The Sports Report: Dodgers Win, Give Updates On Ohtani And Trade Deadline

Dodgers conclusion nan Mariners

From Maddie Lee: Dodgers president of shot operations Andrew Friedman each but confirmed Wednesday that nan squad would beryllium successful interaction pinch nan Tigers to gauge their asking value for reigning AL Cy Young victor Tarik Skubal.

“There conscionable aren’t that galore star-level players successful nan game,” Friedman said Wednesday day erstwhile asked really fierce nan Dodgers would beryllium successful pursuing big-name players. “Any clip 1 is available, we’re ever going to participate successful those conversations. We’ve shown to beryllium very fierce successful nan past. … We’ve traded a batch of really talented young players.

“But we’re capable to beryllium successful those conversations because of nan unthinkable activity by our scouts and our beforehand agency and our subordinate improvement group that has our workplace strategy successful specified a beardown spot to beryllium capable to talk to immoderate squad fundamentally astir immoderate player.”

All that was expected. Checking successful is simply owed diligence.

Friedman avoided showing his manus erstwhile asked nan likelihood of nan Dodgers (68-40) acquiring a subordinate for illustration that astatine nan Aug. 3 deadline.

“I don’t know,” he said. “I’m not successful nan handicapping business.”

Before nan Dodgers’ 4-2 triumph against nan Mariners connected Wednesday, they activated person Edwin Díaz and designated left-hander Charlie Barnes for assignment. Díaz earned nan prevention successful his first major-league quality since undergoing room to region loose bodies from his elbow successful precocious April, giving up 2 hits and a run.

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‘Do we see pushing this?’ Shohei Ohtani’s return to nan mound remains unclear

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Angels waste and acquisition O’Hoppe, Silseth

The Angels traded reliever Chase Silseth and struggling catcher Logan O’Hoppe to nan Texas Rangers for insignificant convention 3rd baseman Angel Arredondo connected Wednesday night.

The deal, announced a fewer minutes earlier nan Angels’ bid finale against nan Houston Astros, could people nan opening of an extended rebuilding process for nan Angels, who entered play Wednesday pinch an American League-worst 42-66 grounds and 13 1/2 games down nan Rangers successful nan AL West.

“We cognize we person to commencement shaking up this roster, and coming was time one,” Angels interim wide head John Mozeliak said. “Clearly, wherever nan Angels are astatine correct now, we request to do things differently.”

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Angels are swept by nan Astros

Shaikin: Can a caller insignificant convention squad successful Irvine pull fans if nan Angels are truthful affordable?

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Update connected really to get Olympics tickets

From Thuc Nhi Nguyen: After 4 cardinal tickets sold and possibly a cardinal much headaches, nan Olympic summons booth opens again this week.

LA28 sold a grounds number of tickets during its first driblet successful April, signaling unprecedented liking successful nan Olympics arsenic they return to Southern California for nan first clip since 1984. High prices, work fees and unavailable seats disappointment fans but did not deter them. In fact, liking successful nan Games has only grown since April’s first drop.

LA28 announced Wednesday that much than 12 cardinal group from much than 200 countries person registered for tickets, a melodramatic summation from nan 5 cardinal registrants nan organizing committee boasted successful precocious February earlier nan first summons drop.

Sports from nan accepted standbys (artistic gymnastics) to nan newest additions (flag football, lacrosse and squash) each sold done their first-drop availability. The 2nd driblet that originates Wednesday offers “refreshed inventory crossed each Olympic sports,” LA28 said.

Here’s what to cognize astir nan adjacent ticketing phase:

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Bob Chesney is fresh to win

From Ryan Kartje: In nan astir 9 months since he was hired arsenic caput coach astatine UCLA, Bob Chesney has won complete a batch of hearts and minds pinch his unwavering consciousness of belief.

First, he won complete his prima quarterback, Nico Iamaleava, who opted to instrumentality pinch nan Bruins aft a 3-9 play a twelvemonth ago. He won complete 45 caller transfers, who came to UCLA arsenic portion of nan portal’s 11th-ranked class and seems to beryllium winning complete recruits, too, pinch UCLA presently ranked successful nan apical 10 among 2027 classes. He moreover won complete once-dormant Bruin donors, who, according to nan school’s diversion department, person now poured complete $41 cardinal successful backstage support into UCLA athletics complete nan past fiscal year, an summation of 80% from nan erstwhile year.

“It’s his energy, man,” Iamaleava said. “He brings a different type of energy.”

At this point, nan only point it seems Chesney hasn’t won yet astatine UCLA is an existent shot game.

He couldn’t do thing astir that Wednesday from nan podium astatine Big Ten media days. But arsenic nan play draws nearer and a caller era of Bruin shot begins, each nan enthusiasm does request nan question: What does a successful debut actually look for illustration for Chesney astatine UCLA?

Chesney said Wednesday he had nary liking successful mounting those expectations aliases “in putting artificial limits connected ourselves.”

“Outcomes person to beryllium earned,” he said. “And I deliberation successful nan end, imaginable is simply a gift, right? The activity is becoming. That’s nan work.”

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It’s clip for nan Sparks to waste and acquisition Kelsey Plum

From Bill Plaschke: Another grounded summer. Another surgery promise.

The astir underachieving squad connected nan Los Angeles sports scenery is embarrassingly stumbling done different season.

The Sparks stink. Again.

They’re not making nan playoffs. Again.

There’s nary logic to watch them moreover though there’s much than a period near connected their schedule. Again.

For nan sixth consecutive season, 1 of nan WNBA’s bequest franchises has travel isolated astatine nan seams, tattering nan franchise’s three-championship history pinch a sordid grounds that mandates a clear response.

Trade your champion player.

Trade Kelsey Plum.

The waste and acquisition deadline is Sunday truthful do it quickly, and do it boldly, sending her to nan benignant of playoff contender who would find her worthy of young talent and draught picks.

Trade KP and do it now.

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Chargers consciousness bully arsenic campy opens

From Sam Farmer: If there’s a time of uncontaminated enthusiasm connected nan NFL almanac it’s nan first time of training camp. Everyone’s healthy, everyone’s hopeful, and nan Super Bowl is seemingly successful scope for everyone.

A fewer 1000 Chargers fans were astatine nan squad installation Wednesday to watch nan inaugural practice, and afterward coach Jim Harbaugh and galore of nan players stuck astir to motion autographs, airs for selfies and make mini talk. It was nan benignant of segment unfolding each astir nan NFL.

“It was amazing,” said All-Pro information Derwin James of nan practice. “Kind of for illustration nan first time of school.”

Were they to person a people for their first 2 seasons nether Harbaugh, nan Chargers mightiness get an incomplete. They played good capable to make nan playoffs successful some seasons — overcoming a dizzying array of injuries connected nan violative statement a twelvemonth agone — yet grounded to show up successful nan postseason, suffering lopsided losses astatine Houston and New England.

Harbaugh said nan first time of campy feels for illustration “Christmas morning” to him. When asked whether nan full squad was afloat velocity and fresh to go, he made nan affinity of an airplane gathering velocity down a runway earlier achieving flight. There’s a deliberate ramp-up to nan strength of training camp, he said.

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This time successful sports history

1870 — Monmouth Park opens pinch a five-day meet.

1930 — Host Uruguay thumps Argentina 4-2 for soccer’s first World Cup successful Montevideo.

1932 — The 10th modern Olympic Games unfastened successful Los Angeles.

1961 — Jerry Barber edges Don January by 1 changeable successful a playoff to triumph nan PGA title astatine Olympia Fields successful Illinois.

1966 — England thumps West Germany 4-2 astatine London’s Wembley Stadium to seizure soccer’s World Cup.

1971 — In nan NFL Chicago All-Star Game, nan Baltimore Colts hit nan All-Stars 24-17.

1976 — Bruce Jenner sets nan world grounds successful nan Olympic decathlon pinch 8,618 points, breaking Nikolai Avilov’s people by 164 points.

1984 — Michael Gross of West Germany sets a world grounds successful nan 200-meter freestyle pinch a clip of 1:47.44 astatine a meet successful Munich.

1996 — The American softball squad wins nan golden medal, beating China 3-1 down a arguable two-run homer from Dot Richardson successful nan first Olympic title successful that sport.

2009 — Seven much world records connected nan 5th nighttime of nan world swimming championships successful Rome are set, pushing nan full to 29 and moving past past summer’s Beijing Olympics. Ryan Lochte gets things rolling by breaking Phelps’ people successful nan 200-meter individual medley. The Chinese women decorativeness it off, eclipsing nan 800 freestyle relay people by much than 2 seconds, pinch nan Americans besides breaking nan erstwhile grounds but only getting silver.

2012 — In London, Missy Franklin, a 17-year-old from Colorado, wins nan women’s 100-meter backstroke. Franklin has a little 13-minute break aft taking nan last qualifying spot successful nan 200 freestyle semifinals earlier she had to get backmost into nan h2o for nan backstroke final. Ruta Meilutyte, 15, becomes nan first Lithuanian to triumph an Olympic swimming badge by holding disconnected a precocious complaint from world champion Rebecca Soni of nan U.S. successful nan 100 breaststroke.

2013 — Katie Ledecky crushes nan world grounds successful nan 1,500 freestyle for her 2nd golden badge astatine nan world swimming championships successful Barcelona, Spain. The 16-year-old American finishes pinch a clip of 15:36.53 to hit nan erstwhile people by much than 6 seconds — Kate Ziegler’s 15:42.54 successful 2007.

2015 — North Korea wins its first golden badge astatine nan world aquatics championships done 16-year-old Kim Kuk Hyang successful women’s 10-meter diving. In her first world competition, Kim produces a stunning last dive, earning 2 cleanable 10 scores from nan 7 judges, for a full of 397.05 points. On nan adjacent dive, nan leader up to that point, world champion Si Yajie of China, makes an correction to driblet to fourth.

2021 — South African swimmer Tatjana Shoemaker sets a caller women’s 200m breaststroke world grounds of 2:18.95 astatine nan Tokyo Olympics.

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This time successful shot history

1917 — Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach and Ossie Vitt, each went 5-for-5 successful Detroit’s 16-4 romp complete Washington.

1933 — Dizzy Dean struck retired 17 Cubs for nan St. Louis Cardinals, who hit Chicago 8-2.

1947 — The New York Giants defeated Ewell Blackwell and nan Cincinnati Reds 5-4 successful 10 innings, ending Blackwell’s 16-game winning streak.

1959 — Willie McCovey had 4 hits successful 4 at-bats successful his awesome convention debut, pinch nan San Francisco Giants. His hits included 2 triples successful a 7-2 triumph complete nan Philadelphia Phillies.

1962 — The American League, led by homers from Leon Wagner, Pete Runnels and Rocky Colavito, powered past nan National League 9-4, successful nan 2nd All-Star Game of nan year. Wagner of nan Angels was named MVP.

1968 — Washington shortstop Ron Hansen pulled disconnected an unassisted triple play, but nan Cleveland Indians still won nan crippled 10-1.

1969 — Houston, down expansive slams by Denis Menke and Jim Wynn, scored 11 runs successful nan ninth inning to lb nan New York Mets 16-3 successful a doubleheader opener astatine Shea Stadium. Mets pitchers Cal Koonce and Ron Taylor gave up nan slams, marking nan first clip this period that 2 expansive slams were deed successful nan aforesaid inning of a National League game.

1973 — Jim Bibby of nan Texas Rangers sounded a 6-0 no-hitter against nan Oakland A’s.

1980 — Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard had a changeable during a workout astatine nan Astrodome and underwent room to region a humor clot down his correct collarbone.

1982 — The Atlanta Braves returned Chief Noc-A-Homa and his teepee to near section aft losing 19 of 21 games and blowing a 10½-game lead. The teepee was removed for much seats. The squad recovered to regain first place.

1988 — John Franco of nan Cincinnati Reds group a awesome convention grounds pinch 13 saves successful 1 month. Franco was tied pinch Sparky Lyle, Bruce Sutter and Bob Stanley.

1990 — George Steinbrenner was forced to resign arsenic wide partner of nan New York Yankees by Commissioner Fay Vincent.

2008 — Kelly Shoppach of Cleveland tied a awesome convention grounds pinch 5 extra-base hits, including a game-tying homer successful nan ninth, but Detroit hit nan Indians 14-12 successful 13 innings. Shoppach had 2 homers and 3 doubles.

2011 — The New York Yankees collapsed loose for 12 runs successful nan first inning of nan nightcap of a day-night doubleheader, mounting a franchise grounds en way to a 17-3 rout of Baltimore.

2012 — Kendrys Morales homered from some sides of nan sheet during a nine-run sixth inning, capping nan burst pinch a expansive slam that sent nan Angels romping past nan Texas Rangers 15-8. Morales became nan 3rd switch-hitter successful awesome convention history to homer arsenic a lefty and righty successful nan aforesaid inning. Carlos Baerga did it for Cleveland successful 1993 and Mark Bellhorn of nan Chicago Cubs duplicated nan feat successful 2002.

2017 — Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez are inducted into nan Baseball Hall of Fame.

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