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RANGERS at ANGELS When: Today, 7 p.m. Where: Angel Stadium TV: Fox Sports West THE PITCHERS ANGELS RHP BUD NORRIS (2-5, 4.25) vs. Rangers: 2-2, 4.33 ERA At Angel Stadium: 4-3, 1.79 ERA Hates to face: Shin-Soo Choo, 4 for 9 (.444), HR, 2B Loves to face: Mike Napoli, 3 for 19 (.158), 10 Ks RANGERS RHP NICK MARTINEZ (3-6, 5.40) vs. Angels: 2-3, 2.76 At Angel Stadium: 0-1, 2.61 Hates to face: Kole Cal...

ASTROS at ANGELS When:Wednesday, 7 p.m. Where: Angel Stadium TV: Fox Sports West THE PITCHERS ANGELS LHP TYLER SKAGGS (1-5, 4.86) vs. Astros: 2-2, 3.38 ERA At Angel Stadium: 2-6, 5.09 ERA Hates to face: Jake Marisnick, 3 for 3, double, HR Loves to face: Cameron Maybin, 0 for 7 ASTROS RHP LANCE MCCULLERS (7-3, 3.97) vs. Angels: 3-1, 1.55 At Angel Stadium: 0-0, 1.50 Hates to face: Shane Robinson, 2 for 4, walk Loves to face: Andrelton Simmons, 2 for 11, 3 Ks Advertisement ...

LOS ANGELES >> Just before Rams quarterback Jared Goff disappeared into the Coliseum tuel late Sunday afteoon to celebrate his first win as an NFL quarterback, he paused, peeked over to a hundred or so fans shouting his name from the stands and raised his right arm to the sky. The roar that immediately erupted was unlike anything we’ve heard from the Coliseum for an NFL team in what seem...

ASTROS at ANGELS When: Friday, 7 p.m. Where: Angel Stadium TV: Fox Sports West THE PITCHERS ANGELS RHP PARKER BRIDWELL (7-1, 2.92) Vs. Astros: First game At Angel Stadium: 3-1, 3.73 Hates to face: None Loves to face: None ASTROS RHP COLLIN McHUGH (1-2, 4.01) Vs. Angels: 6-2, 2.55 At Angel Stadium: 2-2, 2.25 Hates to face: Albert Pujols, 7 for 22 (.314) Loves to face: C.J. Cron, 2 for 13 (.154) UPC...

ANGELS at ORIOLES When: Saturday, 4 p.m. Where: Camden Yards TV: Fox Sports West THE PITCHERS ANGELS RHP JC RAMIREZ (10-10, 4.26) Vs. Orioles: 0-1, 7.27 At Camden Yards: 0-0, 5.40 Hates to face: None Loves to face: None ORIOLES RHP KEVIN GAUSMAN (9-5, 5.08) Vs. Angels: 1-2, 5.11 At Camden Yards: 19-12, 3.46 Hates to face: Mike Trout, 5 for 10 (.500) Loves to face: Albert Pujols, 1 for 8 (.125) Advertisement ...

DODGERS at TIGERS When: Saturday, 1:05 p.m. Where: Comerica Park TV: SportsNet LA THE PITCHERS DODGERS LHP HYUN-JIN RYU (4-6, 3.63) Vs. Tigers: 0-1, 27.00 At Comerica Park: 0-1, 27.00 Hates to face: Nick Castellanos, 2 for 2, 2B Loves to face: None TIGERS LHP MATT BOYD (5-6, 5.68) Vs. Dodgers: First game At Comerica Park: 6-6, 4.60 Advertisement ...

LOS ANGELES >> Late in practice Thursday, USC linebacker John Houston lurched toward the line of scrimmage. USC’s first-team offense was positioned shy of the red zone against its first-team defense. Upon the snap, Houston continued forward on a blitz and looked to push past the center, Nico Falah, into the backfield. He never arrived, but as quarterback Sam Daold lofted a pass downfield, Houston jumped to tip the ball with his right hand. It lost steam and fluttered over the middle portion of the field, before coerback Ajene Harris dove to nearly pick it off. Houston has remained d...

Dani Moreno needed a change after years of ruing cross country and track through age group, high school and collegiate competition. The 2010 Warren High graduate recently found a new passion with mountain ruing. After taking up the sport less than two years ago, Moreno represented the United Sta...

ANAHEIM >> When Andrelton Simmons was with the Atlanta Braves, Bryce Harper was a frequent opponent and Mike Trout was just a guy on TV in the other league. Back then, Simmons said, he thought the two players were in a similar class. “Then I saw Mike every day,” Simmons said, “and now it’s lik...

NEW YORK >> Cameron Maybin’s new-found ability to draw walks isn’t new after all. Maybin insists it’s just the result of a change he made a few years ago, which this year is clicking more than ever. “It’s just a growth process,” Maybin said Thursday. “I’m developing a really good approach that...

ARCADIA — No one, not even folks in the know, can say for certain if Santa Anita will still be standing in 10 years. The iconic race track that once was home to the legendary Seabiscuit, the world’s first hundred-grand horse race and a couple of guys named Shoemaker and Whittingham could eventually ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Rich Hill had a blister problem last season. He does not have a problem with blisters.“There’s also been recalls on Toyotas that are very reliable, you know what I mean?” the Dodgers left-hander said with a chuckle. “I mean, it had never happened before in my career. It was such an outlier that it’s not something I look at and feel is going to be an issue.”Hill has had other issues that sidelined him over the years — a groin injury early last season, shoulder woes earlier in his career and so on. He has made more than 20 starts (last year’s combined total between the Oakland A’s and Dodgers) and thrown more than last year’s 110 1/3 iings just once in his career. That was ba...

LOS ANGELES >> Fourteen years ago, when Joe Maddon was the Angels bench coach, his team handed the ball for Game 7 of the World Series to an untested rookie named John Lackey. On Wednesday, as manager of the Chicago Cubs, Maddon will hand the ball for Game 4 of the National League Championship Series to a wily old veteran named … John Lackey. And, to hear Maddon tell it, there is little difference. “He hasn’t changed at all,” Maddon said. “He’s in better shape. That’s my answer. He’s actually in physically better shape than he was. Check out the pictures from 2002 compared to how he looks now.” Aside from having a little more youthful fat back then, Lackey has the same repertoire then...

SAN DIEGO >> More than 40 family and friends will greet Luke Walton in his native city. They will see the same man that helped University High of San Diego win a state title his senior year patrol the Lakers’ sideline. They will see whether Walton can guide the Lakers (2-4) to an upset victory against his former employer in the Golden State Warriors (4-1) tonight at Valley View Casino Center. And they will see a statue unveiling of Walton’s Hall-of-Fame father (Bill). Though Walton admitted “it’s always special to go home,” he described his retu as “more of a business trip” for reasons beyond already visiting there as a former NBA player and Golden State assistant. Arena officials str...

LOS ANGELES >> With three of its first four games against Top 25 teams, this week begins the respite for USC. Or so everyone thought a month ago. Many predicted the Trojans might be 1-3 today but the maer of those defeats makes no game on the rest of the schedule a gimme. That means Saturday’s game against Arizona State starts a period of must-win games to salvage the season, make a bowl and ease talk about Coach Clay Helton’s future. Because if USC loses to any underdog, it could get even uglier for Helton, a nice guy who sometimes seems unequipped to deal with the nasty atmosphere that surrounds the program after a loss. Helton is only four games into his first full season but was r...

ANAHEIM >> Arte Moreno has no illusions about what has gone wrong, and what could have been done, to keep his team from this miserable season. “It’s pretty hard to win when you have no pitching,” the Angels owner said Friday, referring to the spate of injuries that shattered the club’s pitching staff. While there are some cries from frustrated fans that the Angels need an organizational shakeup — starting with the end of Mike Scioscia’s 17-year run as the manager — Moreno shrugged it off. “I don’t care who you put on the coaching staff,” he said, “if you don’t have any pitching, it’s pretty hard to win.” Moreno addressed the team’s disappointing season, how they got here and how they ...

The English Premier League kicks off this weekend with new Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho serving notice the revamped Red Devils are title contenders once more after defeating defending champion Leicester City a week earlier in the aual Charity Shield game. Whether it was the Foxes’ fairy-tale 5,000-1 campaign or the wide-open season that saw traditional powerhouses like United stumble, the EPL has solidified its status as the most popular soccer league among English-language viewers in the U.S. NBC reported that viewership rose 7 percent last season, the third campaign in a row the network has seen record-high ratings. Last season an average of 514,000 viewers watched EPL games on...

Defensive tackle Eddie Vanderdoes (knee) and defensive back Fabian Moreau (foot) were full participants in UCLA’s no-pads practice Monday. Both missed almost the entirety of the 2015 season due to injuries. Vanderdoes took his starting spot on the defensive line next to fellow defensive tackle Eli Ankou. Ankou said he was almost surprised to see Vanderdoes’ No. 47 next to him, but it was a welcome sight. “It’s really great to have him back,” Ankou said. “He’s going to do some great things. I believe in him and everybody believes in him.” Offensive lineman Paco Perez was out of practice Monday after undergoing minor surgery to repair his meniscus. The freshman came on to campus with the inju...

Defensive tackle Eddie Vanderdoes (knee) and defensive back Fabian Moreau (foot) were full participants in UCLA’s no-pads practice Monday. Both missed almost the entirety of the 2015 season due to injuries. Vanderdoes took his starting spot on the defensive line next to fellow defensive tackle Eli Ankou. Ankou said he was almost surprised to see Vanderdoes’ No. 47 next to him, but it was a welcome sight. “It’s really great to have him back,” Ankou said. “He’s going to do some great things. I believe in him and everybody believes in him.” Offensive lineman Paco Perez was out of practice Monday after undergoing minor surgery to repair his meniscus. The freshman came on to campus with the inju...

ANAHEIM >> Jefry Marte has exemplified the versatility Angels manager Mike Scioscia said is often times required of a young player looking for any way into the lineup. Marte, 25, has played just 18 games in the major leagues at his natural position of third base. This season, he has maed third just 11 times. Eighteen times he has been the Angels first baseman and 11 times the left fielder thanks in part to offensive struggles by Angels’ regulars. Just when his early season hot streak had officially tued into a mid-season slump, first baseman C.J. Cron’s broken hand opened the door for Marte to find the offensive rhythm that netted him a .333 average 51 at-bats into the season. Marte s...