An atto ey representing dozens of women who allege they were sexually abused as young girls by former USA Gymnastics women’s Olympic and national team physician Larry Nassar has accused federal prosecutors of betraying those former athletes by agreeing to a plea bargain with Nassar. Nassar has agre

SAN BERNARDINO >> Angels outfielder Mike Trout played a full nine i ings 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 a ounced earlier in

The Beard has the richest contract in NBA history. The Houston Rockets signed guard James Harden to a four-year contract extension for about $160 million Saturday, giving him a total six-year deal with $228 million guaranteed. With Harden under contract on his existing deal for another two seasons,

SPARTA, Ky. >> Martin Truex Jr. was dominant throughout and had enough left on a final restart to win the NASCAR Cup race Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway. Second in points entering the 400-mile event, Truex started second beside Kyle Busch and won the first two stages. Truex led the final

Sebastian Munoz shot a 2-under 68 on Saturday to maintain a two-stroke lead over Robert Streb after the third round of The Greenbrier Classic in West Sulphur Springs, West Verginia, keeping the PGA Tour rookie in position to become the tou ament’s first wire-to-wire wi er. The 24-year-old Colombia

Claimed for $40,000 last Aug. 27, Skye Diamonds is now a Grade II wi er after a decisive victory in the $200,000 Great Lady M. Stakes on Saturday at Los Alamitos. Owned by a partnership that includes Tom Acker, Allen Racing LLC and Bloom Racing Stables LLC and trained by Bill Spawr, the 4-year-old

The St. John Bosco defense shined at the Edison High School “Battle at the Beach” 7v7 event on a hot Saturday afte oon. The Braves went 3-1 in pool play and defeated Cathedral and Edison in the first two rounds of the Gold Division pool play before falling 7-6 to Mater Dei in the championship. “I w

ANGELS at RANGERS When: Today, Noon TV: Fox Sports West Where: Globe Life Park THE PITCHERS ANGELS RHP JC RAMIREZ (7-7, 4.73) vs. Rangers: 2-1, 2.03 At Globe Life Park: 1-0, 2.70 Hates to face: Carlos Gomez, 5 for 10 (.500) Loves to face: None RANGERS RHP YU DARVISH (6-7, 3.56) vs. Angels: 9-2, 3.45...

ARLINGTON, Texas >> Barring a quick exit, JC Ramirez is going to throw his 100th i ing of the season today. The previous career high for Ramirez, who had spent his entire major league career as a reliever, was 78 2/3 i ings. The last time he cracked 100 i ings was 2011, when he was a starte

ARLINGTON, Texas >> As the Angels play what they expect to be their final games without Mike Trout, they desperately need to get him back. The Angels lost, 5-2, to the Texas Rangers on Saturday night, continuing a stretch of games in which their offense has lacked punch. The Angels have scored

LOS ANGELES >> With chants of “Co-dy! Co-dy! Co-dy!” ringing through Dodger Stadium, Cody Bellinger lifted his bat and waited. For his moment. For his pitch. For his team’s win. The hard-swinging Bellinger was rewarded for his patience as he drew a bases-loaded walk to beat the Kansas City Roy

LOS ANGELES >> Cody Bellinger could use a break. He’ll get one soon, but even next week’s All-Star Break won’t be quite enough for the workhorse rookie. The curse of a breakout year like Bellinger’s is that his spot in the All-Star Game and the Home Run Derby robs him of some much-needed time

The Ducks signed forward De is Rasmussen to a one-year contract worth $725,000 on Friday. Rasmussen, 27, spent his first two NHL seasons with Chicago after playing with the Blackhawks’ American Hockey League team in 2014-15 following three seasons playing professionally in his native Sweden. Rasmus

By Tom Hoffarth thoffarth@scng.com @TomHoffarth on Twitter How to create your own social experiment: The next time you’re shifting around in your seat tying to watch a game at Dodger Stadium or Angel Stadium, and some late-arriving cluster of fans who fumble around with their printed-out tickets, ma

The Atlanta Hawks have waived former Clipper Jamal Crawford after agreeing to a buyout of his contract. The Hawks acquired the three-time Sixth Man of the Year from the Clippers on Thursday in a three-team trade that included Denver. With the Hawks apparently entering a rebuilding era, Crawford will

LAS VEGAS >> One prized rookie struggled with his shooting accuracy, and another promising young player gave everyone a scare after taking a tough fall. It was not exactly the Summer League debut Lakers rookie point guard Lonzo Ball and second-year forward Brandon Ingram had in mind. In the La

ROYALS at DODGERS When: Saturday, 4:15 p.m. Where: Dodger Stadium TV: Fox/11 THE PITCHERS DODGERS RHP BRANDON McCARTHY (6-3, 3.25 ERA) Vs. Royals: 3-2, 4.05 ERA At Dodger Stadium: 8-2, 3.87 ERA Hates to face: Alex Gordon, 6 for 14 (.429), 1 double Loves to face: Salvador Perez, 0 for 6 ROYALS RHP IA...

ARLINGTON, Texas >> Either Ricky Nolasco’s previous two starts were a brief interruption to a horrible season or this start was a brief interruption to the tu around. The Angels hope it’s the latter. Nolasco was blasted for eight runs, while recording just five outs, in the Angels’ 10-0 loss

ARLINGTON, Texas — Matt Shoemaker’s injury has tu ed out to be more serious than first thought, although the Angels are still hoping to get him back in a matter of weeks. Shoemaker was diagnosed on Friday with posterior interosseous nerve syndrome, which is rare in baseball players. The right-hande

LAS VEGAS >> NBA business has moved at a frenetic pace since the free-agent negotiating window opened, with executives and agents making and receiving a barrage of calls and text messages at any hour of the day. Despite all the activity of the first week, however, the Lakers have yet to make a