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Men’s volleyball: USC, UC Irvine, Pepperdine reach NCAA regional finals
The Trojans, Anteaters and Waves survive the first night of the expanded 12-team tournament and will face No. 2 seed Hawaii, No. 1 UCLA and No. 4 Ball State, respectively,…
UCLA to face Stanford in pursuit of its 3rd NCAA beach volleyball title
The third-seeded Bruins will take on the top-seeded Cardinal on Sunday after the lone Southern California team in the semifinals edges second-seeded Texas.
Dodgers’ offense fails to support Shohei Ohtani’s pitching in loss to Astros
Ohtani pitches seven innings for the first time since 2023 and gives up just two runs, but the Dodgers’ offense is held scoreless into the eighth and manages just six…
Dodgers roll Astros as Andy Pages rips 3 HRs but Tyler Glasnow injures back
Glasnow exits after trying to warm up for the second inning, but the offense takes over, led by Pages driving in six runs in a 12-2 blowout in Houston.
Back spasms have familiar feel for Dodgers’ Tyler Glasnow
Glasnow left Wednesday’s game after one inning with lower back pain, an issue he says he has had at “random” times since high school. The Dodgers are optimistic he will…
Ducks right wing Beckett Sennecke a finalist for Calder Trophy
He joins Paul Kariya, Bobby Ryan and Trevor Zegras as Ducks who have been finalists for the NHL’s Rookie of the Year award. Canadiens right wing Ivan Demidov and Islanders…
Ducks’ Joel Quenneville ‘a traditionalist’ when it comes to video replay
“Just get it right,” the longtime NHL coach says, referring to a blown icing call in Game 1 that proved costly. “Move on. Either way it is, we’ll move on.”
Ducks stick to basics, top Golden Knights in Game 2 to even series
Beckett Sennecke, Leo Carlsson and Jansen Harkins score and Lukas Dostal comes within 5.6 seconds of his first career playoff shutout as the Ducks get a 3-1 win in Las…
Zach Neto, Angels flip the script, outlast White Sox
After a rocky opening from Sam Aldegheri put them in a two-run hole just one out into the game, the Angels regroup with a go-ahead homer from Neto and hold…
Alek Manoah joins Angels’ bullpen two years after Tommy John surgery
The 2022 All-Star, who last pitched in the majors in 2024 before undergoing surgery, is added to the roster to provide coverage in the bullpen.