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Tenants getting federal rent subsidies have yet to be affected by the partial govement shutdown, now in its fourth week.But big problems could arise for those renters and their landlords should the ...

LOS ANGELES — Right tackle Andre James cut down two would-be Hawai’i rushers and right guard Michael Alves cleared out another as running back Nate Starks saw a rushing lane larger than almost anything the UCLA offense had produced in more than a year. The senior running back galloped through, untouched for 25 yards. With quarterback Josh Rosen and the receivers surging, UCLA’s running game is hop...

COSTA MESA >> Retire for three months, and some people lose all respect for you. That’s essentially the treatment Dolphins quarterback Jay Cutler got from Melvin Ingram, whom he will face this Sunday at StubHub Center. Asked on Thursday afteoon what problems Cutler might present this weekend, the Chargers defensive end didn’t miss a beat. “None,” Ingram said. Never mind the fact that, when...

CLEVELAND >> The Cleveland Indians added a walk-off win to a streak that has had everything. Jay Bruce hit an RBI double in the 10th inning as the Indians rallied for their 22nd straight win to extend their AL record, beating the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Thursday night to move within four wins of matching the 1916 New York Giants for the longest streak in major league history. After blowout...

SAN FRANCISCO – Breathe. In. Out. The Dodgers’ 17-game out-of-body experience finally came to an end Tuesday night – they hope – with a white-knuckler of a 5-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants. The win ended an 11-game losing streak, the longest since the franchise moved to Los Angeles in 1958, and was only their second in the past 18 games (both started by Clayton Kershaw). With it, the Dodg...

The Inteational Olympic Committee has made it official. Los Angeles will host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The IOC voted unanimously Wednesday in Lima Peru to award the 2024 Games to Paris and a third Los Angeles Olympics four years later. The vote caps an unlikely quest to retu the Games to Southe Califoia after Los Angeles was initially rejected by the U.S. Olympic Committee an...

LOS ANGELES >>xa0At a Catholic Mass inside Dodger Stadium on Sunday moing, a priest attempted to perform an exorcism on the ballpark. Friday, pitcher Yu Darvish sprinkled salt in the Dodgers’ dugout, a Japanese custom intended to ward off evil spirits. It’s come to this. The Dodgers’ 8-1 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Sunday was their 10th straight. Only a home run by Alex Verdugo in the ni...

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles’ celebration of landing the 2028 Olympic Games next week will include Inteational Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach. Bach will light the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum’s Olympic cauldron during the Rams-Washington game Sept. 17, the Southe Califoia News Group has leaed. Bach’s two-day visit to Southe Califoia will come four days after the IOC in Lima, Per...

LOS ANGELES >> Of the 159 rushing yards Ronald Jones amassed in USC’s season-opening victory over Weste Michigan, 122 came after contact. Deland McCullough, the Trojans’ running backs coach, took notice. “It ain’t always the flash and long runs,” McCullough said. “It’s the dirty work of lowering your shoulder, running through trash, breaking arm tackles and sending a physical message to yo...

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 ...

A’S at ANGELS When: Monday 7 p.m. TV: Fox Sports West Where: Angel Stadium THE PITCHERS ANGELS LHP ANDREW HEANEY (0-0, 8.10) vs. A’s: 1-1, 4.85 At Angel Stadium: 3-3, 4.29 Hates to face: None Loves to face: None A’S RHP DANIEL GOSSETT (3-6, 5.49) vs. Angels: First game At Angel Stadium: First game Hates to face: None Loves to face: None UPCOMING matchups Tuesday: Angels (RHP Troy Scribner, 2-1, 4....

Banned former U.S. Olympic team coach Don Peters has denied under oath having sexual relations with underage gymnasts while serving as U.S. national team coach in the 1980s, according to court documents obtained by the Southe Califoia News Group. Peters, who built SCATS, the Huntington Beach gymnastics academy, into one of the biggest names in inteational gymnastics, was banned by USA Gymnas...

THOUSAND OAKS >> Yes, it’s just preseason. Before that, it was just OTAs. Before that, it was just the Big Sky Conference. At every tu, Cooper Kupp has faced doubters, and tued them around. The stakes have reached their apex. Kupp, a former small-school standout at Easte Washington, now is preparing for his NFL regular-season debut, and the Rams’ third-round draft pick seems ready, as always. In two preseason games, Kupp has eight catches for 105 yards and one touchdown. Also, seven of Kup...

PACIFIC PALISADES >> Eddie Merrins stood just off to the side of the 18th green at Riviera Country Club late Sunday afteoon, perhaps not even noticing that Doc Redman and Doug Ghim went right behind him with a purpose toward the 10th tee box at the 117th U.S. Amateur Championship. “That’s about as strong a finish as you’d hope to see,” said the 84-year-old legendary golf pro at Bel-Air Country Club and former UCLA coach who, in 1954, made it to the quarterfinals in a touament won by Aold P...

WHITE SOX AT DODGERS When:xa0Today, 7:10 p.m. Where:xa0Dodger Stadium TV:xa0SportsNet LA (where available) THE PITCHERS DODGERS LHP ALEX WOOD (14-1, 2.37) vs. White Sox:xa0Has never faced them before At Dodger Stadium:xa013-3, 2.26 ERA (135 2/3 innings) Hates to face:xa0None Loves to face:xa0None PADRES RHP MIGUEL GONZALEZ (6-10, 4.85) vs. Dodgers:xa00-1, 1.50 ERA (6 innings) At Dodger Stadium:xa0Has never pitched here before Hates to face:xa0Chris Taylor (6 for 10, .600), 2B, RBI Loves to face:...

CARSON >> Around him, so much was still unfamiliar. Over the years, these debuts blurred together, each preseason the same dance as the one before, but as Philip Rivers peered out from under center at the start of his 14th year as a Chargers quarterback, this scene was jarringly new. Until Sun...

ANGELS at MARINERS When: Saturday, 6 p.m. Where: Safeco Field TV: Fox Sports West THE PITCHERS ANGELS RHP JC RAMIREZ (10-10, 4.21) Vs. Mariners: 1-0, 5.00 At Safeco Field: 0-1, 7.88 Hates to face: None Loves to face: None MARINERS RHP ERASMO RAMIREZ (4-4, 5.10) Vs. Angels: 4-2, 2.49 At Safeco Field: 3-9, 4.71 Hates to face: Mike Trout, 8 for 20 (.400) Loves to face: Kole Calhoun, 2 for 11 (.182) Advertisement ...

Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has been suspended six games by the NFL for violating the personal conduct policy, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. An ex-girlfriend accused the former Ohio State star of domestic violence more than a year ago in Columbus, Ohio. In September, the Columbu...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.>> Jordan Spieth began his quest for the career Grand Slam by not making a putt longer than 5 feet. What helped was that Quail Hollow punished just about everyone at some point Thursday in the PGA Championship. Kevin Kisner and Thorbjo Olesen of Denmark emerged as the top surv...

LOS ANGELES >> Once you get past quarterback Sam Daold, there are a few other unique parts of USC’s offense that sometimes get buried in the Heisman hype. Perhaps an underplayed identity of this team is that the Trojans feature two tailbacks who weigh more than 200 pounds and possess breakaw...