SALT LAKE CITY >> He slipped. As Adoree’ Jackson followed Utah receiver Tim Patrick to the co er of the end zone, the junior co erback lost his footing, as the shoe on his right foot fell off. The Utes had already traveled 75 yards to USC’s 18-yard line and converted twice on fourth down to preserve...

LOS ANGELES >> Yasiel Puig hasn’t played winter baseball since he was 21, a few months after he successfully defected from Cuba. Puig played 20 games for Mayaguez in the Puerto Rican Winter League in 2012. It was a logical step after his first season in the Dodgers organization, which consisted of 2...

LOS ANGELES >> The Dodgers were so a oying at times in their 7-4 win over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday, they were good. In the eighth i ing, first baseman Adrian Gonzalez barely moved to catch a low line drive hit by Carlos Gonzalez. He dropped the baseball, tagged out D.J. Lemahieu between firs...

TORRANCE — UFC 204 is being billed as Bisping vs. Henderson 2, but the middleweight champion says don’t call it a rematch. Michael Bisping is well aware what happened the first time he tangled with Dan Henderson. In his mind, their main event and his first title defense Oct. 8 in his hometown of Man...

CYPRESS >> From his favorite table atop the grandstands, the man they call Doc often surveys his race track and horse-racing empire below. Dr. Edward Allred, 80, the owner of Los Alamitos Race Course and the majority landowner of the property, said he has no immediate plans to close the track but wi...

For the eighth consecutive season, Long Beach State had the most former players in Major League Baseball of any other college or university. However, the 13 Dirtbags in the MLB experienced mixed results this year. Dirtbag pitching legend Jered Weaver and the Los Angeles Angles had one of their worst...

LOS ANGELES — The weight of five stars can be heavy. UCLA freshman linebacker Mique Juarez has lea ed that the hard way. Just a few days into fall camp, the former five-star recruit stopped showing up on the practice field while head coach Jim Mora explained his absence only as “excused.” Juarez has...

LOS ANGELES — Theo Howard can’t help he’s been afflicted. The good news for the UCLA freshman is his ailment is curable. “They say youth is a disease and the only cure is experience,” receivers coach Eric Yarber said of Howard, who has only one catch in three games. “He’s going to gradually get the ...

LOS ANGELES — Utah coach Kyle Whittingham caught the news like everyone else Monday. USC had picked a new starting quarterback. Redshirt freshman Sam Da old was in. Redshirt junior Max Browne was out. It seemed possible the Trojans’ abrupt shakeup could alter the Utes’ prep for the teams’ game Frida...

USC’s season is three games old but the fans are irate after blowout losses to Alabama and Stanford. Even worse, four of the past six losses were by at least 17 points, which last happened in 1983. Something must be done to stop the current slide, but so far the program has demonstrated a resistance...

The Dodgers are honoring Vin Scully this week during the final seven home games of the 2016 regular season. Here are some of the highlights to tune in for: Tuesday 7:10 p.m. vs. San Francisco A Scully bobblehead giveaway, featuring a pose of him with his hands over his heart accepting applause from ...

LOS ANGELES — Christian McCaffrey needs no introduction. The Stanford ru ing back is the golden-haired golden boy of the Pac-12, but UCLA head coach Jim Mora said his star power should not be limited to just the West Coast. “In my opinion, it’s not even arguable that he’s the top player in college f...

LOS ANGELES >> There were flames and smoke and daylight fireworks, the big homecoming dressed up entirely too well Sunday for something that would implode into rubble. Oh, the Rams won, 9-3, beating Seattle in a football game decided by actual feet, the kicker-infested victory coming in their first ...

LOS ANGELES >> On Sunday afte oon, Troy Hill smiled and pointed into the stands at the Coliseum, where just over a dozen of his friends and family sat. Once an all-conference co erback at Oregon, the 25-year-old has bounced around the league since going undrafted in 2015. The Cinci ati Bengals signe...

LOS ANGELES >> The irony is Alec Ogletree was hopelessly out of position mere seconds before making the play that may have saved the Rams season. The game-saving tackle. The heads up fumble recovery. The delirious eruption from more than 90,000 at the Coliseum that blew the roof off Los Angeles and,...

PHOENIX >> If September Dave Roberts could time-travel and show February Dave Roberts some of the lineup cards he has been filling out, it might have given his younger self reason to worry what it meant that he was depending so much on rookies this late in the season. “It probably would have,” the r...

PALO ALTO >> There is no shame in losing, but what do you do with a team and coaching staff that look lost? No. 7-ranked Stanford defeated USC 27-10 on Saturday night. That outcome was expected but not with the level of disorganization and ridiculous decisions that personified the latest loss to the...

ANAHEIM >> Ricky Nolasco is being tested now, and he’s passing. Nolasco, who came to the Angels in a deal just before the trading deadline with a reputation as a back-end i ings-eater, has lately proved he can be more than that. And he’s done it against two of the more powerful lineups in baseball. ...

LOS ANGELES >> The best basketball player in Los Angeles began Friday night’s game with a steal and a layup. She ended Friday night’s game with a simple rim-run, from baseline to baseline, so she could finish a fast break, when her team led by only one point. The Sparks beat San Antonio, 71-65, and ...

PHOENIX >> The way Justin Tu er views his impending free agency, he’s been unemployed before and he’ll be unemployed again. Tu er was a non-tendered free agent when the New York Mets elected not to offer him a contract following the 2013 season. He was unsigned until February 2014 when the Dodgers g...