It hasn’t been a secret that the bridge from starter to those back-end relievers is where the Angels’ relief corp has struggled. “That mentality of ‘you’re not gonna touch me.’ ”īut getting to the point of a game when Moore and Estévez are needed has not been easy. We’re gonna get this game,’” Estévez once said of his mentality going into one of his saves. Moore has held scores 12 times, with Estévez converting all 12 of his save opportunities. Then when Carlos Estévez starts preparing to close out the game, it’s all but over for the opposing team. Tony Gonsolin gave up two moon shot home runs that spotted the Braves an early lead.įrom Sarah Valenzuela: There’s a comforting feeling Angels fans have when they realize Matt Moore is warming up for the penultimate inning. The offense left 10 men aboard and went one for 10 with runners in scoring position. “I thought our guys still did some things well,” manager Dave Roberts said.īut when it mattered most, they time and again came up empty. They had runners aboard in every single inning. They got their starting pitcher into the sixth inning for the first time in more than a week. Otherwise, Wednesday’s 4-3 loss at Truist Park would have been a lot more frustrating.Īfter surprise wins in the first two games of the series, when the Dodgers prevailed with rookie pitchers on the mound, Wednesday seemed set up for a potential statement sweep.
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The Sparks have something good in the 22-year-old out of South Carolina.įrom Jack Harris: It’s a good thing the Dodgers already clinched their series win over the Braves this week. “This is something good,” she thought to herself. She was less than two minutes into her WNBA playing career, but Cooke already had shared the court with her childhood heroes, fought for two rebounds, and when she watched the ball fall through the hoop for her first points as a pro, she whipped her fist three times in celebration. There’s a reason why her Sparks teammates call their rookie fearless.
Results will be announced in Friday’s newsletterįrom Thuc Nhi Nguyen: With one explosive dribble, Zia Cooke drove past her defender and elevated. He also had responsibilities with the construction of the team’s Inglewood arena, Intuit Dome, which is slated to open in the fall of 2024.ĭo you think LeBron James will retire? Click here to vote. Respected as a salary cap expert from previous stops in Cleveland and Oklahoma City upon his arrival in Los Angeles in 2017, Winger’s role went beyond the day-to-day of the roster and included managing facilities. Winger agreed to be the President of Monumental Basketball, which will oversee not only the Wizards but also the team’s G League affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go, the WNBA’s Mystics and all of the organization’s basketball facilities.
Outside members of USC’s leadership team include Sandy Barbour, a former athletic director at Berkeley and most recently at Penn State Mitch Moser, a longtime administrator at Duke and Kevin Weiberg, a former Big 12 commissioner and Big Ten Network executive.įrom Andrew Greif: Washington has hired Michael Winger, the Clippers’ general manager since 2017, to oversee all of the organization’s basketball operations, a person not authorized to publicly discuss the hiring confirmed to The Times. She’ll be joined in that task by a newly appointed “interim leadership” team that includes three external administrators with athletics experience, as well as four members of university president Carol Folt’s senior administration. Become a subscriber.įrom Ryan Kartje: USC has appointed an “interim executive administrator” to help steer a reeling department in the wake of Mike Bohn’s resignation Friday.ĭenise Kwok, USC’s executive senior associate athletic director for student-athlete development, will be the interim executive administrator while USC balances conducting a search for a new athletic director and navigating a transition to the Big Ten Conference. Your support helps us deliver the news that matters most. Enjoying this newsletter? Consider subscribing to the Los Angeles Times
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