SAN FRANCISCO — Saturday was a planned “bullpen game” for the San Francisco Giants, whose rotation sports just two healthy established starters in Logan Webb and Jordan Hicks and has five pitchers — Blake Snell, Kyle Harrison, Keaton Winn, Robbie Ray and Alex Cobb — on the injured list. It turned…
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Russell Westbrook to return to Clippers after exercising option
Russell Westbrook has picked up his player option for $4 million and will return to the Clippers for the 2024-25 season, a person not authorized to speak on the matter confirmed to The Times on Saturday. The nine-time All-Star averaged 11.1 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game last…
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D’Angelo Russell will exercise his player option with Lakers
Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell, an oft-mentioned player in trade talks, has decided to opt into the final year of his contract, according to people with knowledge of the decision not authorized to speak publicly. The deal is worth $18.7 million. Russell averaged 18 points and 6.3 assists on 45.6% shooting…
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How Yohan Ramírez became Dodgers’ latest bullpen success story
SAN FRANCISCO — Evan Phillips has seen this movie before, and the reason it looks so familiar is because the Dodgers closer starred in it himself. The script goes like this: Struggling reliever is cast off by one and often multiple teams. Reliever is acquired by Dodgers, who suggest mechanical tweaks…
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Brody Malone defying expectations at U.S. gymnastics trials
MINNEAPOLIS — He shed the bulky knee brace strapped around his right leg, stuck his vault cold to open one of the biggest competitions of his life, and Brody Malone still didn’t crack a smile as he scurried off the mats at Target Center on Thursday. Malone’s mission is far from…
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Where are Saturday’s Southland seven on seven passing tournaments?
It’s time to load up on sunscreen, fill up the ice chest and break out the lawn chair because on Saturday, there will be lots of seven on seven passing tournaments and linemen competitions in anticipation of the 2024 high school football season that begins Aug. 22. Tournaments are scheduled…
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Mexico loses to Venezuela in Copa América group stage game
Salomón Rondón scored on a penalty kick in the 57th minute and goalkeeper Rafael Romo made the goal stand up with a diving stop on Orbelín Pineda’s penalty try 28 minutes later, giving Venezuela a 1-0 upset over Mexico in a Copa América group-stage game played before a sellout crowd…
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Al Michaels returns to the Olympics as the AI voice of Peacock
As legendary sportscaster Al Michaels would say, you can’t make this up. Or maybe you can. NBC Sports announced Wednesday that it will use the voice of Michaels, re-created using artificial intelligence, in a personalized daily recap of Summer Olympics events delivered to NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service subscribers. Peacock users…
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Shohei Ohtani remains locked in on offense as Dodgers rally to victory
CHICAGO — There figured to be at least one benefit to Shohei Ohtani being reduced to a one-way star while he recovers from Tommy John surgery this season, one that Dodgers manager Dave Roberts hinted at in spring training. With Ohtani, who spent four of his six seasons in Anaheim as…
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Ex-UFC, WWE star Ronda Rousey finds fulfillment as graphic novelist
Ronda Rousey couldn’t sleep. It’s not that she wasn’t tired. She was exhausted after shattering a knuckle at WrestleMania 35. Finally in her hotel bed after surgery, Rousey had a cross-country flight to Los Angeles in five hours. Then inspiration struck. The former UFC champion and then-WWE superstar had been…