The Kings finally have a light schedule ahead, and at just the right moment for a group that finds itself five players short due to injuries entering Saturday’s showdown with the Detroit Red Wings. They’ll play just three games in the span of 11 days with no back-to-back sets until Nov. 29, and they’ll host seven of their next nine matches. They’ve already played back-to-back … [Read more...] about Kings’ injuries mount as schedule turns in their favor
Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani wins multiple honors at All-MLB awards
Shohei Ohtani’s historic season continues to earn the first-year Dodgers star awards. Ohtani was named the National League winner of the Hank Aaron Award as the top offensive player in the league. He also was named the outstanding DH for a fourth consecutive season and joined Mookie Betts on the All-MLB first team as part of MLB’s awards show Thursday night. New York Yankees … [Read more...] about Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani wins multiple honors at All-MLB awards
Chargers QB Justin Herbert inflicting damage passing and running
EL SEGUNDO — The play was designed for quarterback Justin Herbert to run around the right side of the Chargers’ formation on fourth-and-1 from the Tennessee Titans’ 4-yard line this past Sunday. The blocking broke down in front of Herbert, though, and so he was forced to improvise, to think on his feet. No problem. Herbert found a hole in the line to his left and darted through … [Read more...] about Chargers QB Justin Herbert inflicting damage passing and running
The Audible: On USC’s ‘probation,’ ageless LeBron, and Paul George vs. Clippers fans
Jim Alexander: Only in the NCAA can you get in trouble – if you want to call it that – for violating a rule that has since been rescinded. Which is why we woke up Thursday to stories of USC’s football program being put on probation. Or, as the Fox News website headlined it: “USC football fined and put on probation for major NCAA violations,” Uh-huh, sure. Major. Right. This was … [Read more...] about The Audible: On USC’s ‘probation,’ ageless LeBron, and Paul George vs. Clippers fans
Rams QB Stetson Bennett IV continues to work despite limited opportunities
LOS ANGELES — After practice has ended, after players have pulled off their shoulder pads and retreated to the weight room or showers, after coaches have returned to their offices, Stetson Bennett IV and Dave Ragone walk clockwise laps around the Rams’ practice field. It started around Week 3; Ragone, the quarterbacks coach, asked Bennett, the third-string quarterback, to walk … [Read more...] about Rams QB Stetson Bennett IV continues to work despite limited opportunities