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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 wier. He politely declined. His fist was aching from the many times it coected 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 iings in the Angels’ 9-5 loss to the Miesota 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 iings limit not an iings 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, Teessee. Matt Herges, the Oklahoma City pitching coach, watched and waited as Urias threw one scoreless iing after another. Urias’ pitch count reached 73 after five iings when it was decided he’d met his limit. He still hadn’t allowed a run. Often, the decision to remove Urias wasn’t easy. “There were times when it was ‘hey we need to get him out of the game’ — yeah but he’s only...

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 Miesota 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 iing, knocking him out of the game. Trout said he was sore, and plaed to get X-rays on Thursday’s off day, but he was hoping to be able to play Friday. As for Meyer, he gave up two runs in the first iing, and then tacked on three scoreless frames, finishing off his fifth st...

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 iings, 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 for Julio.” And yet, Friday’s start might be his last of the season. Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman stopped short of saying Urias would move to the bullpen after facing the Pad...

CINCINNATI >> While most of the Dodgers’ starting pitchers are operating on a performance-induced iings 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 Cinciati Reds scoreless through six iings 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 iings,” Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal said. “Having the last two starters go less than three or four iings, we needed someone to go deep in a game. He did that for us, stepped up big time and threw a great game....

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 the men’s touament, which requires teams to field under-23 squads, women’s Olympic soccer brings together the best players in the world. Seeking to clinch its fifth gold medal since women’s soccer bec...

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 Clippers’ exploration. A spokesperson for the Clippers declined to comment, but the team’s dissatisfaction with its current situation is no secret. The Clippers and Lakers are the only NBA teams that sh...

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 to them. I really don’t care about all that drama out there.” Tuesday’s starter Bud Norris should care. His immediate future in the Dodgers’ starting rotation could depend on the front office’s succe...

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 iings 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 recalled to start in Washington this week when Hyun-Jin Ryu went to the DL. Austin Baes was called up from Triple-A to replace Urias on the roster. With three off days in an eight-day span starting Monday, ...

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 iings 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 been impressed with the way Urias has handled the uncertainty as well as being asked to make five of his nine big-league starts against first-place teams (the Cubs, Orioles, Giants and Nationals twice). ...

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. “I see what a guy like Cole Aldrich did here, the role he had, how he changed it to being an impact player on this team,” Speights said. “Free agency didn’t go as I wanted, but I feel like the opport...

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 iings against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. But Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled him after those five iings and 85 pitches this time, a decision that quickly became lamentable. The Brewers scored twice against Dodgers relievers in the sixth iing and it took Justin Tuer’s second home run of the game (in the eighth iing) and his game-wii...

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 iings against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. But Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled him after those five iings and 85 pitches this time, a decision that quickly became lamentable. The Brewers scored twice against Dodgers relievers in the sixth iing and it took Justin Tuer’s second home run of the game (in the eighth iing) and his game-wii...