Jordan Walden

A top priority for Angels closer Jordan Walden this spring will be to improve a changeup he had very little confidence in and rarely threw last season, when the rookie right-hander was 5-5 with a 2.98 earned-run average, 32 saves......

What should have been an uplifting victory turned into one of the most deflating losses of the season as closer Kevin Gregg and young third baseman Josh Bell played starring roles in a collapse that only these Orioles could make look so routine. Called...

Costa Mesa High senior running back Mario Smith needed just one half to rush for 149 yards and two touchdowns in Thursday's 42-7 nonleague football win over Santiago of Garden Grove. Smith, like Coach Wally Grant, gave credit to his offensive line. The...

Costa Mesa vs. Ocean View When/where: Friday, 7, at Ocean View Key Mustangs: Sr. RB-CB Mario Smith (488 yards, four TDs rushing); Sr. QB Nathan Alvis (418 yards, five TDs passing); Sr. WR Jordan Walden (11 catches, 186 yards, three TDs); So. MLB-RB...

The psychoanalyst Helene Deutsch once said "the ultimate goal of all research is not objectivity, but truth." It's in that spirit that we conclude Curtis Granderson should be the American League's first-half Most Valuable Player. A crowd of players...

Jered Weaver struck out eight in nine innings in his first start since he was suspended for throwing at a batter, Vernon Wells singled home the winning run in the 10th and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 on Friday night. Torii Hunter...

Three up, three down for Davey Johnson. Dan Haren pitched two-hit ball through 7 1/3 innings and the Los Angeles Angels beat Washington 1-0 Wednesday on an unearned run to sweep Johnson’s team in his first series as Nationals manager. “I&...

The agent for Jeff Mathis said on Thursday that neither he nor the in-limbo catcher has "heard a peep" from the Angels since the team acquired Chris Iannetta from the Colorado Rockies to be their everyday catcher on Wednesday. The......

Jerry Dipoto has cast a wide net in his search for relief help, the Angels’ new general manager saying Tuesday that he has contacted the agents for “between five and 10” right-handers. Among the free agents the Angels are believed......

Peter Bourjos knocked in the go-ahead run with a two-out double in the top of the sixth inning and made a spectacular leaping catch before crashing into the wall in left-center field in the bottom of the sixth to lead......

Dan Haren was rocked for six earned runs and seven hits in four innings of the Angels’ 6-1 interleague loss to the New York Mets at Citi Field on Saturday night, by far his worst start of the season. Haren......

Mark Trumbo's bad-hop single over shortstop Hanley Ramirez's head scored Bobby Abreu from second with two outs in the top of the 10th inning Wednesday night, and reliever Michael Kohn retired the side in order in the bottom of the......