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THIS DAY IN SPORTS 1974 — Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in the eighth round in Kinshasa, Zaire, to regain the world Numbers Game heavyweight title. Antelope Valley Press, Friday, October 30, 2020 C3 Major League Soccer | Galaxy National Football League | Washington Galaxy fire coach Washington in hunt, rallying around coach By STEPHEN WHYNO best,” longtime starting right tack- a 300-pound gorilla on my back.” boys 25-3 and seeing the Philadel- Schelotto with three Associated Press le Morgan Moses said this week. Rivera still needs additional phia Eagles struggle to beat the Ron Rivera rang the bell signi- “How can you not suit up on ev- tests and checkups, but the goril- New York Giants. Washington games remaining fying his final treatment for squa- ery Sunday and play for a guy like la is off his back two months after can’t be more than 1 1/2 games mous cell carcinoma and walked that?” feeling something was off during a out of first place by the time it Dominic Kinnear will By JOE REEDY out of the Inova Schar Cancer Rivera never wanted this to be self check and getting diagnosed. hosts the Giants on Nov. 8, so the Associated Press serve as the interim coach Institute to a round of applause. about him. He bristled at contin- Assistant coaches saw Rivera go to belief is strong that this rebuilding for the remainder of the LOS ANGELES — Rivera may be finished with ued questions about his cancer work despite his energy level being team can contend now. The disappointing LA season. The Galaxy also his battle against a form of skin diagnosis and the toll of undergo- low, and that alone gave them and “The division, it’s in a scram- Galaxy did not want to fired assistant coach Gus- cancer, but he’s not done inspiring ing treatment during a pandemic, players extra motivation. ble right now: We’re 2-5 and the wait until the end of the tavo Barros Schelotto, players in his first season as Wash- and wanted things to be “business “His strength is unmatched,” division is wide open,” said Mo- season to begin their re- assistant coach Ariel Pe- ington’s coach. The 58-year-old as usual.” offensive coordinator Scott Turn- ses, who has gotten to play in one build. Coach Guillermo reyra, goalkeeping coach fighting cancer has defined the They were, at least in the rare er said. “We’re here for him and playoff game in five full seasons Barros Schelotto was Juan José Romero and start of this season, which has cases Rivera couldn’t run practice, really happy for him that he’s as a starter. “Our job right now fired Thursday with three performance coach Javier Washington in the thick of a di- and he didn’t miss a single game. pushed through that. I think ev- is to take care of our division op- games remaining in the Valdecantos. vision race at 2-5 at its bye week Before his final treatment Mon- erybody, whether it’s our support ponents and win this division and regular season and the Barros Schelotto was because of the sorry state of the day, the veteran NFL head coach staff or our coaching staff or our what happens is what happens.” Galaxy in last place in the hired in January of 2019 NFC East — and ready to contin- said he’s looking forward to just players, we’re all behind coach.” That was Rivera’s approach Western Conference. after nearly three years ue rallying around Rivera, whose doing his job again without his Rivera’s tenure in Washington when he turned to Allen, who General manager Den- at Boca Juniors, where toughness has rubbed off on his health being a factor. hasn’t been without its bumps, followed him from Carolina after nis te Kloese said the big- he won two champion- team. “The hard part is I get my like benching 2019 first-round an offseason trade. While there’s gest reason for the imme- ships in Argentina’s top “You look at what he’s go- treatment, I come back, do a pick Dwayne Haskins and in- plenty of young talent accumu- diate change is that there division. He also played a ing through daily in his life right couple things, then I have to take stalling Kyle Allen as the starting lating on offense with rookie run- were too many games decade with Boca Juniors now and the fact that he comes a break before practice,” Rivera quarterback. His shift in approach ning back Antonio Gibson and where the team underper- before spending four sea- here every day willing to be here said . “It’s hard trying to map ev- from building for the future to second-year receiver Terry Mc- formed. The Galaxy have sons with MLS’ Colum- with us and operate in a way that erything out. Traditionally, you’re attempting to win now because Laurin. And on defense with No. dropped nine of its 10 bus Crew, In four seasons he’s still our head coach and we here until 8:30, 9:30, 11 o’clock the division is so weak drew more 2 pick Chase Young and fellow while being outscored 26- with the Crew from 2007- still feel him as our head coach, at night. I hit 5 o’clock and I’ve questions. pass rusher Montez Sweat, Allen 8. They have been shut 10 he scoring 38 goals and it’s an inspiration just to come in got to go home. The fatigue, re- But Rivera is looking prescient exemplifies Rivera’s grind-it-out out in four games and was named league MVP here every day and to give your ally, like I told my wife, is having after blowing out the Dallas Cow- attitude. also dropped four games in 2008. by three goals or more The Galaxy made the during that span, includ- playoffs in 2019. snapping MLB MLS COLLEGE FOOTBALL NFL MOTORSPORTS Postseason Baseball Western Conference AMERICAN CONFERENCE a two-year postseason The AP Top 25 West NASCAR Cup Series Auto- ing Wednesday’s 5-2 loss Glance W L T Pts GF GA The Top 25 teams in The Associated WILD CARD SERIES x-Sporting KC 11 6 3 36 36 25 Press college football poll, with first- W L T Pct PF PA trader EchoPark Automo- at Portland. drought, and advanced to Kansas City 6 1 0 .857 218 143 (Best-of-3) x-Seattle 10 4 5 35 38 18 place votes in parentheses, records tive 500 Results Barros Schelotto was the Western Conference American League x-Portland 10 5 5 35 44 33 through Oct. 24, total points based on Las Vegas 3 3 0 .500 171 197 Wednesday Tampa Bay 2, Toronto 0 x-LA FC 9 7 4 31 44 35 25 points for a first-place vote through Denver 2 4 0 .333 116 153 At Texas Motor Speedway in his second season with semifinals before losing Tuesday, Sept. 29: Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 1 x-Minnesota 8 5 6 30 31 24 one point for a 25th-place vote, and L.A. Chargers 2 4 0 .333 149 154 Fort Worth. to rival Los Angeles FC. Sept. 30: Tampa Bay 8, Toronto 2 FC Dallas 7 5 7 28 24 21 previous ranking: East Lap length: 1.50 miles the club and compiled a Oakland 2, Chicago White Sox 1 San Jose 7 8 6 27 31 45 Record Pts Pv W L T Pct PF PA (Start position in parentheses) But charismatic superstar Sept. 29: Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland 1 Vancouver 8 13 0 24 24 43 1. Clemson (52) 6-0 1539 1 Buffalo 5 2 0 .714 174 178 1. (9) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 334 laps, 50 21-26-6 record in Ma- Miami 3 3 0 .500 160 113 Sept. 30: Oakland 5, Chicago White Sox 3 Real Salt Lake 5 8 7 22 24 31 2. Alabama (10) 5-0 1494 2 points. New England 2 4 0 .333 115 143 jor League Soccer. LA is Zlatan Irbrahimovic de- Oct. 1: Oakland 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Houston 4 8 9 21 29 35 3. Ohio St. 1-0 1402 5 2. (6) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 334, 33. N.Y. Jets 0 7 0 .000 85 203 5-11-3 this season with its cided to return to Europe, Houston 2, Minnesota 0 Colorado 5 6 4 19 26 26 4. Notre Dame 5-0 1353 3 3. (15) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 334, 39. Tuesday, Sept. 29: Houston 4, Minnesota 1 LA Galaxy 5 11 3 18 24 41 5. Georgia 3-1 1292 4 South 4. (10) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 334, 46. W L T Pct PF PA and the Galaxy were not Sept. 30: Houston 3, Minnesota 1 Eastern Conference 6. Oklahoma St. 4-0 1201 6 5. (5) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 334, 40. next game being Sunday Tennessee 5 1 0 .833 188 153 New York Yankees 2, Cleveland 0 W L T Pts GF GA 7. Cincinnati 4-0 1100 9 6. (3) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 334, 38. Indianapolis 4 2 0 .666 157 115 when it hosts Real Salt able to fill that loss despite Sept. 29: Yankees 12, Cleveland 3 x-Philadelphia 13 3 5 44 41 18 8. Texas A&M 3-1 1094 7 7. (8) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 334, 30. Houston 1 6 0 .142 166 217 Sept. 30: Yankees 10, Cleveland 9 x-Toronto FC 12 4 5 41 30 23 9.