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Dodgers activate Kiké Hernandez
Hernandez returns after offseason elbow surgery and a 12-game minor league rehab assignment. Infielder Santiago Espinal is the odd man out and gets designated for assignment.
Dodgers rally to top Rockies after getting bruised early
Freddie Freeman doubles in the go-ahead run during a four-run seventh inning, and the Dodgers hold on for a 5-3 victory on a night when pitcher Emmet Sheehan gets hit…
Dodgers’ slumping Mookie Betts hits cleanup for 1st time since 2017
In 12 games since he returned from a five-week stint on the IL with a strained oblique, Betts was hitting .157 with a .494 OPS. Andy Pages was moved up…
Lakers GM Rob Pelinka stresses player development focus
Pelinka highlights Oklahoma City Thunder guard Ajay Mitchell as an example of the identification and growth from which the Lakers could learn.
Lakers’ Luka Doncic earns All-NBA First Team honors for 6th time
The NBA scoring champion averaged 33.5 points before a hamstring injury ended his season. He won his appeal to become eligible for the honor.
Angels walk off Rangers to complete sweep behind Reid Detmers’ dominant outing
Detmers strikes out a career-high 14 and retires the final 21 batters he faces before Donovan Walton scores when Rangers second baseman Justin Foscue’s throw to first gets past Jake…
Rancho Alamitos baseball reaches first CIF-SS title game by beating Oxford Academy
Senior Henry Garcia pitches a one-hit shutout to beat Oxford Academy in the Division 8 semifinals.
U.S. Men’s National Soccer team announces 26-man roster for FIFA World Cup
The roster, which isn’t official until June 1, consists of 13 players from the 2022 tournament squad and 13 who will be making their first appearance.
Champions Tour event in Newport Beach to become Hoag Senior Players Championship
The annual event at Newport Beach Country Club, the longest-running tournament at the same site on the 50-and-over PGA Tour Champions, is being elevated to a major championship beginning in…
Lakers hire former Pelicans executive as assistant GM
Rohan Ramadas, who was the vice president of strategy and basketball operations in New Orleans, is the first of two assistant GMs the Lakers plan to hire.