The Sports Report: Dodgers Lose Fourth In A Row

Dodgers suffer 4th successful a row

From Maddie Lee: The Dodgers came distant from nan waste and acquisition deadline pinch major wins — a two-time Cy Young Award victor successful Tarik Skubal, basal catching extent pinch Ben Rortvedt and Hunter Feduccia, and a 2025 All-Star successful pitcher Kris Bubic.

All of that momentum, and nan staggering magnitude of talent connected nan roster, person overshadowed nan Dodgers’ caller mediocre play. A cleanable slate against nan Chicago Cubs astatine Wrigley Field was a chance to group a caller reside aft being swept by nan Boston Red Sox astatine home. Instead, they mislaid 10-5, extending their losing streak to a season-high tying 4 games.

“This is simply a playoff-contending team,” head Dave Roberts said of nan Cubs earlier nan game. “We’ve sewage to play well. Like I said [Sunday], we sewage outplayed. Outcompeted against. So we request to play better. We’re going to play amended this series. I don’t cognize nan results, but we will play pinch much urgency.”

The Dodgers (69-44) fundamentally played retired that prophecy to statesman nan game. Against left-hander Matthew Boyd, Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages deed back-to-back singles, and Tommy Edman roped a three-run homer to left.

Then Boyd settled in. He sewage retired of nan inning pinch 3 consecutive flyouts — Cubs fans enthusiastically booing Kyle Tucker, who was ne'er expected to re-sign pinch nan squad erstwhile he deed free agency aft 1 play successful Chicago, erstwhile he flied retired to correct field.

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From Ryan Kartje: One of assemblage football’s astir hallowed rivalries will proceed on, aft all.

After months of back-and-forth negotiations, USC and Notre Dame announced Monday that they’ve agreed to a four-year bid opening successful 2030 erstwhile nan Irish will unfastened nan play against nan Trojans astatine nan Coliseum. The pursuing year, nan teams will play successful Week 1 astatine Notre Dame Stadium and nan 2 games aft that will beryllium played location betwixt Week 1-3 of nan 2032 and 2033 seasons.

USC ended up getting exactly what it asked of Notre Dame much than a twelvemonth ago, erstwhile nan 2 sides first sat down to talk astir renewing their rivalry series. USC’s activity sought to displacement nan crippled to nan opening of nan season, first offering to play during Week 0 of nan 2027 season. But Notre Dame rejected aggregate scheduling offers.

That changed successful caller weeks, arsenic Notre Dame opted to cancel a home-and-home bid pinch Indiana successful 2030 and 2031 to accommodate their longtime rival.

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Angels made bully waste and acquisition deadline moves

From Bill Shaikin: No day will ever apical Oct. 27, 2002, nan day nan Angels won their lone World Series.

We could talk astir Sept. 30, 1984, nan day Mike Witt threw nan Angels’ lone cleanable game. Or June 9, 2009, nan day nan Angels drafted nan champion subordinate successful franchise history, Mike Trout. Or July 29, 2018, nan day Vladimir Guerrero became nan first subordinate to deterioration an Angels headdress connected a Hall of Fame plaque.

Or, if you attraction to look astatine it from a cynical angle, that fateful autumn time successful 1979 erstwhile then-general head Buzzie Bavasi said he could switch Nolan Ryan, who had conscionable gone 16-14 successful his last twelvemonth successful Anaheim, pinch “two 8-7 pitchers.”

This isn’t astir trivia. This is to opportunity that Monday mightiness good beryllium remembered arsenic 1 of those important dates successful Angels history.

In caller years, nan Angels person deluded themselves and their fans pinch specified beliefs as: they had assembled a young halfway that could win; Shohei Ohtani really wanted to stay; and nan universally and consistently mediocre rankings of their minor-league strategy should beryllium dismissed.

On Monday, John Mozeliak changed each that. The Angels’ interim wide head traded 7 players disconnected nan major-league roster up of nan waste and acquisition deadline, including 5 wrong nan last 9 hours. Mozeliak imported 9 prospects, only 1 of which will study to nan major-league team.

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World Cup was bully believe for nan 2028 Olympics

From Thuc Nhi Nguyen: Like astir bully stories, this 1 requires planning. Organizers pinch nan L.A. Sports and Entertainment Commission spent astir 9 years preparing to bring nan FIFA World Cup to L.A. The astir celebrated sporting arena successful nan world was conscionable nan commencement of a mega-event trilogy that turns nan page to Super Bowl LXI astatine SoFi Stadium and will culminate pinch nan largest Olympics ever successful 2028.

“We are connected nan world shape for 3 years,” said Kathryn Schloessman, president and main executive serviceman of L.A. Sports and Entertainment Commission, aliases LASEC, said. “What communicative are we telling and really are we doing that?”

The World Cup was a riveting first chapter. The 39-day tourney brought much than 560,000 fans to SoFi Stadium for 8 matches, 250,000 fans to 10 charismatic instrumentality zones and a projected $892 cardinal successful economical effect crossed L.A. County, according to LASEC.

The expanded World Cup, pinch 48 teams and 104 matches complete 16 venues successful 3 countries, is only a logistical qualifying lucifer compared to nan 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The first Olympics successful L.A. successful 44 years will invited 11,198 athletes crossed 51 sports from much than 200 countries competing complete 20 days. The 2028 Paralympics will travel to L.A. for nan first clip pinch a 23-para athletics schedule that will statesman title earlier nan opening ceremonial for nan first time.

Despite nan quality successful scale, John Harper, main operating serviceman of LA28, called nan successful World Cup’s section matches “an immense learning opportunity for america successful a batch of ways.”

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MLS has a caller commissioner

From Kevin Baxter: Larry Berg, nan co-managing proprietor of LAFC, was chosen Monday to go nan 3rd commissioner successful MLS history erstwhile Don Garber retires successful December.

Berg has been pinch LAFC since nan club’s founding, helping build nan squad into nan league’s astir successful franchise since entering MLS successful 2018. He has held ownership stakes successful Italy’s AS Roma and Welsh nine Swansea City and has served MLS arsenic co-chair of nan league’s sporting and title committee.

Berg, 60, besides spent much than 3 decades successful backstage equity, serving arsenic a elder partner astatine Apollo Global Management earlier retiring successful 2022.

“I’m honored to lead Major League Soccer into its adjacent era,” Berg, a lifelong shot instrumentality and player, said successful a connection released by nan league. “Thanks to nan imagination and committedness of truthful galore people, Major League Soccer has achieved tremendous success, but I judge our top opportunities are still ahead.

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This time successful sports history

1936 — American jock Jesse Owens wins his 2nd golden badge astatine nan Berlin Olympics; thumps German Luz Long successful nan agelong jump last pinch an Olympic record.

1945 — Byron Nelson wins his 11th consecutive PGA Tour event, beating Herman Barron by 4 strokes. Nelson finishes nan twelvemonth pinch a grounds for astir tourney wins (18) successful a season.

1984 — Carl Lewis wins nan 100-meter dash successful 9.99 seconds astatine nan Los Angeles Summer Games. U.S. teammate Sam Graddy wins nan metallic successful 10.19 and Canada’s Ben Johnson gets nan bronze pinch a clip of 10.22.

1996 — Laura Davies shoots a 6-under 66 for a two-stroke triumph complete Nancy Lopez and Karrie Webb successful nan du Maurier Classic.

1996 — The Atlanta Olympic Games extremity pinch U.S. boxer David Reid’s stunning gold-medal knockout, and nan women Dream Team’s romp complete Brazil. Reid captures America’s only boxing gold, knocking down Cuban Alfredo Duvergel, while nan U.S. women rotation to a 111-87 triumph down Lisa Leslie’s 29 points. A grounds 11,000 athletes from 197 countries make it nan biggest Olympics.

2011 — Cappie Pondexter scores 15 points to lead New York past Chicago 59-49, and nan Liberty clasp nan Sky to a WNBA-record 1 constituent successful nan 4th quarter.

2012 — Michael Phelps wins different golden badge arsenic nan United States wins nan medley relay astatine nan London Olympics. Phelps leaves nan athletics pinch a grounds 18 golds and 22 medals overall. At these games, he wins 4 golds and 2 silvers.

2012 — Serena Williams thumps Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 to subordinate Steffi Graf arsenic nan only women to complete nan Golden Slam — winning nan Olympics and nan 4 majors. In a men’s semifinal match, Roger Federer outlasts Juan Martin del Potro successful a 19-17 last group and clinches his first Olympic singles medal. Canadian equestrian Ian Millar rides into Olympic history by competing successful his 10th games — nan astir of immoderate athlete.

2013 — Missy Franklin claims her grounds sixth golden badge connected nan last time of nan world championships successful Barcelona, becoming nan astir successful female swimmer ever astatine a world meet. Franklin eclipses nan grounds shared by Tracy Caulkins — who won 5 times successful 1978 — and Libby Trickett, who did it successful 2007.

2013 — Stacy Lewis wins nan Women’s British Open aft a marathon last day. Lewis finishes pinch a brace of birdies connected nan Old Course astatine St. Andrews and closes pinch an even-par 72. It’s her 2nd awesome connected nan LPGA Tour, and it ends a grounds streak of 10 consecutive fields won by Asian players. Forced to play 36 holes, Lewis is nan only subordinate astatine par aliases amended from nan past 21 groups that tee off.

2018 — British swimmer Adam Peaty improves his ain world grounds successful nan 100-meter breaststroke to 57.1 seconds astatine nan European Championships successful Glasgow, Scotland.

2021 — Sydney McLaughlin sets a world grounds successful in nan women’s 400m hurdles, 51.46s, for a golden badge astatine nan Tokyo Olympics.

2024 — At nan Paris Olympics Noah Lyles becomes nan first American sprinter to triumph nan 100m golden badge successful 20 years; his clip 9.784s edges Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by 0.005s

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This time successful shot history

1884 — Pud Galvin sounded nan astir lopsided no-hitter successful awesome convention history arsenic nan Buffalo Bisons routed nan Detroit Wolverines 18-0. It is nan 2nd profession no-hitter for Galvin.

1910 — Jack Coombs of nan Philadelphia A’s and Ed Walsh of nan Chicago White Sox hooked up successful a 16-inning scoreless tie. Coombs struck retired 18 and allowed 3 hits.

1945 — Bill Salkeld of Pittsburgh deed for nan rhythm successful a 6-5 nonaccomplishment to nan St. Louis Cardinals. The Pirate catcher went 5 for 5 and drove successful each 5 runs.

1945 — Boston’s Tom McBride became nan 3rd subordinate to thrust successful six runs successful an inning arsenic nan Red Sox pounded Washington 15-4. McBride had a bases-loaded double and triple during nan Red Sox’s 12-run 4th inning.

1953 — New York’s Vic Raschi group a grounds for a pitcher by driving successful 7 runs successful a 15-0 triumph complete nan Detroit Tigers.

1963 — New York’s Mickey Mantle, batting for nan first clip successful 2 months aft breaking his near foot, deed a pinch location tally arsenic nan Yankees hit nan Baltimore Orioles 11-10 for a divided of a doubleheader.

1973 — John Briggs of nan Milwaukee Brewers went 6-for-6 successful a 9-4 triumph complete nan Cleveland Indians.

1979 — Atlanta knuckleballer Phil Niekro group modern awesome convention records pinch 4 chaotic pitches successful 1 inning (fifth) and six successful 1 game. The Braves mislaid to Houston 6-2.

1982 — Joel Youngblood became nan first subordinate successful awesome convention history to play and get a guidelines deed for 2 different teams successful 2 different cities successful nan aforesaid day. In nan afternoon, his deed drove successful nan winning tally for nan New York Mets successful a 7-4 triumph astatine Chicago. After nan game, he was traded to nan Montreal Expos and played that nighttime successful Philadelphia. He entered nan crippled successful correct section successful nan 4th inning and later sewage a single.

1985 — Tom Seaver, 40, became nan 17th 300-game victor successful awesome convention history pinch a six-hitter — each singles — arsenic nan Chicago White Sox defeated nan New York Yankees 4-1 connected Phil Rizzuto Day.

1985 — Rod Carew of nan Angels sewage his 3,000th deed successful a 6-5 triumph complete nan Minnesota Twins, his first awesome convention team.

2006 — Chase Utley went 0-for-5 nighttime successful Philadelphia’s 5-3 triumph complete nan New York Mets, ending a 35-game hitting streak that tied him for nan 10th longest successful awesome convention history and nan 4th longest successful National League history.

2007 — In nan 2nd inning of a 3-2 nonaccomplishment to nan Padres, Barry Bonds hits his 755th profession location tally to necktie Hank Aaron for nan all-time record.

2007 — Alex Rodriguez became nan youngest subordinate successful awesome convention history to deed 500 location runs pinch a first-inning homer successful a 16-8 triumph complete Kansas City.

2010 — Alex Rodriguez deed his 600th location tally and became nan youngest subordinate to attain nan milestone. His two-run, first-inning thrust disconnected Toronto’s Shaun Marcum put New York ahead, and nan Yankees coasted to a 5-1 triumph complete nan Blue Jays.

2021 — Japan moves into nan golden badge crippled successful nan Tokyo Olympics.

2022 — The Angels necktie a grounds by hitting 7 homers but still losing nan game, 8-7 to nan A’s, besides mounting a grounds for astir runs scored successful a game, each connected solo homers. Shohei Ohtani hits a pair, followed by Kurt Suzuki, Taylor Ward, Jo Adell, Jared Walsh and Mickey Moniak. However, Oakland scores six times successful nan 3rd and adds a two-run blast by Ramon Laureano successful nan 4th to negate nan Angels’ agelong balls.

2024 — With a 13-7 nonaccomplishment to nan Twins, nan White Sox’s losing streak reaches historical proportionality astatine 20 games. It is simply a caller franchise grounds and tied for 3rd all-time, trailing only nan 21 losses by nan 1988 Baltimore Orioles to commencement that season, and nan 23 consecutive losses by nan 1961 Philadelphia Phillies.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

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