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Mike McCoy was the Broncos’ offensive coordinator. Then he became the Chargers’ head coach. And now? The Broncos’ offensive coordinator. Again. Not much of a move, geographically, but the changes have taken their toll. “Well, I’m gray,” he told Denver reporters on Friday with a laugh. “I’ve aged a little bit.” Thirty-eight losses in four seasons can do that to a man. When the Chargers hired McCoy ...

OAKLAND — Just as Albert Pujols’ bat is heating up, his legs are giving him trouble again. Pujols retued to Southe Califoia on Wednesday to be evaluated, according to General Manager Billy Eppler, who said a plan would be determined after the examination. Manager Mike Scioscia said he’s expecting Pujols to be able to play when the team retus to action Friday in Seattle. “He’s been playing ...

ANAHEIM >> Mike Trout and Huston Street, like everyone else, have been watching the nightmarish scenes on television from Houston, and they wanted to do something about it. Trout announced via Twitter on Tuesday that he was donating $27,000 – an amount to correspond to his jersey No. 27 – to aid the relief effort of Tropical Storm Harvey. Street, a Texas native, said via his Twitter account ...

ANAHEIM >> C.J. Cron came to the plate in the eighth inning with one goal: Phoenix Suns tickets. With the Angels comfortably on their way to an 8-2 victory over the Oakland A’sxa0on Tuesdayxa0night, and Cron having one homer in the books, he could focus on making good on a challenge from teammate Mike Trout before the game. Trout, riding Cron a bit because he hadn’t hit a homer in 10 games, made...

ANAHEIM >> Mike Trout’s stiff neck provided the Angels an opportunity to give their slumping star his first day off since the All-Star break. Manager Mike Scioscia said Trout was not in the Angels lineup on Monday night because of a stiff neck, the result of hitting the wall trying to make a game-saving catch on Sunday afteoon. “We’ll hold him out as a precaution,” Scioscia said. “Hopefull...

ANAHEIM >> Mike Trout is now finding out how everyone else in the majors lives. Trout, seemingly immune to the slumps that define his sport, has gone hitless in his past 17 at-bats, the second longest such drought in his career. He took an 0 for 18 in August 2014, the year he won his first MVP, by the way. Since hitting homers in his first two at-bats last Saturday in Baltimore, Trout is 3 f...

BALTIMORE >> If the Angels’ offense can start slugging balls over the fence like this, maybe they can reach the postseason despite the continued stream of injured pitchers. The Angels’ 5-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night, headlined by Mike Trout and Luis Valbuena each hitting two homers, would have been a textbook victory if not for one significant issue. JC Ramirez had to leave the game in the sixth inning with what was initially diagnosed as forearm irritation. He is...

BALTIMORE >> Hours after Albert Pujols made history with his 609th homer, he couldn’t enjoy it as much as he’d like because of Manny Machado’s 131st. Pujols’ first-inning homer on Friday night moved him into a tie with Sammy Sosa for eighth place on the all-time homer list. Pujols and Sosa, both bo in the Dominican Republic, are now tied for the most homers ever hit by a player bo outside of the United States. But when Pujols had the chance after the game to talk about what the achievement...

DEL MAR >> Did Del Mar really run the San Diego Handicap on July 22? Was that race just a figment of our imagination? Did Arrogate, thought to be virtually unbeatable after four consecutive Grade I victories, really finish fourth, beaten by 15 1/4 lengths, as a 1-20 favorite? As far as Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith is conceed, it didn’t occur. He’s completely blocked it from his memory bank. Or at least he’s trying to forget it happened. “It was such a clunker that he threw that I’m going...

SEATTLE >> For the past month, James Paxton has been one of baseball’s best starters and Edwin Diaz has been one of baseball’s best closers. The Angels beat them both on Thursday. After blowing a three-run lead they had taken against Paxton, the Angels came back and scored three runs on a Mike...

IRVINE >> No matter what happens going forward, the Rams paid their highest-possible compliment to receiver Mike Thomas in mid-July, when they didn’t cut him. Thomas, a physically gifted but mistake-prone rookie in 2016, received a four-game suspension for a violation of the NFL’s policy on pe...

ANAHEIM >> After Mike Trout celebrated his 1,000th career hit and yet another birthday homer, Manny Machado crashed the party. The Baltimore Orioles’ young star hit a seventh-inning grand slam against JC Ramirez, sending the Angels to a 6-2 loss on Monday night. Machado’s homer, plus the pitch...

NEW YORK >> Mikey Garcia unanimously outpointed Adrien Broner on Saturday night to remain undefeated. Garcia controlled his first fight at 140 pounds, particularly with body shots he was able to sneak in below Broner’s defense, and won 117-111 on one card and 116-112 on the other two. A former...

ANAHEIM >> Years from now, those who watched the Angels game against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night are going to remember two first-inning swings. For now, the Angels are more focused on the slide in between. A game that was billed as a duel between Mike Trout and Bryce Harper, and ...

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...

ANAHEIM >> The first two games after the much-anticipated retu of Mike Trout have not exactly gone as the Angels had hoped. Other than two homers by slumping Luis Valbuena, little went right for the Angels in a 6-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night, their second straight loss with...

ANAHEIM >> He trash texted, Mike Trout did, his bat silenced but his phone chirping, the good-natured digs at teammates serving as his presence in his absence. Like when the Angels were in Detroit last month and Kole Calhoun homered to the opposite field, a rarity for the left-handed hitter, t...

ANAHEIM >> In one sense, the Angels won before the game even began on Friday night. They put Mike Trout in the lineup, getting back the best player in the majors after he’d missed more than six weeks because of a to ligament in his thumb. Hours later, though, they were still looking to get t...

SAN BERNARDINO >> Angels outfielder Mike Trout played a full nine innings for the club’s High-A affiliate Inland Empire 66ers on Sunday night in his final tuneup before getting back with the big club after the All-Star break. “I feel ready to play,” Trout said. It had been announced earlier in...

SAN BERNARDINO >> It is important, certainly, that Mike Trout demonstrate that his thumb is healed and his game is sound during his rehab stay in the Califoia League. Hits and RBI, while nice, would be a bonus. But there is another impact Trout can have during his stint with the Inland Empir...