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While Andrew Heaney’s MRI on Monday gave hope that he can pitch again this year, the club has now lost another starter for next year. Alex Meyer, who was already ruled out for the rest of this season, will undergo surgery to repair a to labrum in his shoulder, with an expected rehab time of 12 months. Meyer, the club and doctors finally determined the course of action on Monday, after exhausting...

INGLEWOOD >> Finesse beat fire three times at The Forum Saturday night, even though it was hot finesse. You realized how hot when you saw people try to shake hands with Miguel Berchelt, the main event winner. He politely declined. His fist was aching from the many times it connected with the f...

MINNEAPOLIS >> After watching Alex Meyer struggle once again, Mike Scioscia chose to look at the big picture rather than the uglier small one. Meyer struggled through five innings in the Angels’ 9-5 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Monday night, having issues with his command, control and even c...

With two main events Saturday night, the Irwindale Speedway Late Model class will reach the halfway point of its 2017 season. Thus far, this campaign has a similar look to the past two years when Trevor Huddleston won the driving title. The 21-year-old Moorpark College student from Agoura Hills has ...

BOSTON >> Alex Meyer is not one to simply shrug off a bad outing, certainly not until he’s at least had a night’s sleep to move past it. After the Angels’ 9-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Friday night, which was a setback in what had been an encouraging season of improvement for Meyer, he did...

LOS ANGELES >> The Dodgers signed Julio Urías when he was merely a boy, a 16-year-old throwing faster than some major league pitchers. They protected his golden left arm like no other, removing him from at least one no-hitter every year in order to limit the inherent harm of throwing a basebal...

ANGELS at RED SOX When: 4 p.m. Where: Fenway Park TV: Fox Sports West THE PITCHERS ANGELS RHP ALEX MEYER (3-3, 3.52) vs. Red Sox: First game At Fenway Park: First game Hates to face: None Loves to face: None RED SOX RHP RICK PORCELLO (3-9, 5.05) vs. Angels: 5-6, 6.26 At Fenway Park: 22-14, 4.10 Hate...

ANAHEIM >> Andrew Cogliano has played with the Ducks long enough to feel as if he has planted down roots with a franchise that gave him a defined role to thrive in. And they have come to bank on the everyday presence of the NHL’s current iron man. But will that relationship continue next seaso...

SAN DIEGO >> When is an innings limit not an innings limit? As Dodgers coaches and executives contemplate how much more rookie pitcher Julio Urias can — and should — give them this year, it’s worth flashing back to April 11. Urias made his first regular season start that day for Triple-A Oklahoma City in Memphis, Tennessee. Matt Herges, the Oklahoma City pitching coach, watched and waited as Urias threw one scoreless inning after another. Urias’ pitch count reached 73 after five innings wh...

ANAHEIM >> Alex Meyer completed his 2016 audition with the Angels with another encouraging performance. Meyer, the key player the Angels wanted in a deadline trade with the Minnesota Twins, gave up two runs in the Angels’ 8-6 victory over the Oakland A’s on Wednesday night. Although the Angels have won seven of eight, there was one troubling development when Mike Trout was hit in the shoulder by a pitch in the eighth inning, knocking him out of the game. Trout said he was sore, and planned...

DENVER >> It’s no surprise that the Dodgers will give the ball to rookie left-hander Julio Urias for Friday’s start against the San Diego Padres. The 20-year-old left-hander is 5-2 with a 3.71 eaed-run average in 14 games (12 starts) with the Dodgers. His last four outings, all victories, have seen Urias allow two eaed runs in 19 2/3 innings, good for a 0.92 ERA. “The way he’s throwing the baseball right now,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, “this is the best thing for the Dodgers and f...

CINCINNATI >> While most of the Dodgers’ starting pitchers are operating on a performance-induced innings limit, Julio Urias pitched like he doesn’t need one. The freslhly-20-year-old Julio Urias tued in the best start of his barely-started big-league career Sunday afteoon, holding the Cincinnati Reds scoreless through six innings and helping the Dodgers snap a three-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory. “It was huge. It was huge being able to have him out there for more than five innings...

While a labor dispute simmers at home, the U.S. women’s national soccer team is set to travel across Brazil as the favorite to win its fourth straight Olympic gold medal. The Rio Games are happening as a U.S. federal agency looks at a wage discrimination complaint filed by a group of national team players who claim they make less money than their male counterparts. The team’s union also is looking for a new contract with U.S. Soccer. Intrigue is nothing new for the top-ranked Americans. Unlike t...

The Clippers’ lease at Staples Center ends in 2024, and owner Steve Ballmer has vowed to explore alteatives. The organization has taken preliminary steps toward the splashiest alteative — owning and operating its own arena in the Los Angeles area. The organization has interest in at least three areas — the Westside of Los Angeles, Inglewood near the new home of the Rams and downtown Los Angeles. Orange County doesn’t appear to be an option at this time. ESPN’s Kevin Aovitz first reported the Cli...

LOS ANGELES — All of those page views on the trade-rumor aggregating sights are coming from somewhere. But, if the players are to be believed, it’s not from the Dodgers clubhouse. “No, I don’t (follow it). I don’t really care,” said Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen, more conceed with his own problems — ongoing mechanical issues that made closing out Tuesday night’s 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays more difficult than it should have been. “Whatever the front office thinks we need to do, that’s up ...

ST. LOUIS >> Julio Urias’ latest big-league cameo was a short one. The 19-year-old left-hander was sent back to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Friday after pitching four innings for the Dodgers in Thursday’s win over the Washington Nationals. Urias will get a few days off and then pitch out of the bullpen for OKC, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. That was the plan when the Dodgers sent Urias back to Triple-A following his July 4 start. But he made just one relief appearance before being recal...

WASHINGTON, D.C. >> Now what? For the third time this season, the Dodgers tued to 19-year-old left-hander Julio Urias to fill a short-term need in their starting rotation. Urias went four innings in Thursday’s 6-3 victory over the Washington Nationals after left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu went on the DL with elbow tendinitis. Whatever plan the Dodgers had for their precocious pitching prospect must have been written in pencil, erased and rewritten again. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he has b...

PLAYA VISTA >> Marreese Speights took note of what Cole Aldrich did last year for the Clippers and wants the same opportunity this season. Speights saw how Aldrich played a significant role off the bench and became an impact player when the Clippers lost Blake Griffin. Now, he gets the chance to do the same. Speights, a free agent, signed a one-year deal for the veteran’s minimum salary on Tuesday, but more importantly, is looking to provide the team with versatility much like Aldrich did....

LOS ANGELES >> Like leaving the last Oreo in the sleeve, this is not going to be easy. But the Dodgers remain committed to keeping a goveor on Julio Urias’ workload this season, a vow of abstinence that has become more difficult to stand by with each of his five big-league starts. Urias keeps getting better, a trend that led to five scoreless innings against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. But Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled him after those five innings and 85 pitches this time,...

LOS ANGELES >> Like leaving the last Oreo in the sleeve, this is not going to be easy. But the Dodgers remain committed to keeping a goveor on Julio Urias’ workload this season, a vow of abstinence that has become more difficult to stand by with each of his five big-league starts. Urias keeps getting better, a trend that led to five scoreless innings against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. But Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled him after those five innings and 85 pitches this time,...