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Rangers aim to close season with sweep of Angels
Aug 23, 2024; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi (17) throws a pitch during the first inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images While the Texas Rangers are wrapping up their seventh losing season in eight years, they can take solace in small victories such as grinding out a comeback victory in the ninth inning and seeing a young player get the key hit.
Following one of their more dramatic wins of a challenging season, the Rangers will attempt to finish a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels when the American League West foes conclude the season Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.
The Rangers (77-84) never got going this season, and although they are a respectable 21-16 in their past 37 games, this improved stretch is following a span of 16 losses in 21 games to essentially knock the defending World Series champions out of postseason contention.
One thing Texas has done well of late is beat the Angels. Texas has won eight of 12 meetings and 12 of the past 18. The Rangers secured a road-series win over the Angels on Saturday by storming back for a 9-8 victory with four runs in the ninth inning.
Nathaniel Lowe homered and hit an RBI double before capping an 11-pitch plate appearance with a bases-loaded walk in the ninth. He scored the tie-breaking run on a throwing error by Los Angeles rookie right fielder Gustavo Campero on a two-run, game-tying single by pinch hitter Jonathan Ornelas.
“They’ve done a great job of continuing to play,” Texas manager Bruce Bochy said. “We got down pretty good there, and they just kept fighting. It was a very entertaining game. It was sloppy on both sides at times.”
The Rangers lost Adolis Garcia to a sore knee, and the right fielder will miss Sunday’s game. Garcia hit .224 with 25 homers and 85 RBIs in 154 games.
The Angels (63-98) are skidding to the finish of the worst season in team history. After finishing with 73 wins in Shohei Ohtani’s final season with the team, Los Angeles has lost five games in a row, is 1-8 in its past nine contests, and is 12-34 since taking two of three from the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium last month.
Long before his costly throwing error, Campero hit a three-run homer for his first career home run in the third. Niko Kavadas also homered and Logan O’Hoppe had four hits on Saturday, but the Angels had just three of their 13 hits after the fourth inning.
“They’re feeling the heat,” manager Ron Washington said. “They’re feeling the pressure. You can see it. There’s really no reason to. I can say that, because I’m not between the lines. But those guys between the lines, you can see it.”
Nathan Eovaldi (11-8, 3.96 ERA) will start for Texas on Sunday, though it could be an abbreviated outing. The right-hander allowed four runs in seven innings during a no-decision at Oakland on Tuesday — the Rangers lost 5-4 — and he is 0-3 with a 7.56 ERA over his past three outings after winning three straight starts from Aug. 23-Sept. 4.
Eovaldi is 4-3 with a 3.86 ERA in 13 career appearances (11 starts) against the Angels.
Rookie Jack Kochanowicz (2-5, 4.01 ERA), who is 2-3 with a 2.63 ERA in his past eight starts, will start for the Angels. The right-hander produced his second career scoreless outing when he allowed three hits in seven innings and got 14 outs on the ground Tuesday in a no-decision, a 3-2 Angels loss to the host Chicago White Sox.
Kochanowicz’s only career start against Texas was Sept. 5, when he allowed three runs on eight hits in six innings of a 3-1 loss.
–Field Level Media
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Report: LIV Golf settles $1M trademark lawsuit
Apr 6, 2024; Miami, Florida, USA; The LIV Golf logo is on display along the 10th hole during the second round of LIV Golf Miami golf tournament at Trump National Doral. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-Imagn Images The LIV has agreed to pay $1 million to Stinger Golf to settle a trademark infringement lawsuit with the Ohio-based golf tee manufacturer.
The Stinger Golf Club, one of LIV’s original four-man teams when the league debuted in 2022, rebranded to Southern Guards GC in January ahead of the tumultuous 2026 LIV campaign.
That change did not precede Stinger Golf’s move to sue LIV for $100 million in June 2025.
The company ended up accepting $1 million from LIV, per a July 6 filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
“Obviously $1 million doesn’t represent all the damages that our client suffered,” Brian Barakat, a partner at Barakat + Bossa, the firm that represented Stinger Golf, told Front Office Sports.
“It’s a settlement. Settlements are necessarily a compromise. What LIV did in this circumstance was pretty gross. We know that they knew long before they set up the Stinger Golf Club team that they were aware of our trademark, and they just decided that they didn’t care.”
The rebranded Southern Guards GC consists of South African players Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Branden Grace and Dean Burmeister.
Stinger Golf, which sells its tees in golf retail locations throughout the U.S. as well as online, was motivated to accept the compromise due to concern over LIV entering bankruptcy proceedings.
“They bowed to the realities of this situation and made a compromise that made business sense for them,” Barakat said. “We were very confident to go to trial. It wasn’t a compromise based on any fear of loss in the case. It was a compromise based on what we viewed as an imminent bankruptcy.”
LIV, World Wide Golf Brands, a former apparel partner of LIV, and the Stinger GC golf team were listed as defendants in the case. Only LIV will be making payments to the company.
–Field Level Media
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Roughriders mourning Jayden Dalke entering game vs. Elks
Jun 11, 2023; Edmonton, Alberta, CAN; Edmonton Elks running back Kevin Brown (4) avoids a tackle by Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive back Jayden Dalke (38) during the second half at Commonwealth Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Perry Nelson-Imagn Images If Thursday night’s home game with the Edmonton Elks has taken a back seat for the Saskatchewan Roughriders since late Saturday night, it’s understandable.
Jayden Dalke, a linebacker in his fifth year with the team, died after an auto accident at age 30. His car was driving the wrong way on a highway between Lumsden, Sask., and Regina when it hit another vehicle, whose driver also perished.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police reported that cannabis and alcohol were found inside Dalke’s vehicle. It’s also been revealed that Dalke stopped for gas in Lumsden and left without paying.
Saskatchewan canceled practice Sunday and briefly considered postponing the game but opted to play. The Roughriders were off last week after routing Hamilton 38-7 on July 12 to improve to 4-1.
How are players trying to focus on a game days after losing a team captain?
“Just be where your feet are,” said quarterback Trevor Harris. “You know, two things can be true at once. You can be focused on a goal that Dalke would want us to be focused on. And we can also mourn his loss.”
While Saskatchewan ping-pongs between readying for a game and mourning the loss of a teammate, Edmonton (5-1) makes the trip as the West leader. The Elks are coming off a 19-17 home win on Friday night over the BC Lions.
Defense was the primary reason for the result as Edmonton intercepted four passes from backup quarterback Chase Brice and converted those into 16 points. The Elks have pilfered 10 passes in the last three games and lead the league with 59 points off turnovers.
“It definitely feels good to get our offense back the ball and see those guys work because that’s a high powered offense,” said defensive back Kenneth Logan Jr. “Any chance we can get our hands on the ball and create a turnover, and create a spark for our team, that’s what we’re willing to do.”
If recent form holds, expect a close game. Last year’s season series saw the teams split two games with Saskatchewan winning 21-18 at home and Edmonton prevailing 27-25 in the Alberta rematch.
–Field Level Media
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Liberty make clutch shots, rally past Sky in wild finish
Jul 22, 2026; Brooklyn, New York, USA; New York Liberty center Jonquel Jones (35) grabs a rebound in the second quarter against the Chicago Sky at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images Jonquel Jones sank one of two free throws with 3.4 seconds left as the New York Liberty made a dramatic fourth-quarter rally to edge the Chicago Sky 95-94 on Wednesday night in Brooklyn.
Jones’ free throw capped a wild final minute for the Liberty (15-12), who trailed the Sky by eight with 58 seconds left. Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu made a long three with 56 seconds left, then another with 27 seconds to go to make it a two-point game, 93-91.
After Ionescu’s second three, teammate Breanna Stewart was called for a foul on Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot, but Vandersloot made only one of two free throws with 26 seconds to go in regulation. Ionescu then drove to the basket, scored and was fouled with 15 seconds to play. She made her free throw to tie the game at 94.
Chicago had time to set up and Vandersloot fired a pass to Kamilla Cardoso inside, but Cardoso’s layup rolled off and Cardoso was whistled for a foul grabbing at Jones for the rebound.
The Sky (9-18) have now lost their last two games in the final seconds after losing to the host Atlanta Dream on Jordin Canada’s buzzer-beating layup on Sunday. Chicago led by as many as 12 points on Wednesday.
Ionescu finished with a team-high 29 points and made five threes. Jones, hampered with foul trouble most of the night, finished with 14 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Stewart totaled 20 points and nine boards.
Sky rookie Sydney Taylor was magnificent in the loss, finishing with a career-high 31. Vandersloot added 14 and Cardoso 10.
In the first half, the Liberty achieved the unusual circumstance of leading after the first bucket of the half, and leading after the last, but with Chicago ahead the whole way in between.
After the Liberty took a 2-0 lead, Chicago seized control and led 12-5 after a long three by Taylor with 7:23 remaining in the quarter. Chicago carried a 32-26 advantage after one.
The Sky went on a 6-0 run midway through the second quarter with Azura Stevens converting a pair of free throws for a 46-39 lead with 2:54 left, matching the biggest lead of the first half.
With Jones on the bench with three fouls, things looked bad for the Liberty, but they dominated the last three minutes of the half. Han Xu, Jones’ replacement, scored inside, then Stewart put back her own miss.
Rebekah Gardner scored on a putback with 52 seconds left to pull the Liberty to 46-45, then Ionescu drained a long three to give New York a 48-46 halftime lead.
–Field Level Media
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