Rams Take A Quarterback With First-round Pick In Nfl Draft

Rams return a quarterback

From Gary Klein: The Rams person a roster that is Super Bowl ready.

So connected Thursday, pinch nan 13th prime successful nan NFL draft, nan Rams looked beyond nan Matthew Stafford era to nan future.

The Rams selected Alabama backmost Ty Simpson, making him nan heir evident to nan reigning NFL astir valuable player.

“I was conscionable ace blessed and ace excited,” Simpson told reporters during a videoconference. “The truth that an statement for illustration nan Los Angeles Rams believed successful me, took a chance connected me, it’s conscionable thing that I’m truthful grateful for.”

With Stafford, prima receivers Puka Nacua and Davante Adams and a defense featuring prima separator rusher Jared Verse and nan precocious acquired cornerback Trent McDuffie, nan Rams are regarded among nan favorites to play successful Super Bowl LXI astatine SoFi Stadium successful February.

Rather than adding a subordinate that could perchance thief them immediately, nan Rams opted to prime Simpson, making him nan first backmost chosen successful nan first information by nan Rams since 2016, erstwhile they traded up a grounds 14 spots to prime Jared Goff No. 1 overall.

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Chargers return an separator rusher

From Austin Knoblauch: It was nary concealed nan Chargers were searching for a walk rusher successful nan first information of nan NFL draught connected Thursday nighttime — and they recovered one.

The Chargers selected erstwhile Miami separator rusher Akheem Mesidor astatine No. 22 overall, making him nan heir evident for Khalil Mack successful a pass-rushing portion that was deed difficult by Odafe Oweh leaving successful free agency.

“I yet cognize wherever I’m going and I can’t hold to get location and move each my worldly retired to nan West Coast,” Mesidor said successful a convention telephone pinch reporters. “I want group to look astatine maine like, man, this feline came to work.

“I americium fresh to play correct now. I person nan centrifugal and relentless effort.”

The 6-foot-3, 259-pound Mesidor should supply contiguous extent to a separator rushing portion that needs to recoup immoderate of nan accumulation Oweh took to Washington. And pinch Mack’s profession being renewed connected a year-to-year basis, Mesidor will get nan chance to study from Mack, Tuli Tuipulotu and Bud Dupree earlier seeing a apt starting domiciled successful nan seasons ahead.

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NFL draught first-round recap: Fernando Mendoza goes No. 1

Kings successful a 3-0 playoffs spread aft loss

From Kevin Baxter: The Colorado Avalanche rode swagger, poise and nan league’s stingiest goaltender to nan champion grounds successful nan NHL this season. And thing astir that look has changed successful nan postseason, pinch goals from Gabriel Landeskog, Cale Makar, Artturi Lehkonen and Brock Nelson giving Colorado a 4-2 triumph Thursday complete nan Kings and a commanding 3-0 lead successful their best-of-seven first-round playoff series.

The Kings, who person mislaid their past six first-round playoff series, request a triumph astatine location Sunday to widen their season. Their goals successful Game 3 came from Trevor Moore successful nan 2nd play and Adrian Kempe connected a third-period powerfulness play.

“They’re champion squad successful nan convention for a reason. But we’re correct there,” guardant Quinton Byfield said. “We’re a assured group.”

“One crippled astatine home. Must-win game,” defenseman Drew Doughty added. “Everyone’s going to springiness everything they’ve got. We’ve sewage to triumph that one, and past hopefully get to spell backmost to Denver.”

The quality successful nan bid has been Avalanche goalie Scott Wedgewood, who was astir cleanable again Thursday, making 24 saves to time off nan Kings 60 minutes distant from summer.

Anton Forsberg, playing successful nan postseason for nan first time, has been almost arsenic bully successful extremity for nan Kings, though he was victimized by 2 fluke goals and an empty-netter.

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Kings summary

NHL playoffs schedule

Kings playoffs schedule

All times Pacific

at Colorado 2, Kings 1 (summary)
at Colorado 2, Kings 1 (OT) (summary)
Colorado 4, astatine Kings 2 (summary)
Sunday: Colorado astatine Kings, 1:30 p.m., TNT, truTV, HBO Max
*Wednesday: Kings astatine Colorado, TBD
*Friday, May 1: Colorado astatine Kings, TBD
*Sunday, May 3: Kings astatine Colorado, TBD

*- If necessary

Ducks playoffs schedule

All times Pacific

at Edmonton 4, Ducks 3 (summary)
Ducks 6, astatine Edmonton 4 (summary)
Friday: Edmonton astatine Ducks, 7 p.m., TNT, truTV, HBO Max)
Sunday: Edmonton astatine Ducks, 6:30 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday: Ducks astatine Edmonton, TBD
*Thursday, April 30: Edmonton astatine Ducks, TBD
*Saturday, May 2: Ducks astatine Edmonton, TBD

*-if necessary

Dodgers unopen retired nan Giants

From Bill Shaikin: The Dodgers tout Yoshinobu Yamamoto arsenic a Cy Young grant contender, and each 1 of his starts has been a value start, including nan one he made present Tuesday.

The Dodgers talk up Shohei Ohtani arsenic a Cy Young grant contender, and Ohtani has fixed up 1 tally each season. He sounded six shutout innings present Wednesday.

But nan pitcher who delivered nan champion commencement of this bid against nan San Francisco Giants, and nan 1 that stood gangly betwixt nan Giants and what would person been a humiliating sweep, was Tyler Glasnow.

That was 1 storyline from an eventful day astatine nan ballpark and, for nan Dodgers, a sorely needed 3-0 victory connected a time they recovered themselves a caller cleanup hitter, a caller person — and connected a time a Giants subordinate blasted a Dodgers subordinate for making a “dirty” play.

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Dodgers container score

MLB standings

Lakers playoff schedule

First round
All times Pacific

at Lakers 107, Houston 98 (box score)
at Lakers 101, Houston 94 (box score)
Friday: Lakers astatine Houston, 5:30 p.m., Amazon Prime Video
Sunday: Lakers astatine Houston, 6:30 p.m., NBC
*Wednesday: Houston astatine Lakers, TBD
*Friday: Lakers astatine Houston, TBD
*Sunday, May 3: Houston astatine Lakers, TBD

*-if necessary

Still want immoderate Olympics tickets?

From Thuc Nhi Nguyen: Thousand-dollar tickets and hundreds of dollars successful fees shocked immoderate hopeful Olympic fans this month, but they did not support LA28 from boasting beardown income successful nan committee’s first summons drop.

LA28 announced Thursday that it sold much than 4 cardinal Olympic tickets during nan first summons drop. The backstage organizing committee will person a 2nd summons driblet successful August pinch “refreshed inventory crossed each Olympic sports astatine a scope of value points.”

But aft nan fame of nan first purchasing period, galore of nan lower-priced tickets person already been scooped up.

LA28 said astir half of nan full 1 cardinal $28 tickets were sold during nan locals presale, which was constricted to group surviving adjacent venue cities successful Southern California and Oklahoma City.

Drop 2, which will statesman successful August, will person further tickets crossed each Olympic sports, including those that whitethorn person sold retired during nan first purchasing windows. The registration play for Drop 2 opened Thursday astatine tickets.la28.org and will proceed until July 22. Fans who registered for nan first driblet of tickets but did not person a clip slot and fans who did not bargain their maximum 12 wide summons allotment will automatically beryllium entered into nan random lottery Drop 2. The caller registration play is only required for anybody who did not motion up for nan first drop.

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UCLA women’s hoops squad adds a cardinal player

From Marisa Ingemi: UCLA women’s hoops squad has added immoderate prima powerfulness arsenic its revamped roster originates to return shape.

Former Iowa State guardant Addy Brown announced Thursday she is committing to UCLA, giving nan Bruins 1 of nan apical players successful nan portal.

Brown averaged 11.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists per crippled while shooting 43.1% from nan level and 33.8% from three-point region pinch nan Cyclones past season. She played conscionable 21 games owed to injury, but she is 1 of nan amended two-way players successful nan federation connected nan transportation market.

The 6-foot-2 guardant co-starred pinch Audi Crooks for Iowa State nan past fewer seasons and was a portion of nan wide exodus from nan Cyclones’ program.

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How USC men’s hoops squad added a large man

From Ryan Kartje: Earlier this month, days aft Connecticut mislaid to Michigan successful nan nationalist title game, Eric Reibe said Huskies coach Dan Hurley came to him pinch an offer. Hurley wanted nan 7-foot-1 German large man to enactment successful Storrs and anchor nan Connecticut frontcourt adjacent fall.

It was a tempting connection astatine specified a prestigious hoops powerhouse. Especially aft spending his full freshman play scrapping for minutes down All-Big East large man Tarris Reed Jr.

But Reibe turned Hurley down.

“I conscionable decided to research a amended fit, for maine and my game,” Reibe told The Times.

That exploration yet led him to USC, wherever Eric Musselman and his unit position nan 7-footer arsenic a centerpiece of their 3rd portal haul successful L.A. Reibe is joined truthful acold by Georgetown transportation KJ Lewis and erstwhile Colgate constituent defender Jalen Cox successful a people that’s sought to straight reside nan misses of Musselman’s first 2 forays into nan transportation portal.

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Angel City expands pro-immigrant campaign

From Eduard Cauich: Angel City Football Club announced connected Thursday nan description of its “Immigrant City Football Club” campaign, unveiling a limited-edition apparel postulation featuring nan motto “Los Angeles is for Everyone” written successful 13 languages representing nan city’s divers communities.

The T-shirt and cap, disposable successful nan club’s colors, characteristic languages specified arsenic Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Korean, Armenian, Farsi, Arabic, Japanese, Hebrew, Yoruba, and Zapotec — nan second representing 1 of nan city’s largest indigenous migrant communities, originating from Oaxaca, Mexico.

“Los Angeles is 1 of nan astir divers cities successful nan world, and that diverseness is our strength,” said Chris Fajardo, Angel City FC’s vice president of organization relations, successful a statement. “This run is much than a t-shirt. It’s astir showing up for our community, celebrating our differences, and making it clear that everyone belongs here.”

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This time successful sports history

1963 — Bob Cousy ends his 13-year profession by scoring 18 points arsenic nan Boston Celtics triumph their 5th consecutive NBA championship, beating nan Lakers 112-109 successful Game 6.

1967 — The Philadelphia 76ers triumph nan NBA title successful six games pinch 125-122 comeback triumph complete nan San Francisco Warriors. Billy Cunningham scores 13 points successful nan last 12 minutes arsenic nan 76ers flooded a five-point shortage entering nan 4th quarter.

1974 — Tampa, Fla. is awarded nan NFL’s 27th franchise.

1981 — San Antonio blocks 20 Golden State shots to group NBA regular play crippled record.

1988 — NFL Draft: Auburn tight extremity Aundray Bruce first prime by Atlanta Falcons.

1993 — George Branham III becomes nan first Black bowler to triumph a PBA Triple Crown arena erstwhile he thumps Parker Bohn III 227-214 successful nan Tournament of Champions.

1994 — David Robinson scores 71 points to triumph nan NBA scoring title arsenic nan San Antonio Spurs extremity nan regular play pinch a 112-97 triumph complete nan Clippers. Robinson, nan 4th NBA subordinate to people much than 70 points successful a game, edges Orlando’s Shaquille O’Neal for nan scoring title.

1994 — NFL Draft: Ohio State protect tackle Dan Wilkinson first prime by Cincinnati Bengals.

1996 — Petr Nedved scores a power-play extremity pinch 44.6 seconds near successful nan 4th overtime, ending nan longest NHL crippled successful 60 years and giving nan Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-2 triumph complete nan Washington Capitals.

2003 — Petr Sykora scores 48 seconds into nan 5th overtime arsenic nan Ducks outlasts Dallas 4-3 to triumph nan opener of nan Western Conference semifinal series. The crippled is nan fourth-longest successful NHL history.

2004 — NFL Draft: Ole Miss backmost Eli Manning first prime by San Diego Chargers.

2010 — Jamaican Usain Bolt dazzles a capacity crowd pinch a lightning-fast last leg, overtaking USA Blue’s Ivory Williams to triumph nan 4x100-meter relay astatine nan Penn Relays. A quartet of Mario Forsythe, Yohan Blake, Marvin Anderson and Bolt finishes successful 37.90 seconds for Jamaica Gold, mounting a Penn Relays record. Trailing entering nan last leg, Bolt takes nan handoff and finishes nan last 100 meters successful an unofficial clip of 8.79 seconds.

2016 — Klay Thompson scores 23 points and nan Golden State Warriors group an NBA playoff grounds pinch 21 three-pointers to flooded different wounded to Stephen Curry and hit nan Houston Rockets 121-94 for a 3-1 bid lead. The Warriors made 8 threes successful nan 3rd 4th unsocial to group a franchise playoff grounds for three-pointers successful a period. Thompson led nan measurement from agelong range, going 7 of 11, and Draymond Green made four.

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This time successful shot history

1901 — Chicago defeated Cleveland 8-2 successful nan first American League game. Three different scheduled games were rained out. The crippled lasted 1 hour, 30 minutes successful beforehand of a reported crowd of 14,000 astatine nan Chicago Cricket Club.

1911 — Battle Creek of nan South Michigan League turned 2 triple plays successful nan first 2 innings against Grand Rapids.

1917 — George Mogridge of nan New York Yankees sounded a no-hitter against nan Red Sox successful Boston, winning 2-1.

1947 — Johnny Mize of nan New York Giants deed 3 consecutive homers successful a 14-5 nonaccomplishment successful Boston. It was a awesome league-record 5th clip successful his profession that Mize deed 3 location runs successful 1 game.

1957 — The Chicago Cubs group a National League grounds by stepping 9 batters successful nan 5th inning of a 9-5 nonaccomplishment to nan Cincinnati Redlegs.

1962 — Sandy Koufax struck retired 18 Chicago Cubs and sounded nan Dodgers to a 10-2 triumph astatine Wrigley Field.

1965 — Casey Stengel recorded his 3,000th triumph arsenic a head arsenic nan Mets hit nan San Francisco Giants 7-6.

1978 — Nolan Ryan of nan Angels strikes retired 15 batters for nan 20th clip successful his career.

1994 — Julio Franco and Robin Ventura doubly deed back-to-back homers successful Chicago’s 7-6 nonaccomplishment to Detroit.

1996 — Greg Myers and Paul Molitor each had 5 RBIs arsenic nan Minnesota Twins group a squad grounds for runs and routed nan Detroit Tigers 24-11. It was nan highest tally full against nan Tigers successful 84 years, matching nan people group successful a 24-2 nonaccomplishment to nan Philadelphia Athletics connected May 18, 1912.

1998 — Dodgers catcher Mike Piazza ties a awesome convention grounds hitting his 3rd expansive slam of nan month.

1998 — Moises Alou drove successful 5 runs and Carl Everett homered from each broadside of nan sheet to lead Houston to an 8-4 triumph complete Montreal.

2001 — The American League celebrates its 100th day arsenic a awesome league.

2007 — Oakland group a awesome convention grounds successful a 4-2 triumph complete Baltimore, keeping nan Orioles disconnected nan scoreboard successful nan first inning. It was nan 20th consecutive crippled successful which nan A’s did not let a first-inning run, a grounds for nan commencement of nan season.

2009 — Zack Greinke continues to predominate opposing hitters arsenic he pitches a 2nd consecutive complete crippled for nan Kansas City Royals.

2012 — Chipper Jones homers connected his 40th day arsenic nan Braves hit nan Dodgers, 4-3. He becomes nan 5th subordinate successful awesome convention history to do this, pursuing Bob Thurman, Joe Morgan, Wade Boggs and Tony Phillips.

2014 — Pitcher Michael Pineda of nan Yankees is handed a ten-game suspension aft being caught utilizing conifer tar connected nan mound successful nan erstwhile day’s game.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

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