Category: Sports

The Chargers picked Southeastern Conference defensive player of the year Kyle Kennard with the 125th overall pick of the NFL draft Saturday to add youth [more…]

EDMONTON, Canada — The Edmonton Oilers played like they couldn’t afford to lose Friday. And they didn’t, scoring two goals 10 seconds apart late in the third [more…]

Alijah Arenas, a top USC recruit and Chatsworth High basketball star, awoke from his coma after a serious Cybertruck crash early Thursday morning and has [more…]

GREEN BAY, Wis. — NFL teams sure found a way to disrupt the quarterback. And that quarterback was Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who waited and waited and [more…]

HIGH SCHOOL SCORES Wednesday’s Results BASEBALL City Section Bell 7, Roosevelt 6 Birmingham 1, Chatsworth 0 Canoga Park 11, Panorama 10 Cleveland 7, Granada Hills [more…]

The Kings and Edmonton Oilers are old postseason foes, with this first-round matchup marking their 11th meeting in the Stanley Cup playoffs. But with Wednesday’s [more…]

Already planned for an early kickoff to Week 1 in Brazil, the Chargers will get an early start to their preseason as they will face [more…]

The only thing that moved slower than the Lakers was the clock. They had poured their energy into fighting for everything while building a lead [more…]

Oklahoma’s softball program has been taking away top players from Southern California for years, from Tiare Jennings (St. Anthony) to current star Ella Parker (Sherman [more…]

The Kings ran out to a four-goal lead then had to hold off a frantic Edmonton comeback to beat the Oilers 6-5 in a wild [more…]

ARLINGTON, Texas — As a father of two, Dave Roberts is a true believer. “Dad strength,” he declared Sunday morning, “is real.” Which, naturally, made the Dodgers [more…]

Ingrid Lindblad grew up figure skating. The dynamic sport of balance and precision tested her limits before she ultimately surrendered the ice for the green [more…]

When Jaslene Massey smiles, it’s contagious. You want to return the smile. She has a bubbling personality that encourages track and field fans to cheer [more…]

Before the first game of the Lakers’ postseason, head coach JJ Redick clenched as he spoke, a very serious person acting even more seriously than [more…]

Kudos to Dylan Hernández for his column “Dodgers are no longer agents of change,” noting the absurdity of a Dodger team going to the White [more…]

FRIDAY’S RESULTS BASEBALL City Section Bravo 17, Jordan 0 Fremont 8, Sotomayor 7 King/Drew 3, Marquez 2 Mendez 4, Gardena 3 Southern Section AAE 10, [more…]

One week after great performances at the Arcadia Invitational, the Mt. SAC Relays at Mt. San Antonio College take center state on Saturday. Among the [more…]

THURSDAY’S RESULTS BASEBALL City Section San Fernando 8, Legacy 2 San Pedro 2, Bell 1 Sylmar 10, Marshall 5 Verdugo Hills 1, Palisades 0 Southern [more…]

The Rams once again are on the move for the NFL draft. But for the first time in five years, coach Sean McVay and general [more…]

One year and three weeks ago, Bobby Miller was at the peak of his young major league career. After a promising rookie campaign in 2023, [more…]

Spring football practice begins this month, and one of the players with a terrific upside is junior left-handed quarterback Wyatt Brown. For three seasons, he [more…]

Two sloppy tendencies — one involving gloves, the other bats — repeatedly cost the Dodgers during a slipshod 10-game stretch that followed their 8-0 start [more…]

With Dodger Stadium and Alamitos Beach joining the list Tuesday, LA28 has almost completed its full venue plan for the 2028 Olympics. The organizing committee [more…]

After six consecutive walk-off home victories, Westlake went on the road on Monday and still managed to produce drama in the seventh inning. Noah Stead [more…]

Season Series: 2-2 Oct. 22, 2024 in Los Angeles Lakers 110, Timberwolves 103 The Lakers won their season opener as LeBron James and Bronny James [more…]

It’s too early, the Dodgers say, to sound any alarm bells. Their lineup is too talented, they believe, for the narrative not to eventually turn. [more…]

HIGH SCHOOL SCORES Saturday’s Results BASEBALL City Section Bell 7, Sylmar 6 Bravo 6, Monroe 5 Chavez 7, Gardena 4 Fairfax 11, Arleta 4 Marshall [more…]

This is Roki Sasaki’s home now. The San Gabriel Mountains at his back as he stands atop the mound at Dodger Stadium. Stands filled with [more…]

At a time when playing golf can be expensive and out of reach for some, Bank of America has launched “Golf With Us,” a national [more…]

Tommy Edman has never hit more than 13 home runs in any of his six previous MLB seasons. After just 15 games this year, he’s [more…]

HIGH SCHOOL SCORES Thursday’s Results BASEBALL City Section Bell 7, South Gate 1 Harbor Teacher 6, Fremont 5 LACES 4, University 3 Legacy 7, Garfield [more…]

Nothing is certain in baseball, but when Seth Hernandez is on the mound for Corona High, the team doesn’t lose. The Panthers are 15-0 over [more…]

WASHINGTON — Andy Pages shook his head with a grin, raised his clasped hands to the sky, then gave thanks with a much-needed sigh of relief. It [more…]

DALLAS — The Lakers fans and the Mavericks fans cheered. Because they were Luka Doncic fans. The uniforms were Lakers purple and gold. They were Dallas navy [more…]

Dwight Howard is the splash signing of the Los Angeles Riot, Ice Cube’s BIG3 three-on-three basketball league announced Wednesday. Howard, 39, promises to have a [more…]

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Lakers had equity, earning it in a dominant win Sunday afternoon against the best team in the West. They had reasons to punt [more…]

One of the cornerstones in LA28’s Olympic venue plan has fallen through. Santa Monica officials announced Tuesday that formal talks with the organizing committee for [more…]

Norco collected 17 hits and hit two home runs to win the first game of a three-game Big VIII League series against Corona Centennial 15-3 [more…]

Virtually every top softball team in the Southern Section was entered in last week’s Michelle Carew Classic, from Norco to Orange Lutheran to El Modena [more…]

OKLAHOMA CITY — The postseason road the Lakers want to take probably will roll through Oklahoma City at some point, the unquestioned best team in the Western [more…]

At the midway point of the high school baseball season, senior Jackson Eisenhauer of Crespi has been close to perfect. He has pitched 36 innings [more…]

There is no doubt about it, Journalism, the horse, is the real deal. He put an exclamation point on his five-race career with a three-quarters-length [more…]

HIGH SCHOOL SCORES Friday’s Results BASEBALL City Section Animo Robinson 10, Animo Venice 5 Arleta 1, Monroe 0 Banning 1, San Pedro 0 Birmingham 5, [more…]

TAMPA, Fla. — Passes glanced off their hands. Rebounds squirted out of bounds. The bright lights of a historic season blinded UCLA on the biggest stage. Connecticut, [more…]

An ankle injury has delayed 6-foot-7 sophomore pitcher Aidan Kent of JSerra High from making an immediate impact this season, but he offered a glimpse [more…]

Freddie Freeman’s latest ankle issue will keep him out longer than initially expected. During the Dodgers’ travel day to Philadelphia on Thursday, the team announced [more…]

The weight of expectations hung on Katelyn Rosen’s shoulders. Rosen was fresh off a freshman campaign at UCLA in which she earned All Pac-12 honors, [more…]

On a night of imperfection in all facets of their game, the Dodgers found a way to remain perfect anyway. Those early throwing errors by [more…]

Having covered high school sports in Southern California since 1976, when there’s a Hall of Fame induction ceremony, it makes me go back in time [more…]

SPOKANE, Wash. — The tenacious freshman stared ahead blankly, her eyes welling with tears, the losing USC locker room silent around her. Kennedy Smith gave everything she [more…]

MSNBC viewers have seen the last of Steve Kornacki’s big board. The popular data maven has signed a deal with NBC that will expand his [more…]

SPOKANE, Wash. — The answers had run out. The worst case had caught up to USC, at the worst time. There was no more outrunning the reality [more…]

With one month left in the City Section baseball season, Birmingham has earned the No. 1 ranking with an 8-6 record and 4-0 mark in [more…]

The Dodgers could be excused for thinking they dodged a torpedo. Good thing for them that in last year’s World Series most New York Yankees [more…]

Nick Garcia is like a horse whisperer, but for shotputters. He’s trained 18 Southern Section champions at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High in the shotput [more…]

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High‘s softball team is on a nine-game winning streak, with six freshmen making major contributions. Freshman Keira Luderer hit two home [more…]

SPOKANE, Wash. — Thirty six hours after JuJu Watkins’ right knee buckled beneath her and USC’s season changed in the blink of an eye, Lindsay Gottlieb gathered [more…]

Corona High’s 10-0 baseball team team is filled with stars, so it’s hard for any unsung players to break through. Senior outfielder Joshua Sur is [more…]

Even at 62 years old, Rob Ryan, USC’s new linebackers coach, isn’t one to observe drills from the sidelines. In the mix with his linebacker [more…]

It could be ring season this spring for Mira Costa High teams. According to the Southern Section power rankings, Mira Costa is the No. 1-ranked [more…]

INDIANAPOLIS — All it took was 70 seconds to lose focus, to stop playing with the right intention, the right mindset, the right spirit. All it took [more…]

A tectonic shift in the format of the BIG3 will bring the three-on-three basketball circuit founded by Ice Cube to Los Angeles this summer. For [more…]

The Boras Classic began Tuesday with No. 1 Corona, No. 2 Huntington Beach and No. 4 La Mirada all coming away with impressive victories to [more…]

The first time Shohei Ohtani attempted to return from a Tommy John surgery, it did not initially go well. In July 2020, more than 22 [more…]

USC star sophomore JuJu Watkins left Monday’s second-round matchup against Mississippi State after appearing to injure her right knee while driving to the hoop midway [more…]

2024 | 80-82, 4th in West Last year in playoffs | 2021 Under the new front office leadership of former All-Star catcher Buster Posey, the [more…]

What’s ailing Mookie Betts remains a mystery — his inexplicable stomach illness has left him at a loss for words. Down from 175 to 157 [more…]

There’s no doubt who was the best high school basketball player in California this season. From start to finish, Brayden Burries of Eastvale Roosevelt rose [more…]

All Nike-sponsored schools playing in the NCAA tournament wear different colors of the same warmup shirt. The now-ubiquitous long-sleeve white shirt has “Nothing Easy” printed [more…]

After two games in Japan, Shohei Ohtani is off to a great start, with a home run and a .375 batting average, and the Dodgers [more…]

Dan Maye, in his 36th season as baseball coach at Royal High, picked up win No. 595 on Friday, and it was an important one. [more…]

Thursday’s Results BASEBALL City Section Animo De La Hoya 6, Maywood Academy 1 Bell 8, South East 7 Garfield 9, South Gate 8 King/Drew 1, [more…]

To say that the No. 1-ranked Corona High baseball team is living up to expectations is an understatement. The Panthers have recorded six shutouts in [more…]

LEXINGTON, Ky. — On the eve of UCLA’s biggest game of the season, there was a fluid situation in the locker room. The water boy couldn’t find [more…]

Phelan Bucknor of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High had a career day at the plate on Wednesday. He had six hits and five RBIs by [more…]

TOKYO — It lasted just three innings. It included a grand total of 56 pitches. It ended barely an hour after it first began. But was it [more…]

The storybook senior season for pitcher Jackson Eisenhauer of Crespi continued on Tuesday. For the fourth consecutive game, he threw shutout ball, raising his streak [more…]

TOKYO — For all the memorable cultural experiences they’d enjoyed off the field, and all the eye-opening revelations they’d made about the club’s growing popularity here in [more…]

Next week, top-ranked Corona baseball begins the Boras Classic in Orange County. This week, the Panthers are playing Norco in a three-game league series. So [more…]

For the first time this season, Dodgers fans can stream SportsNet LA without needing to buy something else they might not want. Spectrum is offering [more…]

The Clippers are trending in the right direction, and on top of it, they are becoming whole with leading scorer Norman Powell back and with [more…]

April 6 is the day the newest class of City Section Hall of Fame sports selections will be inducted during a ceremony at the Odyssey [more…]

SACRAMENTO — Alijah Arenas, holding back tears and feeling miserable after missing all seven of his shots in the fourth quarter on Saturday in a 66-53 loss [more…]

TOKYO — Shohei Ohtani produced on command. Again. Just as he did when he played in the World Baseball Classic. Just as he did when he reached [more…]

Mahamadou Diop, a 6-foot-11 sophomore center at San Gabriel Academy who came here from Mali, is someone basketball fans in Southern California will need to [more…]

TOKYO — They screamed. They screamed and made that noise that crowds make when thousands of people scream at the same time, that sound that is heard [more…]

Davante Adams’ arrival in Los Angeles to play for the Rams has roots at the Kentucky Derby. Several years ago the three-time All-Pro receiver and [more…]

Shohei Ohtani is coming home as a World Series champion, and demand for tickets to the Dodgers’ season-opening series in Tokyo is fierce. Want one? [more…]

It was time for Chatsworth’s volleyball team to deploy its “secret weapon” Wednesday in a key West Valley League match against El Camino Real. The [more…]

Every day at 5 a.m. during the school week, Myles Walker awakens and joins his father, Tony, for a drive to a fitness center, where [more…]

PHOENIX — The Dodgers will board their charter flight for Japan early Wednesday but as of Tuesday night, they hadn’t released a list of the 31 players [more…]

For four seasons, Samuel Lopez, the baseball coach at Summit High in Fontana, has been coaching son Sammy, the starting second baseman. No one knows [more…]

There is little doubt who’s the most improved player on Crespi’s unbeaten baseball team. Senior Jackson Eisenhauer has become the ace of the staff, and [more…]

The Los Angeles Times sports staff ranked among the best in the nation, receiving a best-in-show designation in the Associated Press Sports Editors contest for [more…]

PHOENIX — Right-hander Michael Grove won’t pitch for the Dodgers this year after undergoing season-ending surgery last week to repair his right labrum. Grove walked into the [more…]

“Are you gonna wear those?” Eric Musselman stares down at a pair of beat-up, brown boat shoes with his eyebrows raised. His smirk suggests I’ve [more…]

INDIANAPOLIS — One saying that’s repeated this time of year in college basketball is that it’s hard to beat the same team three times in a season. [more…]

Let’s hope coaches saved some plays, fans didn’t brag too much and players understand how tough it is trying to beat a team for a [more…]

The Chargers have informed running back Gus Edwards that he will be released before the start of NFL free agency, a person with knowledge of [more…]

How fun has it been for a father to be introducing his son as the public-address announcer and the son to hear his father’s voice [more…]

A month ago, Dave Roberts was asked if the Dodgers’ hope was for Shohei Ohtani to be back in the team’s pitching rotation by May [more…]

One of the best boys’ volleyball tournaments of the season is set for Friday and Saturday at Poway High in San Diego. The Best of [more…]

Now that the Rams have completed what Les Snead described as “a renewal of vows” with quarterback Matthew Stafford, the team’s longtime general manager turns [more…]

“The Jack Stadlman Story” could be coming to a theater near you. The screenplay is being written each time he breaks out of the blocks [more…]

PHOENIX — As Tanner Scott walked off the plane, Evan Phillips was waiting to board. This was late June 2019, when Scott and Phillips were in the [more…]

When freshman Jorden Wells of Servite High ran the 100 meters in 10.64 seconds last month, it was a warning to everyone about his potential [more…]

More than three decades after first making the jump from the NFL sideline to a TV studio, Jimmy Johnson is retiring from his longtime role [more…]

Henry Aslikyan of Birmingham keeps making history in high school wrestling. He became the first City Section athlete to be a two-time state wrestling champion [more…]

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL SCHEDULE First Round (All games Tuesday at 5 p.m. unless noted) BOYS Division I #8 Del Norte at #1 [more…]

PHOENIX — On June 8 last year, during the Dodgers’ highly anticipated midseason series at Yankee Stadium, Will Smith ran hard trying to beat a throw. As [more…]

Alina Argueta of Wilmington Banning High is filling up her fingers with rings. She was the quarterback for Banning’s City Section Open Division flag football [more…]

It couldn’t have worked out any better for high school basketball fans in Southern California. The Southern Section Open Division championships in boys’ and girls’ [more…]

PHOENIX — The longer Max Muncy was out injured last year, the more the dark thoughts started to creep into his head. Early in the season, the [more…]

More than 30 schools are expected to participate in the Tara Davis Invitational track meet on Saturday at Agoura High. Tara Davis-Woodhall, an Agoura graduate, [more…]

PHOENIX — He might have only been knocking the rust off. But Freddie Freeman was still less than thrilled. Facing live pitching for one of the few [more…]

Given one statistic about Aday Mara’s value, UCLA coach Mick Cronin matched it with one of his own. When a reporter mentioned that the Bruins [more…]

About halfway through the first quarter of Tuesday night’s game, Anthony Davis looked up at the video board inside Crypto.com Arena and watched a tribute [more…]

For one shining moment, let’s go back in time, when kids went to neighborhood schools and fans came out to cheer with pride for their [more…]

PHOENIX — As free-agent acquisitions go, Blake Snell and Roki Sasaki generated similar hype upon joining the Dodgers this offseason. Snell, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, [more…]

It’s already time to get excited about a freshman baseball player. Pitcher Jordan Ayla of Norco High made a sensational debut last week against Orange [more…]

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — In his first year with the team last season, the Dodgers got the full Tyler Glasnow experience. In the first half of the campaign, [more…]

If freshman guard Charlie Adams of St. Bonaventure High shows off a competitive streak during basketball games, it shouldn’t come as a surprise. He’s the [more…]

PHOENIX — Dustin May screamed into his cap after blowing a 95-mph fastball by Oscar Gonzalez for an inning-ending strikeout on Sunday, and when the Dodgers right-hander [more…]

The attention that comes with being one of the top high school recruits in the nation at their position can be a distraction for many [more…]

LAFC headed into its eighth MLS season Saturday with more questions than answers, few of which were solved in its 1-0 victory over Minnesota United [more…]

MESA, Ariz. — Tony Gonsolin took one small step in his return from Tommy John surgery on Friday, but at least it was in the right direction, [more…]

Doug Bledsoe, a former head football coach at Dorsey, University, North Hollywood and Pasadena, was asked why he wanted to become the head coach at [more…]

PHOENIX — The Dodgers’ first official game of 2025 began with a reminder of 2024. “Now taking the field,” said the public address announcer at Camelback Ranch [more…]

On a team with seven sophomores and two freshmen, senior guard Davon Jones has been a leader and big-time scorer for L.A. Jordan, which went [more…]

After years of showcasing its football team at the end of every spring, USC will not host a spring game in 2025, a person familiar [more…]

La Mirada High’s $20-million baseball field is ready to be unveiled. The Matadores will play their first official game in their new stadium on Saturday [more…]

PHOENIX — During the monotony of spring training, live batting practice sessions are usually structured like boxing matches. One main event with a big-name pitcher, surrounded by [more…]

All these years later, Mick Cronin’s favorite coach is still clueing him in. Wondering why his 83-year-old father, Hep, would choose to fly to Los [more…]

PHOENIX — Wherever Bobby Miller has gone so far during Dodgers spring training, Blake Snell has usually been nearby. Over the first week of camp at Camelback [more…]

SAN FRANCISCO — This year’s NBA All-Star Game was an end, the final All-Star Game aired on TNT before the league switches television partners. The NBA All-Star [more…]

PHOENIX — At the end of an otherwise celebratory offseason, the Dodgers had to take a critical look at one of their biggest organizational flaws this winter. [more…]

INDIO — Bruce Arena has little left to accomplish and absolutely nothing left to prove. He’s won more games with the men’s national team than any coach [more…]

USC’s game against Minnesota on Saturday carried more emotional weight than a typical matchup for Trojans coach Eric Musselman. He spent his formative years in [more…]

Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports section give their thoughts and opinions on the Super Bowl, the Dodgers, USC and UCLA, among other topics.

PHOENIX — Last year was supposed to go differently for Dodgers pitcher Dustin May. After being out since the middle of 2023 following a flexor tendon and [more…]

A look at the top 25 high school baseball teams as the 2025 season is set to begin: Rk; Team; Comment 1; CORONA; Best team [more…]

PHOENIX — Last year, Yoshibou Yamamoto’s season debut was a cause for alarm. This year it will signal just how much trust the Japanese right-hander has earned [more…]

When: Sunday, 5 p.m. (TNT) Where: Chase Center, San Francisco For the first time the All-Star Game will become a three-game tournament between four teams [more…]

PHOENIX — In his first batting practice session of spring training on Wednesday, it took just four swings for Shohei Ohtani to look like himself. Barely three [more…]

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TUESDAY’S RESULTS BOYSCITY SECTIONAcademia Avance 54, CALS Early College 35Anime Bunche 65, Central City Value 49Cleveland 78, Birmingham 72Collins Family 71, Alliance [more…]

PHOENIX — As the Dodgers opened spring training at Camelback Ranch on Tuesday, reminders of the team’s World Series title were everywhere. On the side of the [more…]

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL MONDAY’S RESULTS BOYS CITY SECTIONAnimo De La Hoya 43, Smidt Tech 38Arleta 89, Chavez 30Bernstein 107, Belmont 25Chatsworth 71, Cleveland 44East Valley [more…]

President Trump was on hand Sunday at the Superdome in New Orleans as the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in Super Bowl [more…]

When the Lakers traded for Luka Doncic more than a week ago, they did more than acquire a star player. The organization added a player [more…]

The Aaron Rodgers era appears to be over for the New York Jets. Fox Sports reporter Jay Glazer reported Sunday at Super Bowl LIX that [more…]

It may be premature to label a game in early February as a “must win,” but the urgency, if not the execution, was there for [more…]

Sometimes, you just have to get through it. After an illness spread through the team this week, weakening both players and coaches, UCLA endured pockets [more…]

NEW ORLEANS — Trent McDuffie can’t remember the year. All he remembers of his first Super Bowl memory was cheering against the New England Patriots. So when [more…]

Canelo Álvarez had a decision. Fight novelty act and undisputed cash cow Jake Paul or agree to a multi-fight deal with Riyadh Season under the [more…]

Last year’s audience of 123.4 million has already drove this year’s game to an all-time high for the price of a 30-second commercial at $8 [more…]

They spent the last four years feeling as if they were stuck in rush-hour traffic. Now, the Lakers are racing down an open road. Toward [more…]

The Eagles’ Nolan Smith has four sacks in three playoff games, including this one on Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) in the NFC championship game. [more…]

The Angels extended their stay at Angel Stadium for three more years, committing to remain at their Anaheim home through 2032. The Angels’ future had [more…]

Tyronn Lue sat with his arms crossed, his voice steady and his message clear about his displeasure with how the Clippers provoked him with their [more…]

He’s fat. He’s lazy. He can’t stay healthy. “It’s a motive,” said Luka Doncic. “I know it’s not true. I know. But it’s a motive [more…]

NEW ORLEANS — Police cars are lined up in the narrow streets. Officers toting large firearms stand at alert. Barriers block many entrances to Bourbon Street. Behind [more…]

It’s a tiny corner bar in a gritty South Philadelphia neighborhood, a hangout no bigger than the row houses that surround it. A group of [more…]

The second step of virtually every 12-step recovery program states that “we came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to [more…]

No, they didn’t. Yes, they did. They did! They did! They did! In making the boldest move in franchise history Saturday night, the Lakers rediscovered [more…]

SAN DIEGO — In 2009, as the couple that owned the Dodgers announced their separation, the attorney for Frank McCourt said he did not anticipate a legal [more…]

Former Fox Sports anchor and reporter Julie Stewart-Binks has accused one of her ex-bosses at the network of sexually assaulting her on a balcony outside [more…]

The Dodgers held their fifth introductory news conference of the offseason Friday. For the fourth time, it was to welcome a notable pitching addition to [more…]

We need the Super Bowl for more than multimillion-dollar TV ads and sexy extravaganza halftime shows. We also need it to happily prod us into [more…]

Eric Musselman knew well before he took the reins at USC that recruiting the Southland and its wellspring of hoops talent would be essential to [more…]

There’s no slowing Cleveland High’s rise in the City Section basketball hierarchy this season. The Cavaliers are 17-4 and 4-0 in the West Valley League [more…]

PHILADELPHIA —  The pressure, intended or not, is on. Anthony Davis, in an interview taped with ESPN the day after the Lakers lost to the Clippers, [more…]

There are five types of commonly used travel documents for athletes entering the U.S. — B1/B2, F1, P-1A and O-1A visas as well as the [more…]

Despite support from his fellow Mission League baseball coaches, Bishop Alemany coach Randy Thompson said Tuesday his son, Brody, a junior catcher, has been denied [more…]

Saint Thomas wiped his hands, tossing away the towel as he stepped to the free-throw line. Ninety-six seconds remained in the latest meeting of the [more…]

The boys’ and girls’ teams were announced on Monday for the April 1 McDonald’s All-American basketball games in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Southern California was well [more…]

KANSAS CITY, Mo.  —  Before they broke out the celebratory beverages in the locker room, the Kansas City Chiefs sipped cups of chicken broth on [more…]

SEATTLE —  Alaska Airlines Arena had mostly cleared out late Friday night, a few fans lingering to take photos with players and coaches on the court. [more…]

The Clippers knew their top-notch defense would be stretched by a Milwaukee Bucks team led by NBA All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo. They knew their stellar defense [more…]

Artist Chris Carlson lives in Denver. He is a Nuggets fan. He may not have been the most obvious choice to paint a mural in [more…]

SEATTLE —  The big guy did it again. Three days after his breakout game, Aday Mara made sure UCLA didn’t falter with two huge baskets in [more…]

It has been a week since the Rams’ season ended. General manager Les Snead apparently will need at least a few more days before he [more…]

He was happy that his team basically was back to being completely healthy, but Clippers coach Tyronn Lue was not happy with how his team [more…]

If you have a player blessed with rare traits who can take over a game on both ends of the court, you use him as [more…]

After not playing for more than a week, Westchester’s boys’ basketball team was expected to have bouts of inconsistency in its important Western League game [more…]

Roki Sasaki was shown Tuesday night on the Crypto.com Arena video screen during the first half of the Lakers’ game against the Washington Wizards. The [more…]

Two days after the Lakers were saying it almost never would be easy, almost never came to town. The Washington Wizards, who have won a [more…]

Ichiro Suzuki is a first-ballot Hall of Famer. That has long been the assumption among baseball fans regarding the Japanese outfielder who played the majority [more…]

The Clippers are in the middle of the most arduous part of their season, playing six games in nine days — a stretch that threatens [more…]

It was Friday night for brothers Casey and Jimmy Clausen, so why not have their second-grade sons begin playing flag football and introduce the next [more…]

JJ Redick, on multiple occasions this season, has spoken about his belief in being process-oriented. It’s a necessary tool for any athlete, and especially one [more…]

A look at The Times’ top 25 boys’ basketball rankings for the Southland after Week 9. Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. EASTVALE [more…]

After not playing for 13 days because the Palisades fire closed its campus and disrupted dozens of school families, Brentwood’s girls’ basketball team returned to [more…]

With its rising star defensive coordinator secured, USC filled the final vacancy on its defensive staff Saturday, naming a longtime NFL defensive coordinator with 35 [more…]

The time had come, the Lakers decided, to make a choice. Since trading for D’Angelo Russell and playing him with Austin Reaves, the two guards [more…]

Lakers coach JJ Redick talks to reporters about his family losing their rental house in the Palisades fire Jan. 10 at the UCLA Health Training [more…]

Mission League basketball has started with a series of lopsided games as Harvard-Westlake, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and Sierra Canyon make it clear they have [more…]

LeBron James made a young Lakers fan’s night Wednesday at Crypto.com Arena. And then for good measure, he did it again. During the first quarter [more…]

The Clippers began on Wednesday night a slew of games in which their fortitude was expected to be tested. They are in this situation because [more…]

Nelson Rodriguez has rooted for the Clippers his entire life, but the fandom of the Santa Ana resident was out of “Charlie and the Chocolate [more…]