Author name: Irene Church

If there was ever a time for UCLA to turn around its season, it was against Minnesota in the Rose Bowl. Unfortunately for the Bruins, the return of Ethan Garbers, who missed last week’s game against Penn State because of injury, wasn’t enough to halt their downward spiral. In a hard-fought contest, UCLA failed to […]

AUSTIN, Texas —  Most everything from team meetings to training sessions have been running late during Mauricio Pochettino’s first week in charge of the national soccer team. So perhaps it should be no surprise that his players needed a little extra time to find their way in their coach’s first game Saturday, with Yunus Musah and

The players’ voices were still hoarse. The clubhouse carpet was still sticky. But, less than 24 hours after a booze-soaked National League Division Series celebration Friday night, the Dodgers were back at Chavez Ravine on Saturday, shifting their focus to Game 1 of the NL Championship Series against the New York Mets on Sunday night.

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 tiptoed along the brink, playing fast and loose with their College Football Playoff hopes hanging in the balance, driving late in search of one last opportunity after a painstaking succession

As Dodgers fans, our fears of nonexistent hitting and flat pitching that plagued too many Dodgers postseasons were finally laid to rest by eliminating the San Diego Padres. And, to our pleasant surprise, not only did the Dodgers bats come alive when needed most, but who would have thought that a thin starting pitching rotation

Dodgers shortstop Miguel Rojas said he will “be ready to go” for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets on Sunday after missing the final two games of the division series against the San Diego Padres because of a left-adductor strain that he aggravated in Game 3. “I didn’t

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, it started even before then. What’s different about this year’s Dodgers team, Game 5 hero Kiké Hernández was asked during a postgame Fox television interview out on the field. “The

The shortest player on the field at Dodger Stadium looked as if he was the tallest. Yoshinobu Yamamoto was a giant on Friday night. And to think the 5-foot-10 right-hander from Japan started for the Dodgers in Game 5 of their National League Division Series only because they figured their relievers couldn’t pitch the entire