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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. >>xa0The pregame was once again packed with activity as Santa Margarita’s all-stars were greeted by players from both the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals at the Little League World Series. The MLB teams were in town forxa0Sundayxa0Night Baseball, which was played at a minor league baseball stadium in Williamsport as part of the festivities. Before getting ready for their game, the big-league players met the young ballplayers. The moment was special, but the Sou...

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. >> The bond between twin brothers can become stronger than most in the dynamic of the family. A twin brother can be both a best friend and brother at the same time. They can be motivators and they can even be there in the for the most important moments. They can also give their brothers an extra wardrobe just in case. The important things in life. For Santa Margarita, the bond between twins is on full display every practice, every game. The team has the rarity of two sets...

WILLIAMSPORT. Pa. >> It only took Joey Gray one swing of the bat to make his name ring throughout Little League circles at the World Series in Williamsport on Friday. A walk, a double from Drew Rutter, and another walk set the stage for Gray, who walked to the plate for a bases-loaded, first-inning at-bat against the Northwest’s Caiden Thomsen. Gray worked his way to a full count, then hit a towering shot over the right-field fence. It was the second grand slam of the Little League World S...

Little League World Series 2017 Santa Margarita Little League All-Stars by the numbers: 15-0: Santa Margarita’s record, which includes sweeps in District 68, Section 10, Southe Califoia Divisional and West Regional touaments. 2: Number of sets of twins on the team, Bobby and Joey Gray and Nick and Matt Haddad 1: Number of innings in which Santa Margarita trailed through four games of the West Regional Touament 33: Total number of runs Santa Margarita scored in four games of the West Regional Tou...

More than half of the players on the Santa Margarita National Little League all-star team play together on a travel ball team when the Little League season is over. Assuming the Little League season would be finished by now, the travel ball team was scheduled to be competing in a touament in Coope...

ANAHEIM >> There will be no awkwardness between Cameron Maybin and Ben Revere when the Angels left fielder retus from injury to supplant his hot-hitting replacement. Revere, who was hitting .375 over his last 11 games before Saturday night, while Maybin recovers from a sprained kneexa0suffered...

ANAHEIM >>xa0By now you should know all about Mike Trout. Two-time American League MVP. Six-time All-Star. Two-time All-Star Game MVP. Rookie of the Year. Angels superstar center fielder. Probably the best player in baseball now and maybe for the foreseeable future. You would be forgiven for kno...

BEDMINSTER, N.J. >> The U.S. Women’s Open has not had a repeat winner since Karrie Webb in 2001 and the chances of Brittany Lang doing it this year don’t seem good. The 31-year-old Lang has finished no better than 13th in 14 events on the LPGA Tour, and she missed the cut in the KPMG Women’s P...

PAU, France — Ahead of two grueling days filled with some truly punishing ascents, the main contenders on the Tour de France were all hoping that Wednesday would be a nice, relaxed day on the bike. It didn’t happen. Instead of what riders call a “transition” day, with a comfortable run to the gatewa...

BERGERAC, France — Marcel Kittel has no serious challenger for the King of the Sprint title at this year’s Tour de France. The German sprinter won the 10th stage with remarkable ease on Tuesday, while Chris Froome stayed safely in the main pack to retain the race leader’s yellow jersey. Kittel perfe...

ARLINGTON, Texas >> There is nowhere to go but up for the Angels’ offense. The Angels reached the All-Star break averaging 4.10 runs per game, the worst in the American League. Certainly, they figure to get help in that area when Mike Trout retus, likely on Friday. They also are counting on ...

LOS ANGELES >> The New York Mets might owe the rest of baseball an apology for more than Mr. Met’s behavior. Two weeks ago, the Mets hit four home runs off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, roughing him up for six runs in a game the Dodgers won anyway. But it was the first time in Kershaw’s career ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Bronson Koenig made a school-record eight 3-pointers and scored 28 points and Nigel Hayes added 16 as NCAA Touament-tested Wisconsin advanced in the East Region with an 84-74 victory over Virginia Tech on Thursday night.The eighth-seeded Badgers (26-9) made all the big plays i...

LOS ANGELES — Utah coach Kyle Whittingham caught the news like everyone else Monday. USC had picked a new starting quarterback. Redshirt freshman Sam Daold was in. Redshirt junior Max Browne was out. It seemed possible the Trojans’ abrupt shakeup could alter the Utes’ prep for the teams’ game Friday night in Salt Lake City. But Whittingham shot down the idea Tuesday. “He’s got two quarterbacks who are pretty da talented and fairly similar,” Whittingham said. “They’re not complete polar opposites...

The Dodgers are honoring Vin Scully this week during the final seven home games of the 2016 regular season. Here are some of the highlights to tune in for: Tuesday 7:10 p.m. vs. San Francisco A Scully bobblehead giveaway, featuring a pose of him with his hands over his heart accepting applause from the fans on Opening Day 2016. TV: SportsNet LA. Radio: KLAC-AM (570). Wednesday 7:10 p.m. vs. San Francisco ESPN has decided to make this a national broadcast. TV: Also SportsNet LA. Radio: KLAC-AM (5...

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. >> Jude Abbadessa was 5 for 5 with six RBIs to lead Endwell, New York past Bowling Green, Kentucky 13-10 on Wednesday night for a place in the U.S. championship game of the Little League World Series. Abbadessa hit a two-run homer to center field to give New York a 4-3 lead in the second inning. Conner Rush walked with two outs, got to second and third on wild pitches, and scored on Jack Hopko’s single for a 5-3 lead. New York put runners on first and third with two...

Four months after the final buzzer sounded on his playing career, Kobe Bryant rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday and announced a foray into the world of investing. Bryant and entrepreneur Jeff Stibel announced a $100 million fund that will support companies at the “convergence of technology, media and data,” Stibel said on CNBC Monday moing. The Bryant Stibel Investment Portfolio has already invested in 13 ventures, including The Players’ Tribune, video game company S...

LOS ANGELES >> The Rams’ locker room has a story to tell, just like a totem pole. Guys with their own lockers probably are OK. Guys who are splitting lockers with other guys might or might not be OK. Then there’s The Closet. You walk out of the main room and take a left, into what will probably be used as a storage facility when the Rams get down to a working regular-season number. There were about 20 Rams dressing in The Closet Saturday night, their clothes on chairs, getting in and out j...

The gold, silver and iron-clad questions we continue to have while ultimately blaming everything else on Rio: • Spooning. All for it. Mugging. Only for a camera. Cupping? Stick a fork in it. Sir Michael Phelps may endorse this ancient form of suction therapy – which also seems to have inspired some guy to scale the outside of a Trump building in New York the other day before police pried him off. But night after night of seeing large purple spots all over him causes us to flash back to the days ...

DEVORE >> Victor Perez, his two younger brothers and his four nephews made the long haul from Escondido to this rural unincorporated community northwest of San Beardino on Sunday moing to spend the day watching Little League baseball. As a boy, Perez, 45, of Borrego Springs, played Little League from age 9 to 12. He went on to play on his high school baseball team as well. He never lost interest in the sport, a family tradition of sorts. “I’m just a fan. This is my first time in San Beardi...