The Sports Report: Lakers Sale Doesn't Make Any Sense

Lakers waste makes nary sense

From Bill Plaschke: The Lakers are being sold … again?

The Lakers are being sold … by nan Dodgers owner who was expected to prevention them?

The Lakers are being sold … to 1 feline who owns an underachieving women’s master shot squad and different feline who owns a portion of nan hated San Francisco Giants?

What successful nan sanction of Luka is going connected here?

Los Angeles sports fans awoke Wednesday to nan news that 1 of their 2 crown jewels was being sold for nan 2nd clip successful a year, a transaction weighted astatine $12.5 cardinal and accompanied by astatine slightest that galore worries.

This doesn’t consciousness good. This doesn’t consciousness right. Something stinks here, and it mightiness conscionable beryllium nan early of a franchise that erstwhile seemed successful specified bully hands.

On Wednesday it was stunningly and ingloriously fumbled, and for what?

There are 2 main unknowns here, and some should nonstop shivers done a Laker instrumentality guidelines that could beryllium watching their squad go nan Portland Trail Blazers.

First, why did Mark Walter waste conscionable 10 months aft buying? Yes, he made a $2.5 cardinal profit, but 10 months? Who owns a awesome sports franchise for conscionable 10 months?

Second, what benignant of owners will Bob Iger and Josh Kushner be? Iger is known for moving Disney, and Kushner is known for moving pinch President Trump’s son-in-law, who happens to beryllium Kushner’s brother, Jared.

So crazy. So scary.

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Dodgers expanse nan Royals

From Maddie Lee: Dodgers left-hander Eric Lauer adjusted his headdress and glanced into nan stands arsenic he walked disconnected nan section to a opinionated ovation.

In nan Dodgers’ 4-2 triumph against nan Kansas City Royals, completing a expanse astatine Dodger Stadium, Lauer held nan Royals to 2 runs (one earned) successful 6 ⅓ innings.

“It was really nice,” Lauer said, noting really overmuch much enjoyable it was to transportation good astatine Dodger Stadium for nan location team, alternatively of nan opposition. “It ever makes you consciousness bully stepping disconnected nan mound and having group admit what you did retired there.”

The Dodgers (73-48) sewage location runs from Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani and Hunter Feduccia.

The Dodgers, pinch a short bullpen aft playing other innings doubly successful 4 games, needed Lauer to transportation heavy into nan game.

That scheme seemed to beryllium successful jeopardy arsenic he labored done nan first 3 innings, his transportation count climbing to 64. But nan adjacent three, he only gave up conscionable 1 walk.

“Wasn’t getting a ton of plaything retired of zone,” Lauer said. “So mentally I conscionable had to fastener successful a small spot much in-zone, make judge I was throwing value pitches successful zone, and not effort to beryllium truthful fine. Give myself much sheet to activity pinch and effort to get immoderate speedy soft contact.”

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Freddie Freeman gets a scare

From Maddie Lee: Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman tracked Royals hitter Isaac Collins’ alert shot done foul territory to conscionable extracurricular nan visiting dugout astatine Dodger Stadium.

He had a plan. With 1 retired successful nan apical of nan eighth inning, Freeman was going to thin complete nan obstruction to make nan catch.

He shuffled, shifted his weight, and nan crushed vanished retired from nether him.

“Obviously location was nary rail,” a sore but apparently not earnestly injured Freeman said aft nan Dodgers’ 4-2 triumph against nan Royals.

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Angels conclusion nan Rangers

Mike Trout had 3 hits and 2 RBIs, Jose Siri keyed a three-run sixth inning pinch a pinch-hit RBI double, and George Klassen earned his first awesome convention triumph successful nan Angels’ 5-2 comeback victory complete nan Texas Rangers connected Wednesday night.

Klassen (1-1) gave up 2 runs and 5 hits complete six innings, striking retired 5 and stepping 1 successful his 4th profession start. Angels reliever Blake Weiman threw a scoreless seventh earlier giving up 2 hits and striking retired 1 successful nan eighth.

Ryan Watson replaced Weiman and escaped nan two-on, one-out jam. Ben Joyce, who missed astir of nan past 2 seasons because of enarthrosis injuries, retired nan broadside successful bid successful nan ninth for his 5th profession prevention and first since Sept. 1, 2024.

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What to watch for successful Chargers’ first preseason game

From Joaquin Ruiz: Coach Jim Harbaugh said astir 15 starters won’t play successful nan Chargers’ preseason opener against nan Houston Texans, and location are respective spots connected nan extent floor plan that still request to beryllium decided.

“The preseason games will springiness america a model of penetration into wherever everybody is,” Harbaugh said.

Here are 5 position groups to show erstwhile nan Chargers look nan Texans connected Thursday astatine 5 p.m. PDT (CBS, NFL+).

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Derek Carr says Bob Chesney is simply a winner

From Sam Farmer: His NFL playing profession is over, but Derek Carr is acold from done pinch football.

UCLA announced this week that it has hired Carr arsenic a typical advisor to shot coach Bob Chesney, and that nan four-time Pro Bowl backmost will assistance pinch nan Bruins’ violative unit successful game-planning strategy.

“Coach Chesney is simply a leader of men,” said Carr, who was astatine Dodger Stadium connected Monday evening and was connected nan section earlier nan game. “So galore guys get hired conscionable based connected scheme. This is simply a feline who stands up successful beforehand of nan room and leads.”

“You tin consciousness his presence,” Carr said of Chesney, hired successful December aft his emergence to coaching prominence astatine Holy Cross past James Madison. “You tin consciousness nan squad respond to him. … It wasn’t truthful overmuch what he said, it was really he said it. He was truthful demanding of nan team, yet truthful encouraging.

“He tin demand, demand, demand, but besides emotion them astatine nan aforesaid time, to nan constituent wherever they’re like, `OK, coach, immoderate you want.’”

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This time successful sports history

1919 — Upset scores a triumph against Man o’ War successful nan Sanford Memorial Stakes astatine Saratoga. The conclusion is Big Red’s only nonaccomplishment successful 21 starts.

1933 — Gene Sarazen wins nan PGA Championship by defeating Willie Goggin 5 and 4 successful nan last round.

1935 — The first roller derby originates successful Chicago by promoter Leo Seltzer.

1987 — Jackie Joyner-Kersee equals nan world grounds successful nan women’s agelong jump — 24 feet, 5½ inches — successful nan Pan American Games astatine Indianapolis. She matches nan people group successful 1986 by Heike Dreschler of East Germany.

1995 — Cuba’s Ana Quirot, severely burned successful a 1993 room accident, wins nan 800 meters astatine nan world championships astatine Gothenburg, Sweden.

1995 — Steve Elkington shoots a final-round 64 and birdies nan first playoff spread to hit Colin Montgomerie and triumph nan PGA Championship. The 64 is nan lowest last information by a PGA Championship winner.

1997 — Wilson Kipketer topples Sebastian Coe’s 16-year-old grounds successful nan 800 meters, finishing successful 1 minute, 41.24 seconds successful Zurich, Switzerland. Haile Gebrselassie besides shatters his ain 5,000 grounds pinch a clip of 12 minutes, 41.86 seconds.

2002 — Natalie Coughlin breaks nan 100-meter backstroke world record, timed successful 59.58 seconds astatine nan U.S. nationalist championships. She is nan first American to clasp nan world grounds since Catherine Ferguson successful 1966.

2008 — Michael Phelps swims into history arsenic nan winningest Olympic jock pinch his 10th and 11th profession golden medals and 5 world records successful 5 events astatine nan Beijing Games. He wins nan 200-meter butterfly and swims leadoff for nan U.S. 800 freestyle relay team.

2016 — The U.S. women’s 4x100-meter medley relay squad of Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel — winners astatine nan Rio Games — delivers nan nation’s 1,000th golden badge successful Summer Olympics history. Michael Phelps closes nan Rio Olympics pinch a golden badge successful nan butterfly limb of nan 4x100 medley relay. Phelps finishes his profession pinch 28 medals, having won 5 golds and a metallic astatine these games.

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This time successful shot history

1910 — The Brooklyn Dodgers and nan Pittsburgh Pirates played to an 8-8 tie. Each squad had 38 at-bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 deed batsman and 1 passed ball.

1921 — George Sisler of nan St. Louis Browns became nan first batter successful American League history to deed for nan rhythm twice. Sisler went 5-for-5 and drove successful 3 runs successful a 7-5, 10-inning triumph complete nan Detroit Tigers.

1921 — John “Mule” Watson of nan Boston Braves sounded 2 complete-game victories complete nan Philadelphia Phillies.

1931 — Tony Cuccinello of nan Cincinnati Reds had six hits successful six at-bats successful nan first crippled of a doubleheader astatine Boston. Cuccinello had a triple, 2 doubles and 3 singles to sound successful 5 runs arsenic nan Reds won 17-3. Cuccinello deed a three-run homer successful nan eighth of nan nightcap to springiness nan Reds a 4-2 win.

1939 — The New York Yankees hit nan Philadelphia Athletics 21-0 to adjacent nan major-league grounds for lopsided shutouts. Every batter successful nan Yankees lineup deed safely. Joe DiMaggio and Babe Dahlgren had 2 location runs apiece, each hitting an inside-the-parker. Pitcher Red Ruffing had 4 hits and drove successful 3 runs.

1948 — Satchel Paige, 42, sounded his first awesome convention complete crippled against nan Chicago White Sox. Paige gave up 5 hits en way to 5-0 Cleveland victory.

1957 — Milwaukee pitcher Lew Burdette deed his first 2 location runs to lead nan Braves to a 12-4 triumph complete nan Cincinnati Reds.

1969 — Jim Palmer of nan Orioles, plagued by limb problem nan twelvemonth before, threw an 8-0 no-hitter against nan Oakland A’s successful Baltimore.

1979 — St. Louis’ Lou Brock reached 3,000 hits pinch an infield deed disconnected Chicago Cubs pitcher Dennis Lamp. St. Louis won 3-2.

2004 — Kansas City rookies Abraham Nunez and John Buck deed expansive slams to lead nan Royals past nan Oakland Athletics 10-3.

2005 — New York Yankees person Mariano Rivera blew his first prevention since April 6 successful a 7-5 triumph complete Texas. Rivera had converted a career-best 31 consecutive saves earlier allowing Kevin Mench’s two-run tying azygous successful nan ninth.

2013 — Paul Goldschmidt deed nan first transportation of nan 11th inning for a game-ending location tally aft starring disconnected nan ninth pinch a tying homer, to thief Arizona hit Baltimore 4-3 pinch a winning blast for nan 2nd consecutive night.

2015 — The Toronto Blue Jays won their 11th consecutive game, beating nan Oakland Athletics 4-2. The AL East leaders besides won 11 successful a statement successful June, becoming nan first squad pinch winning streaks of astatine slightest 11 since Cleveland successful 1954.

2016 — Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge became nan first teammates to deed location runs successful nan first at-bats of their awesome convention debuts successful nan aforesaid game, sparking nan New York Yankees to an 8-4 triumph complete Tampa Bay.

2018 — Ronald Acuna Jr. deed leadoff homers successful some games of a doubleheader for nan Atlanta Braves.

2020 — Mookie Betts hits 3 location runs (the 6th of his career) successful an 11-2 triumph complete nan Padres. nan 3 location tally crippled ties Betts pinch Johnny Mize and Sammy Sosa for nan astir all-time though Betts reached nan full successful 813 games while Mize needed 1,884 and Sosa 2,364.

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