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PRO CALENDAR LETTERS SAT SUN MON TUE WED 30 1 2 3 4 at Denver at Utah It was like Rams to the slaughter 1 6 6 SpecSN SpecSN SpecSN LAKERS Sadly, in less than one year, the Rams have gone WASH. PORTLAND from must-see TV to un- 7:30 7 Prime TNT watchable. Ron Tom CLIPPERS Pasadena

at Arizona :: 1 Ch. 11 RAMS Don’t fret, Rams fans. So what if the Ravens man- handled, outclassed and at Denver thoroughly dominated you 1:15 Monday night? You still can Ch. 2 CHARGERS use the draft to quickly get back on top. Oh wait, you can’t because you traded WINNIPEG at Ducks WASH. your next two first-round 7 7 7 picks for the privilege of FSW FSW, Prime FSW making yet another defen- KINGS sive player one of the league’s highest-paid play- KINGS ers in a salary cap league. 7 And yes, the previous three Prime, FSW years of first-round picks DUCKS were also dealt. Shade denotes home game But hey, look at the bright side. You still have Jared Goff. Greg Nersesyan institution. not be disappointed if it Stan down Jeff Severa North Hollywood was. However, all of us Tro- While writing about the TODAY ON THE AIR West Hills jans die-hards should reach Andrew Friedman contract :: out and pat him on the back saga, The Times reported :: and thank him and wish him TIME EVENT ON THE AIR that one thing we know Here are some random and his family best of luck. about Dodgers president BASKETBALL thoughts on the Rams after Can you throw a flag on He took over a team in Stan Kasten is that he has a 4 p.m. Indiana at Philadelphia TV: NBA their “Monday Night Foot- sportswriters for piling on? turmoil and all he did was policy not to discuss new ball” debacle ... Arash Markazi and Dylan steady the program, never contracts for team execu- 1. The Rams looked Hernández basically called once complaining about 7 p.m. Oscar Valdez vs. Adam Lopez TV: ESPN+ tives. Do you know what else lethargic and unmotivated for Clay Helton to be fired anything, including all the we know about Stan Kas- COLLEGE BASKETBALL after the Ravens took their after a big victory over noise of everyone wanting 9 a.m. Lipscomb at Xavier TV: FSW ten? While serving as GM or hearts out in the first half. UCLA. I can’t imagine what him fired. He was honest president of the Atlanta 9 a.m. Wagner at St. John’s TV: FS2 2. The once “genius” they would have written if with his players, treated Braves and the Dodgers he 11 a.m. North Carolina Greensboro at Georgetown TV: FS2 coach of the Rams may have USC had lost. them like his own kids, and has won 14 division titles in a Bert Bergen 11:30 a.m. Boston College at Richmond TV: NBCSN lost this team. was loyal to USC and will row and now seven more in a 4 p.m. Emerald Classic, Florida State vs. Purdue TV: CBSSN 3. Super Bowl hangover La Cañada always be a Trojan at heart. row. Do you know how many theories are alive and well, No drama. No scandals. No 6 p.m. Sacramento State at Colorado TV: Pac-12 World Series champi- as another Super Bowl loser :: arrests. He showed up every COLLEGE FOOTBALL onships he has won during goes into the next season as day and worked his butt off both tenures? One. 9 a.m. Georgia at Georgia Tech TV: 7 a shell of the team it was the As a lifelong Trojan, I for those kids and the uni- Enough said. 9 a.m. Ohio State at Michigan TV: 11 previous year. want to add my comment versity. Allan Kandel Jim Corey 9 a.m. Clemson at South Carolina TV: ESPN 4. The Rams’ organiza- about the future of the Los Angeles 9 a.m. Indiana at Purdue TV: ESPN2 tion better turn things university and Coach Hel- Manteca around before they move ton. I know that the raging 9 a.m. Florida International at Marshall TV: CBSSN into their new state-of-the- opinion among more mon- :: Amend this 9 a.m. Tulsa at East Carolina TV: ESPNU art in Inglewood or eyed alums and your staff Rajon Rondo gets fined 9 a.m. Louisville at Kentucky TV: SEC those luxury boxes are going writers is that he should go For this almost 50-year by the NBA for “inappropri- 9 a.m. Northwestern at Illinois TV: FS1 to go for pennies on the as the team has had some UCLA fan, the only thing ate comments” and states, 9:30 a.m. Wake Forest at Syracuse TV: Prime dollar! losing games this season more depressing than “I guess the same free Gino Cirignano 12:30 p.m. Alabama at Auburn TV: 2 and last. watching the Bruins’ total speech doesn’t apply to Playa del Rey I disagree. ineptitude on defense and everyone.” 12:30 p.m. Wisconsin at Minnesota TV: 7 The primary goal of the reading nothing positive Where was Rondo when 12:30 p.m. Baylor at Kansas TV: ESPN :: university is to turn out about UCLA in the Sunday the NBA clamped down on 12:30 p.m. Miami at Duke TV: ESPN2 educated, responsible citi- papers was the obvious comments about free 12:30 p.m. Southern Mississippi at Florida Atlantic TV: NFL Regarding the Rams: zens. There will always be rooting for USC by the TV speech in Hong Kong? 12:30 p.m. Connecticut at Temple TV: CBSSN “Who’s house?” is more like losses in life. How we re- announcers. So much for I miss the old NBA, when 12:30 p.m. Boston College at Pittsburgh TV: ACC “Who’s home?” spond to them is the critical unbiased reporting. they were tall, before they Michael Gray determinant of a mature As far as I am concerned got on their knees to China. 12:30 p.m. Rutgers at Penn State TV: Big Ten Yorba Linda person. Coach Helton has if USC doesn’t want Clay Dave Suess 12:30 p.m. Maryland at Michigan State TV: FS1 shown that he is a fine man Helton he can move across Redondo Beach 1 p.m. Notre Dame at Stanford TV: 11, FOXD :: of integrity, taking the blows town. He is certainly better R: 830, 980 of this season and continu- than what the Bruins have :: 1 p.m. Tulane at Southern Methodist TV: ESPNU Hopefully the Rams ing to show remarkable now as proved by his superi- 1 p.m. Oregon State at Oregon TV: Pac-12 realize the color yellow is not resilience. He is the best or coaching of the freshmen The Los Angeles Times 1 p.m. Vanderbilt at Tennessee TV: SEC a winner suit. example that President Folt and sophomores. welcomes expressions of all Jerry Selby Dave Snyder 2 p.m. Southern at Grambling State TV: NBCSN needs to prove to the world views. Letters should be Pasadena that the university has Grand Terrace brief and become the prop- 4 p.m. Texas A&M at Louisiana State TV: ESPN undergone the profound erty of The Times. They may 4 p.m. Navy at Houston TV: ESPN2 Rivalry week change necessary to restore :: be edited and republished in 4 p.m. North Carolina at North Carolina State TV: ACC If many USC athletic our reputation. any format. Each must 4 p.m. Iowa State at Kansas State TV: FS1 boosters think 31 arrests of Leslie Tillmann I believe the only local include a valid address and 4:30 p.m. Florida State at Florida TV: SEC Urban Meyer’s players at Rancho Mirage institution more in fear of telephone number. Mail: 5 p.m. Colorado at Utah TV: 7 Florida and protecting a USC hiring Urban Meyer Sports Viewpoint spouse-abusing assistant :: than UCLA is the Los Ange- Los Angeles Times 5 p.m. Oklahoma at Oklahoma State TV: 11 coach at Ohio State are “not les Times! Geez, give it a 2300 E. Imperial Hwy. 6 p.m. Brigham Young at San Diego State TV: CBSSN that big of an issue,” then Last Saturday may have rest guys! El Segundo, CA 90245 7 p.m. Arizona at Arizona State TV: ESPN USC really has lost all been Clay Helton’s last day Michael Dragotto Email: 7:30 p.m. Fresno State at San Jose State TV: ESPN2 identity as an academic coaching USC and I would Los Angeles [email protected] 7:30 p.m. at UCLA TV: FS1 R: 570 9:30 p.m. Army at Hawaii TV: CBSSN COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL 1 p.m. Big East championship, Marquette vs. St. John’s TV: FS2 HOCKEY Valdez’s opponent misses weight by mile 10 a.m. New York Rangers at New Jersey TV: NHL 4 p.m. Washington at Detroit TV: NHL 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Kings TV: FSW McGirt, is a late replace- Valdez considers his most know each other. We keep on R: IHeart, 1330 Former ment for Andrés Gutiérrez, complete performance as a improving.” who presumably could not professional. Valdez considers his style HORSE RACING titlist will face López pass up his Thanksgiving “I get reminded a lot revamped from his amateur Noon Trackside Live! Del Mar TV: TVG of Glendale after foe dinner and weighed 11 about my jaw,” said Valdez, days, when he represented 3:30 p.m. Trackside Live! Del Mar, Hollywood Derby TV: TVG pounds over the limit Friday. whose jaw was wired shut for in the Olympic 4:30 p.m. Trackside Live! Del Mar TV: TVG is 11 pounds too heavy. Gutiérrez was scratched. a couple of months, “but it’s Games in 2008 and 2012. 6 p.m. The Quarters, Los Alamitos TV: TVG “I trained hard for three not something that I really Valdez was born in Mexico By Manouk Akopyan PREP FOOTBALL months making the sacri- think about.” but went to elementary 7:30 p.m. Southern Section playoffs, Bellflower St. John Bosco TV: Prime fices, and I am very upset After the Quigg fight, school in Tucson. After his vs. Santa Ana Mater Dei Óscar Valdez was having with Andrés. He was unpro- Valdez switched trainers, re- parents divorced, he moved such a hard time making the fessional,” Valdez said. “It placing Manny Robles with back to Mexico, where he’s SOCCER 126-pound limit, it was easier could be hard to move up in Eddy Reynoso, the longtime lived in , relocat- 6:30 a.m. Germany, Bundesliga, Paderborn vs. Leipzig TV: FOXD to vacate the World Boxing weight because your oppo- coach to Canelo Álvarez. ing to Southern California 6:30 a.m. Germany, Bundesliga, Hertha Berlin vs. Borussia TV: FS2, TUDN, Organization featherweight nents hit harder, but I’m in This will be Valdez’s third for training camps. Dortmund UniMas title he successfully de- tremendous shape. ... I give fight with Reynoso as his “I’m different in a good 7 a.m. England, Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur vs. TV: NBCSN fended six consecutive times credit to Adam for stepping trainer after returning from way. I’ve improved a lot,” Bournemouth than go through the arduous up.” an 11-month layoff following Valdez said. “I don’t know a 7 a.m. Spain, La Liga, Real Sociedad vs. Eibar TV: beinS1, beinSES task of cutting weight. Valdez has competed as a the Quigg fight. The 28-year- lot of former Olympians who 9:30 a.m. England, Premier League, Southampton vs. Watford TV: 4 A two-time Mexican featherweight his entire ca- old said he’s reached a com- give wars. But I’m going to 9:30 a.m. Spain, La Liga, Mallorca vs. Real Betis TV: beinS1, TUDN Olympian, Valdez (26-0, 20 reer, and he believes the ex- fortable state with his new be ready for my first test at knockouts) will be making tra four pounds he doesn’t trainer and credits him for 130.” 9:30 a.m. Germany, Bundesliga, Bayern Munchen vs. Bayer TV: Fox Soccer Plus, his 130-pound debut Sat- have to shed will make a ma- improved counterpunching If Valdez wins, next could Leverkusen FOXD urday in against jor difference on fight night. and waist movement — two be one of the 130-pound Noon Spain, La Liga, Valencia vs. Villarreal TV: beinS1, beinSES Adam López (13-1, six KOs), He suffered a litany of staples of Álvarez’s. class’ biggest punchers, 4:30 p.m. Mexico, Primera Division, Leon vs. Morelia TV: TUDN R: 1220 so he didn’t get to enjoy the injuries since winning the ti- “I truly have learned a lot jun- 7 p.m. Mexico, Primera Division, Queretaro vs. Necaxa TV: TUDN R: 1220 spoils of a traditional holi- tle in 2016. His jaw was bro- from Eddy since Day 1,” ior-lightweight champion WINTER SPORTS day spread on Thanksgiving ken during a fight against Valdez said. “We’ve had . 9:30 a.m. FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Killington Cup TV: NBCSN because of the unforgiving in Carson, but great training camps, but “He’s the best 130-pound scales. he fought through the final with this one in particular, I fighter out there right now,” 11:30 a.m. FIL Luge World Cup TV: 4 López, who’s from Glen- seven rounds to score a feel that I’ve finally adjusted Valdez said, “and he’s my 12:30 p.m. FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup, Killington Cup TV: 4 dale and trained by Buddy unanimous decision, a win to his style and we really target to beat.”

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