The Sports Report: Rams, Chargers announce their final rosters

From Gary Klein : With a strong nucleus of veterans and ascending young players, and the addition of several key free-agents, the Rams went into training camp with a deep and talented roster.

So deep that veteran running back Ronnie Rivers and several recent draft picks were among 23 players waived on Tuesday as the Rams trimmed the roster to the NFL-mandated 53 players.

Really love this team, coach Sean McVay said after practice.

Love the makeup of it.

Among those waived: Inside linebacker Chris Pooh Paul , a 2025 fifth-round draft pick, and outside linebacker Brennan Jackson , a 2024 fifth-round pick.

Continue reading here The most shocking NFL players looking for jobs after roster cuts CHARGERS From Anthony De Leon : Year 2 of the Jim Harbaugh experience arrived with a roster far more settled than last summer, giving him room to further shape it in his image a process that has left him satisfied with the foundation.

Set at running back, Raheim Sanders and Kimani Vidal were among 25 players waived by the Chargers on Tuesday ahead of the NFLs 53-man roster deadline.

The cuts also included eight veterans, most notably quarterback Taylor Heinicke and safety Tony Jefferson .

Continue reading here DODGERS From Jack Harris : The Dodgers might be sprinting toward the finish line this year, trying to edge out the San Diego Padres in a tight National League West race .

But on Tuesday night, in a win that kept them one game up in the standings with 29 to play, they made a 6-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds feel more like a nice, leisurely stroll.

Clayton Kershaw continued his renaissance season, pitching five innings of one-run ball to earn a fifth-consecutive victory (his longest such streak since the end of the 2022 season).

The offense steadily wore the Reds pitching staff down, answering a first-inning Cincinnati run with one of their own before taking the lead for good in the fourth.

It all added up to a third-straight win for the Dodgers ( 76-57 ), and helped them hold serve on a night the Padres beat the Mariners in Seattle (despite blowing an early five-run lead).

Its been really fun to watch our guys play at the level that theyre capable of, manager Dave Roberts said.

I like how were playing.

I like where were at right now.

Kershaw provided the bedrock for Tuesdays victory.

Continue reading here 10 things to note about the Dodgers 2026 schedule.

When do they play the Padres? BTS singer V surprises broadcasters at Dodger Stadium by being athletic Dodgers box score MLB scores MLB standings ANGELS Patrick Corbin gave up three hits over eight shutout innings, Corey Seager became the first Ranger to reach 20 home runs this season, and Texas beat the Angels 7-3 on Tuesday night.

Corbin (7-9) gave up a walk with eight strikeouts.

He is 3-0 with a 1.93 ERA in four starts against the Angels this season.

He won for the first time since July 10 when he beat the Angels 11-4.

Wyatt Langford drew a walk from Yusei Kikuchi (6-9) leading off the first and Seager walked with one out.

Adolis Garcia doubled in a run, Josh Jung had an RBI single, and Cody Freeman added a sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead.

Continue reading here How viable is the Big A for the long-term? Anaheim closing in on an answer Angels box score MLB scores MLB standings USC FOOTBALL From Ryan Kartje : When he arrived as a walk-on center in the fall of 2022, Kilian OConnor came in with every intention of fighting for a spot on USC s offensive line.

For the OConnor family, there was a certain pride in being a walk-on.

His father and grandfather were walk-ons.

It didnt matter that he was buried on the depth chart, or that the odds were stacked against him.

It was his duty to stay ready.

I came here to be a player, OConnor said.

I didnt come here just to be a bag holder.

Now this season, hell play a much more essential role for the Trojans as their newly minted starting center.

Continue reading here UCLA BASKETBALL From Ben Bolch : With a sudden burst, Donovan Dent accelerated toward the basket for a layup while absorbing contact that sent him tumbling to the baseline.

With an outstretched hand, Dent blocked a shot to trigger a fast break that he ended with his own long jumper.

With a flick of the wrist, Dent made almost every three-pointer he took.

Everything UCLAs point guard did Tuesday during a roughly 80-minute summer workout open to reporters showed his ability to elevate his new team.

Continue reading here SPARKS From Kara Alexander : Execution, intensity, and pacing defined Tuesdays matchup at Crypto.com Arena, where the Sparks ( 17-19 ) faced the Phoenix Mercury (23-14) in their third meeting of the season, with the Sparks losing for the third time to the Mercury, 92-84 .

Before the game, Sparks coach Lynne Roberts emphasized the importance of focus on both ends of the floor.

For us offensively, its going to come down to pace and being willing to execute, Roberts said.

You have to execute with intensity and intention.

Continue reading here Sparks box score WNBA standings THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY 1884 Richard Sears beats Howard Taylor 6-0, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2 to win his fourth straight U.S.

national tennis championship.

1903 Britains Hugh Doherty is the first non-American to win the mens singles title in the U.S.

Lawn Tennis Association championships with a 6-0, 6-3, 10-8 victory over the William Larned.

1909 William Larned wins his fifth U.S.

singles tennis title with a five-set victory over William Clothier in Newport, R.I.

1928 Helen Wills beats Helen Hull Jacobs to take the fifth womens singles title in the U.S.

Lawn Tennis Association championships.

Wills needs only 33 minutes, defeating Jacobs 6-2, 6-1.

1957 Hickory Smoke, driven by John Simpson, Jr., wins the Hambletonian Stakes after capturing the fifth and deciding heat.

1969 Lindys Pride, driven by Howard Beissinger, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats.

1975 Onny Parun of New Zealand defeats Stan Smith 6-4, 6-2 in the first night match at the U.S.

Open before a crowd of 4,949 at the West Side Tennis Club.

1978 The Cosmos defeat the Tampa Bay Rowdies 3-1 to win the NASL Championship.

1985 Mary Joe Fernandez, 14, becomes the youngest player to win a match at the U.S.

Open.

Fernandez beats Sara Gomer 6-1, 6-4.

1996 Stefan Edberg stuns Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek at the U.S.

Open, winning 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in his record 54th straight and final Grand Slam event.

1999 Maurice Greene and Inger Miller win at 200 meters at the world championships, giving the U.S.

a sprint sweep.

Greene is the first to win the 100 and 200 at a major global meet since Carl Lewis at the 1984 Olympics.

2006 Marco Andretti, 19, becomes the youngest winner of a major open-wheel event, beating Dario Franchitti by 0.66 seconds to take the Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma.

2015 Usain Bolt wins his fourth straight 200-meter title at the world championships, finishing in 19.55 seconds in Beijing.

2018 Simona Halep becomes the first No.

1-seeded woman to lose her opening match at the U.S.

Open in the half-century of the professional era.

Halep is overwhelmed by 44th-ranked Kaia Kanepi of Estonia 6-2, 6-4.

2023 Gymnast Simone Biles (26) wins her record 8th U.S.

Championship in San Jose, California.

THIS DAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY 1897 Roger Bresnahan, later a Hall of Fame catcher, made his major-league debut as a pitcher for the Washington Senators by shutting out the St.

Louis Browns 3-0.

1911 Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox.

Walsh struck out eight and walked one.

1937 Brooklyns Fred Frankhouse pitched a rain-shortened no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds.

The game was stopped with two out in the eighth inning with the Dodgers leading 5-0.

1977 Toby Harrah and Bump Wills of the Texas Rangers hit back-to-back inside-the-park home runs on consecutive pitches in the seventh inning in an 8-2 victory over New York at Yankee Stadium.

1978 Joe Morgan of the Cincinnati Reds hit his 200th career home run to become the first player in major league history to have 200 homers and 500 stolen bases.

1982 Rickey Henderson of Oakland broke Lou Brocks 1974 record of 118 stolen bases in a season and stole three more bases in the Athletics 5-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.

It gave Henderson 122 thefts in 127 games.

1999 Vladimir Guerreros hitting streak was halted at 31 games by Cincinnatis Ron Villone in the Reds 4-1 win over Montreal.

Guerrero went 0-for-2 with an intentional walk against Villone, ending the majors longest hitting streak since 1987.

2005 Jeff Kent became the first player to hit 300 home runs as a second baseman in the Dodgers 8-3 win over Houston.

The homer was the 325th of his career.

2010 Florida led off a game with back-to-back homers for the first time in franchise history in a 7-1 victory over Atlanta.

Cameron Maybin hit the first pitch of the game into the left-field seats.

Logan Morrison then connected off Tommy Hanson for his first major league home run.

2011 Justin Verlander became the majors first 20-game winner, grinding through six innings in the Detroit Tigers 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

Verlander (20-5) became the first pitcher to win 20 games before the end of August since Arizonas Curt Schilling in 2002.

2017 Giancarlo Stanton hit his 50th home run to break an eighth-inning tie, helping the Miami Marlins sweep the San Diego Padres with a 6-2 victory.

Stanton became the first NL player to reach 50 homers since Prince Fielder hit 50 for Milwaukee in 2007.

2017 Rookie Rhys Hoskins homered for the fifth straight game and made a diving catch to start a game-changing triple play in the fifth inning, leading Philadelphia to a 6-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

Hoskins led off the eighth with a drive to left-center to give him 11 home runs in his first 18 games, becoming the fastest in major league history to reach 11 homers.

Hoskins was called up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Aug.

10.

2018 Kendrys Morales home run streak was ended at seven games by the Baltimore Orioles, who halted an eight-game skid by defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0.

Morales went 0 for 3 with a walk and did not hit the ball out of the infield.

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