Racing Point F1 tech boss Andy Green says that the team’s new-spec 2019 shares certain parts and assemblies with its predecessor as a result of the uncertainty that surrounded the team last summer.

The former Force India entity was in the midst of fighting for its survival when the design process for its 2019 car was initiated.

With funds at a shortage but facing timing constraints, Green and his department had no other choice but to begin their future car’s development in a cost-effective mode.

“The new car uses certain parts and assemblies from last year’s car and the 2018 chassis has been modified to suit, so it needed to be re-homologated,” said Green.

“This was one of the big decisions we had to take early on, back in July when the team’s future was still uncertain.

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“We had to find the most cost-effective way to keep development running throughout last year and decisions were made to use as much of the 2018 car as we possibly could.

“What we had to avoid was stopping development for two months while we waited to understand what the future held, as that would have been a significant blow to our 2019 competitiveness.

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“Looking back, we know it was a good call.”

With adequate funding now in place, Racing Point will develop its RP19 at a healthy pace, and Green even plans a raft of upgrades implemented early on.

“Expect quite a plain, ‘vanilla’ car to start with as we produced what we believe is a car capable of delivering what we need to achieve in Barcelona – working on reliability and understanding the tyres,” said the British engineer.

“We did what we needed to get the car out for launch, but in the background we have always been working on the car for the first race, trying to find the maximum performance we can and bring to Melbourne.

“We are planning to update the car for the first race and probably the two or three races after that.

“They’ll be fairly significant changes ahead of another big step forward in Barcelona, in race five.

“Hopefully, by the time we get to Europe we will have a decent platform to be working with and developing.”

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BATON ROUGE, La. — 

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has stunned Republicans again, narrowly winning a second term Saturday as the Deep South’s only Democratic governor and handing President Trump another gubernatorial loss this month.

In the heart of Trump country, the moderate Edwards cobbled together enough cross-party support with his focus on bipartisan, state-specific issues to defeat Republican businessman Eddie Rispone.

Coming after a GOP incumbent’s defeat in the Kentucky governor’s race and the party’s loss of control of Virginia’s Legislature on Nov. 5, the Louisiana result seems certain to rattle Republicans as they head into the 2020 presidential election. Trump fought to return the seat to the GOP, making three trips to Louisiana to rally against Edwards.

The president’s intense attention motivated not only conservative Republicans, but also powered a surge in anti-Trump and black voter turnout that helped the incumbent.

Democrats who argue that nominating a moderate presidential candidate is the best approach to beat Trump are certain to point to Louisiana’s race as bolstering their case. Edwards, a West Point graduate, opposes gun restrictions, signed one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans and dismissed the impeachment effort as a distraction.

Still, while Rispone’s loss raises questions about the strength of Trump’s coattails, its relevance to his reelection chances are less clear. Louisiana is expected to easily back Trump next year, and Edwards’ views in many ways are out of step with his own party.

In the final days as polls showed Edwards with momentum, national Republicans beefed up assistance for Rispone. That wasn’t enough to boost the GOP contender, who wasn’t among the top-tier candidates Republican leaders hoped would challenge Edwards as they sought to prove that the Democrat’s long-shot victory in 2015 was a fluke.

Rispone is a longtime political donor who was little-known when he launched his campaign, had ties to unpopular former Gov. Bobby Jindal and offered few details about his agenda. Edwards also proved to be a formidable candidate, with a record of achievements.

Working with the majority Republican Legislature, Edwards stabilized state finances with a package of tax increases, ending the deficit-riddled years of Jindal. New money paid for investments in public colleges and the first statewide teacher raise in a decade.

Edwards expanded Louisiana’s Medicaid program, lowering the state’s uninsured rate below the national average. A bipartisan criminal sentencing law rewrite he championed ended Louisiana’s tenure as the nation’s top jailer.

Rispone, the 70-year-old owner of a Baton Rouge industrial contracting company, hitched his candidacy to Trump, introducing himself to voters in ads that focused on support for the president in a state Trump won by 20 percentage points.

But the 53-year-old Edwards, a former state lawmaker and former Army Ranger from rural Tangipahoa Parish, reminded voters that he’s a Louisiana Democrat, with political views that sometimes don’t match those of his party’s leaders.

“They talk about I’m some sort of a radical liberal. The people of Louisiana know better than that. I am squarely in the middle of the political spectrum,” Edwards said. “That hasn’t changed, and that’s the way we’ve been governing.”

Rispone framed himself in the mold of Trump, describing himself as a “conservative outsider” whose business acumen would help solve the state’s problems.

“We want Louisiana to be No. 1 in the South when it comes to jobs and opportunity. We have to do something different,” Rispone said. “We can do for Louisiana what President Trump has done for the nation.”

Rispone poured more than $12 million of his own money into the race. But he had trouble drawing some of the primary vote that went to Republican U.S. Rep. Ralph Abraham, after harshly attacking Abraham in ads as he sought to reach the runoff.

Rispone also avoided many traditional public events attended by Louisiana gubernatorial candidates and sidestepped questions about his plans when taking office. He promised tax cuts, without saying where he’d shrink spending, and he pledged a constitutional convention, without detailing what he wanted to rewrite.

Both parties spent millions on attack ads and get-out-the-vote work, on top of at least $36 million spent by candidates.

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the newest candidate in the 2020 race, speaks to reporters Saturday. 

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Presidential candidates Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg greet each other after Klobucher addressed the Women’s Caucus. 

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Kamala Harris hugs Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia after Garcia introduced her during a campaign stop at Portuguese Bend Distilling on Friday. 

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California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, left, and presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar chat at the Women’s Caucus gathering Saturday. 

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Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson addresses the convention. 

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John Delaney addresses reporters Saturday. 

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Tom Steyer greets fellow presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg before both spoke at the Women’s Caucus on Saturday. 

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Deval Patrick prepares to address the convention.  

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South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg is greeted by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti and others after he spoke at the Women’s Caucus. 

(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

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Rep. Adam B. Schiff, who is leading the House impeachment inquiry, received an enthusiastic welcome at the Democratic convention in Long Beach.  

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A convention-goer displays a message during the Democratic gathering in Long Beach.  

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The shifting Democratic presidential primary was on full display in California on Saturday, with the newest candidate making his first appearance in front of a large group of voters and a home-state senator arguing that her campaign remains vibrant despite her plummet in the polls.

The main draw for many of the 12 White House hopefuls at the state party gathering was an afternoon forum put on by Univision, but much of the action took place elsewhere at the sprawling Long Beach convention center and at nearby restaurants and bars.

Former Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, who surprised the Democratic field with his late entry into the presidential race on Thursday, said his experience leading his state proved that he has the skills to right the nation in the aftermath of President Trump.

“I am not running, my friends, to be president of the Democrats. I am running to be president of the United States,” he told thousands of delegates and guests at the state party convention. “There’s a difference. I’m not talking about a moderate agenda. This is no time for a moderate agenda. I’m talking about being woke, while leaving room for the still waking.”

Some in the audience chatted through his remarks, and others clapped politely once he finished.

The politician who drew one of the most enthusiastic responses Saturday is not running for the Oval Office, but is leading the impeachment inquiry into Trump — Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank.

“You will forgive me if I’m a bit exhausted. It’s been an eventful week,” he said. “Our democracy is at risk, more so now than any time in my life. … The greatest threat to our democracy comes from within: a president without ethical compass. There is nothing more dangerous than an unethical president who believes he is above the law.”

The gathering took place at the end of a week in which the House launched public impeachment hearings and just over 100 days before California’s March 3 primary. Nearly 500 delegates are at stake, prompting candidates to pay more consideration to the state’s voters than in years past when the primary came late in the election cycle.

“It’s nice to have more attention,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who said he may endorse a candidate before the primary. “I’ll take that as a victory, but we’ll never be Iowa.”

California Sen. Kamala Harris faced great scrutiny over the weekend about her slide in the polls — she came in at 3% in an Iowa poll released Saturday, and at 1% in a recent New Hampshire poll. Convention attendees whispered about stories of dysfunction and tension on her campaign team, reports that Harris denied.

“I am very, very supportive of my campaign, of the people who are working it,” she told reporters. “They’ve done great work, which has gotten us to the point where we are today. And we are focused on what we need to do to move forward.”

Her supporters turned out in force, chanting, “I don’t know what you’ve been told, Kamala is strong and bold,” outside the convention hall and cheering her on as she spoke at a restaurant and then later at a gay bar.

Harris’ political backers argued that she still has a path to victory.

“The only poll that counts is on election day,” Gov. Gavin Newsom told reporters, adding that he planned to campaign for Harris in Iowa.

Harris was among the top eight candidates who spoke at the Univision forum on Saturday. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren skipped the event, drawing ire from state party leaders and the moderators of the event. Moderator Jorge Ramos asked Harris if the pair were taking the Latino vote for granted.

“I’m here,” Harris said. “I think you have to judge people by their conduct and their actions.”

Ramos also pressed Harris and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to declare that the Obama administration, of which Biden was part, made a mistake by deporting more than 3 million people. Harris, an early Obama backer, would not say whether his administration’s deportation policy was a mistake.

But she noted that as California’s attorney general, she disagreed with an Obama-era Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer policy and told the state’s law enforcement agencies that it was not mandatory.

Sanders said the deportations were a mistake, then pivoted to Trump.

“What I’m going to tell you is in fact what the American people want, and they want to stop this ugly demonization of the immigrant community and the racism that is coming from the White House,” Sanders said, pledging that on Day 1 of his presidency he would reestablish legal status for 1.8 million “Dreamers,” young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, and their parents.

One of the more moving moments of the forum was when Lorena Pimentel de Salazar spoke about her 13-year-old daughter, who was killed in the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting. In Spanish, she told Sen. Cory Booker of her daughter’s love of animals and asked what he would do to reduce gun violence. Booker responded, at first in Spanish, then switched to English.

“What she’s saying here is not exceptional,” he said, turning to the crowd. “It is personal. I am tired of seeing the No. 1 cause of death for black and brown children in this country is murder. And under my leadership, it will stop.”

South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who spoke shortly before a new poll showed him leading in Iowa, defended his more centrist approach that has been criticized by some liberals.

“I also believe that being bold and having good ideas should not be measured by how many people you alienate,” he said. Some of his proposals “are not as extreme as some of the others. But they would still make me the most progressive president of my lifetime.”

Some of the questions were softballs — entrepreneur Andrew Yang was asked about the automation of farm work, allowing him to raise the issue of universal basic income, the foundation of his campaign. Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer was asked about climate change, an issue on which he has spent tens of millions of dollars.

Ramos asked Steyer about the crosses he draws in ink on the top of his left hand. The candidate said he drew a cross every day “to remind myself to tell the truth no matter what they do to you.”

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar was among the candidates who spoke to the women’s caucus Saturday morning, saying that there was no need to ask if a woman could beat Trump because “Nancy Pelosi does it every day.”

Garcetti watched the weekend’s spectacle from the sidelines, and when asked whether he was glad he decided not to run, said, “Absolutely.”

“I wouldn’t want to have been in Iowa when the fires were right here and vice versa. Imagine if I was here doing my job as I’m missing the most important pork fry in Iowa,” he said. “No, like not an instant of regret.”

Times staff writer Melissa Gomez contributed to this report.

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WASHINGTON — 

When the impeachment inquiry opened in September, it centered on a single question: Did President Trump block U.S. military aid to muscle Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden and others, and risk national security to boost his reelection campaign?

The evidence is steadily mounting that he did.

Now, the scandal is expanding.

It has intersected with the federal prosecution of two Soviet-born associates of Trump’s buccaneering personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, for allegedly funneling Russian money into a U.S. political campaign.

It has revealed further Russian influence in our politics, the exploitation of Moscow-style disinformation to take down a respected U.S. ambassador and smear a potential Democratic rival to Trump.

Most important, it has begun to feature a shadowy figure who always seems to be just offstage: Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russia was repeatedly invoked on Friday by Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, as she recounted Giuliani’s successful campaign to get her ousted from Kyiv — apparently because her anti-corruption efforts there got in the way of his clients’ business.

“How is it that foreign corrupt interests could manipulate our government?” she asked during a day of riveting testimony before the House Intelligence Committee. “Which country’s interests are served when the very corrupt behavior we have been criticizing is allowed to prevail?”

She answered her own question.

“Such conduct undermines the U.S. … and widens the playing field for autocrats like President Putin,” she said.

This week, Putin will move onto center stage when the House committee questions Fiona Hill, a former CIA analyst who worked inside the Trump White House for more than two years.

Hill is a leading authority on Putin. She was hired by Trump’s first national security advisor, Michael Flynn, and kept on by Flynn’s successors, H.R. McMaster and John Bolton. All three quit or were pushed out.

But Hill remained the White House’s top Putinologist until she resigned in July. She’s not a “never Trumper.”

And what she has to say is chilling.

“Corruption is our Achilles’ heel,” she told the House committee in her closed-door deposition last month. “Corruption is the way President Putin and other nefarious actors, be they from China, Iran or North Korea, access our system.”

Putin has been trying to compromise influential Americans since the 1970s, when he began his KGB career as a case officer in Leningrad, she said.

She did not charge that Putin had succeeded in compromising Trump. But she said Trump’s history as a businessman who spent years trying to land a real estate project in Moscow put him in Putin’s sights long ago.

“It’s what Putin did,” she said. “They went after American businessmen and set up sting operations.”

We know that Russian intelligence escalated its operations on U.S. soil during the 2016 election. But Hill says Putin not only targeted Trump, but “was targeting all of the other campaigns as well.”

“Compromising material was being collected on a whole range of individuals,” she said. “It was most definitely being collected on [Hillary] Clinton.”

Her larger point is clear. We have failed to adequately protect our political system by using voting systems that are vulnerable to hacking, and by allowing foreign disinformation to corrupt our social media and political debates.

“By not cleaning up our act, [we] have given them the doors which they can walk through and mess up our system,” she told the House committee. “The Russians can’t exploit corruption if there’s not corruption.”

This will be an unwelcome message for Trump, who says Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election to help Clinton. No evidence of that hallucinatory claim has emerged.

Instead, the U.S. intelligence community and a special counsel investigation concluded that Putin authorized the hacking of Democratic Party computers and conducted a massive disinformation operation on social media, all to help Trump.

Trump has dismissed the overwhelming evidence of Russian meddling. Instead, he has embraced the bizarre alternative narrative that someone in Ukraine is hiding a computer server containing all the evidence.

That, says Hill, is “a conspiracy theory.”

Even worse, it’s a conspiracy theory that serves the interests of Putin, who wants to drive a wedge between the U.S. and Ukraine, a U.S. ally that is fighting a Russian-backed insurgency.

“Russia can take advantage of this,” Hill said. “Putin’s whole schtick since 2016 has been, ‘We didn’t do it … Pin it on whoever.’ ”

Ever since his election, Trump has insisted that he won the White House fair and square and that charges of foreign meddling on his behalf were invented by his enemies.

His actions toward Russia have been contradictory and baffling. Trump has been indulgent, even deferential toward Putin, while official U.S. policy considers Russia one of America’s main adversaries.

No one has determined whether the president’s fawning relationship with Putin is driven by his desire to shake off the charge that he was put in office with the Kremlin’s help, or something more sinister.

But if the question is who has benefited from Trump’s actions, in Ukraine and elsewhere, the answer has been depressingly constant: Vladimir Putin.

The debut of the Clippers’ superstar duo never materialized Saturday.

Instead, fans saw a one-man show.

With Kawhi Leonard absent for his fourth game of the season, Paul George turned in a historic performance in his first home game as a Clipper, scoring 37 points in 20 minutes in his team’s 150-101 victory over Atlanta at Staples Center.

It ended a two-game losing streak and provided further evidence that George, who hadn’t played in 207 days until he scored 33 points in 24 minutes during his season debut Thursday, is already far along in his progression back to the court after offseason surgery on both shoulders. George called Thursday’s performance “terrible,” in part because it occurred during a loss in New Orleans.

He didn’t grade Saturday’s effort so critically.

No player in NBA history has scored more points in less than 21 minutes. And no Clippers victory has ever come by a larger margin.

“I could get used to this,” George said in a postgame television interview.

When George went to the bench with 8:07 remaining in the third quarter, he’d already scored 34 points in his first 18 minutes. The Clippers (8-5) were already leading by double digits and there was no need for an encore. During two free-throw attempts midway through the second quarter, fans chanted “6-6-1!” — the number for the area code of Palmdale, where George grew up.

But then, during the break between the third and fourth quarters, George wiped his shiny, silver sneakers on a traction pad at the scorer’s table and returned to the court.

Within 18 seconds, George caught a pass from JaMychal Green and drilled a three-pointer from 28 feet, and as he jogged backward on defense, he shrugged while rapper Quavo cheered from a courtside seat. Four possessions later, he provided an emphatic coda on his first home game as a Clipper when he sprinted ahead of Atlanta’s defense in transition and bounced a pass off the backboard that was caught and dunked by teammate Montrezl Harrell.

When George finally checked out for good shortly thereafter, Hall of Famer Jerry West, a Clippers advisor, was among the fans who rose to applaud.

“It may be rare as far as him not doing it in 20 minutes,” said Patrick Patterson, who knows George’s game well, having played with him since 2017. “But his ability to go out and dominate, to take over a game, score at will, play solid defensively, attack, hit tough shots, hit open shots, get everyone involved, that’s just who he is.”

Defensively, George was caught on a screen and crossed over and scored on — all during a short stretch in the second quarter. That was not surprising for coach Doc Rivers, who called defense one of the toughest things for players to recover after a long layoff.

What did stun the coach was what he called George’s mastery of the offense’s nuances, such as a play when George ran back for a handoff rather than curl around a screen because he’d seen his defender had given him too much space.

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Clippers guard Lou Williams pulls up for a jumper in front of Atlanta Hawks center Alex Len (25) during the first half of the Clippers’ 150-101 victory Saturday at Staples Center. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Clippers guard Terance Mann (14) and teammate Lou Williams (23) double-team Atlanta Hawks center Alex Len during the second half of the Clippers’ 150-101 victory Saturday at Staples Center. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Clippers center Ivica Zubac, right, pressures Atlanta Hawks center Damian Jones during the second half of the Clippers’ 150-101 victory Saturday at Staples Center. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Clippers guard Lou Williams (23) and teammates Jerome Robinson (1) and Montrezl Harrell (5) react to a call during the Clippers’ 150-101 victory over the Atlanta Hawks at Staples Center on Saturday. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Clippers center Ivica Zubac (40) blocks a shot by Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young (11) during the second half of the Clippers’ 150-101 victory Saturday at Staples Center. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell (5) and teammate JaMychal Green (4) strip the ball from Atlanta Hawks forward Bruno Fernando during the second half of the Clippers’ 150-101 victory Saturday at Staples Center. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Clippers forward Paul George (13) is fouled by Atlanta Hawks center Damian Jones (30) as he drives to the basket during the second half of the Clippers’ 150-101 victory Saturday at Staples Center. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Clippers forward Paul George, right, drives hard to the basket against Atlanta Hawks forward De’Andre Hunter during the Clippers’ 150-101 victory at Staples Center on Saturday. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Clippers forward JaMychal Green (4) jostles for a rebound against Atlanta Hawks forward Bruno Fernando (24) during the first half of the Clippers’ 150-101 victory Saturday at Staples Center. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Clippers center Ivica Zubac (40) dunks our Atlanta Hawks forward Jabari Parker (5) during the first half of the Clippers’ 150-101 victory Saturday at Staples Center. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell (5) plays tight defense on Atlanta Hawks center Alex Len during the first half of the Clippers’ 150-101 victory Saturday at Staples Center. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Atlanta Hawks center Alex Len (25) dunks over Clippers center Ivica Zubac (40) during the first half of the Clippers’ 150-101 victory Saturday at Staples Center. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Clippers forward Paul George, left, reacts after being fouled by Atlanta Hawks center Damian Jones (30) during the second half of the Clippers’ 150-101 victory at Staples Center on Saturday. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Clippers guard Terance Mann (14) tries to break up a pass between Atlanta Hawks teammates DeAndre’ Bembry (95) and forward Jabari Parker (5) during the first half of the Clippers’ 150-101 victory Saturday at Staples Center. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Clippers center Ivica Zubac (40) tries to block a shot by Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young during the first half of the Clippers’ 150-101 victory at Staples Center on Saturday. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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Clippers coach Doc Rivers has a chuckle during his team’s 150-101 rout of the Atlanta Hawks at Staples Center on Saturday. 

(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

“He’s taking advantage of our offense like he’s been playing the offense for five years,” Rivers said. “He did three or four things tonight that you can’t know how to do it, in what we’re running, unless you’ve been running it. Even Lou [Williams] said it once, ‘Wow, that’s tricky.’”

Williams added 25 points off the bench and Jerome Robinson scored a career-high 21 points.

Leonard did not play because of a left knee contusion suffered Wednesday after knocking knees against Houston — a different injury than the ongoing tendon issue in the same knee that has been the basis for his three previous absences this season. Rivers said he was not concerned about the contusion being anything more than a “day-to-day” injury.

Leonard and George have yet to play in the same lineup even in practice. Asked whether George and Leonard would play together Monday, against Oklahoma City, for the first time, Rivers initially said he didn’t know but added, “most likely.”

Starting guard Patrick Beverley missed his second consecutive game, as well, with an injured left calf, and another starting guard, Landry Shamet watched in street clothes with the help of a crutch, the result of a sprained ankle he suffered four days before.

Highlights from the Clippers’ 150-101 victory over the Atlanta Hawks at Staples Center on Saturday.

While the Clippers’ star went off, the Hawks’ struggled.

Trae Young was called “amazing” by Rivers before tipoff for a sophomore season that has seen the 6-foot-1 guard average huge numbers — 27.3 points and 9.1 assists, including 32 points and 11.5 assists in his last four entering Saturday.

By halftime, however, Young had made only two of his first 11 field goals and he finished with 20 points on four-of-16 shooting, with six assists and five rebounds. Atlanta (4-8) never recovered without Young’s production. He couldn’t find the room to operate.

George had no such trouble, however.

“I think he knows I have him on a time limit,” Rivers said, “and he’s trying to get them all in.”

Asked about the key to his scoring in bunches so far, George offered a deadpan response.

“New shoulders,” he said.

Highlights from USC’s 76-66 victory over Nevada on Saturday.

RENO, Nev. — 

Nick Rakocevic scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and USC beat Nevada 76-66 on Saturday night.

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Daniel Utomi added 12 points and Elijah Weaver scored 11 for USC.

After Nevada took a 21-18 lead with 8:33 left in the first half, USC went on a 13-0 run over the next five minutes and never trailed.

USC’s size advantage proved too much for the Wolf Pack and its senior-laden backcourt. The Trojans (4-0) outrebounded Nevada 42-37 and outscored the Wolf Pack 42-10 in the paint.

Rakocevic, a 6-foot-11 senior, made 10 of 15 from the field. Onyeka Okongwu grabbed 11 rebounds and Ethan Anderson had eight assists.

Nevada (2-2) hit 11 of 36 (30.6%) from 3-point range and shot 32.8% (20 of 61) overall.

Nevada guard Jazz Johnson scored 26 points, one shy of his career high, on 8-of-18 shooting, including 6 of 14 from beyond the arc. Lindsey Drew added 12 points.

The game saw eight lead changes in the first half and USC took a 40-35 lead into the break.

Big picture

USC: The Trojans stayed undefeated in their biggest test of the season so far, winning in front of 9,833 fans in Reno with three freshmen playing their first collegiate road games.

NEVADA: The Wolf Pack lost their second home game this season. Nevada was undefeated at home (15-0) last season.

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USC: Returns to Galen Center for a two-game home stand against Pepperdine on Tuesday and Temple on Friday.

Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome back to our horse racing newsletter as Bob Baffert has another good 2-year-old.

The big news of the weekend is that a federal judge in Kentucky dismissed the lawsuit that would have restored Maximum Security as the winner of the Kentucky Derby. The ruling came Friday afternoon and the 25-page opinion pretty much didn’t buy the arguments made by Gary and Mary West’s attorneys.

Maximum Security was the first horse in 145 years to be disqualified on race day after seemingly winning the Kentucky Derby. Country House was made the winner after the disqualification giving Flavien Prat his first Kentucky Derby win. Country House hasn’t raced the rest of the year. His owners say he will race as a 4-year-old. We’ll see.

As for Maximum Security, we may see him in the Cigar Mile at Aqueduct on Dec. 7, the same day as the Los Alamitos Futurity. Don’t know why being on the same date actually matters. After that he may go to the Pegasus at Gulfstream and eventually wander across the pond for the Saudi Cup.

Interesting thing is the p.r. firm that was handling this for the Wests sent out releases all along the way until the ruling. I didn’t seem to get anything about the decision.

Del Mar review

At the top of the newsletter Gary and Mary West lost a court battle, but on Saturday they won a race when High Velocity won the Grade 3 $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes for 2-year-olds going seven furlongs. A couple of scratches turned the race into a four-horse race and after the break it became a two-horse race between High Velocity and Strongconstitution.

It was a fight until mid-stretch when High Velocity drew out and won by 1 ¼ lengths. High Velocity paid $4.00 and $2.10 and Strongconstitution paid $2.10 to place.

Here’s what the winning connections had to say.

Bob Baffert (winning trainer): “He handled everything well for his second out. It’s always a tough test after you break a maiden and he didn’t have a lot of time between races. But the way he worked we thought he would run well. I liked the way that when that other horse (Strongconstitution) came to him he dug in and took off again. And that’s a nice horse that ran second.”

Drayden Van Dyke (winning jockey): “I was loaded all the way. He’s a fast horse, I knew that. I broke him out of the gate the other morning. I got away with some pretty easy fractions here, so I was feeling good about that. I told Bob that he was just hitting his best stride as we went past the wire. He’s a nice one.”

Del Mar preview

Del Mar comes back with its second $100,000 stakes this weekend on Sunday’s eight-race program beginning at 12:30 p.m. Half of the races are on the turf and there are three races for 2-year-olds.

The stakes is named after Betty Grable and it’s for Cal-bred fillies and mares going seven furlongs. It’s a six-horse field. The favorite, at 5-2, is Mo See Cal for trainer Peter Miller and jockey Abel Cedillo. She finished sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, which is pretty rarified air. She is fiveof-17 lifetime running mostly on the allowance level.

The second favorite is Queen Bee to You at 3-1. She’s trained by Andrew Lerner and picks up Prat in the saddle. Her last win came in the Bertrando Stakes at Los Alamitos. She is five-of-30 lifetime and most recently has been running on the stakes level. Post time is around 3:30 p.m.

Here are the field sizes, in order: 7, 8, 7, 5, 7, 9, 6, 10 (1 also eligible).

Bob Ike’s Dmr pick of the day

SIXTH RACE: No. 6 Madame Bourbon (5-2)

New face from the Mark Glatt barn was last seen running a good second in a small stakes at Gulfstream Park, finishing well clear of the third horse but no match for the odds-on winner, who was taking her third straight. Joins a good barn, gets the best turf rider and should get a realistic pace in front of her, so “single” in the rolling exotics.

Saturday’s result: Moonlight Drive sat in a good spot behind the leader, had dead aim turning for home but lacked the needed punch and was all out to hold third.

Bob Ike is a Partner/VP of Horsebills.com (here’s a video) and the proprietor of BobIkePicks.com (full-card picks, 3 Best Plays and betting strategy).

Big races review

A look at graded stakes or races worth $100,000 or more on Saturday or late Friday.

Woodbine (3): $100,000 South Ocean Stakes, Ont-bred fillies 2-years-old, 1 1/16 miles. Winner: Gun Society ($16.10)

Laurel (6): $100,000 James F. Lewis Stakes, 2-year-olds, 6 furlongs. Winner: Newstome ($5.60)

Laurel (7): $100,000 Smart Halo Stakes, fillies 2-years-old, 6 furlongs. Winner: Cofactor ($4.40)

Aqueduct (8): $100,000 Key Cents Stakes, NY-bred fillies 2-years-old, 6 furlongs. Winner: Big Q ($20.80)

Churchill (10): Grade 3 $125,000 River City Handicap, 3 and up, 1 1/8 miles on turf. Winner: Mr. Misunderstood ($11.20)

Del Mar (8): Grade 3 $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes, 2-year-olds, 7 furlongs. Winner: High Velocity ($4.00)

Big races preview

A look at graded stakes or races worth $100,000 or more on Sunday. All times PDT:

12:50 Aqueduct (9): $100,000 Notebook Stakes, NY-bred 2-year-olds, 6 furlongs. Favorite: Dream Bigger (8-5)

3:33 Del Mar (7): $100,000 Betty Grable Stakes, Cal-bred fillies and mares 3 and up, 7 furlongs. Favorite: Mo See Cal (5-2)

Ed Burgart’s LA pick of the day

FIRST RACE: No. 3 Sheza Kathy (3-1)

She got hooked up in a speed duel to the 1/8-pole before fading to fourth in last start when facing stretch-running winner who was dropping down from a $5,000 claimer. Now, she drops a class notch and catches a relatively paceless field. Making her second start for trainer Sergio Morfin, who is clicking at a 22 percent win clip, this filly is expected to make a clear early lead.

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And now the stars of the show, Saturday’s results and Sunday’s entries.

Del Mar Charts Results for Saturday, November 16.

Copyright 2019 by Equibase Company. Reproduction prohibited. Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar, California. All finishes confirmed by Plusmic USA. Official program numbers may not correspond with post position. 6th day of a 15-day meet. Clear & Fast

FIRST RACE.

6 Furlongs. Purse: $17,000. Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $16,000-$14,000. Time 22.46 46.07 58.39 1:10.54

Winner–Buck Duane B.g.4 by Into Mischief out of Malley Girl, by Malek (CHI). Bred by Nick Alexander (CA). Trainer: Steve Knapp. Owner: Steve R. Knapp. Mutuel Pool $162,084 Exacta Pool $88,649 Quinella Pool $3,540 Superfecta Pool $31,178 Trifecta Pool $52,997. Scratched–none.

BUCK DUANE pulled and stalked between horses, waited off heels leaving the turn and into the stretch, came out for room nearing midstretch and rallied under an energetic hand ride, a tap of the whip a sixteenth out to gain the lead in deep stretch and was under a hold late. DUBNATION close up stalking the pace three deep, came four wide into the stretch, took the lead three wide approaching midstretch, fought back in deep stretch but could not match the winner late. TWO FIFTY COUP bobbled at the start, dueled three deep, fought back off the rail in midstretch, drifted in some and bested the others. INTO A HOT SPOT had speed off the rail then dueled between horses, put a head in front leaving the turn, drifted to the inside in the stretch and weakened. BULLY FOR ERIC broke out, bumped a rival and bobbled in a bit of a slow start, stalked inside, was in tight off heels leaving the turn, came out into the stretch and lacked a further response. BIG BAD GARY bumped at the start, went up inside to duel for the lead, fought back on the turn, dropped back into the stretch and had little left for the drive.

SECOND RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $55,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $62,500. Time 22.83 47.21 1:12.26 1:24.43 1:36.99

Winner–King Abner Grr.g.5 by Hansen out of Margarita Salt, by Salt Lake. Bred by Golden Eagle Farm (CA). Trainer: Philip D’Amato. Owner: Little Red Feather Racing, Summit Racing LLC, Ticket to Ride LLC, and Rojas, Jackie. Mutuel Pool $117,735 Daily Double Pool $37,986 Exacta Pool $48,775 Quinella Pool $2,215 Trifecta Pool $28,486. Scratched–Jalen Journey.

KING ABNER stalked off the rail, bid three deep between horses on the second turn to gain the lead, kicked clear in hand then was mildly hand ridden for a few strides in deep stretch while drifting in a bit to prove best. ROCKY TOUGH settled off the rail chasing the pace, ranged up four wide on the second turn and into the stretch, also drifted in some and was clearly second best. FEDERAL CASE stalked a bit off the rail, bid outside the leader on the backstretch and between horses on the second turn, fell back some and angled in entering the stretch and weakened. CURLIN RULES bobbled a bit at the start, sped to the early lead, set the pace inside, dueled leaving the backstretch and on the second turn, was in a bit tight nearing the quarter pole, came out into the stretch and had little left for the drive.

THIRD RACE.

5 Furlongs Turf. Purse: $53,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $20,000. Time 22.79 45.13 56.53

Winner–League of Shadows B.g.5 by Gotham City out of Siberian Song, by Siberian Summer. Bred by Daehling Ranch LLC (CA). Trainer: Kerri Raven. Owner: George A. Sharp. Mutuel Pool $192,370 Daily Double Pool $19,137 Exacta Pool $93,444 Quinella Pool $2,906 Superfecta Pool $32,434 Trifecta Pool $59,093. Scratched–Older Brother.

50-Cent Pick Three (3-2-1) paid $45.30. Pick Three Pool $51,415.

LEAGUE OF SHADOWS had good early speed and dueled inside, put a head in front past midstretch, drifted out a bit late and gamely prevailed. HIT THE SEAM between horses early, dueled outside the winner, fought back in the stretch, also drifted out a bit and continued gamely to the wire. ZIPPER MISCHIEF had speed between rivals then stalked a bit off the rail, came out some in the stretch and bested the others. JOE JACKSON hopped some in a bit of a slow start, went up inside to stalk the pace, came out a bit in the stretch and lacked the needed response. YOUNG HENDRICK had speed four wide then stalked outside a rival, fell back some off the rail leaving the turn, was three deep into the stretch and weakened.

FOURTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $18,000. Maiden Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $20,000. Time 24.57 1:28.30 1:40.85

Winner–Brazilian Summer B.g.3 by Gervinho out of Marry by Summer, by Siberian Summer. Bred by James Weigel (CA). Trainer: Matthew Chew. Owner: James Weigel. Mutuel Pool $247,954 Exacta Pool $129,343 Quinella Pool $4,060 Superfecta Pool $61,267 Trifecta Pool $90,801 Consolation Double Pool $21,896. Scratched–Spectator’s Dream.

50-Cent Pick Three (2-1-6) paid $25.60. 50-Cent Consolation Pick Three (2-1-1) paid $6.00. Consolation Pick Three Pool $30,385.

BRAZILIAN SUMMER angled in and pressed the pace outside a rival, put a head in front between horses leaving the second turn, inched away in midstretch and held on gamely under some urging. DERBY STORM had good early speed and dueled inside, fought back into the stretch, continued along the rail and held second. BARREL AGED three deep early, stalked outside a rival, bid three wide leaving the second turn and into the stretch and was edged for the place. LUCK IS MY NAME saved ground stalking the pace, came out into the stretch and lacked the needed late kick. STARSHIP CHEWY settled outside a rival then a bit off the rail, continued inside on the backstretch, went around a foe on the second turn, angled back to thee rail into the stretch and could not offer the necessary response. WESTERN FLYER came off the rail early, chased outside a rival, came out into the stretch and did not rally. NIL PHET a bit washy at the gate, stumbled after the start, settled inside then a bit off the rail on the backstretch, angled back inside on the second turn and weakened.

FIFTH RACE.

1 1/16 Mile Turf. Purse: $30,000. Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $25,000-$22,500. Time 23.14 47.81 1:12.26 1:36.48 1:42.54

Winner–French Getaway Dbb.g.6 by Giant’s Causeway out of Modesty Blaise, by A.P. Indy. Bred by Flaxman Holdings Limited (KY). Trainer: Robert B. Hess, Jr.. Owner: Schroeder Farms LLC. Mutuel Pool $367,245 Daily Double Pool $45,392 Exacta Pool $216,746 Quinella Pool $5,716 Superfecta Pool $108,035 Trifecta Pool $157,916. Scratched–Forever Juanito, Many Roses, Real Master (FR).

50-Cent Pick Three (1-6-1) paid $41.70. 50-Cent Consolation Pick Three (1-1-1) paid $10.55. Consolation Pick Three Pool $57,401. 50-Cent Pick Four (2/4-1-1/6-1/2/8/11) 4 correct paid $67.90. Pick Four Pool $187,352. 50-Cent Pick Five (3-2/4-1-1/6-1/2/8/11) 5 correct paid $422.95. Pick Five Pool $446,804.

FRENCH GETAWAY saved ground stalking the pace, steadied between horses leaving the second turn, angled back to the inside in the stretch and rallied under urging along the rail to get up late. TEQUILA JOE four wide leaving the chute, angled in and chased outside a rival, went three deep on the second turn and four wide into the stretch, took the lead outside a foe in midstretch, drifted in and inched away past midstretch and was caught nearing the wire. MOONLIGHT DRIVE (ITY) stalked just off the rail then between horses into the first turn, continued outside rival on the backstretch and second turn, bid alongside the pacesetter leaving that turn to take the lead into the stretch, fought back in midstretch and held third. TOUGH IT OUT saved ground chasing the pace, steadied in tight leaving the second turn, came out into the stretch and was edged for the show. BLUE DANCER angled in leaving the chute and pulled along the inside stalking the pace, also steadied off heels leaving the second turn, was in tight off the heels of the pacesetter in upper stretch, came out and went around that rival then lacked the needed rally. OFFSHORE three deep into the first turn stalked outside a rival then three wide on the second turn and into the stretch and could not summon the necessary late kick. MAGIC MUSKETIER broke a bit slowly, angled in and pulled his way along outside a rival, steadied in tight leaving the second turn, came three wide into the stretch and did not rally. START A RUNNIN sped to the early lead, angled in and set the pace a bit off the rail then inside, dueled leaving the second turn, dropped back into the stretch and gave way, then did not return to be unsaddled when bleeding from the nostrils and was vanned off.

SIXTH RACE.

6½ Furlongs. Purse: $52,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies. 2 year olds. Time 22.65 45.74 1:10.84 1:17.57

Winner–Mundaye Call B.f.2 by Into Mischief out of Reve d’Amour, by Warrior’s Reward. Bred by Three Chimneys Farm, LLC (KY). Trainer: Don Chatlos. Owner: OXO Equine LLC. Mutuel Pool $314,549 Daily Double Pool $33,533 Exacta Pool $154,351 Quinella Pool $5,557 Superfecta Pool $67,903 Trifecta Pool $103,765. Scratched–Majestic Blend, Night On the Town.

50-Cent Pick Three (6-1-1) paid $12.75. Pick Three Pool $79,926.

MUNDAYE CALL sped to the early lead, inched away and set the pace a bit off the rail, kicked clear on the turn and won clear while mildly hand ridden for a few strides in the stretch. PAIGE ANNE stalked outside then three deep between foes, continued three wide on the turn and into the stretch and edged a rival for second. BRISTOL BAYOU angled in and stalked inside, came a bit off the rail in the stretch then drifted in and was edged for the place. PARKOUR bobbled at the start, stalked four wide then outside foes into and on the turn, came three wide into the stretch and lacked the needed rally. AWESOME DRIVE settled outside then off the rail, went between rivals on the turn and into the stretch and could not offer the necessary response. MAP MAKER chased between horses then a bit off the rail leaving the backstretch, angled to the inside on the turn and weakened. FROZEN BELLE fractious in the post parade, broke a step slowly, went up between horses then stalked just off the rail, was between foes into the stretch and weakened.

SEVENTH RACE.

1 1/16 Mile Turf. Purse: $53,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. Fillies. 3 year olds. Claiming Price $80,000. Time 22.79 46.91 1:10.98 1:35.42 1:41.50

Winner–Sedamar B.f.3 by Richard’s Kid out of Win Allison Win, by Stormy Atlantic. Bred by Mick Ruis (CA). Trainer: Shelbe Ruis. Owner: Ruis Racing LLC. Mutuel Pool $344,418 Daily Double Pool $34,655 Exacta Pool $208,141 Quinella Pool $6,469 Superfecta Pool $95,753 Trifecta Pool $146,114. Scratched–Harmless, Mulhima (IRE).

50-Cent Pick Three (1-1-5) paid $15.10. Pick Three Pool $61,997.

SEDAMAR chased outside a rival then a bit off the rail, continued inside on the second turn, swung out into the stretch and rallied under left handed urging to get up in the late stages. COURTEOUS had speed three deep then dueled outside a rival, kicked clear and angled in on the backstretch, set the pace inside and held on well but was caught late. OUT OF BALANCE angled in after the chute and settled a bit off the rail, came out leaving the second turn and four wide into the stretch and finished well. PRETTY POINT saved ground off the pace, swung out three wide into the stretch and found her best stride late. PRIMA VALENTINA stalked the pace inside, came a bit off the rail in the stretch and lacked the needed late kick between foes. KITTY BOOM BOOM pulled and angled in early, stalked inside, came out a bit into the stretch then drifted back in and did not rally. HELLO BUBBLES chased outside a rival to the stretch and also lacked a rally. INVINCIBELLA (GB) angled inward in the chute and settled outside a rival, came out into the stretch and did not rally. DEVILS DANCE had speed between horses then angled in and dueled inside, stalked a bit off the rail on the backstretch then outside a rival on the second turn, drifted three wide into the stretch and weakened.

EIGHTH RACE.

7 Furlongs. Purse: $100,000. ‘Bob Hope Stakes’. 2 year olds. Time 23.28 46.60 1:10.70 1:23.16

Winner–High Velocity B.c.2 by Quality Road out of Ketel Twist, by Dixie Union. Bred by Dell Ridge Farm, LLC (KY). Trainer: Bob Baffert. Owner: West, Gary and Mary. Mutuel Pool $301,659 Daily Double Pool $40,873 Exacta Pool $110,847 Quinella Pool $5,823 Trifecta Pool $80,464. Scratched–Howbeit, Thousand Words.

50-Cent Pick Three (1-5-5) paid $9.25. Pick Three Pool $47,709.

HIGH VELOCITY broke out a bit, dueled off the rail then a bit off the fence leaving the backstretch, battled inside on the turn and into the stretch and inched away under left handed urging in the final sixteenth. STRONGCONSTITUTION also broke out a bit, dueled outside the winner, fought back in the stretch, drifted out then in from the whip in the final furlong and could not quite match that one late. ZIMBA WARRIOR close up stalking the pace outside a rival to the stretch, continued just off the inside in the drive and lacked the necessary response. RAGER broke in a bit, saved ground stalking the pace, came out in upper stretch and had little left for the drive.

NINTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $52,000. Maiden Special Weight. 3 year olds and up. Time 23.23 48.22 1:12.43 1:24.40 1:36.29

Winner–Play Money Dbb.c.3 by Unusual Heat out of Money Plays, by Mr. Greeley. Bred by Patricia Ann Elia Trust (CA). Trainer: David E. Hofmans. Owner: Belott, Peter, Belott, Lisa, Boud, Andrew, Boud, Coleen, Dewarvin, Frederique, Patricia A. Elia Trus. Mutuel Pool $346,943 Exacta Pool $164,645 Quinella Pool $6,607 Superfecta Pool $78,901 Super High Five Pool $23,561 Trifecta Pool $117,283 Consolation Double Pool $122,354. Scratched–Endless Tale.

20-Cent Pick Six Jackpot (1/6-1/8-1/3/5-5-5-1/8) . Pick Six Jackpot Carryover $72,232. 50-Cent Pick Three (5-5-8) paid $10.95. 50-Cent Consolation Pick Three (5-5-1) paid $3.50. Consolation Pick Three Pool $135,884. 50-Cent Pick Four (1/3/5-5-5-1/8) 4 correct paid $28.15. Pick Four Pool $546,941. 50-Cent Pick Five (1/2/8/11-1/3/5-5-5-1/8) 5 correct paid $110.40. Pick Five Pool $488,542. $2 Pick Six (1/6-1/2/8/11-1/3/5-5-5-1/8) 5 out of 6 paid $9.80. $2 Pick Six (1/6-1/2/8/11-1/3/5-5-5-1/8) 6 correct paid $538.60. Pick Six Pool $117,275. $1 Place Pick All 9 correct paid $1,409.00. Place Pick All Pool $25,925.

PLAY MONEY three deep early, stalked outside a rival, bid three deep on the second turn, took the lead in upper stretch, inched away in midstretch and won clear under a tap on the shoulder with the whip turned down and steady handling. FRAVEL pulled a bit off the rail early then stalked outside a rival, continued between foes on the second turn and in the stretch and edged rivals for the place. BUD KNIGHT saved ground stalking the pace, awaited room along the rail leaving the second turn to midstretch, split rivals past midstretch and finished well between foes. BRIX pulled his way along three deep then stalked outside a rival, bid alongside the pacesetter on the backstretch, took a short advantage between horses leaving the second turn, drifted inward in the stretch and was edged for third. ABUSIVE GARY broke a bit slowly, pulled outside a rival then between foes on the first turn, stalked outside a foe, continued just off the rail on the second turn, came out in the stretch and found his best stride late four wide on the line. COOL YOUR JETS chased outside a rival then three deep into and on the second turn and into the stretch and could not quite summon the needed late kick. CAFE CLARA sped to the early lead, set the pace inside then dueled along the rail, fought back on the second turn and weakened in the final furlong.

Del Mar Entries for Sunday, November 17.

Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Del Mar, California. $2 Win, Place and Show; $1 Exacta, $2 Quinella, 50-cent Trifecta, $2 Rolling Double, 50-cent rolling Pick 3; 10-cent Superfecta; 50-cent Pick 4 last 4 races; 50-cent Players Pick 5 first 5 races; $2 Pick 6 last 6 races; $1 Place Pick All; $1 Super High Five last race. Trifecta needs 4 betting interests; Superfecta needs 6. 7th day of a 15-day meet.

FIRST RACE.

6½ Furlongs. Purse: $17,000. Claiming. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Prices $16,000-$14,000.

SECOND RACE.

5 Furlongs Turf. Purse: $52,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies. 2 year olds.

THIRD RACE.

5½ Furlongs. Purse: $52,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies. 2 year olds. State bred.

FOURTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $55,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $62,500.

FIFTH RACE.

6 Furlongs. Purse: $33,000. Claiming. Fillies. 3 year olds. Claiming Prices $32,000-$28,000.

SIXTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $30,000. Starter Optional Claiming. Fillies. 2 year olds. Claiming Price $50,000.

SEVENTH RACE.

7 Furlongs. Purse: $100,000. ‘Betty Grable Stakes’. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. State bred.

EIGHTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $52,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. State bred.

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Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Talk of that UCLA football resurgence may have been premature.

UCLA FOOTBALL

Remember when UCLA won three games in a row, and fans thought maybe the program had turned a corner? Remember when Bruins fans were excited that the team could reach the Rose Bowl game? Remember when Bruins fans thought, while it would be tough to beat Utah, it was certainly possible, and seemed almost likely after the offense began clicking the last three weeks? Remember all of that? Keep that memory, because here is what happened Saturday:

Utah 49, UCLA 3.

That’s not a misprint. Let me run that again for you: Utah 49, UCLA 3. To paraphrase Harry Doyle in “Major League,” “That’s all we got, three lousy points?”

UCLA (4-6 overall, 4-3 Pac-12) had won three consecutive games against average-to-good teams but did not stack up against one of the nation’s best. Now the Bruins’ margin for error in reaching a bowl is zero with games remaining against USC and California.

Their upset bid was effectively over by halftime after quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson committed two of his four turnovers and the UCLA defense reverted to its bad early season habits, surrendering 269 yards and allowing the Utes to go 85 yards for a touchdown in just 46 seconds on their final drive of the half.

Then, on the third play of the third quarter, UCLA safety Stephan Blaylock missed a tackle after Utah tight end Brant Kuithe found an opening in the defense for an easy catch and scurried for a 69-yard touchdown. The Utes led 35-3 and it felt even more lopsided given their defense left no hope for another 32-point comeback a la UCLA’s miracle earlier this season against Washington State.

The Bruins managed a season low for points after entering the game leading the Pac-12 in multiple offensive categories in conference play, averaging 37 points per game.

UCLA was outgained in yardage, 536-269, and couldn’t reliably move the ball on the ground against Utah’s best-in-the-nation run defense. They generated 50 rushing yards, ending their streak of having topped 200 yards in that department at five games. Tailback Joshua Kelley managed 78 rushing yards, averaging 4.1 yards per carry.

Read more

Helene Elliott: UCLA’s masquerade as a winner ends after Utah exposes its true nature

UCLA’s game plan against Utah ravaged by a plague of turnovers

UCLA FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

All times Pacific. Radio: AM 1150

at Cincinnati 24, UCLA 14

San Diego State 23, at UCLA 14

Oklahoma 48, at UCLA 14

UCLA 67, at Washington State 63

at Arizona 20, UCLA 17

Oregon State 48, at UCLA 31

UCLA 34, at Stanford 16

at UCLA 42, Arizona State 32

at UCLA 31, Colorado 14

at Utah 49, UCLA 3

Nov. 23 at USC, TBD

Nov. 30 vs. California, TBD

USC FOOTBALL

One after another, the deep passes fell from the pitch-black sky over Memorial Stadium, originating from the cannon right arm of Kedon Slovis.

The freshman quarterback sent pass after pass soaring into a stalwart Cal secondary, letting them fly for 33 yards, for 50, for 45 — each perfectly placed into the outstretched arms of Michael Pittman Jr. or Amon-ra St. Brown or Drake London, each doing more damage than the last.

When Slovis had finally stopped firing, one of the Pac-12’s best defenses had long since waved the white flag, leaving USC with the spoils of a 41-17 victory, their third straight on the road.

In perhaps his best game of an already stellar freshman season, Slovis finished 29-of-35 with 406 yards and four touchdowns.

The young quarterback had long since blown away any reasonable expectations for a freshman season that began with him as a backup. Almost three months earlier, he was an unheralded three-star recruit behind JT Daniels, with no likely path to playing time. Now, as the end of an uneven USC season nears, Slovis had begun to unleash on opposing secondaries unlike any Trojan quarterback in recent memory.

USC FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

All times Pacific. Radio: 790 KABC

USC 31, Fresno State 23

USC 45, Stanford 20

at BYU 30, USC 27 (OT)

at USC 30, Utah 23

at Washington 28, USC 14

at Notre Dame 30, USC 27

at USC 41, Arizona 14

USC 35, at Colorado 31

Oregon 56, at USC 24

USC 31, at Arizona State 26

USC 41, at California 17

Nov. 23 vs. UCLA, TBD

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

College football columnist J. Brady McCollough on Tua Tagovailoa’s injury:

One of the criticisms of California’s “Fair Pay for Play Act” and similar bills being floated in state legislatures across the country is that only a select handful of players would have the power in the marketplace to earn significant compensation from the use of their name, image and likeness.

And so?

Tua Tagovailoa is one of those special young men. No matter what the specific wording of state laws, federal law or the eventual NCAA attempt at a rule change on NIL, we can all agree that Tagovailoa, the best quarterback in University of Alabama history, would already be worth millions of dollars if he were allowed to cash in on his fame, talent and handsome face.

For anyone who loves college football yet wants to enjoy it without near-constant ethical dilemma, Tagovailoa suffering a dislocated hip injury that will end his season and possibly affect his NFL draft stock and long-term ability to play at a high level is a punch to the gut.

“Tank for Tua” has been the theme of the Miami Dolphins’ season. For anywhere from $20-30, you can purchase a variety of T-shirts featuring that catch phrase. Will Tagovailoa receive a dime of that money? You know the answer.

When will this end? It’s criminal.

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As soon as Tagovailoa went down in pain late in the second quarter of No. 5 Alabama’s 38-7 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday, people lashed out at Alabama coach Nick Saban for having started Tagovailoa to begin with.

SATURDAY’S TOP 25 SCOREBOARD

No. 1 LSU 58, Ole Miss 37

No. 2 Ohio State 56, Rutgers 21

No. 3 Clemson 52, Wake Forest 3

No. 4 Georgia 21, No. 12 Auburn 14

No. 5 Alabama 38, Mississippi State 7

No. 6 Oregon 34, Arizona 6

No. 7 Utah 49, UCLA 3

No. 20 Iowa 23, No. 8 Minnesota 19

No. 9 Penn State 34, Indiana 27

No. 10 Oklahoma 34, No. 13 Baylor 31

No. 11 Florida 23, Missouri 6

No. 14 Wisconsin 37, Nebraska 21

No. 15 Michigan 44, Michigan State 10

No. 16 Notre Dame 52, Navy 20

No. 17 Cincinnati 20, South Florida 17

No. 18 Memphis 45, Houston 27

Iowa State 23, No. 19 Texas 21

No. 21 Boise State 42, New Mexico 9

No. 22 Oklahoma State 31, Kansas 13

West Virginia 24, No. 24 Kansas State 20

No. 25 Appalachian State 56, Georgia State 27

SATURDAY’S PAC-12 SCOREBOARD

at No. 7 Utah 49, UCLA 3

USC 41, at California 17

at No. 6 Oregon 34, Arizona 6

at Washington State 49, Stanford 22

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at Oregon State 35, Arizona State 34

PAC-12 STANDINGS

North

Oregon, 7-0 in Pac-12, 9-1 overall

Oregon State, 4-3, 5-5

Washington, 3-4, 6-4

Stanford, 3-5, 4-6

California, 2-5, 5-5

Washington State, 2-5, 5-5

South

Utah, 6-1, 9-1

USC, 6-2, 7-4

UCLA, 4-3, 4-6

Arizona State, 2-5, 5-5

Arizona, 2-5, 4-6

Colorado, 2-5, 4-6

CLIPPERS

With Kawhi Leonard absent for his fourth game of the season, Paul George provided a commanding performance in his first home game as a Clipper by scoring 37 points in 20 minutes in his team’s 150-101 victory over Atlanta at Staples Center.

The victory ended a two-game losing streak and also provided further evidence that George, who hadn’t played in 207 days until he scored 33 points in 24 minutes during his season debut Thursday, is already far along in his progression back to the court after offseason surgery on both shoulders. George called that performance “terrible,” in part because it occurred during a loss in New Orleans.

He didn’t grade Saturday’s effort so critically.

“It means everything,” George said afterward, on the television broadcast. “I could get used to this.”

When he went to the bench with 8:07 remaining in the third quarter, George had already scored 34 points in his first 18 minutes. Had he not returned for the fourth quarter, it would not have been shocking. The Clippers (7-5) were already leading by double digits and there was no need for an encore. Fans had already chanted “6-6-1!” during his free-throw attempts – the number for the area code of Palmdale, where George grew up.

But then, during the break between the third and fourth quarters, George wiped his shiny, silver sneakers on a traction pad at the scorer’s table and returned to the court.

Within 18 seconds, George caught a pass from JaMychal Green and drilled a three-pointer from 28 feet, and as he jogged backward on defense, he shrugged while rapper Quavo cheered from a courtside seat. Four possessions later, he provided an emphatic coda on his first home game as a Clipper when he sprinted ahead of Atlanta’s defense in transition and bounced a pass off the backboard that was caught and dunked by teammate Montrezl Harrell.

When George finally checked out for good shortly thereafter, Hall of Famer Jerry West, a Clippers adviser, was among the fans who rose to applaud.

Lou Williams added 25 points off the bench and Jerome Robinson scored a career-high 21 points.

USC BASKETBALL

Nick Rakocevic scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and USC beat Nevada 76-66.

Daniel Utomi added 12 points and Elijah Weaver scored 11 for USC.

After Nevada took a 21-18 lead with 8:33 left in the first half, USC went on a 13-0 run over the next five minutes and never trailed.

USC’s size advantage proved too much for the Wolf Pack and its senior-laden backcourt. The Trojans (4-0) outrebounded Nevada 42-37 and outscored the Wolf Pack 42-10 in the paint.

Rakocevic, a 6-foot-11 senior, made 10 of 15 from the field. Onyeka Okongwu grabbed 11 rebounds and Ethan Anderson had eight assists.

KINGS

From his back, the man of the night pumped his fists and wildly nodded his head. First, he screamed. Then, he cracked a smile.

This wasn’t the calm, quiet Jeff Carter the hockey world has come to know over the last 15 years. But after scoring the game-winning goal in his 1,000th NHL game, even the Kings’ usually stoic scorer recognized the moment. The story line was too perfect for him to not break character, too poetic for anything other than a candid celebration.

“I just felt like that was going to happen,” Kings defenseman Drew Doughty told Fox Sports West. “Jeff’s a goal-scorer and has scored big goals like that his whole career. I don’t think anyone is too shocked in here.”

So much of Saturday’s game, a 4-3 Kings win over the Vegas Golden Knights that was decided by Carter’s tie-breaking tip-in with 7:18 remaining, was befitting of the forward’s landmark career.

When Carter was recognized on the video board in the opening minutes, cameras caught him challenging an official. Later in the game, the public address announcer revealed Carter’s 1,000th game jersey would be auctioned off for the Kings Care charity. Earlier in the week, his wife, Megan, asked the franchise not to give her family any gifts, but make a donation to the club’s foundation instead.

And, after his brief burst of excitement, Carter tried to downplay his emotions postgame.

“Nothing special about it,” he claimed of the goal, reverting back to his normal non-attention-seeking self. “Won a faceoff, shoot a puck, go to the net.”

DUCKS

Derek Grant completed his first career hat trick, Ryan Getzlaf added a goal and an assist, and the Ducks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1.

It was just the second multigoal game of Grant’s 229-game career and first since Oct. 20, 2017.

John Gibson made 37 saves as the Ducks snapped a five-game losing streak.

RAMS

Not so long ago — circa 2018 — Sean McVay was the toast of the NFL, a coaching wunderkind and whiz kid play-caller on his way to leading his team to the Super Bowl.

A year later, Sean McVay is trying to keep the teetering Rams from falling out of playoff contention.

That could happen if they lose to the Chicago Bears today at the Coliseum.

It’s a far different scenario than last season, when the Rams won their first eight games en route to a second consecutive NFC West title.

They enter Sunday’s game with a 5-4 record and a distant view of the first-place San Francisco 49ers and surging Seattle Seahawks in the division.

“I would be lying to say that this hasn’t been more challenging,” McVay said. “But that’s also why there’s a motivation to make sure to do right and to use this as an opportunity to try to respond in the way that you challenge your players and everybody else to.

“You want to make sure that you’re epitomizing those things as well.”

RAMS SCHEDULE

All times Pacific. Radio: 710 ESPN, 93.1 JACK FM

Rams 30, at Carolina 27

at Rams 27, New Orleans 9

Rams 20, at Cleveland 13

Tampa Bay 55, at Rams 40

at Seattle 30, Rams 29

San Francisco 20, at Rams 7

Rams 37, at Atlanta 10

Rams 24, Cincinnati 10 (at London)

at Pittsburgh 17, Rams 12

Today vs. Chicago, 5:15 p.m., NBC

Nov. 25 vs. Baltimore, 5:15 p.m., ESPN

Dec. 1 at Arizona, 1 p.m., Fox

Dec. 8 vs. Seattle, 5:15 p.m., NBC

Dec. 15 at Dallas, 1:15 p.m., Fox

Dec. 22 or 23 at San Francisco, TBD

Dec. 29 vs. Arizona, 1:15 p.m., Fox

CHARGERS SCHEDULE

All times Pacific. Radio: KFI-AM 640, KFWB-AM 980

at Chargers 30, Indianapolis 24 (OT)

at Detroit 13, Chargers 10

Houston 27, at Chargers 20

Chargers 30, at Miami 10

Denver 20, at Chargers 13

Pittsburgh 24, at Chargers 17

at Tennessee 23, Chargers 20

Chargers 17, at Chicago 16

at Chargers 26, Green Bay 11

at Oakland 26, Chargers 24

Nov. 18 vs. Kansas City, 5:15 p.m., ESPN (at Mexico City, counts as home game for Chargers)

Dec. 1 at Denver, 1:15 p.m., CBS

Dec. 8 at Jacksonville, 1 p.m., Fox

Dec. 15 vs. Minnesota, 5:15 p.m., NBC

Dec. 22 or 23 vs. Oakland, TBD

Dec. 29 at Kansas City, 10 a.m., CBS

TODAY’S LOCAL MAJOR SPORTS SCHEDULE

All times Pacific

Chicago at Rams, 5:15 p.m., NBC, 710 ESPN

Atlanta at Lakers, 6:30 p.m., Spectrum Sportsnet

BORN ON THIS DATE

1930: Decathlete Bob Mathias (d. 2006)

1944: Baseball player Tom Seaver

1945: Basketball player Elvin Hayes

1983: Baseball player Ryan Braun

1983: Baseball player Nick Markakis

DIED ON THIS DATE

1982: Boxer Duk Koo Kim, 23

1998: Football coach Ween Ewbank, 91

2006: Football coach Bo Schembechler, 76

AND FINALLY

Tom Seaver‘s 1978 no-hitter. Watch it here.

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SAN DIEGO — 

Days after a gunman’s April 27 attack on Chabad of Poway, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein took to the road. His wounded hands wrapped in blue bandages, he became a public symbol of resilience and hope.

Speaking at the White House and the United Nations; to gatherings in Brazil, Poland and New York; and to news outlets ranging from global TV news networks to the local newspaper, he delivered an upbeat message.

“If hate can leap across continents, so can love and light that will defeat it,” the rabbi told the U.N. General Assembly in June. “If darkness can be spread throughout the world, so can light that can outshine it.”

Privately, though, pressures were building. This week, it was announced that the 58-year-old rabbi had retired as the leader of Chabad of Poway, the synagogue he founded in 1986.

“It was a really rough year and then he immediately made himself a spokesperson,” said Elisheva Green, a leader of the Friendship Circle, a synagogue program for people with special needs. “He needs some downtime now. He’s really exhausted.”

One of his five sons, Rabbi Mendel Goldstein, has assumed leadership of the synagogue and its school.

Another son, Rabbi Shuie Goldstein, and his wife, Devorah Goldstein, took charge of the Friendship Circle.

“We are grateful for Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein’s thirty-plus years of leadership, especially in the aftermath of the terror attack, and he will forever be a part of our community’s story,” the synagogue said in a statement Friday. “We are thrilled to have Rabbi Mendel Goldstein take the reins of our center, and have great confidence in his skills and ability to lead. He has served the community since 2015, and comes to the position with years of experience and a contagious enthusiasm.”

Even before the Passover assault on Chabad of Poway, an attack that left congregant Lori Gilbert-Kaye dead and Goldstein and two others wounded, the rabbi had been grooming his sons to succeed him. But the tragedy complicated Goldstein’s schedule and tore at his heart.

He mourned Gilbert-Kaye, a friend as well as a congregant. Phantom pains emanated from where his right index finger had been shot off. His left index finger, shattered by a bullet fragment, required surgeries and physical therapy. Demands on his time became so overwhelming that he stopped giving interviews and even declined the chief rabbi of Israel’s invitation to speak in Jerusalem.

Chabad of Poway also struggled to heal. The Anti-Defamation League reported a rise in anti-Semitic threats after the shooting, including at least two directed at the synagogue.

A Washington state man was arrested after threatening violence against President Trump’s family, media figures and Jews, specifically calling for the murder of Goldstein. And a Concord, Calif., man boasted online of his desire to imitate the Chabad of Poway shooter. Upon his arrest, he was found to have an illegal, homemade assault weapon.

“As a community we have suffered a great deal, more than any community should know of,” a statement from Chabad of Poway said. “We are working hard to heal and get back on our feet, and now, under the leadership of Rabbi Mendel Goldstein, we look forward to continue to grow and create more light and goodness around us.”

In fact, the synagogue has been buoyed by expressions of support.

“We have a whole new garden that was planted by our neighbors,” Green said. “An Eagle Scout made a bench for elderly congregation members to rest on. The community has just been wonderful, so many people have really been so supportive.”

What next for Yisroel Goldstein? In interviews and speeches this year, he mentioned a dream project he calls “a billion good deeds.” The venture, he said, was rooted in the teachings of his mentor, or “rebbe,” Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the late leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

“We are going to conquer the world with a billion good deeds, an initiative that we are going to flood the internet with,” Goldstein said in June. “We are going to flood social media to excite people to start doing good deeds. As the rebbe taught us, through random acts of goodness and kindness, you create light in the world.”

A nonprofit with that name — A Billion Good Deeds — has been established in upstate New York, near the home of the rabbi’s brother Zalman Goldstein.

“It’s moving along, getting all the pieces in play,” Zalman Goldstein said in an email this week, “still a while before it debuts.”

Rowe writes for the San Diego Union-Tribune.

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