Shohei Ohtani’s labrum surgery could delay return to pitching

SAN ANTONIO —  If you’re buying tickets to the Dodgers’ season-opening games in Tokyo next March, don’t count on seeing Shohei Ohtani pitch. Though the Dodgers slugger is expected to be in the lineup for the start of the season — which will begin with two games in Japan against the Chicago Cubs at the Tokyo…

How Jayden Maiava remained ready to seize the USC quarterback job

The competition was close. Closer than anyone expected it to be in late August, at least. Close enough that Jayden Maiava, the insurgent transfer from Nevada Las Vegas, believed at the time that he’d done enough to be named USC’s starting quarterback. The job ultimately went to Miller Moss, the redshirt junior whose six-score coronation…

Darren Romanelli makes an upcycled chair out of 1984 Olympics merch

I’ve been working on these lounge chairs for almost the last decade. I’ve been recycling materials, upcycling materials, into this lounge chair silhouette. For this story, I collected 1984 Olympics clothing and artifacts and all kinds of different objects and souvenirs. I worked closely with Goodwill on helping me source some of the materials. I…

Can UCLA get its first home win under DeShaun Foster? Five things to watch vs. Iowa

DeShaun Foster notched his first coaching and road wins simultaneously, UCLA surviving the heat and a special teams meltdown to beat Hawaii. His first winning streak came courtesy of back-to-back triumphs over Rutgers and Nebraska as part of a brutal travel schedule in which the Bruins will log an estimated 22,048 miles. One first that…

LAFC faces tough out in Whitecaps, a reflection of coach Vanni Sartini

Vanni Sartini, the Italian-born manager of the Vancouver Whitecaps, is both a socialist and an atheist, two attributes that are oddly relevant in his team’s MLS playoff game with LAFC on Friday at BMO Stadium. As a socialist, Sartini believes in cooperative effort, and he’s tried to mold his blue-collar team to reflect that. “My…

Oxnard Unified School District dealing with affects of wildfires

With the Southern Section football playoffs set to begin on Friday and a fast-moving wildfire destroying numerous homes in Ventura County, officials in the Oxnard Unified School District continue to work with families in need of help. Camarillo principal Matt La Belle, whose school was closed Thursday, said staff and students have been directly affected…

Australian B-girl Raygun says she’s done with competitive breakdancing

Breakdancing won’t be an Olympic sport in 2028. And even if it were, the woman who is arguably the world’s most famous B-girl would not participate. Rachael Gunn, the Australian breakdancer better known as Raygun, said this week she will no longer take part in elite competitions after being widely mocked for her unorthodox routines…

Why Dodgers might or might not re-sign Teoscar Hernández

SAN ANTONIO —  The last time Teoscar Hernández gazed out at the crowd at Dodger Stadium, the veteran outfielder almost broke down crying. “I just want to say thank you,” Hernández said during the Dodgers’ World Series celebration at Chavez Ravine last Friday, having played a crucial role in the club’s first full-season championship since 1988….

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