PHOENIX >> The Dodgers were swept for the first time this season, losing 8-1 to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday afte oon at Chase Field. The sweep was the first of the Dodgers since they lost the last three games of the 2016 regular season to the San Francisco Giants. The loss also extended the...

Garrett Richards has joined the Angels in Texas and could be activated within a few days, which would be a surprising acceleration of his rehab. General Manager Billy Eppler said Thursday night that the Angels simply wanted to have their medical and baseball staffs give Richards a full evaluation in...

HOUSTON >> The Houston Astros have acquired Justin Verlander in a trade with the Detroit Tigers. The right-hander joins the American League West leaders and a rotation that includes Dallas Keuchel and Lance McCullers. Astros owner Jim Crane says: “He adds a boost to our rotation. He’s been pitching ...

GREEN BAY, Wisc. >> Sean McVay’s focus on Sept. 10 almost has been almost obsessive. The Rams’ coach has seemed like an eager child counting down to the days to his birthday. It’s almost here. Much to McVay’s excitement, the preseason ended Thursday night with a 24-10 loss to Green Bay at Lambeau Fi...

Rancho Dominguez Prep looked ready to redeem itself from a loss to Legacy early last season in its season opener on Thursday. But that was not the case as the Lobos fell to the Tigers 35-28. The Lobos (0-1) took an early 7-0 lead when senior Tumac Summerville intercepted a pass by Legacy’s quarterba...

DREAM (12-20) AT SPARKS (24-8) ) Tipoff: Friday, 7:30 p.m. TV: Spectrum SportsNet Update: The WNBA’s regular season ends Sunday and there’s not much left at stake for the second-place Sparks, who trail first-place Minnesota by one game. The top two seeds from the league advance to the semifinals, wh...

Sometimes, through divine intervention, horses wind up with the right owners. Such was the case with Zenyatta and the brilliant filly Songbird, who was retired Thursday by owner Rick Porter after being diagnosed with damage to her hind suspensories and a severe bone chip. If not for Jerry and Ann Mo...

SANTA CLARA >> The ugly started early. On the sixth play of the Chargers’ preseason finale, Cardale Jones zipped a pass to tight end Sean Culkin. It was a solid choice: The undrafted rookie out of Missouri had been reliable this month, catching six of his eight targets for 56 yards. The ninth? It bo...

SANTA CLARA >> Austin Ekeler entered Levi’s Stadium with just seven professional carries to his name. If this was his last appearance in a Chargers uniform, he made it count. After seeing little action in his first three preseason games, the undrafted rookie made his case for a spot on the regular-s...

Dog Haus, a Pasadena-based restaurant chain known for its gourmet hot dogs and sausages, is about to unveil a new eatery in the Rose Bowl. Dog Haus and the stadium’s management announced a multiyear partnership Wednesday, making Dog Haus the first restaurant to have a permanent location at the iconi...

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...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> Todd Hogan scouts Atlanta, among other places, for the Angels. He had been sending the home office rave reviews on an outfielder named Jahmai Jones. Now Ric Wilson, the scouting director, showed up at Wesleyan High for two games, to take a look. What happened next was the equival...

The boy relished the old tales, drawn to the legends. When John Gustin was a teenager, he pored over the Storm Testament series, a collection of historical novels filled with accounts of the Mormon pioneers. The fourth book stirred his imagination. It told of Porter Rockwell, a long-haired, bearded ...

LOS ANGELES >> USC will trot out veteran pass catchers for quarterback Sam Da old when it opens its season on Saturday against Weste Michigan. As part of the depth chart it revealed Sunday, its three starting receivers include fourth-year juniors Deontay Bu ett and Jalen Greene, along with fifth-yea...

THOUSAND OAKS >> Last November, as the Rams season descended into a downward spiral, Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson found himself locked in a feud with the Rams head coach and its front office. How quickly things change. On Tuesday – the same day he was signed to a symbolic one-day contrac...

PHOENIX >> The photos and videos coming out of Texas in the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey are jarring. If you know the roads and neighborhoods now under water, it only makes it more so. “It’s insane,” Dodgers right-hander Ross Stripling said of his seeing his battered hometown. “A lot of those pictu...

NEW YORK >> The question was rather simple after Angelique Kerber became only the second defending U.S. Open champion in the professional era to lose in the first round. The surprisingly lopsided 6-3, 6-1 loss to 45th-ranked Naomi Osaka of Japan under the closed roof in Arthur Ashe Stadium at a rain...

PHOENIX >> You might be feeling things you haven’t felt in a long time. This is natural. But do not panic. Left-hander Rich Hill followed up his near-perfect game with a thoroughly imperfect effort, allowing five runs in the first inningxa0Tuesdayxa0night. The Dodgers never fully recovered and lost ...

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 Mi...

The heat wave this week in Southe Califo ia has forced area high schools to adjust practice and game times for their sports team, and to adhere to guidelines that are in place to protect the safety of the athletes. The San Fe ando Valley and Inland regions have felt the most disruption, as temperatu...