SAN DIEGO — Sean Manaea didn’t have trouble pitching on four days’ rest, even though his teammates made him pitch a little too much. Manaea kept pitching, and eventually the San Diego Padres made up for their misplays with success in the batter’s box t…
Padres score early against Bumgarner, beat Dbacks
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres limped home Thursday night with the goal of simply not stumbling into the All-Star break. The right team was in town for the weekend, the right pitchers were on the mound. The Diamondbacks don’t win much at Petco Park n…
Mark Zeigler: Are the World Championships in Eugene a launching pad for U.S. track, or a burial?
EUGENE, Ore. — Newly renovated Hayward Field sits in the middle of the University of Oregon campus, its futuristic exoskeleton rising above the aging brick buildings like a spaceship. It cost Phil Knight and friends $300 million, and it includes a 5,00…
Mark Zeigler: Ukraine track team escapes horrors of war at Chula Vista training center
SAN DIEGO — Viktor Bryzhin and Olga Vladykina won Olympic track gold medals for the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea. Bryzhin was on the 4×100-meter relay team. Vladykina won the individual 400 meters and got the baton in the…
Stephen Bishop reflects on his life in music in ‘On and Off,’ an autobiography with a dramatic twist
It’s no longer surprising for memoirs by music stars and celebrities to contain some major disclosures, be it Mariah Carey confessing to an extramarital affair with baseball great Derek Jeter or Carlos Santana revealing that he was subjected to sexual …
Padres’ Profar to concussion IL; Rooker called up
SAN DIEGO — The Padres are placing Jurickson Profar on the seven-day concussion list and calling up Brent Rooker from Triple-A El Paso for his third stint with the big league team. Profar was injured in a collision Thursday night with shortstop CJ Abra…
Q&A: Will California’s inflation relief plan make inflation worse?
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced in late June a $17 billion inflation relief package that would send money to millions of Californians. Single tax filers will receive $350 if they earn less than $75,000 a year. Joint filers will get $700 if they earn less t…
Bryce Miller: Padres’ offensive woes show Fernando Tatis Jr. return has become critical
When Fernando Tatis Jr. returns from wrist surgery, he better be something special. He better be an offensive savior, a run-producing fuse and lineup complicator who pretzels opposing pitchers. If not? Well, that becomes a far more alarming question fo…
Nick Canepa: USC and UCLA jumping from sinking Pac-12 ship no real big surprise
SAN DIEGO — During the souped-up muscle car race on the Modern Collegiate Athletics Speedway, the Pac-12 had lost horsepower and got itself lapped. And so it eventually became a jalopy stalled on the tracks, with the money train fast approaching. I’m n…
Tower of Power set to become first funk/soul band to play with San Diego Symphony: ‘We’re really excited!’
SAN DIEGO — Tower of Power hasn’t done absolutely everything a band can do in 53 years, but it’s come close. Since debuting in 1968 in Oakland, the brassy soul, funk and R&B band has released 29 albums — including six live concert recordings — and perf…