A little breathing room
![]() Dodgers: SAN FRANCISCO -- In the never-ending
and rarely successful quest to neutralize Barry Bonds, conventional
baseball wisdom is about as useful as a fastball down the middle.
It was in that spirit that with two outs in the ninth inning of
what figured to be a pivotal game in the National League West on
Friday night, Dodgers manager Jim Tracy threw away the proverbial
manual. Photo Gallery: Dodgers ...[MORE]
Beltre is valuable, but he's no Bonds
Kevin Modesti: SAN FRANCISCO -- Before the Dodgers beat the
Giants on Friday night, Jim Tracy delivered to writers from Los
Angeles and San Francisco an earnest and well-reasoned argument for
Adrian Beltre over Barry Bonds as the National League MVP.
The Dodgers manager was able to keep this going for nearly a
minute, and with a straight face, too. ...[MORE]
Angels gasping in loss
Angels: ANAHEIM -- It took just one inning for
the Oakland Athletics to bury the sleepwalking Angels in the first
game of their so-called showdown series here. Two more Oakland wins,
and the Angels might be buried for good.
Backed into a corner by the dwindling schedule and their own
indifferent play of late, the Angels produced little fight in losing
the first of three fairly must-win games. Oakland jumped ace Kelvim
Escobar and rolled to a 6-3 victory in front of 43,503 at Angel
Stadium. Photo Gallery: Angels ...[MORE]
• USC can't get caught looking past Stanford
• Big call, big run give Birmingham big win
Big call, big run give Birmingham big win
Birmingham of Lake Balboa coach Ed
Croson gave his players a break Friday.
After playing the Daily News' top two prep football teams to open
the season, and with No....[MORE]
Harris bails out Notre Dame
PALMDALE -- Its almost become policy at
Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks not to anoint stars....[MORE]
• Stumbling is humbling for Westlake
• Eagle Rock's rally picked off
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USC can't get caught looking past Stanford
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- USC defensive end
Jeff Schweiger grew up just down the 101 Freeway from Stanford, but
today marks the first time he's seen the Cardinal play in person.
"I never really liked them," Schweiger said....[MORE]
• Tough loss still with Arbet
• 'Weakest link' for Trojans
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Lorier reserves his spot
UCLA linebacker Ben Lorier stood on
the Coliseum turf last November and gazed at the 93,172 fans
watching USC dismantle his Bruins. That's when it all hit him....[MORE]
• Opportunity comes for Perry
• No trespassing
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Big second half propels Valley
Edric Prim rushed for 152 yards on 20 carries and scored
three touchdowns Saturday to lead Valley College (2-1, 1-0) to a
44-29 Western State Conference Northern Division-opening win over
host Santa Barbara (1-2, 0-1) at La Playa Stadium....[MORE]
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Northridge loses tourney title game
Most men's soccer teams would be
discouraged after opening the season with two losses in its first
four games. Cal State Northridge, however, isn't one of them.
Sure, Northridge lost 3-2 on Sunday to New Mexico, ranked 19th in
the nation, in the title game of the annual Matador Soccer
Invitational. ...[MORE]
• CSUN mulls new master plan Growth by 2010 would be addressed
• UCLA pulls rank in win
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