Sports - Brad Pye, Jr.

LOS ANGELES—Notes, quotes and things picked on the run from coast-to-coast and all the stops in between and beyond.

Here is a note the Dodgers were sent on Sept. 5! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop: It’s time to stop losing! These suggestions didn’t help as the locals lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks, who collected their tenth straight win. At the time the Dodgers had been whipped 10 times in their last 11 contests.

Poor Dodgers! It’s well beyond winning time. Come on gang let’s start winning again!

Stanford Coach David Shaw came to the Coliseum comparing USC’s wide receiver Ronald Jones II to the NFL’s standout Jamal Charles. Jones debuted 159-ards and three TDs vs. Western Michigan.

After four years, former L.A. Lakers great Michael Cooper is out as head coach of the Atlanta Dream. Cooper formerly coached the Sparks to a pair of WNBA titles.

Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll responded when he found out how his player. Michael Bennett was man handled by two Las Vegas police officers, Carroll stated: “He hopes the incident inspires people to respond with compassion. We can do better. We should do better. And, not just because a high-profile football player was subjected to such apparent abuse.

USA TODAY Sports’ Lindsay H, Jones predicts the Seattle Seahawk’s Russell Wilson will win the MVP Award ahead of the Patriots’ Tom Brady and the Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers. Me too! At least I hope so.

And the beat continues!

The Seattle Seahawks’ Russell Wilson’s back ups are Trevone Boykin and Austin Davis.

The 24-year old Sloane Stephens upset 37-year old Venus Williams in a semi-finals match in the U.S. Open on. Sept. 8. Venus is part of the Williams duo. This duo features champ/ Serena Williams.

In the other semi-finals match Madison Keys took on CoCo Vandeweghe. Keys was the third Lady of Color to make it this far in the U.S. Open. Keys says: “Playing tennis is an amazing thing, and I am lucky that I’m able to play a sport for a living. I really love playing tennis. I think it was just kind of an eye opening. When I wasn’t playing of course I loved my time off.”

New England Patriots Tom Brady and his five time Super Bowl Champions didn’t believe the K.C. Chief could beat them up 42-27 liked they did on Sept. 7. The Chiefs’ Kareem Hunt ripped off 243-yards and scored four TDs. Brady passed 16 of 36 for 267-yards and no TDs.

USC’s Heisman Trophy candidate Sam Darnold didn’t pass for a TD in the Trojans opener.

Both Cleveland Cavaliers and the Cleveland Indians are currently operating as champions. As of Sept. 9 the Indians had won 16 straight, The Cavaliers and LeBron James should be title contenders again this coming season.

USC’s QB Sam Darnold tuned up for Coach David Shaw’s Stanford Cardinals with 23 of 33 for 289-yards and two TDs and two interceptions vs. Western Michigan enroute to a 42-24 victory.

Will Greir was right behind Jackson with five TDs to lead West Virginia to 56-20 win over East Carolina.

. Did you know that Sanford’s coach David Shaw’s uncle was an All-American at USC? The Trojans and Cardinals matched TDs in the first period—with three a piece by Heisman Trophy QB Sam Darnold and Stanford’s QB Keller Chryst. But Stanford couldn’t hold on and the Trojans went into the locker room with a 28-17 lead. Final score 42-24. USC.

The most controversial QB in the NFL is Colin Kaepernick , the man without a job. This despite that he is the 10th top passing mark in the league record with 412-yards. He posted the mark on Sept. 8 in 2013. Kaepernick and North Carolina Cam Newton are the only men of color in the top 10 in this group. CBS broadcaster and NFL Coach Bill Cowher says: “QB Colin Kaepernick must prove to him that his dedication to his craft means as much to him as his cause.” How can he do this without a job?

The L.A. Rams’ QB Jared Goff passed for 306-yards, 71 more than any in his rookie season. Goff also registered a win, something he did not do in 2016.

The days don’t come any better than they did on Sept. 9th for Sloane Stephens as she won her first Grand Slam 6-3, 6-0 vs. her friend Madison Keys. Stephens walked away with a record-setting $3.7-million purse. Stephens comes from a rich athletic family. Her mother Sybil Smith, was the first African American woman to earn NCAA Division 1 All-American swimming honors while at Boston University. Her father the late John Stephens was a Pro Bowl running back,

Yes, Sloane Stephens world today and has jumped from 87th to No, 17 after her U.S. Open Grand Slam win.

Los Angeles is now the home of two of the best college quarterbacks in America in UCLA’s Josh Rosen and USC’s

Sam Darnold. Both had Heisman Trophy type numbers. Darnold threw for four TDs and 316 yards and he also completed 21 of 26 passing.

The Texans didn’t win everything but rookie QB Deshaun Watson passed for 102-yards and a TD pass and an interception to start his rookie season.

UCLA’s Josh Rosen passed for five TDs, 329 yards and was 22 of 25 completions, one more than Darnold.

Alabama won behind the passing and running of QB Jaalen Hurts who was 14 of 18 for 123-yards.

First year coach Willie Taggart led his Oregon Ducks to a 42-14 by half demonstrated his team want be remembered when the championships are handed out.

For the record, the player who made the winning catch in the Bruins’ 45-44 win vs. Texas A&M didn’t play vs. Hawaii. UCLA treks to Memphis in its next outing.

The L.A. Rams defensive backs Trumaine Johnson and safety Lamar Joyner returned interception for TDs. Johnson ran 39-yards for his TD vs. the Indianapolis Colts.

Serena Williams is among the 46 women who were first in changing the world. Others in this group are Hillary Rodman Clinton, Ellen DeGeneres, Mary Barra, Rachel Maddow. Oprah Winfrey et al. And the beat continues!

Black coaches made their debuts in the Denver Broncos’ Vance Joseph and the L.A. Chargers Coach Anthony Lynn.

Denver beat the Chargers 21-24- when the Chargers FG kicker had to boot a FG for a second time. He made FG on the first try. Denver forced the Chargers kicker and he missed on the second try and Denver hung on for a three point win. Casey Hayward came up with a big interception on a pass meant for C.J. Anderson to save a TD, Unfortunately that wasn’t enough as the Chargers became the only major local football team to lose over the weekend. .

Come on Dodgers win just one more surpass the 91 you have already won and the same number you won last season. That 20 game lead they once had earlier this season has faded away, as of Sept. 11 the Dodgers had lost 10 straight and a 1-15 dive and had a 92-51 report card on Sept. 12. Come on Dodgers?! May be prayers will help!

L.A. Angels seem a little better in their Wild Card AL West bid with a 73-70 second place mark. And the beat continues!

UCLA isn’t the best rushing team in college football by a long shot, but the Bruins still have Heisman Trophy candidate Josh Rosen at QB, The Bruins rushed for a combined 132-yards—Demetric Felton(37-yards and a TD) and Nate Starks (25-yards) for a total on the day and the Westwooders are pleased with the progress, UCLA trekked to Memphis last Saturday. USC’s freshman running back Stephen Carr could be rated in the top 10.

USC remembers Texas in which the 2006 Rose Bowl game between the Texas Longhorns was the greatest game in history that was won by the Vince Young quarterbacked team from Texas.

Ron Jones II ran for 159 against Western Michigan and 116 vs. Stanford is a man like to watch like Vince Young.

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ back up QB is Landry Jones. That’s the end! Brad Pye Jr. can be reached @aol.com

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