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document.write('<p class="rss-title"><a class="rss-title" href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/rss2.0.xml" target="_blank">Sports - Los Angeles Times</a><br /><span class="rss-item">National and local sports news covering the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL as well as college and high school sports teams. Up-to-date score and live reporting.</span></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-bullpen-plaschke-20180816-story.html" target="_blank">Dodgers find little relief in Kenley Jansen\'s absence, but the glaring issue was noticed before trip to Colorado</a><br />');
document.write('It was nearly midnight. Only one player remained in the Dodgers clubhouse. It was a relief pitcher. Of course it was. Scott Alexander dressed slowly, a man stuck in the middle of an excruciating seven days. It was Wednesday and he had pitched well, but another guy in the bullpen had failed again....');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-caleb-ferguson-20180816-story.html" target="_blank">Dodgers reliever Caleb Ferguson has made a name for himself in a disappointing bullpen</a><br />');
document.write('Caleb Ferguson is making a name for himself, but slowly. The rookie left-hander has established himself as a trusted arm in the Dodgers’ unsettled bullpen, but a Google search for “Caleb Ferguson” last week produced another athlete. Caleb Ferguson also is a freshman running back at Western Carolina...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-manhattan-beach-volleyball-20180816-story.html" target="_blank">No longer stuck in sand, Tri Bourne aims for volleyball upset at Manhattan Beach</a><br />');
document.write('On some days, Tri Bourne would wander down to Hermosa Beach to watch pick-up volleyball games. Sometimes he’d study surfers. Bourne grew up on the beach. It’s what he knows best. But for more than a year he was reduced to a spectator, an inconspicuous one at 6 feet 5, although his tanned skin and...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/la-sp-clippers-fan-reception-elliott-20180816-story.html" target="_blank">A fired-up Steve Ballmer is preaching a message of better days ahead — and Clippers fans are believing</a><br />');
document.write('Steve Ballmer bounced out to center stage, punching his fist in the air and soaking up roars from a gathering of Clippers’ season ticket holders and fans. “Let me be clear,” the team’s owner proclaimed in a booming voice. “I’m fired up tonight.” He wasn’t kidding. The event Wednesday night at Novo...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-ucla-gymnasts-nassar-abuse-20180816-story.html" target="_blank">UCLA gymnasts Kyla Ross and Madison Kocian say they were abused by Larry Nassar</a><br />');
document.write('Olympic gold medal-winning gymnasts Kyla Ross and Madison Kocian, who helped UCLA win this year’s NCAA team championship, Thursday said they were among the women and girls who were sexually abused by former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State physician Larry Nassar. Ross and Kocian said they waited...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-puig-suspend-20180815-story.html" target="_blank">Dodgers\' Yasiel Puig suspended two games</a><br />');
document.write('Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig has been suspended for two games, Major League Baseball announced Thursday. Puig was suspended for “fighting and inciting a bench-clearing incident” in Tuesday’s game against the San Francisco Giants, according to a statement from the league. Puig and Giants catcher...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/more/la-sp-nascar-20180817-story.html" target="_blank">Kyle Larson takes Xfinity Series event for first win at Bristol</a><br />');
document.write('Kyle Larson capitalized on Kyle Busch\'s early exit to win the Xfinity Series race Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway, his first victory ever at the track he calls his favorite. Larson has won four of the six Xfinity Series races he has entered this season. The latest victory came hours after...');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sparks-20180817-story.html" target="_blank">Natasha Cloud hits winner at buzzer, Mystics top Sparks 69-67</a><br />');
document.write('Natasha Cloud made a fade-away jumper just before the buzzer to give the Washington Mystics a 69-67 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday night. Cloud took an inbounds pass with 3.8 seconds left, dribbled to the free-throw line, went behind her back and sank the winner. She was 1 of 10...');
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