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PRO CALENDAR

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9 10 11 12 13

LAKERS

TORONTO

6:30

SpecSN

at Phoenix

6

SpecSN

GOLDEN ST.

7

SpecSN, ESPN

CLIPPERS

TORONTO

7:30

Prime

at Houston

4:30

Prime, ESPN

RAMS

at

Pittsburgh

1:15

Ch. 11

CHARGERS

NEXT: NOV. 18 VS. K.C. AT MEXICO CITY, 5:15, ESPN

KINGS

at Montreal

4

FSW

MINNESOTA

7:30

FSW

DUCKS

EDMONTON

6

Prime

DETROIT

7

Prime

Shade denotes home game

TIME EVENT ON THE AIR

AUTO RACING

9:30 a.m. NASCAR Xfinity, Desert Diamond Casino West Valley

200, qualifying

TV:NBCSN

11 a.m. NASCAR Monster Energy, Bluegreen Vacations 500,

qualifying

TV:NBCSN

12:30 p.m. NASCAR Xfinity, Desert Diamond Casino West Valley

200

TV: 4

BASKETBALL

5 p.m. NBA G League, Oklahoma City at South Bay Lakers TV:SpecSN

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

9 a.m. Central Arkansas at Georgetown TV:Prime

11:30 a.m. Stony Brook at Seton Hall TV:Prime

1 p.m. Iona at La Salle TV:NBCSN

1 p.m. Central Connecticut State at St. John’s TV:FS2

1:30 p.m. New Jersey Institute of Technology at Providence TV:Prime

4 p.m. New Orleans at Butler TV:Prime

4 p.m. Texas at Purdue TV:FS1

5 p.m. Oklahoma vs. Minnesota TV:Big Ten

6 p.m. Rhode Island at Maryland TV:FS1

8 p.m. Boise State at Oregon TV:Pac-12

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

9 a.m. Penn State at Minnesota TV: 7

9 a.m. Maryland at Ohio State TV: 11

9 a.m. Vanderbilt at Florida TV:ESPN

9 a.m. Texas Tech at West Virginia TV:ESPN2

9 a.m. Massachusetts at Army TV:CBSSN

9 a.m. Florida State at Boston College TV:ACC

9 a.m. East Carolina at Southern Methodist TV:ESPNU

9 a.m. Purdue at Northwestern TV:Big Ten

9 a.m. Western Kentucky at Arkansas TV:SEC

9 a.m. Baylor at Texas Christian TV:FS1

9:30 a.m. Georgia Tech at Virginia TV:FSW

Noon Stanford at Colorado TV:Pac-12

12:30 p.m. Louisiana State at Alabama TV: 2

12:30 p.m. USC at Arizona State TV: 7 R: 790

12:30 p.m. Kansas State at Texas TV:ESPN

12:30 p.m. Louisville at Miami TV:ESPN2

12:30 p.m. Alabama-Birmingham at Southern Mississippi TV:NFL

12:30 p.m. Connecticut at Cincinnati TV:CBSSN

12:30 p.m. Wake Forest at Virginia Tech TV:ACC

12:30 p.m. Princeton vs. Dartmouth TV:ESPNU

12:30 p.m. Illinois at Michigan State TV:FS1

1 p.m. Iowa at Wisconsin TV: 11

1 p.m. New Mexico State at Mississippi TV:SEC

4 p.m. Missouri at Georgia TV:ESPN

4 p.m. Appalachian State at South Carolina TV:ESPN2

4 p.m. Utah State at Fresno State TV:CBSSN

4 p.m. Washington State at California TV:Pac-12

4:30 p.m. Clemson at North Carolina State TV: 7

4:30 p.m. Notre Dame at Duke TV:ACC

4:30 p.m. Liberty at Brigham Young TV:ESPNU

4:30 p.m. Tennessee at Kentucky TV:SEC

5 p.m. Iowa State at Oklahoma TV: 11

7:15 p.m. Wyoming at Boise State TV:ESPN

7:30 p.m. Nevada at San Diego State TV:ESPN2

COLLEGE WATER POLO

10:30 a.m. USC at UCLA TV:Pac-12LA

GOLF

12:30 p.m. PGA Tour Champions, Charles Schwab Cup

Championship, third round

TV:Golf

6:30 p.m. LPGA Tour, TOTO Japan Classic, final round TV:Golf

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

8 p.m. CIF-SS Division 1 Championship, Mater Dei vs.

Redondo Union

TV:Prime

HOCKEY

10 a.m. Buffalo vs. Tampa Bay TV:NHL

4 p.m. Kings at Montreal TV:FSW R:iHeart

4 p.m. Chicago at Pittsburgh TV:NHL

HORSE RACING

1 p.m. Trackside Live! Del Mar TV:TVG

3:30 p.m. Trackside Live! Let it Ride TV:TVG

4:30 p.m. Trackside Live! Del Mar TV:TVG

6 p.m. The Quarters featuring Los Alamitos TV:TVG

SOCCER

4:30 a.m. England, Chelsea vs. Crystal Palace TV:NBCSN, UNVSO

6:30 a.m. Germany, Hertha Berlin vs. Leipzig TV:FS1, FOXD

6:30 a.m. Germany, Schalke vs. Dusseldorf TV:FS2, TUDN

6:30 a.m. Germany, Mainz vs. Union Berlin TV:Fox Soccer Plus

7 a.m. England, Tottenham vs. Sheffield TV:NBCSN, UNVSO

7 a.m. Spain, Valencia vs. Granada TV:beIN1, beINES

9:15 a.m. Spain, Eibar vs. Real Madrid TV:beIN1, beINES

9:30 a.m. England, Leicester City vs. Arsenal TV: 4

9:30 a.m. Germany, Munich vs. Dortmund TV:FS2, FOXD

10 a.m. Portugal, Santa Clara vs. Benfica TV:GOLTV

11:45 a.m. Spain, Barcelona vs. Celta Vigo TV:beIN1

12:30 p.m. Portugal, Famalicao vs. Moreirense TV:GOLTV

3 p.m. Mexico, UAEM Potros vs. Tampico Madero TV:GOLTV

4:30 p.m. Mexico, UANL vs. Pachuca TV:ESPND, KMEX,

TUDN, UNI

6:45 p.m. Mexico, Leon vs. Toluca TV:TUDN, UNI

SWIMMING

3 p.m. TYR Pro Swim Series, Day 3 TV:NBCSN

TENNIS

8 a.m. USTA Men’s Pro Circuit Knoxville, semifinals TV:Tennis

Noon Center Court, Next Gen Finals TV:Tennis

2 p.m. USTA Women’s Pro Circuit Las Vegas, semifinals TV:Tennis

7 p.m. Fed Cup, Australia vs. France TV:Tennis

TODAY ON THE AIR

NHL

Favorite Underdog

at Montreal -185 KINGS +170

at Tampa Bay OFF Buffalo OFF

at N.Y. Islanders -120 Florida +110

at Toronto -170 Philadelphia +158

Carolina -190 at Ottawa +175

at Pittsburgh -208 Chicago +188

at Washington -130 Vegas +120

at Arizona -139 Minnesota +129

at Colorado OFF Columbus OFF

at Calgary -130 St. Louis +120

Nashville -120 at San Jose +110

College Basketball

Favorite Line Underdog

Massachusetts 3 at Fairfield

Wright State 3 at Miami (Ohio)

at W. Kentucky 111 ⁄ 2 Austin Peay

at St. Louis 8 Valparaiso

at Indiana 21 Portland State

at Coll. of Charl. 51 ⁄ 2 Georgia State

at Nebraska 71 ⁄ 2 Southern Utah

at Oklahoma St. 18 UMKC

Utah Valley 3 at Denver

Kansas State 5 at UNLV

at Air Force 2 Texas State

at S. Alabama 9 Southern Miss.

at N. Illinois 1 Northern Iowa

at Hofstra 71 ⁄ 2 Monmouth

at La Salle PK Iona

Oklahoma 41 ⁄ 2 at Minnesota

at Chattanooga 21 ⁄ 2 Tennessee State

at Oregon State 2 Iowa State

Pennsylvania 5 at Rice

at Brown 91 ⁄ 2 Canisius

at UC Riverside 111 ⁄ 2 Idaho

at Milwaukee 31 ⁄ 2 W. Michigan

at Evansville PK Ball State

at Dayton 111 ⁄ 2 Indiana State

at Purdue 8 Texas

E. Tennessee St. 12 at UT Martin

at Bradley 101 ⁄ 2 IUPUI

at Pepperdine PK UC Irvine

at Texas-Arlington PK Tulsa

at Brigham Young 4 San Diego State

at New Mexico 101 ⁄ 2 Cal St. Northridge

at Maryland 121 ⁄ 2 Rhode Island

San Diego 3 at Long Beach St.

at Nevada 81 ⁄ 2 LMU

at San Francisco 9 Princeton

at Seattle 3 E. Washington

at CS Bakersfield 3 South Dakota St.

at Stanford 121 ⁄ 2 Cal St. Fullerton

at Oregon 12 Boise State

Southern Illinois OFF Delaware

Oakland OFF UTSA

College Football

Saturday

Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog

at Arizona State 2 (55) USC

Clemson 33 (53^1 ⁄ 2 ) at N.C. State

at Boston College 21 ⁄ 2 (63^1 ⁄ 2 ) Florida State

at Virginia 15 (46^1 ⁄ 2 ) Georgia Tech

Texas Tech 21 ⁄ 2 (58) at West Virginia

at Miami 7 (49^1 ⁄ 2 ) Louisville

Notre Dame 71 ⁄ 2 (51) at Duke

at Ohio State 421 ⁄ 2 (66^1 ⁄ 2 ) Maryland

at Army 34 (61) Massachusetts

at Cincinnati 35 (54) Connecticut

at Michigan State 141 ⁄ 2 (47) Illinois

Wake Forest 2 (61) at Virginia Tech

at South Carolina 6 (51) Appalachian St.

Penn State 61 ⁄ 2 (47^1 ⁄ 2 ) at Minnesota

at Florida 27 (49^1 ⁄ 2 ) Vanderbilt

at Northwestern 21 ⁄ 2 (39^1 ⁄ 2 ) Purdue

Stanford 31 ⁄ 2 (56^1 ⁄ 2 ) at Colorado

at Old Dominion 31 ⁄ 2 (42^1 ⁄ 2 ) UTSA

at Boise State 141 ⁄ 2 (48) Wyoming

at Brigham Young 17 (59) Liberty

Charlotte 131 ⁄ 2 (57) at Texas El Paso

Baylor 3 (48) at TCU

at SMU 21 (72^1 ⁄ 2 ) East Carolina

at Texas State 7 (42) South Alabama

at Alabama 51 ⁄ 2 (62^1 ⁄ 2 ) Louisiana State

at Mississippi 281 ⁄ 2 (65) New Mexico St

at Arkansas 11 ⁄ 2 (52^1 ⁄ 2 ) Western Kentucky

at Oklahoma 141 ⁄ 2 (69) Iowa State

at Southern Miss. 7 (49^1 ⁄ 2 )UAB

Georgia Southern 3 (56) at Troy

at Kentucky 11 ⁄ 2 (42^1 ⁄ 2 ) Tennessee

at Georgia 161 ⁄ 2 (48) Missouri

at Texas 7 (57^1 ⁄ 2 ) Kansas State

at Louisiana Tech 51 ⁄ 2 (72^1 ⁄ 2 ) North Texas

Georgia State 21 ⁄ 2 (75^1 ⁄ 2 ) at La.-Monroe

at Florida Atlantic 101 ⁄ 2 (58^1 ⁄ 2 ) FIU

at Fresno State 51 ⁄ 2 (57^1 ⁄ 2 ) Utah State

at Wisconsin 9 (38) Iowa

Washington State 71 ⁄ 2 (51^1 ⁄ 2 ) at California

at San Diego St. 171 ⁄ 2 (39) Nevada

at Hawaii 8 (77) San Jose State

NFL

Sunday

Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog

RAMS 4 (43) at Pittsburgh

Kansas City 6 (49^1 ⁄ 2 ) at Tennessee

at Cleveland 21 ⁄ 2 (40^1 ⁄ 2 ) Buffalo

at Tampa Bay 41 ⁄ 2 (51^1 ⁄ 2 ) Arizona

N.Y. Giants 21 ⁄ 2 (44^1 ⁄ 2 ) at N.Y. Jets

at New Orleans 131 ⁄ 2 (51^1 ⁄ 2 ) Atlanta

Baltimore 10 (44^1 ⁄ 2 ) at Cincinnati

at Green Bay 5 (47) Carolina

at Chicago 3 (41) Detroit

at Indianapolis 111 ⁄ 2 (44) Miami

at Dallas 3 (48^1 ⁄ 2 ) Minnesota

Monday

Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog

at San Francisco 61 ⁄ 2 (47) Seattle

Updated odds available at Pregame.com

ODDS

On the same night day-

light saving time ended, it

was only fitting that USC fell

back and got its clock

cleaned.

Steve Ross

Beverly Hills

::

I have to agree with Bill

Plaschke’s opinion that the

USC football coach needs to

be fired. Against Oregon,

Clay Helton threw three

interceptions, fumbled

once, committed 92 yards in

penalties, and allowed a 100

yard touchdown on a kickoff

return. Oh wait, it wasn’t

Clay Helton who committed

these transgressions. They

were committed by the

highly touted, young adult,

idolized male athletes who

have probably been playing

football since their Pop

Warner days.

If fired, I believe that

Helton will land a job at

another university, and

prove his worth as a football

coach, mentor and role

model.

Michael Gesas

Beverly Hills

::

Where have you gone,

Mr. Orgeron?

SC Nation turns its

lonely eyes to you.

Woo, woo, woo...

Paul Boyd-Batstone

Long Beach

::

Thank you, Bill Plaschke,

for your recent rants regard-

ing why USC should not,

and will not hire Urban

Meyer. Because you are

wrong about 75% of the time

I am now really excited that

Meyer will be the next USC

football coach. Yes, Meyer

has had difficulties in the

past, but that should not

eliminate such a successful

coach from consideration.

Bruce Olson

Upland

::

In his self-appointed

search for USC’s next head

football coach (sorry Clay

Helton, in case you don’t

skip ahead to the ending)

Bill Plaschke writes as if he’s

in South Bend, Ind. USC,

and almost all major college

programs, are reflexively

conditioned to subordinate

ethics to winning, provided

only the coach is clever

enough to avoid detectable

major violations.

Konrad Moore

San Diego

::

USC football does not

want Urban Meyer as our

next coach, and USC fans

are tired of L.A. Times

sportswriters telling them

they do. News flash: Mike

Bohn isn’t stupid, and he

won’t hire a coach with a

shady past and a health

problem as his first order of

business.

Judy Thomsen

Glendora

::

Whether Clay Helton is a

nice guy is meaningless.

Ditto whether he wins any

or all of the next three re-

maining Pac-12 games. The

fact that USC has not been

able to recruit a single one of

the top 300 recruits for the

coming year says it all.

Robert Goldstone

Corona del Mar

::

Instead of Helton head

hunting, the real culprits

contributing to USC’s strug-

gles are, among others, a few

key assistants: “air charade”

Harrell, “no D” Pendergast,

and “not so special teams”

Baxter. Their heads should

be rolling.

David Marshall

Santa Monica

::

Clay Helton has brought

integrity to USC football,

but it’s not enough for some

Trojans fans who seem to

only care about double

digits in the win column

regardless of off-field em-

barrassments.

Barry P. Resnick

Orange

And you are ...?

Conspiracy theorists

want to know the identity of

the Dorian Thompson-

Robinson impersonator

who wore his uniform and

played quarterback in the

first few UCLA games this

season.

Wes Wellman

Santa Monica

::

What the heck is going

on? Who is that NBA player

with the good attitude who

is impersonating Dwight

Howard?

Richard Raffalow

Valley Glen

Charge!

Is Arash Markazi an

11-year-old boy? His naïve

ideas for the Chargers to

become successful in the

L.A. market are silly and

juvenile. Change the name?

Sorry, that won’t fool L.A.

fans who have disliked the

team from San Diego for

decades. Move their offices

to L.A? Hire Kobe Bryant to

be a team shill? Oh, please.

Just admit the Chargers’

move to L.A. was a ridicu-

lous mistake and putting

lipstick on that pig is use-

less.

Jim Regan

Carlsbad

::

I can’t believe I’m saying

this, as a lifelong Rams fan,

but the NFL should find a

way to convince the Char-

gers and the Raiders to

switch cities once their new

stadiums are ready.

Michael Gray

Yorba Linda

A Blue period

The National League

finalists for manager of the

year: Craig Counsell, Brew-

ers; Mike Shildt, Cardinals;

Brian Snitker, Braves.

We won 106 games, so

why not Dave Roberts? Is it

possible that the baseball

writers know more than

Andrew Friedman?

Jeff Pollack

Los Angeles

::

I’ll admit it. In my phone

call with Andrew Friedman,

I did ask for a quid pro quo. I

told Mr. Friedman that

unless he acted immediately

to improve the product that

plays for the 2020 Dodgers, I

will withhold any compen-

sation I have committed for

next season. Transcript

available upon request.

Steve Horvitz

Los Angeles

Enough is enough

Nobody grew up loving

horse racing more than I

did. My college schedule

revolved around the local

tracks. However, enough is

enough. The loss of Mongo-

lian Groom at Santa Anita

was one too many. The track

must be closed now and the

so-called sport must be

legally voted out in all 50

states.

Let’s show some human-

ity.

Fred Wallin

Westlake Village

::

Do we really need to read

about another horse that

tragically died at Santa

Anita? Every week that’s all

we hear about. It overshad-

ows the beauty, grace and

elegance of this incredible

sport.

People go to the track as

an escape and to marvel at

some great athletes. If all we

read about is the dark side

of the sport, then nobody

will want to go anymore.

Craig London

Encino

What a load

Sorry, but I don’t get it.

Kawhi Leonard can’t play

25-35 minutes (broken up

into several segments) two

nights in a row? On his

home court? Adam Silver

may buy it, but I don’t, nor

would, I guess, a lot of Clip-

pers fans.

Jack Wishard

Los Angeles

::

I hereby announce that I

will decrease my L.A. Times

Sports Viewpoint submis-

sions from four times a year

to one ... due to literary

writer’s load management.

Mark J. Featherstone

Windsor Hills

Stay in school

The best part of UCLA’s

first game was watching two

out of the three players who

were suspended for the

Chinese episode play a key

role in the win. Cody Riley

and Jalen Hill took respon-

sibility for their actions,

stayed in school and now

are a major part of the team.

Learning the valuable

lesson that people do make

mistakes at a young age and

the possibility of coming

back even stronger is there if

you want it. I would assume

that family influence was a

major factor in their come-

back. Or you could drop out

of school, ruin your future

and play against 30-year-

olds in Lithuania. I’m sure

family influence was the

factor in that decision also.

Richard Katz

Los Angeles

::

Watching UCLA play

Mick Cronin basketball

reminds us that we never

should have let Ben How-

land get away.

Chip Chasalow

Los Angeles

Go Aztecs

Can we now root for

Seattle to win the Super

Bowl and Rashaad Penny to

be named MVP? That

would give San Diego State

the trifecta, after Kawhi

Leonard in the NBA Finals

and Stephen Strasburg in

the World Series.

Bill Remy

Huntington Beach

Yawner

So the Ducks lost be-

cause they were tired?

Really?

I gotta save that one for

the Angels next year.

Ron Reeve

Glendora

::

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