Los Angeles Times - 07.09.2019

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SNLA

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Baltimore

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SNLA

at

Baltimore

4

SNLA

ANGELS

at Chicago

White Sox

4

FSW

at Chicago

White Sox

11 a.m.

FSW

CLEVE.

7

FSW

CLEVE.

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YouTube TV

CLEVE.

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FSW

RAMS

at Carolina

10 a.m.

Ch. 11

CHARGERS

IND.

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Ch. 2

GALAXY

at Colorado

6

SpecSN

LAFC

at Orlando

4:30

YouTube TV

SPARKS

MINNESOTA

1

ESPN2

Shade denotes home game

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TIME EVENT ON THE AIR

AUTO RACING

8 a.m. NASCAR Monster Energy, Big Machine Vodka 400 at

the Brickyard, practice

TV:NBCSN

9 a.m. NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series, Indiana 250,

qualifying

TV:NBCSN

10:30 a.m. NASCAR Monster Energy, Big Machine Vodka 400 at

the Brickyard, final practice

TV:NBCSN

Noon NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series, Indiana 250 TV:NBCSN

BASEBALL

1 p.m. New York Yankees at Boston TV:FS1, FOXD

4 p.m. Angels at Chicago White Sox TV:FSW

R:830, 1330

4 p.m. Philadelphia at New York Mets TV:FS1, FOXD

6 p.m. San Francisco at Dodgers TV:5, SNLA, MLB

R:570, 1020

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

8 a.m. Ohio at Pittsburgh TV:ACC

9 a.m. Cincinnati at Ohio State TV: 7

9 a.m. Army at Michigan TV: 11

9 a.m. Syracuse at Maryland TV:ESPN

9 a.m. West Virginia at Missouri TV:ESPN2

9 a.m. Bowling Green at Kansas State TV:Prime

9 a.m. Alabama-Birmingham at Akron TV:CBSSN

9 a.m. Old Dominion at Virginia Tech TV:ESPNU

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

9 a.m. Charleston Southern at Southern Carolina TV:SEC

9 a.m. Rutgers at Iowa TV:FS1

9:30 a.m. Western Carolina at North Carolina State TV:FSW

10 a.m. Northern Illinois at Utah TV:Pac-12

11 a.m. South Florida at Georgia Tech TV:ACC

12:30 p.m. Texas A&M at Clemson TV: 7

12:30 p.m. Nebraska at Colorado TV: 11

12:30 p.m. Grambling State at Louisiana Tech TV:NFL

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

12:30 p.m. Southern Mississippi at Mississippi State TV:ESPNU

12:30 p.m. Central Michigan at Wisconsin TV:Big Ten

1 p.m. Murray State at Georgia TV:ESPN2

1 p.m. Texas San Antonio at Baylor TV:Prime

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

1:15 p.m. San Diego State at UCLA TV:Pac-12 R: 570

2 p.m. Louisiana Monroe at Florida State TV:ACC

4 p.m. Brigham Young at Tennessee TV:ESPN

4 p.m. Central Florida at Florida Atlantic TV:CBSSN

4:30 p.m. Louisiana State at Texas TV: 7

4:30 p.m. Buffalo at Penn State TV: 11

4:30 p.m. Tulane at Auburn TV:ESPN2

4:30 p.m. Tennessee Martin at Florida TV:ESPNU

4:30 p.m. Nevada at Oregon TV:Pac-12

4:30 p.m. Western Michigan at Michigan State TV:Big Ten

4:30 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Kentucky TV:SEC

5 p.m. Texas El Paso at Texas Tech TV:Prime

5 p.m. Miami at North Carolina TV:ACC

7:30 p.m. Stanford at USC TV:ESPN R: 790

7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Fresno State TV:CBSSN

7:30 p.m. California at Washington TV:FS1, FOXD

7:45 p.m. Northern Arizona at Arizona TV:Pac-12

GOLF

4 a.m. PGA Tour, Porsche European Open, third round TV:Golf

HORSE RACING

10 a.m. Belmont Park Live TV:FS2

1 p.m. Trackside Live! Los Alamitos TV:TVG

1:30 p.m. Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series TV: 4

2:30 p.m. Trackside Live! Kentucky Turf Cup TV:TVG

4 p.m. Trackside Live! Beverly J. Lewis TV:TVG

5 p.m. Trackside Live! Los Alamitos TV:TVG

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

LACROSSE

3 p.m. Chaos vs. Whipsnakes TV:NBCSN

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

9 a.m. UFC 242, Khabib vs. Poirier, prelims TV:ESPND

MOTORCYCLE RACING

5:45 a.m. Superbike, FIM World Championship, Race 1 TV:beIN1

SOCCER

5:45 a.m. Euro 2020 qualifier, Kosovo vs. Czech Republic TV:UDN

6:45 a.m. Spain, Coruna vs. Albacete TV:beIN1, beINES

8:45 a.m. Euro 2020 qualifier, England vs. Bulgaria TV:UDN

11:30 a.m. Euro 2020 qualifier, Serbia vs. Portugal TV:UDN

11:45 a.m. Spain, Tenerife vs. Las Palmas TV:beIN1, beINES

12:30 p.m. MLS, New England vs. New York City TV:KMEX, UNI

2:45 p.m. CONCACAF, Curacao vs. Haiti TV:UDN

4:30 p.m. MLS, LAFC at Orlando City TV:KVMD

R:710, 980

4:45 p.m. CONCACAF, Canada vs. Cuba TV:UDN

6:45 p.m. Mexico, Oaxaca vs. Toluca TV:ESPND

6:45 p.m. CONCACAF, El Salvador vs. Santa Lucia TV:UDN

TENNIS

1 p.m. U.S. Open, women’s final TV:ESPN

TODAY ON THE AIR

at Purdue 7 (55) Vanderbilt

at Iowa 191 ⁄ 2 (49) Rutgers

at Maryland 11 ⁄ 2 (58^1 ⁄ 2 ) Syracuse

at Missouri 131 ⁄ 2 (62^1 ⁄ 2 ) West Virginia

at Ohio State 151 ⁄ 2 (52) Cincinnati

at Kansas State 211 ⁄ 2 (58) Bowling Green

at Utah 211 ⁄ 2 (44) N. Illinois

at Georgia Tech 61 ⁄ 2 (61) South Florida

Tulsa 61 ⁄ 2 (52^1 ⁄ 2 ) at San Jose State

Nebraska 41 ⁄ 2 (64^1 ⁄ 2 ) at Colorado

at Clemson 171 ⁄ 2 (63^1 ⁄ 2 ) Texas A&M

at Wisconsin 35 (52) Cent. Michigan

at Appala. State 221 ⁄ 2 (54) Charlotte

at Miss. State 161 ⁄ 2 (51^1 ⁄ 2 ) Southern Miss

Illinois 21 (59^1 ⁄ 2 ) at Connecticut

at UNLV PK (63^1 ⁄ 2 ) Arkansas St.

Major League Baseball

National League
Favorite Underdog
at DODGERS -285 San Francisco +255
St. Louis -128 at Pittsburgh +118
Arizona -116 at Cincinnati +106
at New York -148 Philadelphia +138
Washington -113 at Atlanta +103
Chicago -117 at Milwaukee +107
at San Diego -160 Colorado +150

American League
Favorite Underdog
at Chicago -144 ANGELS +134
at Baltimore -133 Texas +123

New York -121 at Boston +111

at Tampa Bay -171 Toronto +159

at Minnesota -163 Cleveland +153

at Houston OFF Seattle OFF

at Oakland -280 Detroit +250

Interleague

Favorite Underdog

at Miami -129 Kansas City +119

College Football

at Pittsburgh 4 (54) Ohio

at Virginia Tech 281 ⁄ 2 (56) Old Dominion

Ala. Birmingham 9 (45^1 ⁄ 2 ) at Akron

at Michigan 22 (48) Army

at Baylor 251 ⁄ 2 (57^1 ⁄ 2 ) Texas San Ant.

at Alabama 551 ⁄ 2 (65) New Mexico St.

at UCLA 9 (44^1 ⁄ 2 ) San Diego St.

at Florida State (^211) ⁄ 2 (65) Louisiana-Monroe
Wyoming 7 (47^1 ⁄ 2 ) at Texas State
at SMU 3 (72^1 ⁄ 2 ) North Texas
at Tennessee 4 (52^1 ⁄ 2 ) BYU
Central Florida 101 ⁄ 2 (67) at Florida Atlantic
at Florida Int. 71 ⁄ 2 (56) W Kentucky
at Kansas 7 (53^1 ⁄ 2 ) Coastal Carolina
at La.-Lafayette 14 (65^1 ⁄ 2 ) Liberty
at Michigan State 16 (46^1 ⁄ 2 ) W. Michigan
LSU 61 ⁄ 2 (57) at Texas
at Auburn 17 (51^1 ⁄ 2 ) Tulane
at Mississippi 61 ⁄ 2 (50^1 ⁄ 2 ) Arkansas
at Oregon 241 ⁄ 2 (61^1 ⁄ 2 ) Nevada
at Penn State 301 ⁄ 2 (56) Buffalo
at Kentucky 151 ⁄ 2 (52^1 ⁄ 2 ) E. Michigan
at Texas Tech 341 ⁄ 2 (65) Texas El Paso
Miami 5 (46^1 ⁄ 2 ) at North Carolina
at USC 3 (43^1 ⁄ 2 ) Stanford
at Washington 14 (43^1 ⁄ 2 ) California
Minnesota 3 (46) at Fresno State
at Hawaii 61 ⁄ 2 (77^1 ⁄ 2 ) Oregon State
NFL
Sunday
Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog
at Minnesota 4 (47^1 ⁄ 2 ) Atlanta
at Philadelphia 10 (44^1 ⁄ 2 ) Washington
at N.Y. Jets 21 ⁄ 2 (40^1 ⁄ 2 ) Buffalo
Baltimore 61 ⁄ 2 (38^1 ⁄ 2 ) at Miami
at Tampa Bay 1 (51) San Francisco
Kansas City 31 ⁄ 2 (51^1 ⁄ 2 ) at Jacksonville
at Cleveland (^51) ⁄ 2 (45) Tennessee
RAMS 1 (50) at Carolina
Detroit 21 ⁄ 2 (46^1 ⁄ 2 ) at Arizona
at Seattle 91 ⁄ 2 (44) Cincinnati
at CHARGERS 61 ⁄ 2 (44^1 ⁄ 2 ) Indianapolis
at Dallas 71 ⁄ 2 (45^1 ⁄ 2 ) N.Y. Giants
at New England 6 (49) Pittsburgh
Monday
Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog
at New Orleans 7 (52^1 ⁄ 2 ) Houston
Denver 21 ⁄ 2 (43) at Oakland
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ODDS
Definitions of insanity:
Hoping that Clay Helton
won’t look like a deer in the
headlights and that Lynn
Swann will make the right
decision.
Jack Saltzberg
Valley Village
::
Trojan football! Just as
good as last year!
Jack Von Bulow
Temple City
::
Reflecting upon a dismal
5-7 season, Clay Helton
stated he would in essence
become CEO of the team
overseeing “situational
mastery.” Nine months
later, on the very first play of
the new season, his Trojans
mastered illegal procedure
by situationally having two
players wearing the identi-
cal jersey number on the
field at the same time, which
resulted in a penalty negat-
ing a long kickoff return.
Yes, he’s the CEO all
right: Coaching Errors
Omnipresent (Costing
Every Outcome).
Steve Ross
Beverly Hills
::
With JT (Joint Tear)
Daniels out, I am requesting
USC to refund monies paid
for the five remaining home
games ($940). However, as
they say in Indianapolis,
good “luck” with that.
David Marshall
Santa Monica
::
I hope the 90 or so play-
ers on the USC football
team read Dylan Hernan-
dez’s column Monday. They
should be delighted to dis-
cover that their season is
over and their coach is
toast. The players, along
with many fans, will also
learn that the Trojans have
been playing in “a pig of a
stadium” for many years.
Perhaps this bulletin-
board material will incite
players and coaches alike to
prove your paper’s most
disagreeable writer is full of
hogwash.
Richard Jewell
Los Feliz
::
My family has had USC
season tickets for over 50
years and I’m glad our new
seats are on the same side
as the new massive tower so
I don’t have to look at it and
be reminded how USC sold
out to the donors and stuck
it to those of us who had our
old seats removed.
Renovation removed all
our seats and we all paid a
little more to have seats
close to our original loca-
tion. But now piped-in rap
music was playing over the
band and the sound system
for announcing the game
was inaudible.
The Trojans won, but it
felt like a huge loss. I have
some old Coliseum seats in
my front room I’d rather sit
in!
Judy Thomsen
Glendora
Westwood woe
Q: What are the chances
that Chip Kelly and the
Bruins win more than three
games without changing
QB?
A: Slimski and Noneski
Alfred Harvey
Ventura
::
After what is now becom-
ing the annual opening
game loss for the UCLA
football team, my wife re-
minded me that our re-
quired donation to the
Wooden Athletic Fund to
maintain our seats at the
Rose Bowl has coincided
with two, going on three of
the worst years of football
we’ve seen in the 34 years
we’ve supported the pro-
gram. There may be fans
who don’t blink an eye at the
annual cost for season tick-
ets, but the seats, WAF,
parking, food and travel are
a significant investment for
us, one we’ve been proud to
contribute in the past, win
or lose.
Adding to our frustration
are the quirks and cryptic
communication style of
Chip Kelly, which may play
well when the team is im-
proving and winning, but
are annoying and off-
putting when they are doing
neither. He represents a
university and program
with a storied history, and is
paid handsomely to get over
himself.
Eric Forseth
Murrieta
::
As Bruins football sea-
son-ticket holders since the
1950s, we gave up many
years ago because our cheap
family plan seats were in the
end zone sunshine. We
couldn’t see the game and
we sweltered. However, we
continued to purchase
tickets for individual games
a couple of times a year.
But when they stopped
serving alcohol in the sta-
dium, the experience be-
came unbearable. The fans
tanked up before each game
at tailgate parties on the
beautiful golf course. Fans
entered the stadium drunk.
Scary drunks cussed out the
coach and players. Sick
drunks barfed on us. Un-
steady drunks fell on us.
It was the drunks, not
the team or coach or lousy
record, that made television
so nice.
Sally Cook
Camarillo
::
The arduous 27-mile
journey to the Rose Bowl is
too much for UCLA stu-
dents and fans. So sorry to
hear that the Bruins’ lease
with the Rose Bowl runs
through 2044.
In the long run, the new
stadium at Hollywood Park
is the ideal future home for
the Bruins. Maybe A.D. Dan
Guerrero can negotiate a
buyout on that lease, as he
has had much experience
buying out the many
coaches he has fired.
Mike Anderson
Sherman Oaks
It’s the law
Before you publish arti-
cles in regard to shifting or
sharing blame for Tyler
Skaggs’ overdose death it is
suggested you research your
theory beyond quotes from
third persons with no basis
in the law. A failure “to mon-
itor your own employees” is
a stretch far beyond the civil
law in California, which
requires that the person
acting illegally was: 1., the
employee or agent of the
employer, and, 2., the per-
son was acting in the course
and scope of the employ-
ment at the time the harm
was caused. A team employ-
ee illegally selling or provid-
ing drugs on the side is
never going to be in the
course and scope of employ-
ment, by definition under
the law more than a “some-
what rogue act.”
Kevin Park
Mission Hills
::
I am disappointed to
read that Brad Ausmus had
to Google to learn what
fentanyl was. Has he been
living in a cave? It seems
imperative that coaches
and staff be completely
conversant on drugs of all
kinds. Those young players
are now their responsibility
as they spend months in
their care. Surely team
management should recog-
nize this and expand their
mentoring beyond athletic
skills.
It takes a village and only
trying to find out how
Skaggs got the drugs is
completely insufficient.
Mary Berkley
Riverside
Work of Art
In reading Andrew
Greif ’s documentation of
Art Briles’ new job, I found
one aspect to be sorely
lacking: any note of contri-
tion from Briles. The word
“redemption” gives the
impression that the subject
seeking this would realize
his past shortcomings and
accept responsibility. Quite
the opposite in this story.
If the L.A. Times had the
intent of providing free
positive PR to Briles and
Mount Vernon, mission
accomplished.
Mark Gordonson
Pacific Palisades
Time for NFL
The difference between
NFL owners raising the
same child who’s throwing a
tantrum in a candy store:
Jerry Jones: Stop it! I
told you only one piece!
Child: (continues
screaming)
JJ: OK. I’ll buy you the
candy store.
Dean Spanos: Stop it! I
told you only one piece!
Child: (continues
screaming)
DS: OK, no candy. You’ve
got one minute to get in the
car, or find your own way
home.
Dave Eng
Thousand Oaks
::
I have been a faithful
reader of The Times’ sports
section for many decades,
and I can’t remember a
better-written or more
moving article than Rich
Ohrnberger’s description of
his life in the NFL and the
events that led him to retire.
Well done.
Aaron Allan
Topanga
::
The headline “Goff
Lands Record Deal” left me
with two thoughts. Isn’t it
time for Jared to focus more
on football, and isn’t it nice
that he has a music career to
fall back on?
Thomas Cook
Redondo Beach
On the radio
I just read Arash
Markazi’s column on the
late Joe McDonnell.
Markazi refers to 1993 as the
infancy of talk radio.
Hmmm! I guess that in the
mid-1970s, Bud Furillo,
Superfan (Ed Bieler), and
Bud Tucker (all on KABC)
and the like were talking
about housekeeping or
something else!
Jack Wolf
Westwood
::
While I am certainly no
fan of the “How ’Bout Them
Cowboys!” radio program
(also known as “The Will
Cain Show”), I must thank
ESPN for the decision to
move Mason & Ireland’s
time slot. Now when I’m
driving to and from lunch, I
don’t need to flip between
570 and 710. I’ll listen to
“Roggin and Rodney,” and
know I’m not missing any-
thing interesting on the
other station.
Brian Lipson
Beverly Hills
Just the facts
Today I woke up to a
miracle in the L.A. sports
journalism world.
Buried on the last page
and in the last paragraph of
“The Day in Sports” I found
12 lines about the previous
day’s WNBA action; one- or
two-sentence descriptions
of three games that went on
in the wildly entertaining
battle for seeding positions
for the upcoming playoffs in
the only pro basketball
league playing right now.
I looked out the window
in my kitchen and, I swear to
God, I saw a pig flying by.
Jon Roe
Los Angeles
::
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