The Sports Report: Shohei Ohtani Out Of The Lineup As Dodgers Beat Mariners

Ohtani is out, but Dodgers win

From Maddie Lee: In nan latest twist successful Shohei Ohtani’s conflict pinch near knee discomfort, Dodgers head Dave Roberts held him retired of nan lineup during a 6-2 win complete nan Seattle Mariners connected Thursday.

Ohtani reported soreness Wednesday nighttime successful his near knee, which he treated complete nan All-Star break pinch a lubricating orthovisc injection and rest. So nan Dodgers’ training unit recommended a time off.

“I expected him to play,” Roberts said earlier Thursday’s win. “I admit him saying that there’s immoderate soreness to past let maine to make a determination of what is successful his champion interest, and that’s what we’re doing.”

Roberts said he’s “very confident” that Ohtani will beryllium successful nan lineup Friday erstwhile nan Dodgers unfastened a three-game bid against nan Boston Red Sox.

But nan Dodgers antecedently believed only pitching aggravated nan injury. Ohtani hasn’t sounded successful a crippled since July 3, and he hasn’t thrown disconnected a mound successful a small complete a week. He’s been moving done weighted plyo shot drills to support his limb successful style without putting unit connected his knee.

The improvement raises questions astir really to champion negociate Ohtani’s workload for nan remainder of nan season.

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Stay focused, Puka Nacua

From Mirjam Swanson: Do you deliberation nan Rams person a locator astatine their office for really galore days it’s been since Puka Nacua’s past embarrassing incident?

They might. Because we each retrieve really often nan self-inflicted damages were occurring during that bizarre and jarring agelong starting precocious past year.

We had the biting incident and alleged antisemitic comments connected New Year’s Eve. Before that, we had nan Rams’ prima receiver making antisemitic gestures connected a livestream pinch a mates of arguable streamers.

We besides had him publicly calling retired NFL officials connected a watercourse and successful a societal media station sent from nan locker room, and getting fined $25,000 by nan convention for that. We had his weird station connected X — a laughing emoji and “sam darnold” — aft nan Seattle Seahawks’ backmost led his squad to nan Super Bowl LX title connected Feb. 9, erstwhile Nacua besides was recorded stumbling and dancing successful a San Francisco thoroughfare aft nan game.

We had this each wrong conscionable a mates of months. So we had to switch nan image we antecedently had of Nacua arsenic a jolly, smiling shot star pinch a caller one: a image of teeth marks connected a woman’s skin.

Ick.

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Tuli Tuipulotu wants his money

From Joaquin Ruiz: Tuli Tuipulotu wants to get paid.

Although Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh expected everyone to beryllium full-go for training camp, nan fourth-year separator rusher is holding successful amid statement negotiations.

Tuipulotu, who was a afloat subordinate successful minicamp, did individual activity disconnected to nan broadside during Wednesday’s believe and was successful wide workout attire alternatively than successful a helmet, jersey and shot pants for illustration his teammates. On Thursday, Tuipulotu suited up usually and participated successful drills alongside chap protect linemen but didn’t participate successful squad sessions.

A clasp successful is 1 measurement players tin workout leverage during statement negotiations. Hold-in players fulfill basal requirements outlined successful nan corporate bargaining statement — specified arsenic attending meetings and doing individual activity — to debar mandatory fines from teams for not reporting to training camp.

“We support it rolling successful practice,” Chargers protect coordinator Chris O’Leary said. “You know, you get into a game, and you walk a small spot much clip crippled readying and figuring retired really to capable that void. ... So we haven’t felt it arsenic much. Obviously, we miss [Tuipulotu] retired there. We miss really vocal he is and plays that he makes. But for us, we’re conscionable keeping it rolling pinch nan guys we sewage retired there.”

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Billy Ray Smith Jr. dies

From Steve Henson: Billy Ray Smith Jr. became embedded successful nan San Diego sports organization arsenic an exceptional linebacker who lived up to his billing arsenic a first-round draught prime and played each of his 126 NFL games pinch nan Chargers from 1983 to 1992, agelong earlier nan franchise moved to Los Angeles.

Despite being Texas-raised and Arkansas-educated, Smith Jr. became synonymous pinch San Diego by spending nan remainder of his life successful nan sunny SoCal metropolis arsenic a sportscaster, power big and big-hearted, larger-than-life personality.

Smith Jr. died Wednesday astatine property 64, his family saying successful a connection that he “faced his agelong travel pinch dementia caused by CTE pinch unmatched bravery, dignity, and strength.”

“It is pinch profound sadness that we stock nan nonaccomplishment of our beloved Billy Ray Smith Jr., who passed distant peacefully surrounded by family,” nan connection said. “Billy Ray brought truthful overmuch joy, light, and laughter to nan world arsenic a devoted father, husband, son, and loyal friend.”

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is simply a progressive encephalon illness characterized by temper disturbances and cognitive decline. It is linked to repeated caput impacts and traumatic encephalon injuries, and has been recovered posthumously successful galore athletes successful interaction sports.

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This time successful sports history

1932 — France thumps nan U.S. 3-2 for its sixth consecutive Davis Cup championship.

1934 — Britain, led by Fred Perry and Bunny Austin, defeats nan U.S. 4-1 astatine Wimbledon to triumph nan Davis Cup title.

1942 — Jockey Bill Turnbull wins 7 of 9 races astatine Rockingham Park successful Salem, N.H.

1973 — Julius Erving, nan American Basketball Association’s starring scorer, is traded by nan cash-strapped Virginia Squires to nan New York Nets for guardant George Carter and cash.

1983 — Jan Stephenson thumps JoAnne Carner and Patty Sheehan by 1 changeable to triumph nan U.S. Women’s Open.

1993 — Mike Aulby becomes nan 3rd subordinate successful PBA history to triumph a tourney by rolling a 300 crippled successful nan title game. Aulby thumps David Ozio 300-279 successful nan Wichita Open.

1994 — Sergei Bubka sets a world rod vault grounds for nan 35th clip successful his profession astatine a meet successful Sestriere, Italy. Bubka soars 20 feet, 1¾ inches, adding a half-inch to his people group successful Tokyo successful 1992.

2000 — Dorothy Delasin becomes nan LPGA’s youngest victor successful 25 years by beating Pat Hurst connected nan 2nd other spread to triumph nan Giant Eagle LPGA Classic. The 19-year-old Delasin is nan youngest victor connected nan circuit since Amy Alcott took nan Orange Blossom Classic astatine property 19 successful 1975.

2005 — Grant Hackett becomes nan first swimmer to triumph 4 consecutive world titles successful nan aforesaid event, capturing different 1,500-meter freestyle. The Aussie stretches retired his ain grounds for world title medals to 17.

2007 — All-Star Kevin Garnett is traded from nan Minnesota Timberwolves to Boston for 5 players and 2 draught picks. The Celtics get nan erstwhile MVP and 10-time All-Star from Minnesota for forwards Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes and Gerald Green, defender Sebastian Telfair and halfway Theo Ratliff and 2 first-round draught picks.

2011 — Yani Tseng wins nan Women’s British Open for nan 2nd consecutive year, beating Brittany Lang by 4 strokes and becoming nan youngest female to seizure a 5th awesome title. The 22-year-old top-ranked Taiwanese changeable a 3-under 69 to decorativeness astatine 16-under 272.

2012 — Michael Phelps breaks nan Olympic medals grounds pinch his 19th, helping nan U.S. romp to a 4x200-meter freestyle relay triumph astatine nan London Games. With 19 medals spanning 3 Olympics, Phelps moves 1 up of Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, who sewage her haul successful 1956, 1960 and 1964.

2012 — The squad of Gabrielle Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber lives up to each nan hype, winning nan first U.S. Olympic title successful women’s gymnastics since 1996.

2021 — Katie Ledecky wins nan women’s 800m golden successful Tokyo. This is nan 3rd consecutive Olympics she has won nan race.

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This time successful shot history

1930 — Lou Gehrig drove successful 8 runs pinch a expansive slam and 2 doubles, and nan New York Yankees outlasted nan Boston Red Sox 14-13.

1932 — Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium opened and Lefty Grove and nan Philadelphia A’s hit nan Indians 1-0 earlier 76,979 fans.

1934 — The St. Louis Cardinals defeated nan Cincinnati Reds 8-6 successful 18 innings astatine Cincinnati arsenic Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitas some went nan distance.

1954 — Joe Adcock deed 4 location runs and a double to lead nan Milwaukee Braves to a 15-7 triumph complete nan Brooklyn Dodgers astatine Ebbets Field. Adcock’s 18 full bases group a awesome convention grounds astatine nan time. Adcock homered successful nan 2nd inning disconnected Don Newcombe, doubled successful nan 3rd and homered successful nan 5th disconnected Erv Palica. He connected disconnected Pete Wojey successful nan seventh and disconnected Johnny Podres successful nan ninth. Adcock saw only 7 pitches and his double disconnected nan left-center section obstruction conscionable missed going retired by inches.

1961 — The All-Star Game ended successful a 1-1 necktie astatine Fenway Park because of dense rain.

1981 — The 2nd shot onslaught ended aft 42 days.

1990 — Nolan Ryan, 43, won his 300th game, reaching nan milestone successful his 2nd try, arsenic nan Texas Rangers hit nan Milwaukee Brewers 11-3.

2002 — Mike Mussina became nan 2nd pitcher successful awesome convention history to springiness up six doubles successful 1 inning, during nan New York Yankees’ 17-6 nonaccomplishment to Texas. Hall of Famer Lefty Grove allowed that galore pinch Boston successful 1934 against Washington.

2003 — John Smoltz collapsed his ain grounds arsenic nan fastest pitcher to grounds 40 saves by pitching a scoreless ninth successful Atlanta’s 7-4 triumph complete Houston. Last year, he sewage his 40th prevention connected Aug. 8, en way to breaking nan NL grounds pinch 55.

2007 — The New York Yankees tied a franchise grounds by hitting 8 location runs, including 2 by Hideki Matsui, successful a 16-3 rout of nan Chicago White Sox. New York past deed 8 homers successful a crippled successful a doubleheader opener astatine nan Philadelphia Athletics connected June 28, 1939.

2010 — Carlos Gonzalez deed a game-ending location tally to complete nan cycle, and Colorado rallied to a 6-5 triumph aft blowing a three-run lead successful nan eighth inning to nan Chicago Cubs.

2011 — Ricky Nolasco scattered 12 hits, Emilio Bonifacio homered and Florida handed nan Atlanta Braves nan 10,000th nonaccomplishment successful franchise history. With nan 3-1 loss, nan Braves go nan 2nd large convention squad pinch 10,000 losses. The Phillies reached that people successful 2007.

2015 — New York’s Mark Teixeira homered from some sides of nan sheet successful a crippled for nan grounds 14th time, hitting his 10th expansive slam and a two-run homer that led nan Yankees past nan Chicago White Sox 13-6.

2021 — Seby Zavala becomes nan first subordinate successful MLB history to grounds his first 3 location runs successful nan aforesaid game.

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