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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 the fans on Opening Day 2016. TV: SportsNet LA. Radio: KLAC-AM (570). Wednesday 7:10 p.m. vs. San Francisco ESPN has decided to make this a national broadcast. TV: Also SportsNet LA. Radio: KLAC-AM (570). Thursday 7:10 p.m., vs. Colorado A Tommy Lasorda Pin Series giveaway. Scully and Lasorda, who was bo just two months before Scully, are celebrating their 89th birthday this fall. Both been with t...

The gold, silver and iron-clad questions we continue to have while ultimately blaming everything else on Rio: • Spooning. All for it. Mugging. Only for a camera. Cupping? Stick a fork in it. Sir Michael Phelps may endorse this ancient form of suction therapy – which also seems to have inspired some guy to scale the outside of a Trump building in New York the other day before police pried him off. But night after night of seeing large purple spots all over him causes us to flash back to the days when our kids endured a rather painful episode of the chicken pox and were simultaneously in need of therapy after having continuous nightmares they were going to tu into Baey the Dinosaur. We’re alre...

LOS ANGELES >> Scott Kazmir pitched one of his best games of the season. The weakest link in the Dodgers’ lineup, Josh Reddick, collected a pair of hits. With a one-run lead and nine outs to go, the Dodgers’ vaunted bullpen took over. All the stars were aligned and yet the Dodgers still lost Wednesday afteoon, 6-2 to the Philadelphia Phillies. Needing a win to keep pace with the San Francisco Giants, the Dodgers fell a game behind in the National League West standings after spending less than 24 hours tied for first place. Freddy Galvis’ three-run home run off Grant Dayton in the seventh iing gave Philadelphia the lead for good. “It was a fastball I didn’t execute,” Dayton said. “He took adv...

LOS ANGELES >> Scott Kazmir pitched one of his best games of the season. The weakest link in the Dodgers’ lineup, Josh Reddick, collected a pair of hits. With a one-run lead and nine outs to go, the Dodgers’ vaunted bullpen took over. All the stars were aligned and yet the Dodgers still lost Wednesday afteoon, 6-2 to the Philadelphia Phillies. Needing a win to keep pace with the San Francisco Giants, the Dodgers fell a game behind in the National League West standings after spending less than 24 hours tied for first place. Freddy Galvis’ three-run home run off Grant Dayton in the seventh iing gave Philadelphia the lead for good. “It was a fastball I didn’t execute,” Dayton said. “He took adv...

LOS ANGELES >> Scott Kazmir pitched one of his best games of the season on Wednesday. The weakest link in the lineup, Josh Reddick, collected a pair of hits. The vaunted Dodger bullpen needed nine outs to preserve a victory over a rebuilding Philadelphia Phillies team. The planets were aligned for a win, and the Dodgers still lost. Freddy Galvis’ three-run home run off Grant Dayton made the difference in the Dodgers’ 6-2 loss. Needing a win to keep pace with the San Francisco Giants, the Dodgers fell a game behind in the National League West standings after spending less than 24 hours tied for first. Kazmir (9-6) allowed two runs in suffering his third loss in as many starts, but that’s a bi...

LAS VEGAS >> It started late. No one could hear a thing. And there were few fireworks. Otherwise, the UFC 202 press conference featuring Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena went great. Both fighters were reportedly slow arriving for the 11:30 a.m. event, which started more than 40 minutes late. The only spark between the two, whose press conference for UFC 196 resulted in a wild melee, came during their faceoff. UFC President Dana White had to stand between the two to keep it from getting physical. McGregor came off confident but certainly more humble four months after Diaz forced him to tap out to a rear-naked choke in their 170-pound bout at UFC 196 in March. “I’ll b...