the Federation and the coaching staff about the possibility of stepping back this summer, given the amount of matches he has played,' said Matt Crocker, U.S. Soccer's sporting director, noting that Pulisic has played more than 4,400 minutes for club and country the last 12 months. Nor is Pulisic alone in his absence. Weston McKennie, Tim Weah, Gio Reyna, Antonee Robinson, Josh Sargent and Yunus Musah, Pulisic's teammate in Milan, were also left off the 27-man roster summoned to training camp ahead next month's Gold Cup, although some of those players will be participating in the Club World Cup. Yet even if reason and rules are strongly on Pulisic's side, the optics are bad. Continue reading here Let's hear from you. Could a smoother path to the College Football Playoff be worth losing the Notre Dame-USC rivalry? Vote here and let us know. Results announced next week. All times Pacific Conference finals Western Conference Central 2 Dallas vs. Pacific 3 Edmontonat Dallas 6, Edmonton 3 (summary)Edmonton 3, at Dallas 0 (summary)at Edmonton 6, Dallas 1 (summary)at Edmonton 4, Dallas 1 (summary)Thursday at Dallas, 5 p.m., ESPNSaturday at Edmonton, 5 p.m., ABC*Monday at Dallas, 5 p.m., ESPN* Eastern Conference Metro 2 Carolina vs. Atlantic 3 FloridaFlorida 5, at Carolina 2 (summary)Florida 5, at Carolina 0 (summary)at Florida 6, Carolina 2 (summary)Carolina 3, at Florida 0 (summary)Wednesday at Carolina, 5 p.m., TNTFriday at Florida, 5 p.m., TNT*Sunday at Carolina, 5 p.m., TNT* * If necessary 1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a bad start to win the Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Sadie S. 1904 — Bryn Mawr, ridden by Eugene Hildebrand, wins the Preakness Stakes by one length over Wotan. 1958 — European Cup Final, Brussels: Francisco Gento scores the winner in extra time as Real Madrid beats AC Milan, 3-2; 3rd consecutive title for Los Blancos. 1969 — European Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid: AC Milan striker Pierino Prati scores 3 in 4-1 win over Ajax; second title for I Rossoneri. 1975 — 19th European Cup: Bayern Munich beats Leeds United 2-0 at Paris. 1978 — Al Unser wins his third Indianapolis 500, the fifth driver to do so, edging Tom Sneva by 8.19 seconds. 1980 — 24th European Cup: Nottingham Forest beats Hamburg 1-0 at Madrid. 1985 — The San Diego Sockers beat the Baltimore Blast 5-3 to win the MISL title in five games. 1995 — Jacques Villeneuve overcomes one penalty and wins by another in the Indianapolis 500. Villeneuve drives to victory after fellow Canadian Scott Goodyear is penalized for passing the pace car on the final restart. 1997 — 5th UEFA Champions League Final: Borussia Dortmund beats Juventus 3-1 at Munich. 2000 — Dutch swimming star Inge de Bruijn sets her third world record in three days, adding the 100 freestyle mark to the 50 and 100 butterfly marks she set previously at the Sheffield Super Grand Prix. De Bruijn becomes the first swimmer to finish under 54.00 in the 100 freestyle at 53.80 seconds. 2003 — Patrick Roy officially announces his retirement from the NHL. 2003 — 11th UEFA Champions League Final: Milan beats Juventus (0-0, 3-2 on penalties) at Manchester. 2006 — Sam Hornish Jr. overcomes a disastrous mistake in the pits and a pair of Andrettis — Marco and father Michael — to win the second-closest Indianapolis 500 ever, by .0635 seconds. 2007 — Duke has an almost unfathomable comeback fall short in a 12-11 loss to Johns Hopkins in the NCAA lacrosse championship game. The Blue Devils never finished their 2006 season, and then make it all the way back to the title game. 2011 — Novak Djokovic extends his perfect start to the season at the French Open, beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 for his 40th straight victory this year. Djokovic's 40-0 start to 2011 is the second-best opening streak in the Open era, which started in 1968. 2011 — UEFA Champions League Final, London: FC Barcelona beats Manchester United, 3-1; 4th title for Barça. 2020 — The Boston Marathon canceled for the first time in its 124-year history. The race had originally been scheduled for April 20 before being postponed for five months because of the coronavirus pandemic. 2022 — UEFA Champions League Final, Paris: Carlo Ancelotti becomes first manager to win CL x 4 as Real Madrid beats Liverpool, 1-0. 1918 — Boston's Joe Bush pitched a 1-0 one-hitter against the Chicago White Sox and drove in the lone run. The only Chicago hit was by Happy Felsch. It occurred when he threw his bat at the ball on a hit and run. 1939 — Philadelphia pitcher Robert Joyce was victimized two straight days by New York's George Selkirk. Joyce gave up two homers to Selkirk a day earlier. Joyce came on in relief on this day and gave up two more homers to Selkirk. Selkirk ended with four homers in four at-bats against the same pitcher over two successive games. The Yankees won 9-5. 1946 — The Washington Senators beat New York 2-1 in the first night game at Yankee Stadium. The first ball was thrown out by General Electric president Charles E. Wilson. 1951 — After going 0-for-12 in his first three major league games, Willie Mays of the New York Giants hit a home run off Warren Spahn in a 4-1 loss to the Boston Braves. 1956 — Dale Long of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit a home run in his eighth consecutive game, a major league record. Long connected off Brooklyn's Carl Erskine at Forbes Field. 1968 — The American League announced the league will be split into two divisions. The East division will consist of Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, New York and Washington. California, Chicago, Kansas City, Minnesota, Oakland and Seattle will make up the West. 1979 — George Brett of the Kansas City Royals hit for the cycle and added another home run to beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 in 16 innings. 1986 — Joe Cowley of the Chicago White Sox set a major league record by striking out the first seven batters he faced. He lasted 4 2-3 innings in a 6-3 loss to the Texas Rangers. 1995 — The White Sox and Tigers set a major league record with 12 homers, and combined for an American League-record 21 extra-base hits in Chicago's 14-12 victory in Detroit. 1998 — Arizona manager Buck Showalter intentionally walked Barry Bonds with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and the Diamondbacks held on to beat San Francisco 8-7. 2003 - Atlanta became the second team in major league history to start a game with three straight homers in its 15-3 win over the Reds. Rafael Furcal, Mark DeRosa and Gary Sheffield hit consecutive home runs off Jeff Austin in the bottom of the first. The Padres did it against the Giants on April 13, 1987. 2006 — Barry Bonds hit his 715th home run during the San Francisco Giants' 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies to slip past Babe Ruth and pull in behind Hank Aaron and his long-standing record of 755. 2007 — Adrian Beltre tied a franchise record with four extra-base hits, including two homers, as Seattle pounded the Angels 12-5. 2010 — Detroit's Miguel Cabrera hit three homers in a 5-4 loss to Oakland. Oakland's Ben Sheets gave up three runs — on Cabrera's first two homers — worked seven innings in his longest start of the season. 2012 — The Cubs end a twelve-game losing streak, their longest since 1997, with an 11-7 win over the Padres at Wrigley Field. 2013 — The Mets honor Yankees great Mariano Rivera, who has announced his retirement at the end of the year, by having him throw the ceremonial first pitch before the game between the two teams from the Big Apple at Citi Field, with retired Mets closer John Franco acting as his catcher for the occasion. 2016 — In the third inning of a game against the Dodgers, Mets P Noah Syndergaard is ejected for throwing at Chase Utley, in apparent retaliation for Utley's aggressive slide which injured Mets SS Ruben Tejada in last year's NLDS. Umpire Adam Hamari also tosses Mets manager Terry Collins for arguing his decision, then Utley gets his revenge when he opens the score with a solo homer off Logan Verrett in the 6th and adds a grand slam off Hansel Robles in the 7th. The Dodgers hit five homers in total as they win the game, 9-1. 2019 — Derek Dietrich continues his unlikely homer binge as he hits three, all two-run shots, in leading the Reds to an 11-6 win over the Pirates. With 17 homers this year, he has already topped his career high, and 12 of his last 17 hits have gone over the fence. For the Pirates, rookie Kevin Newman hits his first career homer, a grand slam off Lucas Sims. 2023 — Spencer Strider of the Braves becomes the fastest starting pitcher to record 100 strikeouts in a season, doing so in his 61st inning in an 11 - 4 win over the Phillies. Last year, Strider set the record for the fastest pitcher to reach 200 Ks in a season. Compiled by the Associated Press That concludes today's newsletter. 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Los Angeles Times
20-05-2025
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The Sports Report: Dodgers lose fourth in a row
From Jack Harris: Dodger Stadium was eerily quiet for much of Monday night. And not just because whole sections of the upper deck sat largely empty. In a 9-5 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Dodgers didn't just drop their fourth straight game, but turned in a performance that elicited as many boos as anything else at Chavez Ravine, stumbling to a season-worst losing streak on a night they did little right in any facet of the game. There was bad defense early. In the first inning, center fielder Hyeseong Kim lost a fly ball in the twilight sky, leading to two runs that would have been unearned had it not been ruled a double. In the second, third baseman Max Muncy spiked a throw to first on a slow-rolling grounder that led to another preventable score, even though his miscue was also ruled a base hit. The pitching wasn't great either. Left-handed opener Jack Dreyer followed Muncy's bad throw with an even wilder pitch to the backstop in the next at-bat, advancing the runner to set up an eventual sacrifice fly. Landon Knack took over in the third and promptly gave up a pair of two-run home runs, one to Lourdes Gurriel Jr. on a down-and-in slider and another to Gabriel Moreno on an inside fastball. Continue reading here Why a tight NL West race factored into Dodgers' decision to cut Chris Taylor, Austin Barnes Dodgers box score MLB scores MLB standings From Bill Shaikin: No team had won a series from the Dodgers this month until the Angels swept them over the weekend. For the Angels, a great weekend. On one hand, maybe this is the start of something big. The Minnesota Twins just put up a 13-game winning streak. Why can't the Angels? On the other hand, the Angels just swept the world's best team and they still are in last place. No team had a gloomier outlook than the Athletics this time last year, coming off back-to-back 100-loss seasons and playing out a somber final season at the Oakland Coliseum. But the A's finished ahead of the Angels last season, and the A's are ahead of the Angels again this season. Not by much, to be sure, and we're still in May. Yet, as the Angels and Athletics opened a series Monday in Sacramento, the team that endured a rebuild because its ownership left its front office no other choice appears to have a brighter future than the team spinning its wheels because its ownership refuses to rebuild. The A's rebuild all the time: build, win, lose the best players and lose lots of games, rebuild. For all of this century, A's ownership has maintained it could not spend big without big revenue from a new stadium. When the A's get to Las Vegas in three or four years, we'll see. The A's never have spent $70 million on a contract, or $100 million on an annual team payroll. In this century, however, they have more postseason appearances and more winning seasons than the Angels. Continue reading here ———— Taylor Ward hit a two-run homer, Nolan Schanuel also went deep and the Angels beat the skidding Athletics 4-3 on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series. Kenley Jansen struck out Tyler Soderstrom for the final out with a runner on second. Coming off a surprising three-game sweep at Dodger Stadium, the Angels (21-25) have won four in a row to start a seven-game trip. The Athletics (22-26) have lost six straight and 10 of 12, falling to 8-14 at Sutter Health Park. Continue reading here Angels box score MLB scores MLB standings All Times Pacific Conference finals Western Conference No. 1 Oklahoma City vs. No. 6 MinnesotaTuesday at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m., ESPNThursday at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m., ESPNSaturday at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m., ABCMonday, May 26 at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m., ESPNWed., May 28 at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m., ESPN*Friday, May 30 at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m., ESPN*Sunday, June 1 at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m., ESPN* Eastern Conference No. 3 New York vs. No. 4 IndianaWednesday at New York, 5 p.m., TNTFriday at New York, 5 p.m., TNTSunday at Indiana, 5 p.m., TNTTuesday, May 27 at Indiana, 5 p.m., TNTThursday, May 29 at New York, 5 p.m., TNT*Saturday, May 31 at Indiana, 5 p.m., TNT*Monday, June 2 at New York, 5 p.m., TNT* *if necessary From Ben Bolch: Solving UCLA's deepening athletic department financial crisis might require a Disneyesque plot twist, so why not let a Disney guy take a crack? Daniel Cruz was brought in from the Burbank-based media and entertainment giant last fall to work some magic with a college operation in need of new concepts. Six consecutive years of running in the red has led to a staggering $219.5-million deficit that won't be wiped away with the waving of any wand. One solution might be surprisingly simple: Give the fans what they want, and they'll keep coming back. That's why Cruz has spearheaded efforts to overhaul the school's ticket operations and build a courtside lounge inside Pauley Pavilion, not to mention maximize revenue from a planned field-level club at the Rose Bowl. They're all measures intended to enhance the fan experience and build brand loyalty. 'Essentially, what I'm trying to do is just trying to set us up for success and do things differently,' said Cruz, UCLA's new deputy athletics director and chief revenue officer, 'because the old way of how college athletics normally conducts business, it's not working.' Continue reading here From Gary Klein: Rams running back Kyren Williams is waiting patiently. During the offseason, the team solidified its offense by re-signing left tackle Alaric Jackson and receiver Tutu Atwell, adding free-agent receiver Davante Adams and offensive lineman Coleman Shelton and adjusting the contract of quarterback Matthew Stafford. Williams, who rushed for more than 1,100 yards in each of the last two seasons, is entering the final year of his rookie contract and is eligible for an extension. In April, the Rams and Williams' agent exchanged proposed contract terms. But with organized team activities scheduled to begin next week, a deal has not been done. Still, Williams said he was 'feeling good' about the situation. 'I know with time it's going to happen,' Williams said last week in Pasadena, where he helped distribute new shoes to kids affected by the Eaton Fire. Continue reading here All times Pacific Conference finals Western Conference Central 2 Dallas vs. Pacific 3 EdmontonWednesday at Dallas, 5 p.m., ESPNFriday at Dallas, 5 p.m., ESPNSunday at Edmonton, noon, ABCTuesday, May 27 at Edmonton, 5 p.m., ESPNThursday, May 29 at Dallas, 5 p.m., ESPN*Saturday, May 31 at Edmonton, 5 p.m., ANC*Monday, June 2 at Dallas, 5 p.m., ESPN* Eastern Conference Metro 2 Carolina vs. Atlantic 3 FloridaTuesday at Carolina, 5 p.m., TNTThursday at Carolina, 5 p.m., TNTSaturday at Florida, 5 p.m., TNTMonday, May 26 at Florida, 5 p.m., TNTWed., May 28 at Carolina, 5 p.m., TNT*Friday, May 30 at Florida, 5 p.m., TNT*Sunday, June 1 at Carolina, 5 p.m., TNT* * If necessary 1897 — British Open Men's Golf, Royal Liverpool GC: English amateur Harold Hilton wins 2nd Open title by 1 stroke from Scot James Braid. 1900 — The second modern Olympic games open in Paris. 1941 — Ten days after his Preakness victory, Whirlaway races against older horses for the first time and defeats four rivals in the Henry of Navarre Purse at Belmont Park in New York. 1950 — Heavily favored Hill Prince, ridden by Bill Boland, wins the Preakness Stakes by five lengths over Middleground. 1964 — Buster Mathis beats future world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier on points at trials in Flushing, NY to qualify for US Olympic boxing team; Mathis injures thumb, replaced by Frazier who wins gold medal. 1967 — Damascus, ridden by Willie Shoemaker, wins the Preakness Stakes by 2¼ lengths over In Reality. 1972 — Bee Bee Bee, a 19-1 long shot ridden by Eldon Nelson, wins the Preakness Stakes by 1½ lengths over No Le Hace. 1972 — Indiana's Roger Brown scores 32 points to lead the Pacers to 108-105 to win over the New York Nets and the ABA championship. 1978 — Affirmed, ridden by Steve Cauthen, continues the battle with Alydar and wins the Preakness Stakes by a neck. 1983 — American heavyweight boxer Larry Holmes beats countryman Tim Witherspoon by split decision to retain his WBC title at the Dunes Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas. 1985 — Larry Holmes beats Carl Williams in 15 for heavyweight boxing title. 1990 — Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's 66-match winning streak and takes the German Open with a 6-4, 6-3 victory. Graf's streak is the second longest in the modern era of tennis. Martina Navratilova won 74 straight matches in 1984. 1990 — The 18th triple dead heat in modern thoroughbred history takes place in the ninth race at Arlington International Racecourse. All Worked Up, Marshua's Affair and Survival are timed in 1:24 4-5 over seven furlongs. 1991 — Chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's MVP. 1992 — 36th European Cup: Barcelona beats Sampdoria 1-0 at London. 1998 — 6th UEFA Champions League Final: Real Madrid beats Juventus 1-0 at Amsterdam. 2000 — English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London (78,217): Chelsea beats Aston Villa, 1-0; Roberto Di Matteo scores 73′ winner. 2005 — Nextel Cup rookie Kyle Busch becomes the youngest winner in Craftsman Truck Series history, holding off Terry Cook and Ted Musgrave in a three-lap closing sprint at the Quaker Steak & Lube 200. 2006 — Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro breaks down at the start of the Preakness, galloping a few hundred yards while his eight rivals pass him. Bernardini wins the $1 million race, beating Sweetnorthernsaint by 5 1-4 lengths. 2007 — Roger Federer ends Rafael Nadal's 81-match winning streak on clay with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 win in the final of the Hamburg Masters. It's Federer's first clay-court title in two years. 2015 — NASCAR 2016 Hall of Fame inductees: Bobby Isaac, Terry Labonte and Jerry Cook. 2017 — Cloud Computing, ridden by Javier Castellano, runs down Classic Empire in the final strides to win the Preakness by a head. The 13-1 long shot runs 1 3/16 miles in 1:55.98 and pays $28.80 to win. Derby winner Always Dreaming and Classic Empire duel throughout most of the race before Classic Empire jumps in front midway on the far turn. 2018 — Sweden beats Switzerland 3-2 in a shootout for the gold medal at the world ice hockey championship in Copenhagen, Denmark. 2018 — The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, Greystone G &CC: Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez wins by 3 from American trio Joe Durant, Steve Stricker & Gene Sauers. 2018 — The Vegas Golden Knights punch their ticket to the Stanley Cup Final beating the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 on the road to win the Western Conference finals 4-1. The Golden Knights become the second expansion team in the NHL, NBA, NFL or MLB since 1960 to reach a championship series in their first season. The other team was the 1967-68 St. Louis Blues. 1919 — Babe Ruth won a game on the mound and at the plate. He hit his first career grand slam as the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 6-4. 1925 — The Cleveland Indians scored six runs in the last of the ninth to beat the New York Yankees 10-9. Tris Speaker scored the winning run from first on a single. 1932 — Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit four doubles in one game. 1941 — Lefty Grove of the Boston Red Sox won his 20th consecutive game at home, the longest home park streak in the major leagues. Boston beat the Detroit Tigers, 4-2. 1947 — The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Braves 4-3 in a game that featured 22 hits — all singles. The Pirates had 12 singles, the Braves 10. 1948 — Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees hits for the cycle and collects six RBI in a 13-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox. DiMaggio hits two home runs, a triple, a double and a single, and narrowly misses another extra-base hit when Chicago left fielder Ralph Hodgin makes a spectacular catch at the wall. 1953 — In the 13th game of the season, the Milwaukee Braves surpassed their 1952 attendance of 281,278, when they were in Boston. 1959 — The Detroit Tigers beat the Yankees, 13-6, to place New York in last place for the first time in 19 years. 1962 — Chicago Cubs rookie Ken Hubbs had eight singles in eight trips to the plate. The Cubs swept the Philadelphia Phillies, 6-4 and 11-2. 1978 — Willie Stargell hit a 535-foot homer off Montreal's Wayne Twitchell — the longest home run in Montreal's Olympic Stadium — to highlight the Pirates' 6-0 victory. It was also Stargell's 407th career homer, tying him with Duke Snider on the career list. 1983 — Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton passes Walter Johnson to move into second place on the all-time strikeout list. Carlton's four strikeouts put him at 3,511, just 10 behind Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros. 1984 — Boston's Roger Clemens earned his first major league victory. The Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins, 5-4. 1988 — Mike Schmidt belts the 535th home run of his career during 1st inning at San Diego Padres starting pitcher Andy Hawkins, moving Schmidt past Jimmie Foxx into sole possession of 8th place on the all-time home run list. 1991 — Jeff Reardon got his 300th save and Steve Lyons and Jack Clark homered as the Boston Red Sox beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0. 1999 — Robin Ventura became the first major leaguer to hit grand slams in both games of a doubleheader, leading the New York Mets to a sweep over Milwaukee, 11-10 and 10-1. He had two slams in a game for the Chicago White Sox on Sept. 4, 1995. 2001 — Barry Bonds hit two homers in the San Francisco Giants' 11-6 loss to the Atlanta Braves, giving him a total of five in two games, becoming the 23rd player in history to do so. 2006 — Barry Bonds tied Babe Ruth for second place on the career home run list during San Francisco's 4-2, 10-inning victory over the Oakland Athletics. 2009 — Boston center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury tied a major league record with 12 putouts by an outfielder in a nine-inning game, previously done by Earl Clark of the Boston Braves in 1929 and Lyman Bostock of the Minnesota Twins in 1977. He accomplished the feat in the Red Sox's 8-3 win over Toronto. 2009 — Nick Swisher, Robinson Cano and Melky Cabrera hit consecutive home runs for the New York Yankees in an 11-4 victory over Baltimore. All three solo shots to right field came in the second inning off Orioles starter Jeremy Guthrie — with two strikes. 2011 — The Chicago Cubs make their first visit to Fenway Park since the 1918 World Series. 2018 — Rookie Jordan Hicks of the Cardinals ties Aroldis Chapman's record for the fastest pitch ever recorded by pumping a couple of fastballs at 105 mph while facing Odubel Herrera of the Phillies. The first one goes for a ball, and Herrera manages to foul off the second before striking out on a pitched timed at 103.7 mph. 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.
