Month: October 2024

LOS ANGELES — Yoshinobu Yamamoto found himself in a 2-0 count against Aaron Judge when he delivered a fastball at the bottom of the strike zone — a pitch Judge typically punishes. During the regular season, Judge boasted an otherworldly .975 slugging percentage in that area. Yet, in the sixth inning of Game 2, he […]

LeBron James posted his first triple-double of the season, including 16 points in the fourth quarter, as the Los Angeles Lakers improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2010-11 with a 131-127 defeat of the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena. James finished with 32 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists. All […]

“Every dream, if dreamed too long, turns into a nightmare,” the renowned author Andrzej Sapkowski once said. “And we awake from such dreams screaming.” What’s the worst day you’ve ever had at work? Maybe you called your boss ‘babe’ by mistake, maybe you stumbled over by the water cooler and a couple of people laughed […]

Deion Sanders’ Colorado will be playing in the postseason. In Sanders’ second season as head coach after taking over the worst power-conference team in college football, the Buffaloes (6-2, 4-1 Big 12) are bowl eligible after beating Cincinnati 34-23. Colorado hasn’t played in a bowl game since it went 4-2 in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Just three weeks ago, Ohio State dominated Iowa with a physical performance against one of the country’s premier run defenses. The Buckeyes looked like they were hitting their stride up front and could win games in the trenches. Things can change fast in college football. Now, after a 21-17 win over Nebraska, […]

LOS ANGELES – It’s too soon to panic, too soon to form any opinion, really. If the initial diagnosis the Los Angeles Dodgers offered on Shohei Ohtani proves correct, he could very well be in the lineup Monday night for Game 3 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium. Still, the injury Ohtani suffered to […]

LOS ANGELES — The ballpark fell silent as Shohei Ohtani clutched his left arm and writhed in the dirt. He has come to represent so much for the Los Angeles Dodgers: Their finest player, their financial lodestar, the star who forged the team’s path back to the World Series. He catalyzes the present and allows […]

It’s that time of year again — and I’m not talking about the trade deadline (though we’ll get to the hot names on the trade block in a minute). I’m talking about “vote of confidence” season. Three days after New York Giants co-owner John Mara watched his former star running back and current Philadelphia Eagles […]

The Baltimore Ravens have seen all sorts of defensive approaches since quarterback Lamar Jackson became their full-time starting quarterback in the second half of the 2018 season, and the most successful ones typically had a common goal: take the fight to Jackson rather than giving him time and space. Blitzes were not necessarily Jackson’s kryptonite, […]

LOS ANGELES — The pattern started to emerge again. So many USC games have followed the same script: The offense stalls a bit in the third quarter, the defense gives up a score and suddenly, the opponent has some life. On Friday night, USC’s offense went four-and-out on its first third-quarter series. Then, the defense […]