FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

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CAROLINA BLOWOUT
Eli Manning, left, and the Giants
made quick work of Cam Newton
and the Panthers. C3

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WASHINGTON 4,
DODGERS 1

Playoff
hopes
fading
quickly
MLB: While Nationals
clinch postseason
berth, Dodgers odds
longer for wild card.
By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON While the

Washington
Nationals
wrapped up a playoff spot
Thursday night, the Dodgers
chances of making the postseason took a hit.
The Dodgers fell 4-1 at the
NL East leaders for their 10th
loss in the last 14 games, and
manager
Don
Mattingly
acknowledged a playoff slot
may be slipping away.
You know, honestly, it does.
It feels like it is a little bit, and
I dont think theres any way
for us to look at it other than
that, he said. I mean, its,
yeah, were going the wrong
direction.
The Dodgers (77-73) are
three back of St. Louis for the
NLs second wild-card spot. Milwaukee moved ahead of the
Dodgers with its win over Pittsburgh.
For us at this point, were
going to have to put a run
together thats going to be
more than just win a series,
Mattingly said.

By Tom Hoffarth Staff Writer

n this final day of the summer of 2012, the

Stanley Cup rests.
It was delivered to Montreal on Thursday
afternoon, where silversmith Louise St. Jacques started the
task of taking it apart and engraving the names of all the
Kings men 50-some players, owners, coaches, trainers
and scouts, according to the teams wishes on a space
reserved for what the franchise accomplished last season.
While the calendar says the Summer of Stanley is
officially over, a current league lockout makes the next
season TBA.

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Photos by Phil Pritchard, Kings, Andrew Bernstein

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Jacquelyn Martin The Associated Press

Matt Kemp complains to

umpire Mike Winters after
striking out in the ninth.

Up next
at Cincinnati, 4 p.m. today,
Great American Ballpark.
TV: Prime.

USC eager to repair

damaged reputation
COLLEGE FOOTBALL:
Trojans look to
bounce back from
loss at Stanford.
By Scott Wolf Staff Writer

SC coach Lane Kiffin

drew parallels this
week between the
Trojans loss to Stanford and
last years first loss at Arizona
State to demonstrate the
season is far from over.
But for every similarity
there is a difference that
makes it more intriguing

Bisping ready to
back up his words

Up next

MMA: British fighter

faces former Marine
Stann in UFC 152.

vs. California, 3 p.m. Saturday,

Coliseum. TV: Pac-12 Networks.

whether the No. 13-ranked

Trojans will rebound from
their shocking loss to the
Cardinal?
It humbled us, USC
linebacker Hayes Pullard said.
It also made USC feel it
needs to prove it deserved its
preseason hype after suffering
an embarrassing setback just
three games into the season.
Im extremely eager,

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By Brian Martin
Staff Writer

ichael Bisping gets

it.
He never shies
away from a question.
He relishes the opportunity
to verbally joust with
opponents.
Michael Owen Baker Staff Photographer
He made a name for
Michael Bisping knows a dominant performance at
himself six years ago as a
UFC 152 could earn him a middleweight title shot.
fighter who traveled from

UFC 152
7 p.m. Saturday, Air Canada
Centre, Toronto. TV: PPV

England to Las Vegas to win

Season 3 of the UFC reality
show The Ultimate Fighter.
And he enhanced his
reputation three years later
when he returned as one of
the coaches for Season 9 of
The Ultimate Fighter, which
pitted a team of British
fighters against a team of
American fighters.
Add all of that up, and the

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