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LOS ANGELES — They saw dolphins, shared a meal and toured the waters around Marina del Rey, all courtesy of their fifth-year quarterback.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Not long after Carl Peterson became a graduate-assistant football coach at UCLA in 1973, he encountered then-Los Angeles Rams assistant Dick Vermeil as the Rams conducted practices at UCLA. Even in Vermeil’s subordinate role, Peterson was struck by his charisma and energy.

LOS ANGELES — Mo Ostin, the music executive who helped transform Warner Bros. Records into one of the most admired music labels in the world and who earned respect and lasting allegiance from musicians from Los Angeles to London for his artist-friendly philosophy, died on Sunday. He was 95.

Mo Ostin, a self-effacing giant of the music business who with rare integrity presided over Warner Bros

In the span of about a week, in cities separated by about 600 miles, two of the most powerful leaders in college athletics offered contrasting worldviews in this summer of massive change and uncertainty. One of them espoused the supposed values of the traditional collegiate sports model; the other embraced…

STORRS, Conn. — Jim Mora and his wife Kathy got up the hill, to the UConn football fields long before the first practice was to start Friday. They took a jog around the twin gridirons, mowed and manicured to the new coach’s specifications.

SAN DIEGO — How about a Pac-11?

Researchers discovered that lunar pits and caves could provide stable temperatures around 63 degrees Fahrenheit, leading to new possibilities for experiments and life there.

Training camps are here, and that’s my annual cue to rise and shine and try to get the lay of the land. Seems I missed a few things.