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The USC football team returns to action tonight for a rare Friday contest. What’s more, tonight’s game will be the program’s first-ever meeting with Rutgers. Of course, with the World Series also taking place in L.A. on Friday night between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees, a new wrinkle has been thrown into the mix for Southern California sports fans. USC head coach Lincoln Riley addressed that in his weekly zoom call with the media this week. “The Friday kicks here aren’t ideal in LA,” he said. “I know there’s a lot of other great sporting events…
Game 1 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees kicks off on Oct. 25. In front of a home crowd at Dodgers Stadium, Jack Flaherty will take the mound as the team’s starting pitcher.Cheering Flaherty on against the Yankees, his girlfriend and No. 1 fan, Natalie Buffett. If Buffett’s name sounds familiar, she previously dated Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott for two years before the couple called it quits in March 2022.While Prescott proposed to his now fiancée, Sarah James Ramos, last weekend, Flaherty turned some heads after including a photo of a…
Former Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford shined during Thursday Night Football for the LA Rams. The Georgia Bulldogs are on a bye this week which means it’s a great opportunity to watch some former Dawgs shine in the NFL. The Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings played on Thursday night, and former Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford had himself a game. The Rams defeated the Vikings by a final score of 30-20. Stafford threw for 279 yards, four touchdowns and one interception. Perhaps the biggest difference for the Rams in this game was that wide receivers Puca Nacua and Cooper Kupp…
After the New York Yankees won the American League Championship Series against the Cleveland Guardians on Oct. 19, the crowd in Cleveland began to chant, “Re-sign Soto.”Fans have been cheering for the Yankees to keep right fielder Juan Soto for months at their home stadium in the Bronx, but the rallying cry emerged nearly 500 miles away after Soto swatted a go-ahead home run in the 10th inning of Game 5 of the ALCS.The three-run home run led the Yankees to a 5-2 victory over the Guardians and sent the Yankees to the World Series, where they will face the…
INDIANAPOLIS — The Knicks outscored the Pacers by 30 points in the middle two quarters to turn Friday’s Eastern Conference semifinals into a laugher, winning 123-98 to get some level of revenge for Indiana’s win in the best-of-seven series in May. All-Star point guard Tyrese Haliburton went scoreless, missing all eight of his field goal attempts including seven 3s.The Pacers fell to 1-1 with their home opener coming Sunday against the Philadelphia 76ers. The Knicks improved to 1-1 after starting the year with a blowout loss to Boston.All-NBA guard Jalen Brunson led the Knicks with 26 points. Newly added center…
Breaking News: Luke Weaver will not be pitching for the New York Yankees during the World Series. First of all, he’s blind. Second, he’s a lifelong Dodgers fan who remembers going to sleep to the sound of the games on the radio. Weaver is not to be confused with Yankees closer Luke Weaver, whose star has risen this year as he mows down batters and screams on the mound. This Luke Weaver is just a guy.Dodgers fans like Weaver with namesakes on the Bronx Bombers are in a bit of a pickle this fall, caught between the team they support…
After racing just one season at the elite level, up-and-coming Italian talent Monica Trinca Colonel will step up to the Women’s WorldTour in 2025 with Liv AlUla Jayco on a two-year deal.Trinca Colonel, 25, has shown great potential during her short time at Italian Continental team BePink-Bongioanni, with three top 15 stage finishes at the Giro d’Italia Women, third overall at the Tour de l’Ardeche and seventh at last weekend’s Giro dell’Emilia.It’s been a rapid rise for pro cycling latecomer Trinca Colonel. Having not raced since being a junior, she signed with BePink after impressing team manager Walter Zini with…
An inside look at the Celtics’ 2024 Championship rings An inside look at the Celtics’ 2024 Championship rings 03:48 BOSTON — Celtics star Jayson Tatum made sure a young fan had a birthday that they’ll never forget Thursday night. After helping lead the Celtics to a 122-102 victory over the Wizards in Washington D.C. on Thursday, Tatum saw a young fan in the crowd with a sign asking for his autograph. It was the boy’s birthday and he was asking Tatum to sign his No. 0 Celtics jersey.Tatum did him one better. He motioned for the boy to meet him near…
Yankees vs. Dodgers history ahead of World Series 2024 matchupThe Yankees and Dodgers are getting ready for a 12th World Series matchup with the 2024 series on tap.LOS ANGELES – Before the Yankees left New York for the World Series on Wednesday, manager Aaron Boone addressed his team.Boone wouldn’t divulge anything that was said, but one thing was clear. The time for talk was over; Boone said he wasn’t planning to address the Yanks as a group again.It’s time for action.It’s Game 1 of World Series, the first for Boone as a manager, the first for Yankees’ captain Aaron Judge…
PITTSBURGH — Pitt entered the game against Syracuse undefeated, ranked 19th in the latest AP Poll, and it still felt like the Panthers needed to prove that they were for real. A 41-13 drubbing of Syracuse, perhaps the best defensive performance of the college football season, certainly made a statement. Pitt dominated a one-loss conference opponent on national television and enters a mini-bye week before the biggest game since 2021. It was a good night at Acrisure Stadium. “Heck of a defensive performance,” Pat Narduzzi said after the win. “I mean, I don’t care how we win, offense, defense. We…