Day: July 25, 2022

ATLANTA — There have not been many games in this forgettable Angels season like this one. The Angels scored five runs in the first inning and cruised to a 9-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday afternoon. “It felt great,” said Taylor Ward, who started the scoring with a homer. “Hopefully we can keep…

One swing of Pete Alonso’s super-charged bat on Sunday night may end up as a turning point of the Mets’ season. The Mets’ 8-5 win over the San Diego Padres — who had beaten the Mets four out of five times entering the game — was accelerated by Alonso in the bottom of the sixth…

Q: Hi, Ira. Could Max Strus have a shot at the starting P.J. Tucker slot? Could they start him and Tyler Herro, too? – Eddie. A: The only way Max Strus could start alongside Tyler Herro would be for Max or Jimmy Butler to start at power forward. And that would put considerable stress on…

With a base open and two outs, perhaps avoiding the situation entirely would’ve been the best result. New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge had done his share of damage to that point this series. Entering Sunday, Judge had eight homers in his previous 11 games against Baltimore, including two during Friday’s series opener. But Orioles…

The trade deadline is approaching, and the Orioles have done little to clarify the direction executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias might take. Even in dropping a series to the vaunted New York Yankees, these Orioles showed how competitive they can be if they are kept together and potentially added to. But they…

Daniel Vogelbach and Michael Perez are not going to win the Mets a World Series. Sure, both players could contribute should the Mets get there. It’s not hard to envision Vogelbach stepping up to the plate against a right-handed reliever and delivering a 400-foot euphoria bomb into the Citi Field crowd, instantly becoming a postseason…

Wins always lighten the mood in the clubhouse. Chicago Cubs manager David Ross joked catcher Yan Gomes will get all the day-game starts going forward after he hit two home runs in a 4-3 win Sunday afternoon against the Philadelphia Phillies. The homers were Gomes’ first since June 13. “If the performances keep up like…

To the credit of the youth gathered at the Miami Heat’s basketball clinic Thursday at the Rolling Loud music-festival venue at Hard Rock Stadium, they tried. No sooner did a hand go up and the question came out about the Heat possibly trading for Utah Jazz guard Donovan Michell, then Heat guard Victor Oladipo said,…

The Ravens added more depth at offensive tackle Thursday by re-signing veteran David Sharpe. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sharpe, who appeared in three games with Baltimore in 2021, was signed to the Ravens’ practice squad in September before being elevated to the active roster ahead of a Week 7 loss to the…

Wins always lighten the mood in the clubhouse. Chicago Cubs manager David Ross joked catcher Yan Gomes will get all the day-game starts going forward after he hit two home runs in a 4-3 win Sunday afternoon against the Philadelphia Phillies. The homers were Gomes’ first since June 13. “If the performances keep up like…

ATLANTA — There have not been many games in this forgettable Angels season like this one. The Angels scored five runs in the first inning and cruised to a 9-1 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday afternoon. “It felt great,” said Taylor Ward, who started the scoring with a homer. “Hopefully we can keep…

With a base open and two outs, perhaps avoiding the situation entirely would’ve been the best result. New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge had done his share of damage to that point this series. Entering Sunday, Judge had eight homers in his previous 11 games against Baltimore, including two during Friday’s series opener. But Orioles…

Daniel Vogelbach and Michael Perez are not going to win the Mets a World Series. Sure, both players could contribute should the Mets get there. It’s not hard to envision Vogelbach stepping up to the plate against a right-handed reliever and delivering a 400-foot euphoria bomb into the Citi Field crowd, instantly becoming a postseason…

One swing of Pete Alonso’s super-charged bat on Sunday night may end up as a turning point of the Mets’ season. The Mets’ 8-5 win over the San Diego Padres — who had beaten the Mets four out of five times entering the game — was accelerated by Alonso in the bottom of the sixth…

Jacob deGrom threw a baseball on Sunday. In fact, he threw many of them. Notoriously private, obsessively weary of the media, deGrom’s bullpen session happened long before anybody else showed up at Citi Field. DeGrom was also nowhere to be found in the clubhouse before the game or on the field during warmups. “Jacob threw…

Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald (99) goes through drills during the first day of Rams training camp in Irvine on Sunday, July 24, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) Cam Akers (3) carries the ball during Rams training camp in Irvine on Sunday, July 24, 2022. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)…

It’s amazing, in a way, that as California’s politics drifted leftward over the past several decades, the iconic symbol of its once-conservative mien, Proposition 13, has remained intact. Overwhelmingly passed by voters in 1978, Proposition 13 froze property tax rates (1% plus bonds) and limited the growth of taxable values to 2% a year as…

CARSON — The Galaxy survived a wild 90 minutes Sunday and came away with a much-needed win. Kevin Cabral scored in the seventh minute and Dejan Joveljic capped the night in the late stages of extra time to lift the Galaxy (9-9-3, 30 points) to a 2-0 win over Atlanta United FC at Dignity Health…

A man died after he was found shot in the head in Garden Grove early Sunday, July 24, and police are searching for the killer. Authorities were summoned to reports of a traffic collision on the 1400 block of Buena Street at 1:39 a.m. but did not find evidence of a crash at the scene,…