After failing to trade him in advance of Monday’s non-waiver deadline, the Dodgers are now expected to option right fielder Yasiel Puig to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The unexpected tu of events comes on a day when the Dodgers made a flurry of last-minute moves, acquiring Josh Reddick, Rich H...

Farhan Zaidi said the Dodgers were in the market for an everyday hitter and a starting pitcher before the non-waiver trade deadline. The general manager wasn’t keen on giving up his top position player prospects. In that regard, Monday had to be considered a success. In three separate trades the Dod...

Those who heard the Dodgers had just traded three power right-handers on Monday probably assumed they were getting somebody like Chris Sale. Well, it was a sale, all right. The Oakland Athletics pawned off two short-timers, pitcher Rich Hill and outfielder Josh Reddick, in exchange for Grant Holmes,...

IRVINE >> Trumaine Johnson glanced skyward after he completed the third practice of his fifth NFL training camp. On a warm Monday late mo ing, the wise pro sought out a shady spot for an interview. “Big vet, huh?” Johnson said with a grin. “I guess you could say that. I still feel young, though.” Jo...

The Dodgers logged three transactions in the hours before baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline Monday, headlined by the acquisition of pitcher Rich Hill and right fielder Josh Reddick from the Oakland A’s. The trades they did not make were just as big. Yasiel Puig is still a Dodger, though he did no...

LHP RICH HILL Age: 36 Background: A fourth-round pick out of the University of Michigan in 2002, Hill made the majors three years later with the Chicago Cubs. He split time as a starter and a reliever in the majors and minors with limited success over the next six seasons before undergoing Tommy Joh...

The Dodgers logged three transactions in the hours before baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline Monday, headlined by the acquisition of pitcher Rich Hill and right fielder Josh Reddick from the Oakland A’s. The trades they did not make were just as big. Yasiel Puig is still a Dodger, though he did no...

The Dodgers acquired pitcher Jesse Chavez and cash considerations from the Toronto Blue Jays for pitcher Mike Bolsinger on Monday. It’s a homecoming for Chavez, a 32-year-old right-hander who attended Miller High School in Fontana and Riverside City College. Chavez has made 39 appearances out of the...

ANAHEIM — The Angels dealt away two major league pitchers just before Monday’s trading deadline, getting back one pitcher to plug into the rotation and one former top prospect who they hope can fill a long-term need. The Angels sent Hector Santiago to the Mi esota Twins in exchange for veteran Ricky...

With two hours before the major-league trade deadline, the Dodgers made their big move Monday. The Dodgers acquired starting pitcher Rich Hill and outfielder Josh Reddick from the Oakland A’s for a trio of pitching prospects. Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal first reported the trade, which was confirmed by...

Rio de Janeiro >> It was a performance that was greeted with both wonder and frustration; three remarkable races on a single day last April that Caster Semenya’s supporters and detractors would claim validated their intense feelings on either side of a debate that has transfixed global track and fie...

The Indians have acquired left-handed reliever Andrew Miller from the New York Yankees, a trade that signals Cleveland’s seriousness about wi ing the World Series this year. Cleveland will send four players, including highly touted outfielder Clint Frazier, to New York in exchange for Miller, one of...

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. >> The stars never aligned this magnificently for Jimmy Walker. In the longest final day at the PGA Championship in 64 years, Walker produced three big birdies on the back nine at Baltusrol and held his nerve Sunday against the No. 1 player in the world to the very end. He closed w...

IRVINE — The fed-up fan finally had enough of Jared Goff checking down to unde eath receivers Saturday during the Rams opening training camp practice in Irvine. So he let the rookie quarterback have it. “Throw the damn ball down the field,” the fan screamed, over and over. Never mind it was Goff’s f...

LONG BEACH >> After four days of back-and-forth play atop the leaderboard of the Long Beach Open, a champion was finally crowned Sunday afte oon when Garrett Sapp used three swings to hold off Sam Saunders and David Gazzolo in a sudden-death playoff at El Dorado Park Golf Course. After Sapp totaled ...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> So I arrived Saturday, fully expecting to see this entire city swirling downward and not just toxic Guanabara Bay, a body of somewhat water The Washington Post has nicknamed “the toilet bowl of Rio.” Hey, at least Guanabara Bay is doing its job in terms to handling all the waste, u...

Robbie Lawler is known for his ability to remain in the pocket and stand-and-trade punches with his opponents. Against Tyron Woodley — That’s a bad idea. Thanks to a big right hand, Woodley became the new welterweight champion at UFC 201 in Atlanta’s Philips Arena. “It hasn’t really soaked in yet,” ...

LOS ANGELES >> Dodgers hitting coach Tu er Ward was rambling a bit Saturday, trying to find the right words. He never found them. Ward was asked to think of a hitter in Yasiel Puig’s position who overcame a fatal flaw at the plate. Ward didn’t want to name names, for fear of taking any credit for hi...

NEWHALL >> When Morgan Craft began her competitive shotgun career, the 23-year-old had someone to take aim at, to look up to: Kim Rhode. When Rhode began her competitive career, the only person the 37-year-old could relate to? Maybe A ie Oakley? No American woman had ever won an Olympic shotgun meda...

IRVINE >> It’s fu y sometimes, the gifts we get from our fathers that sometimes take years for us to actually unwrap, let alone understand. Or when it finally dawns on us what was bestowed on us. And why. In the most glorious way imaginable, the gift Tony Morales gave his son Anthony some 22 years a...