High school girls’ volleyball: City Section playoff pairings
CITY SECTION PLAYOFFS(All matches at 4 p.m. unless noted)OPEN DIVISIONQuarterfinalsWednesday, Oct. 30#8 Marshall at #1 Taft#5 Cleveland at #4 Granada Hills#6 El Camino Real at…
Wales hammer Serbia to reach Euro play-off final in coach Kear’s illness absence
Wales captain Elliott Kear, Ant Walker, Ashton Robinson and Connor Davies also went over in a dominant first-half display.Moxon saw Mike Butt and Huw Worthington…
Orange Lutheran seeks redemption in flag football playoffs
The inaugural Southern Section flag football playoff seedings were released Saturday morning and a total of 144 teams qualified across five divisions for the single-elimination…
High school girls’ volleyball: Southern Section playoff pairings
SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFSDIVISION 1Wednesday, 6 p.m.Pool A — First RoundNo. 8 Temecula Valley (Southwestern No. 1) at No. 1 Sierra Canyon (Mission No. 1)No. 5…
High school flag football: Southern Section playoff pairings
SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFSFirst Round(All games Tuesday at 5 p.m.)DIVISION 1Eastvale Roosevelt (Big VIII No. 1) at Orange Lutheran (Trinity T-No. 1)Corona del Mar (Sunset No.…
Northern Ireland: Demi Vance and Marissa Callaghan left out of squad for Euro 2025 play-off
Nottingham Forest defender Nat Johnson is named in a first squad since qualifying for Euro 2022, while Birmingham City's Ellie Mason, London City Lionesses' Connie…
Shohei Ohtani trying to rectify ‘bad habits’ amid playoff struggles
NEW YORK — Sometimes, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, all it takes one bad matchup, or one crafty pitcher, for a hitter to “trigger bad habits”…
Why the Dodgers have confidence in Walker Buehler vs. the Mets
The quality of pitches and the results this season have not been vintage Walker Bueher, not after a second Tommy John surgery sapped him of…
Inside the new mindset fueling the Dodgers’ playoff run
On the darkest night of their season last week, the Dodgers didn’t linger in their hushed home clubhouse.The team had just been blown out in…
USC’s playoff hopes fade in overtime loss to No. 4 Penn State
The chances had been there all afternoon for USC as it tried to put No. 4 Penn State away. But once again Lincoln Riley’s Trojans…
Nine concerns for the Dodgers facing the Mets in the NLCS
In the postgame clubhouse following Game 5 of the National League Division Series, the expletives flowed as freely as showers of beer and champagne. Actually,…
Dodgers’ Kiké Hernández renews reputation for playoff heroics
Reggie Jackson will always be “Mr. October” in the minds of baseball fans, but around these parts, that moniker could be attached to a lesser-known…
Playoff demons gone! Dodgers outlast Padres to advance to NLCS
This time, they didn’t choke.This time, they did the choking.On a glorious night amid a roiling sea of joyful blue, the Dodgers wrapped their weathered…
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. snaps 65-race winless streak at Talladega
TALLADEGA — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. snapped a 65-race losing streak by winning in overtime at Talladega Superspeedway after a late crash collected more than half the…
Angel City beats Seattle to stay in NWSL playoff contention
M.A. Vignola‘s first-half goal was all Angel City FC needed to earn a 1-0 road win over the Seattle Reign at Lumen Field.Alyssa Thompson did…
How the Dodgers aim to be ‘the ones attacking’ opposing pitchers
Four times last year, the Dodgers saw Arizona Diamondbacks starter Merrill Kelly in the regular season.On almost every occasion, they had their way with the…
Shohei Ohtani, uncertain pitching: Areas of confidence, concern for Dodgers postseason
You might have heard, but Shohei Ohtani had quite the season. And for as dominant as he was overall (.309 batting average, 54 home runs,…
USC can make a playoff run thanks to tough QB Miller Moss
The fans were booing. The big guys weren’t tackling. The skill guys weren’t catching. The coach’s failures were hovering.As USC took the field at the…
What Neal ElAttrache thinks of Shohei Ohtani pitching in the playoffs
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is throwing so well in the wake of his second Tommy John elbow surgery that his rehabilitation team is beginning to…
Horschel beats McIlroy with eagle putt in PGA play-off
Watch as Billy Horschel beats Rory McIlroy with a superb eagle putt in a thrilling play-off to clinch the PGA Championship title at Wentworth. Source…