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LOS ANGELES — Inserted into the fire immediately, Emmet Sheehan proved to be the calming influence the Dodgers were expecting. He just needed a little help in the form of five innings of relief from Justin Wrobleski and Will Smith’s pinch-hit, walk-off home run in the ninth. Smith, who was given the night off from behind the plate, still managed to make it a full day’s work with one swing while pinch hitting for Kiké Hernandez. Smith’s eighth homer of the season gave the Dodgers a 4-3 victory, their 25th comeback win of the season. Sheehan was dropped into the…
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. — Jared Jones hit a line drive that glanced off a glove for the winning run moments after LSU got a big break to tie the score, and the Tigers posted a 6-5 walk-off victory over SEC rival Arkansas on Wednesday night to advance to the College World Series finals. The Tigers (51-15) will play for their second national championship in three years when they square off against Coastal Carolina in the best-of-three finals beginning Saturday. The Chanticleers locked up their spot with an 11-3 win over Louisville on Wednesday. It’s been…
By KIMBERLY KINDY and AMANDA SEITZ WASHINGTON — California’s two U.S. senators demanded on Wednesday that the Trump administration stop using personal data of millions of Medicaid enrollees — including their immigration status — as part of its sweeping deportation campaign. In a letter to top administration officials, Democratic Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla expressed alarm over an Associated Press report last week that detailed how deportation officials had obtained the sensitive data over the objections of career health officials. They wrote that health officials needed to stop sharing the information and that the Department of Homeland Security should…
LOS ANGELES — Miguel Rojas only looked as if he was celebrating the Lakers’ $10 billion sale to Dodgers owner Mark Walter while wearing purple and gold Nike Kobe 5 Protro shoes during batting practice. The truth is that the Dodgers infielder has been wearing them during batting practice all season as if the lifelong Lakers fan had been waiting for this day. “Having the opportunity to know Mark and his company taking over the Lakers and creating this opportunity is good for the city,” a beaming Rojas said Wednesday. “More than anything, it’s just knowing that the Lakers franchise and…
By DEVI SHASTRI EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. The 988 National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline will stop providing tailored support options to LGBTQ+ youth and young adults on July 17, according to a statement on a federal agency’s website. The decision preempts the Trump administration’s 2026 budget proposal to cut funding for 988’s LGBTQ+ youth and young adult services, and is raising alarm bells among LGBTQ+ advocates. Federal data shows the LGBTQ+ youth…
The Ducks have re-signed winger Nikita Nesterenko to a two-year contract, the team announced in a Wednesday news release. This deal carries a value just above the league minimum of $775,000. Notably, the pact being a one-way contract might signal a more consistent, more permanent role for Nesterenko, who has mostly been featured at the minor-league level over the past three seasons with the organization. The 6-foot-2-inch, 195-pound Brooklyn-born forward of Russian descent played a career-high 20 contests with the parent club last season. He accumulated four goals and two assists in the NHL in addition to his 34 points…
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is urging state officials to reconsider a policy change that would prohibit juvenile offenders with a history of childhood asthma from participating in a highly praised state program that provides firefighter training to incarcerated young men. The proposed change, effective July 1, could derail L.A. County’s efforts to increase the number of juveniles it sends to the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp as the county desperately looks for any opportunity to reduce the detainee populations at its own struggling juvenile facilities. Pine Grove’s current policy bars individuals with active asthma, county officials said.…
By RUSS BYNUM U.S. immigration authorities said Wednesday they have detained a Spanish-language journalist, who will face deportation proceedings following his arrest on charges of obstructing police and unlawful assembly while covering a weekend protest outside Atlanta. Mario Guevara was turned over by police to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody three days after he was jailed in DeKalb County, agency spokesman Lindsay Williams said in an emailed statement. His case now goes to immigration court to determine whether Guevara, a native of El Salvador, can remain in the U.S. His attorney, Giovanni Diaz, has said that Guevara was doing…
Really, when you think about it, the Lakers and the Dodgers – or, if you prefer, Dodgers and Lakers – maybe should have been corporate siblings all along. They are the dominant teams in North America’s most diverse sports market, the biggest dogs in an awfully competitive kennel. And this might not be 100% accurate, but it would be my suspicion that the vast majority of those who root for the Dodgers also pull for the Lakers. (How else, after all, to explain those thunderous boos in The Ravine any time a Clipper is shown on the video board?) So…
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Texas man has been charged with buying fireworks that he allegedly planned to use against law enforcement officers and government officials during recent immigration protests in California. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the district of New Mexico announced the charges Wednesday, saying 48-year-old Grzegorz Vandenberg visited a store in southwestern New Mexico to purchase fireworks and asked employees for the largest explosives possible. According to court records, the man allegedly told store employees that he had previously served in the military’s special forces and could make pipe bombs. He said he was…