Angels' Huston Street may need season-ending surgery
ANAHEIM >> In another blow to an Angels team that has received nonstop bad news on injuries this season, Huston Street may be having season-ending knee surgery. Manager Mike Scioscia said Sunday that Street is seeking a second opinion to determine if he needs surgery on the knee. He has been out sin...
After Rio, Olympics headed for Asian venues seen as safe
BEIJING >> For the Olympics, it’s so-long Rio, hello Asia. The next three Olympics are headed for relatively calmer ports of call in South Korea, Japan and China following the organizational drama surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia and the just completed Summer Games in Brazil, although ...
Julio Urias delivers the start the Dodgers need
CINCINNATI >> While most of the Dodgers’ starting pitchers are operating on a performance-induced i ings limit, Julio Urias pitched like he doesn’t need one. The freslhly-20-year-old Julio Urias tu ed in the best start of his barely-started big-league career Sunday afte oon, holding the Cinci ati Re...
Angels' bullpen makes most of a rare chance
ANAHEIM >> With two closers on the disabled list, the Angels are practically ru ing open auditions in the bullpen. Problem is, the opportunities to judge how a pitcher holds a lead are sparse with such infrequent leads. One of those infrequent opportunities came around on Sunday. Three Angels reliev...
UCLA awaits season opener for verdict on freshman kicking unit
UCLA head coach Jim Mora will have to wait until Sept. 3 to get the full answer to what he called his team’s “great unknown.” The Bruins have three true freshman specialists in place-kicker JJ Molson, punter Austin Kent and long snapper Joh y Den Bleyker. Mora was impressed with the trio’s consisten...
California Chrome wins Pacific Classic in dominating fashion
DEL MAR >> Remember when some were calling Califo ia Chrome a weak Kentucky Derby wi er in 2014? Some in Louisville cringed the day he won the country’s most famous horse race. He wasn’t a mile and a quarter horse, they claimed beforehand. Wonder what those same folks are saying today after Califo i...
Garret Anderson inducted into Angels Hall of Fame
ANAHEIM>> Garret Anderson knocked the dust of his 2002 World Series championship ring Saturday mo ing. The Angels all-time leader in seven offensive categories called it the only tangible thing from his 20-year baseball career. He wore it when he became the 14th individual inducted into the Angels H...
Albert Pujols milestone home run saves Angels from shutout
ANAHEIM >> A day after Angels owner Arte Moreno cited a lack of pitching in defense of manager Mike Scioscia’s role in the team’s dip 20 games below .500, Ricky Nolasco didn’t debunk the argument. The trade deadline acquisition, who Moreno owes $12 million next year, dropped his third game in four s...
VIDEO: St. John Bosco football hosts scrimmage
VIDEO: St. John Bosco football hosts scrimmage Home → Sports → High School Football BELLFLOWER >> St. John Bosco hosted Long Beach Wilson for a preseason scrimmage on Friday afte oon. Advertisement Digital & Driveway Delivery - 50% Off About the Author JJ Fiddler is a sportswriter and videograph...