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Garrett Richards has joined the Angels in Texas and could be activated within a few days, which would be a surprising acceleration of his rehab. General Manager Billy Eppler said Thursday night that the Angels simply wanted to have their medical and baseball staffs give Richards a full evaluation in person before deciding his next step. Eppler said it’s possible Richards could retu to Triple-A f...

LOS ANGELES >> The Santa Ana Valley High School football team was about to play its second game of the season. It could have been any Saturday in September – Curtis Granderson wasn’t sure the year – but this game happened to be on Sept. 10, 2011. Granderson was in town because his New York Yankees were playing the Angels. Santa Ana Valley held a freshman pep rally that Friday, Sept. 9. The Y...

COSTA MESA >> There they stood on the same field, totems from the full span of Philip Rivers’ career. Norm Chow, who was Rivers’ first offensive coordinator at North Carolina State and helped tu him into the ACC Rookie of the Year. Norv Tuer, the former Chargers coach who oversaw some of Rivers’ most prolific professional seasons. And New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who once kept Rivers on the bench for two years. “It was good to see him, share a practice field again,” Rivers said of Brees. “It’s been a long time.” The Chargers hosted the Saints on Thursday in the first of back-...

A brief look at the Chargers’ joint training-camp practice with the Saints on Thursday at Jack Hammett Sports Complex: BIG MOMENT The Saints’ defensive backs came out on top during one-on-one drills, but the Chargers’ receivers responded emphatically during full team drills. Keenan Allen was responsible for one of the top highlights, cradling a pass from Philip Rivers with one hand. It was yet another sign that Allen, who tore his ACL in last year’s regular-season opener, is set to reclaim his spot as one of the league’s top receivers. “I would say he’s still not right where he was,” Rivers s...

SEATTLE >> Andrew Bailey’s long road back to the majors is almost over. Bailey rejoined the club on Friday, and he could be activated as soon as today. He last pitched in the majors on April 9, the first week of the season. Since then, he’s fought shoulder trouble. “It’s obviously been a long ...

CROMWELL, Co. >> Jordan Spieth needed an extra hole, a little bit of luck and an amazing final shot to finish off a wire-to-wire victory in the Travelers Championship. The two-time major champion holed out from 60 feet for birdie from a greenside bunker on the first hole of a playoff with Da...

Even after landing a coveted poker chip in the form of a No. 2 draft pick, Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson did not allow that prize to add an extra tint to his purple-and-gold colored glasses regarding free agency. “I don’t know if we’re going to be a major player this year,”...

Former USC coach Steve Sarkisian is retuing to college football. Sarkisian will join the staff at Alabama as an offensive analyst, the team confirmed Monday. “We’re glad to have him as a part of the organization,” Alabama coach Nick Saban told reporters at a news conference. “Hopefully, he’ll be able to get back on his feet professionally and this will be beneficial to him.” USC fired Sarkisian after five games last October following a string of alcohol-related incidents and other behavior. Sarkisian, 42, filed a multi-million dollar wrongful termination lawsuit against the university in December, alleging he was not allowed to seek treatment for alcoholism. In the complaint, he said he was ...

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MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin hit out at “discrimination” against the country’s baed track and field athletes at a Kremlin send-off ceremony Wednesday for its depleted Olympic team. Fencers became the latest team of Russians to be cleared to compete in the Olympics by their sport’s goveing body ahead of the Moscow ceremony, but the IAAF rejected a bid by the bulk of the track and field team to be reinstated. More than 100 Russians from the 387-strong Olympic team have been baed so far from going to Rio de Janeiro. “We can’t accept indiscriminate disqualification of our athletes with an absolutely clean doping history,” Putin said. “We caot and will not accept what in fact is pur...

Maybe it just took being insulted for Zach Walters to unlock the potential three previous organizations have seen in him. Walters was promoted from Triple-A by the Dodgers on Saturday, taking the place of outfielder Trayce Thompson who went on the DL with lower back irritation. Walters has been to the majors before with the Washington Nationals and Cleveland Indians (after originally being drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks). He hit .182 in a combined 82 games during those brief big-league visits while spending parts of the past five seasons in Triple-A. But he has never had a run of success quite like he has had for the OKC Dodgers over the past six weeks. Since June 1, Walters hit .349 w...

Last week, Kevin Durant became the first person in known history who was pressured to justify moving from Oklahoma to the Bay Area. Fortunately, all things must pass. Especially the Warriors. Oklahoma City will survive because it is a fine city with many gracious people who, for the most part, realize they’ve endured worse. On April 19, 1995, a domestic terrorist named Terry McVeigh blew up a federal building and killed 169 people. If those who bued Durant’s jersey need perspective, there’s a powerful memorial right there near Chesapeake Energy Center, with 169 empty chairs. You don’t just put that aside. All OKC lost on Monday was the presence of a basketball artist who spent eight years e...

OKLAHOMA CITY >> Kevin Durant is joining All-Stars Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson with the Golden State Warriors. Durant aounced his decision Monday moing on The Players’ Tribune Monday moing. He can’t officially sign until July 7. His decision has been the most highly anticipated move of the summer. The 2014 MVP and four-time scoring champion led the Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA Finals in 2012, and to the Weste Conference finals in four of the past six years — and he’s only 27. He recovered from a broken bone in his right foot that cost him much of last season to post one of the best years of his career. Durant met with the Thunder, Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Boston Celtics...