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LOS ANGELES — Undaunted, the Dodgers jumped back into the no-hit fray on Monday and came up short yet again. Three days after Yoshinobu Yamamoto was one out away from a no-hitter in Baltimore, only for the game to get away in spectacular fashion, they again were on the brink of the 24th no-no in franchise history against the Colorado Rockies. This time the no-hit effort ended when left-hander Tanner Scott gave up a leadoff double to Ryan Ritter to lead off the ninth. Where Saturday’s bid ended in a 4-3 defeat, Scott finished off his 21st save in a…
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO — J.J. McCarthy threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes and ran for another TD in his long-awaited NFL debut, and the Minnesota Vikings rallied for a season-opening 27-24 victory over the Chicago Bears on Monday night. Chicago quarterback Caleb Williams had his first career rushing touchdown and threw for a score in Ben Johnson’s first game as the Bears’ head coach. McCarthy delivered down the stretch after struggling through the first three quarters. The Vikings and coach Kevin O’Connell are counting on the former Michigan star after he missed his rookie season due to…
LOS ANGELES — Dropped into the middle of a division title chase with three weeks remaining in the regular season, Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy finds himself in his comfort zone. Muncy was activated to the roster Monday after missing nearly a month with an oblique injury. That came after he missed a month with a bone bruise in his ankle. After losing five of six games to the last-place Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles, the Dodgers went into Monday’s game with a one-game lead on the San Diego Padres in the National League West. They could use a run…
SANTA ANA — A Santa Ana pastor was convicted Monday of sexually assaulting three girls he met through churches in Riverside, Garden Grove and Santa Ana. Carlos Ramirez Valdez, 61, was arrested in 2021. He was convicted of seven counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor younger than 14 and three counts of oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child 10 or younger, all felonies. Jurors also found true a sentencing enhancement for multiple victims. Valdez was pastor of International Mission Church USA at 505 S. Main St., police said. From 2014-2017, he was a member of…
By DÁNICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Puerto Rico on Monday as the U.S. steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean. Their arrival in the U.S. territory comes more than a week after ships carrying hundreds of U.S. marines deployed to Puerto Rico for a training exercise, a move that some on the island have criticized. Puerto Rico’s Gov. Jenniffer González said Hegseth and Caine visited on behalf of President Donald Trump’s administration to…
As has seemingly become tradition around the Rams, the team’s offensive line will bear some monitoring entering Week 2 after guards Kevin Dotson and Steve Avila suffered ankle sprains in Sunday’s season-opening 14-9 victory over the Houston Texans. Avila, the Rams’ starting left guard, suffered his injury in the second quarter on Sunday as his ankle was rolled up on during a running play. He tested the ankle out during halftime warmups, but ultimately the Rams (1-0) opted to stick with backup Beaux Limmer in Avila’s place. But after Dotson sprained his ankle, Avila came back into the game and…
By DAVID FISCHER FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf last year in South Florida stood before a group of potential jurors in a Florida courtroom on Monday and said he was “sorry for bringing you all in here.” Ryan Routh, wearing a gray sports coat, red tie with white stripes and khaki slacks, is representing himself in the trial that began with jury selection on Monday in the federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida. “Thank you for being here,” Routh told the first group of 60 jurors who…
ANAHEIM — Angels interim manager Ray Montgomery moved Zach Neto to a spot he figures the shortstop is going to occupy for much of his career. Neto got his first career start in the No. 3 spot in the lineup on Monday, with Mike Trout hitting in the leadoff spot that Neto had held for much of the season. “We’ll get a couple people on for you and you drive them in,” Montgomery said he told Neto. “That’s your job.” The No. 3 spot is typically reserved for a team’s best hitter, although many analysts these days argue that the best…
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and JOSHUA GOODMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard detects and detains scores of drug-running vessels in the Caribbean every year in its role as the world’s drug police on the high seas. Now, that anti-narcotics mission may look vastly different after a U.S. military strike on a vessel off Venezuela. Trump administration officials asserted last week that gang members were smuggling drugs bound for America. The Trump administration has indicated more military strikes on drug targets could be coming, saying it is seeking to “wage war” on Latin American cartels it accuses of flooding the…
Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert slides after running for the game-clinching first down in the fourth quarter of their season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sept. 5, 2025, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images) Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert throws a touchdown pass during the first half of their season opener against the Kansas City Chiefs on Friday night in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AP Photo/Doug Benc) Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert runs against the Kansas City Chiefs during the first half of an NFL football game, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Sao Paulo. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) Chargers quarterback…