MORE: Ranking baseball’s 50 best players Each bottle of whisky, which retails for $230, was custom-engraved with the message “WELCOME HOME! LA ALL DAY!” “I know our loyal LA fan base has been waiting for this moment for a long time,” Kershaw said (via ABC7.com). “To celebrate their return and welcome the Rams back to our city, it seemed fitting to send the team limited edition bottles of Johnnie Walker Blue Label: Year of the Ram....

With the third pick of the draft, the Rangers picked Delino DeShields, Jr., from the Texas Rangers. Yep, he’s the son of the long-time MLB second baseman by the same name (sans the junior part) who retired after the 2002 season. The younger DeShields was a first-round pick of the 2010 draft by the Astros (No. 8 overall) and had a couple of very good seasons (12 homers, 101 stolen bases in 2012, 52 stolen bases, ....

He shared a booth with receiver Mike Williams. Defensive tackle Carlos Watkins signed stickers in the booth to the left. Wayne Gallman held down the corner booth, and linebacker Ben Boulware was off somewhere looking for his wallet. Leggett wasn’t surprised by that at all. He doesn’t think you should be either. MORE: Way-too-early Top 25 “It’s kind of like we never left college,” Leggett said. Clemson beat Alabama 35-31 in the College Football Playoff championship game on Jan....

The French left-back, who signed for the club in 2011, is one of seven senior players whose deals are up in July. Toure: I want to retire at City Pablo Zabaleta is the only other of those to have officially announced that he is leaving, and he was honoured with an emotional send-off following City’s final home game of the season last week. But now Clichy has told fans at an exclusive screening of 93:20, a City-made documentary about Sergio Aguero’s league title-winning goal in 2012, that he will not be signing a new deal....

With Newt Gingrich discredited and his designated successor, Louisiana Rep. Bob Livingston, taking himself out of contention after confessing he had been unfaithful to his wife, the party turned to the grandfatherly Hastert, a former high-school teacher and wrestling coach with an impeccable personal life. Never a strong leader but a good public face, Hastert was the congenial front man for a party whose real power was Tom DeLay. Love him or loath him, DeLay ran the House with a steely precision, punishing anybody who crossed him and serving up Republican majorities for whatever the White House wanted....

A pilot study recently published in Royal Society Open Science adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting historic shifts in temperature have caused species to downgrade in terms of size—a trend that may very well repeat in response to anthropomorphic climate change. Paleontologists at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) in Germany focused their research on a prehistoric squid-like animal called a belemnite. These ancient cephalopods were a key feature of the Jurassic period ecosystem (circa 199-145 million years ago) and regularly pop up on the fossil record....

They have just been subpoenaed in the case of Jones v. Clinton. The two women know that they may be compelled to testify under oath about the topic that has been, up until now, mere gossip. What was titillating is now deeply threatening. The older woman, Linda Tripp, is urging the younger woman, Monica Lewinsky, to tell all about her relationship with the man they refer to as “the big he” and “the creep....

Hillary Clinton wasted no time in getting cozy with the people of Pennsylvania last week. She had lunch with her childhood friend, Charlotte Iori in Old Forge on Monday and chatted about the economy. In Harrisburg on Tuesday, she held 15-month old Charlie Verner-Waldner and later told a crowd of more than 2,000 about the importance of a good future for kids like him. By Friday night, when she hit Pittsburgh, New York’s junior senator had perfected her Pennsylvania pitch, which focused on key issues like the economy, the Iraq war and, of course, her experience....

“The notion that you can withhold information and documents from Congress no matter whether you are the party in power or not in power is wrong,” Gowdy said. “Respect for the rule of law must mean something, irrespective of the vicissitudes of political cycles.” As part of the president’s legal team, Gowdy will be working to defend a client who refuses to comply with all congressional requests for information, testimony and documents relating to the House’s impeachment inquiry....

Posted to the TikTok account @careychenart, the video was viewed more than 530,000 times. “Don’t mess with makos Cameron Sinclair,” read the caption of the video. Shortfin mako sharks are among some of the fastest fish on Earth, swimming up to 45 mph. They also measure up to 12 feet and weigh up to 1,200 pounds, according to Oceana. “This species’ athleticism is not restricted to its swimming speeds,” the organization said....

One by one, sponsors of the Los Angeles Clippers announced either a suspension or a removal of organizational ties following racist comments made by owner Donald Sterling. MORE: List of potential Clippers owners | Sterling dealt lifetime ban | Owners react “I cannot remember a reaction to a team sport quite like the one we’re seeing here with the Clippers,” said Tyson Webber, EVP of Client Management at GMR Marketing....

The Clippers coach ranted about a failed challenge in the fourth quarter of his team’s 129-124 loss to the Bucks on Wednesday night, saying an offensive foul call on Los Angeles guard Lou Williams was “awful.” Rivers did have a strong case, as the replay angles available showed Milwaukee’s Eric Bledsoe throwing his head back after minimal contact with Williams’ shoulder. MORE: What can NBA coaches challenge during games?...

The Clippers star saw his name tossed back into the NBA news cycle after excerpts from Lakers forward Jared Dudley’s new book, “Inside the NBA Bubble: A Championship Season under Quarantine,” hit social media. Dudley and co-author Carvell Wallace detailed the Lakers’ 2020 title run and the challenges the team faced, including playing amid the COVID-19 pandemic and confronting issues of racial injustice while isolated inside the Florida “bubble.”...

LA Clippers (35-17, 25-24 ATS) at Boston (31-23, 30-23 ATS) 7:30 p.m. ET Line: Pick’em Total: 209 MORE: NBA live odds | ATS standings Opening Line: Boston -1.5 Total: 208 Last 10: LA: 8-2 (6-4 ATS) Boston: 8-2 (7-3 ATS) Analysis: The Clippers are 15-7 ATS in their last 22 games and 4-1 ATS in their last five road games. The Clippers are 9-2 ATS in their last 11 games playing on one day’s rest....

These uniforms will be worn for every Saturday home game this season, much like the Golden State Warriors, who made a similar announcement last week. The "pride" uniforms will make their on-court debut against the Denver Nuggets on October 14. According to adidas, the design was inspired by the team's history with light blue and the nautical flags on the shorts represent teh team's letters, "L-A-C." Take a look at the new unis below....

The teams renewed their intense rivalry Thursday night as Chris Paul scored 42 points and had three of his 15 assists on consecutive alley-oop dunks by Blake Griffin during a 30-second span of the third quarter, helping lead Los Angeles to a 126-115 victory in the Clippers' home opener. "Those three plays started with defense, and that's what got us going," Griffin said. "That's a positive thing, and we have to learn from that....

The Sporting News’ Andreas Hale breaks down all of that and more with ESPN’s Mike Coppinger on episode six of “Clobberin’ Time.” This week’s episode features topics like: Predicting what’s next for Canelo and GGG Previewing Joe Joyce vs. Joseph Parker Dissecting Eddie Hearn’s latest comments surrounding Deontay Wilder Breaking down who may be the future of boxing over the next few years Discussing a stacked October 15 fight schedule, featuring Claressa Shields vs....

But after doing extra research for a book, Moldea con-eluded that he was wrong the first time–and that the sole killer of Robert Kennedy on June 5, 1968, was a deranged Sirhan Sirhan. His book, “The Killing of Robert E Kennedy,”* now takes a place alongside Gerald Posner’s best-selling 1993 account of John F. Kennedy’s murder, appropriately titled “Case Closed.” Opinion polls over the years have shown that a plurality of Americans believe Robert Kennedy’s killing was part of a larger conspiracy....

Pickpocketing is mostly a risk in the biggest, most tourist-filled cities, so those are where a subtle storage option is most important. If you’re in a low-crime area, wearing a backpack might make you blend in a bit less, but it’s not disrespectful or risky. Many places of worship won’t let you in if your clothing doesn’t cover your knees, shoulders, and most of your chest. Definitely plan around this if you want to see the many impressive Catholic, Orthodox, and Muslim holy sites (mostly in southern and Eastern Europe)....