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LAGUNA HILLS >> Mayfair kept it close for as long as it could against Santa Margarita on Thursday night at Laguna Hills High. Eventually, the Eagles took over in the trenches and ran away for a 49-3 nonleague victory. Santa Margarita (4-0) rushed for 328 yards and six touchdowns as a team. The Eagles are ranked No. 9 in CIF Southe Section Division 1, and No. 13 in Califoia according to M, ...ادامه مطلب

SAN FRANCISCO – Breathe. In. Out. The Dodgers’ 17-game out-of-body experience finally came to an end Tuesday night – they hope – with a white-knuckler of a 5-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants. The win ended an 11-game losing streak, the longest since the franchise moved to Los Angeles in 1958, and was only their second in the past 18 games (both started by Clayton Kershaw). With it, the Dodg, ...ادامه مطلب

SAN FRANCISO — Good moing. The Dodgers did not lose a game Monday. But their demons pursued them into the early-moing hours. It took until 2:11 Tuesday moing but the Dodgers’ losing streak reached 11 (the longest in Los Angeles history) thanks to an 8-6 loss to the San Francisco Giants that took more than six hours to complete. The forces of nature helped the Dodgers avoid their fate for awh, ...ادامه مطلب

DENVER >> Everything began rolling downhill after the drop. Five minutes into the Los Angeles Chargers’ first NFL season, Casey Hayward was poised to score. The 5-foot-11 coerback had gotten his hands on the ball, jumping a pass intended for Broncos running back C.J. Anderson. There was nothing in front of him except green grass. This was not exactly a surprise. A year ago, Hayward led the, ...ادامه مطلب

LOS ANGELES >> At a Catholic Mass inside Dodger Stadium on Sunday moing, a priest attempted to perform an exorcism on the ballpark. Friday, pitcher Yu Darvish sprinkled salt in the Dodgers’ dugout, a Japanese custom intended to ward off evil spirits. It’s come to this. The Dodgers’ 8-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Sunday was their 10th straight. Only a home run by Alex Verdugo in the ni, ...ادامه مطلب

SEATTLE — If the Angels hope to get to the postseason, they are going to have to reverse this trend with their starting pitchers. Ricky Nolasco provided the latest disappointing performance, allowing four runs in 3⅔ innings in the Angels’ 4-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. Angels starters have a 6.53 ERA in the last 20 games. The work of the bullpen and the offense has kept them fro, ...ادامه مطلب

LOS ANGELES >> The Dodgers found a new way to lose Tuesday. For a team that has lost 10 of its past 11 games, it was no small feat. In the 10th inning of a tie game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Dodgers pitcher Pedro Baez walked the first two batters he faced. Both scored when third baseman Justin Tuer threw to the plate for a likely out, only to watch his throw carom off the glove of , ...ادامه مطلب

GREEN BAY, Wisc. >> Sean McVay’s focus on Sept. 10 almost has been almost obsessive. The Rams’ coach has seemed like an eager child counting down to the days to his birthday. It’s almost here. Much to McVay’s excitement, the preseason ended Thursday night with a 24-10 loss to Green Bay at Lambeau Field, a game filled with backup players, many of whom were fighting for roster spots. McVay’s w, ...ادامه مطلب

SANTA CLARA >> The ugly started early. On the sixth play of the Chargers’ preseason finale, Cardale Jones zipped a pass to tight end Sean Culkin. It was a solid choice: The undrafted rookie out of Missouri had been reliable this month, catching six of his eight targets for 56 yards. The ninth? It bounced off his fingers, and into the hands of 49ers coerback Asa Jackson. The Chargers tued, ...ادامه مطلب

Ranked No. 4 in the CIF Southe Section’s Division 4 poll, the Downey High football team expected a better start to the season than what it got against Santa Margarita. The Vikings were totally overmatched against a Trinity League opponent in a 56-0 loss last Friday night. Particularly uncharacteristic for the Vikings was an offensive line that struggled to slow down the Eagles’ pass rushers. “Th, ...ادامه مطلب

In his new position as Pac-12 Network president, Mark Shuken can shake things up. Or, he could simply try to appease those getting a little stir-crazy. The conference-owned media business has achieved measurable success in elevating exposure for the member schools, but when compared to the millions generated by other conference-based networks for their institutions, the Pac-12 may look like it’s c, ...ادامه مطلب

ANAHEIM >> The Angels seem to be intent on proving their resilience, over and over and over again. Within games and within the season, the Angels have had plenty of opportunities to show they can bounce back from bad innings and tough losses, and they are going to have to do so again. After overcoming a four-run deficit to take a lead, the Angels gave up three runs in the eighth inning in a , ...ادامه مطلب

LOS ANGELES >> Afterward, Coach Brian Agler said the Sparks can probably expect to see Minnesota again. Nothing else would make sense. The Sparks won the WNBA championship in the final minute of the fifth and final game, at Minnesota. They squared up against the Lynx again Sunday at Staples Center. They hassled the Lynx into 18 tuovers, tued them into 24 points, surgically removed some k, ...ادامه مطلب

CARSON >> The bad news continues to pour down on the Galaxy. The Galaxy allowed a late goal in the first half, setting the tone for another long day at home, eventually leading to a 3-0 loss to San Jose in front of a crowd of 19,237 Sunday at StubHub Center. The loss extends the Galaxy’s winless streak to 10 games (0-9-1) and also drops the club’s home record to 1-8-4. “Like I said last week, ...ادامه مطلب

ANAHEIM >> Needing a victory to salvage a split against a division rival, the Angels came up frustratingly empty on Thursday night. The Angels were shut down by Martin Perez for seven innings in a 3-0 loss to the Texas Rangers, despite having a steady flow of traffic on the bases against him. In four of Perez’s innings, the Angels had a leadoff hit. In the third, they started the inning with, ...ادامه مطلب