Category: Sports

Nick Dunlap is the first winner of the American Express event on the PGA Tour who likely leaves home without an American Express card. The […]

The ball bounced off the Lakers’ court as LeBron James trailed, a 39-year-old, 21-year veteran casually gliding into a highlight lob fit for an All-Star […]

A look at the Los Angeles Times’ top 25 high school boys’ basketball teams in the Southland after Week 8 of the 2023-24 season. Rk. […]

What a turnaround the Palisades High boys’ basketball team has made in the last three weeks. Since losing 11 of their first 12 games, the […]

CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Friday: Boys Alhambra 66, Bell Gardens 39 Alliance Marine-Innovation & Technology […]

The Lakers should have coasted to their third consecutive home win, easily overpowering the struggling Brooklyn Nets in front of a home crowd. Instead, the […]

There’s no place like home. Just ask Patrick Mahomes. The Kansas City quarterback with five AFC titles and two Super Bowl rings finally will hit […]

In a battle for first place in the Baseline League, Etiwanda made clutch three-point shots while relying on its man-to-man defense to knock off Damien […]

CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Wednesday: BOYS Aliso Niguel 73, Mission Viejo 52 Animo Robinson 56, […]

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame coach Matt Sargeant wants those McDonald’s All-American voters to hear him loud and clear about his senior guard, Mercy Miller. “Put […]

CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Tuesday: BOYS Academy for Academic Excellence 59, University Prep 40 Alhambra […]

Reggie Morris Jr. knows how to win championships, whether in the Southern Section or City Section. Back for his second stint as basketball coach at […]

CIF City Section and Southern Section boys’ and girls’ high school basketball scores for Monday: BOYS Alemany 76, Geffen Academy 45 Bernstein 52, Oxnard Pacifica […]

Anthony Davis rolled into the paint, gathered his footing and launched toward the rim, ignoring the noodle-limbed rookie in front of him. It’s desperate times […]

As the Chargers prepare to meet with Jim Harbaugh, their search for a head coach intensifies. But there is still work that needs to happen […]

Breaking down the notable numbers behind the Rams’ 24-23 road NFC wild-card playoff loss to the Detroit Lions on Sunday: 1992 The year the Detroit […]

CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Saturday: BOYS Adelanto 51, Viewpoint 37 AGBU 69, Rancho Mirage 66 […]

SALT LAKE CITY —  LeBron James sat at the end of the Lakers’ bench with a hoodie covering his head, pain in his left ankle not […]

CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Friday: BOYS Acaciawood 52, Eastside Christian 42 AGBU 54, La Quinta […]

The Chargers announced Friday evening they interviewed Todd Monken for their head-coaching job. Monken, who turns 58 next month and has been in coaching for […]

Charisma Osborne didn’t think twice about her own points. She didn’t care that returning for a fifth year at UCLA on such a stacked team […]

Dating to the days of Jrue Holiday, the Windward vs. Campbell Hall basketball game always produces drama. It happened again Thursday night in Studio City, […]

“Good Morning America” anchor Michael Strahan has finally broken his silence on the personal matters that took him off the desk for several weeks last […]

Team events. Wardrobe changes for photo shoots. Media days. Those were the few times Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford can recall being in the visitors’ locker […]

A look at the top 20 high school girls’ basketball rankings produced by Harold Abend of CalHiSports for The Times. Rank (last rank) school 1. […]

Jan. 9, 2024 8 PM PT NASHVILLE —  Troy Terry scored a goal and assisted on another, Lukas Dostal made 39 saves and the Ducks defeated […]

In a high-pressure Mission League opener, it was freshman Isaiah Barnes delivering the biggest basket of the night, making a three to wipe out a […]

In their continued climb back to WNBA relevance, the Sparks hope their third general manager will be the charm. The three-time WNBA champions have hired […]

ESPN used its exclusive negotiating window to reach an eight-year, $920-million deal with the NCAA on Thursday, an arrangement that extends a relationship that began […]

Inside a quiet Lakers locker room late Wednesday night, LeBron James dressed in silence while Anthony Davis spoke to the media in a soft voice […]

Everyone knows about St. John Bosco’s big four — Brandon McCoy, Elzie Harrington, Jack Turner and Kade Bonam. Except if you want to know if […]

Unlike the college transfer portal, there’s no high school equivalent, even though there are hundreds of sports transfers in Southern California each year. Considering the […]

The City Section soccer playoffs are still two months away, but Marquez established itself as a major threat to win the boys Division I title […]

The Rams held on to defeat the New York Giants on the road when Mason Crosby, who was a member of the Rams for a […]

Michigan needed a play. With less than four minutes to go until halftime, the first 26 minutes of the Rose Bowl had been a defensive […]

Giants safety Dane Belton shoves Rams receiver Puka Nacua (17) out of bounds. (Adam Hunger / Associated Press) Nacua is listed at 6-foot-2 and 205 […]

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. —  The Rams played their worst game in nearly two months … … but they’re a good team. Matthew Stafford made two awful […]

CIF City Section and Southern Section boys’ and girls’ high school basketball scores for Saturday: Boys Alameda 65, Arcadia 56 Aliso Niguel 60, Indio 43 […]

MINNEAPOLIS —  The stage was set for another moment — the NBA’s all-time leading scorer on his 39th birthday squaring off with a surging Minnesota team […]

Brandon McCoy is a teenage basketball prodigy. At 6 feet 4, the 16-year-old sophomore guard at St. John Bosco possesses skills and athleticism that leave […]

USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb, left, and guard JuJu Watkins react after a win over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in November. (Ryan Sun / Associated […]

Last offseason, coming off back-to-back wins over formerly domineering rival Ohio State, the Michigan Wolverines made a bold statement about their mindset for 2023. Instead […]

Allegiance and refreshing aren’t words that often describe mid-level bowl games. Head coaches are watching their backsides, and assistants are eyeing openings. Players are skipping […]

Quarterback Josh Allen (17) had led the Bills to three consecutive wins after a 6-6 start. (Winslow Townson / Associated Press) Sunday, 10 a.m. TV: […]

It’s official: Yoshinobu Yamamoto is a Dodger, the team announcing the signing of the Japanese right-hander to a 12-year, $325-million contract on Wednesday, with an […]

Clippers star Kawhi Leonard was absent again Tuesday, though coach Tyronn Lue said his “day-to-day” recovery from a hip contusion had made progress. Yet the […]

There are no shortage of year-end lists that employ metrics — unique visitors, page views, minutes spent — to measure the most popular stories of […]

If the Lakers’ game against the East-leading Boston Celtics was a barometer of where they stand, as coach Darvin Ham suggested it would be before […]

Near the end of the 1999 movie “Runaway Bride,” Julia Roberts, hops on the back of a FedEx truck fleeing yet another potential marriage. Those […]

Frank Stronach was a hands-on boss and always thinking of the future, his vision dominated by his love of horse racing. So, it was in […]

A look at the Los Angeles Times’ top 25 high school boys’ basketball teams in the Southland after Week 4 of the 2023-24 season. Rk. […]

Breaking down the notable numbers behind the Chargers’ 24-22 home loss to the Buffalo Bills on Saturday: 2-6 Chargers’ record at home this season. They […]

It’s still wide open as to which league might be the strongest in Southern California boys’ basketball this season, but it’s down to the Mission, […]

In a season slipping away before the start of conference play, games might not be the most important thing a team centered on freshmen and […]

With the Dodgers handing out money like it’s a board game, with well more than a billion dollars in contracts to Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu […]

Matthew Stafford wasn’t a quarterback on this play but a receiver. He stood in the Rams locker room in the immediate aftermath of a 30-22 […]

Gustavo Zermeño Jr. had big ideas for the walls outside Oceanview Liquor in Hermosa Beach. The artist envisioned a giant mural paying tribute to the […]

DALLAS —  For long stretches Wednesday, the Clippers were not the NBA’s hottest team, but its most uncomfortable. An illness had left their second-leading scorer, Paul […]

LAFC will meet the cross-town rival Galaxy three times in 2024, including a renewal of last season’s July 4 game at the Rose Bowl, which […]

The streak is over. The stink is spreading. Bullied on its home court by Cal State Northridge on Tuesday night, UCLA was softer and sloppier […]

While dipping heavily into the transfer portal is widely referred to as plug and play, UCLA’s recent approach under Chip Kelly might be best described […]

The Lakers’ NBA in-season tournament championship banner was lowered to some applause from the fans inside Crypto.com Arena and mostly indifference from the players who […]

As the Rams prepare for their game Thursday night against the New Orleans Saints, players are busy recalibrating their bodies during the quick turnaround. Coach […]

When he signed with USC last December out of Los Alamitos, Malachi Nelson was viewed as the natural heir apparent to Caleb Williams, a five-star […]

A look at the Los Angeles Times’ top 25 high school boys’ basketball teams in the Southland after Week 3 of the 2023-24 season. Rk. […]

Five weeks and 19 games ago when James Harden made his Clippers debut in New York, he joined a roster that was a collection of […]

CIF City Section and Southern Section basketball scores from Friday. BOYS Aliso Niguel 48, Laguna Beach 43 Anaheim Canyon 63, Pilibos 60 Arrowhead Christian 65, […]

SAN ANTONIO —  The Lakers’ banner for the NBA in-season tournament will be a permanent reminder of what they accomplished last weekend in Las Vegas. As […]

Before he became the coach of the Chargers, Brandon Staley served as the Rams defensive coordinator in 2020. Staley was fired on Friday, less than […]

For the past five weeks as the Clippers swung from the extremes of six consecutive losses to five straight victories, and hitting every point on […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has been suspended indefinitely by the NBA after receiving a Flagrant 2 foul and ejection for hitting Phoenix Suns […]

Gabe Vilardi scored a career-high four points with a goal and three assists in his impressive return to Los Angeles, leading the Winnipeg Jets to […]

After beginning their offseason with a historic opening act, the Dodgers are in discussions for a blockbuster encore. Just days removed from their heavily deferred […]

The Clippers are starting to find their stride , and the talented threesome of Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and James Harden are more in tune […]

Shohei Ohtani is a Dodger, and the wife of relief pitcher Joe Kelly may be able to take some of the credit. Ohtani ended months […]

Ninety minutes before tipoff, Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said staying focused and being ready to play the full 48 minutes were the keys to beating […]

Faced with a quick turnaround, it seems unlikely that the Chargers will have quarterback Justin Herbert on Thursday when they play at Las Vegas. Speaking […]

With the King in attendance, USC’s newest basketball queen reigned. JuJu Watkins led No. 6 USC to an 85-53 rout over UC Riverside at Galen […]

UCLA’s sputtering start to the season is reminiscent of coach Mick Cronin’s first season in Westwood. Will the Bruins find a way to turn things […]

Notorious B.I.G.’s “Get Money” played in the Lakers’ locker room during a mild celebration as D’Angelo Russell finished getting dressed in the corner. The Lakers […]

I, for one, appreciate the Shohei Ohtani camp’s reticence as to when and where he will sign. Silence is often the best policy. As Tom […]

No. 1-ranked St. John Bosco (5-0) continued its early season improvement Friday, advancing to the championship game of its own tournament with a 79-60 win […]

NASHVILLE —  Everyone who gathered at the Gaylord Opryland for Major League Baseball’s winter meetings this week asked the same question over and over again: Which […]

LAS VEGAS —  LeBron James had just gotten knocked to the floor by Zion Williamson, New Orleans’ door-frame-shaped power forward, when the refs blew the whistle […]

LeBron James’ tone was passionate, yet weary. Another shooting, this time in Las Vegas, more innocent people dead, and the Lakers superstar seemed to recognize […]

One-quarter of the way through the Clippers’ season, taking stock of the team is like looking into a funhouse mirror — each glance revealing something […]

The Rams are in the midst of a three-game winning streak that has featured outstanding play by the offense and defense. But as he did […]

The joke, publicly and privately, among the Lakers leading up to and during the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament was the amazement at how badly a […]

Analyzing the top high school football CIF state championship bowl games this week: FRIDAY Division 1-AA: De La Salle (11-2) vs. Mission Viejo 12-3), 8 […]

The basketball players at unbeaten Bernstein High have quickly learned the expectations of first-year coach Chans Smyth, who used to be head coach at Price. […]

It wasn’t official, but the final wave to the USC student section felt like a farewell from Caleb Williams. Indeed, watching Williams flash the victory […]

Breaking down the notable numbers behind the Rams’ 36-19 home win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday: 4 Consecutive victories for the Rams over the […]

For the first time in College Football Playoff history, an undefeated Power Five conference champion was denied a spot, as the selection committee chose 12-1 […]

LAS VEGAS —  Slow starts to each half proved disastrous for USC as the Trojans let a chance to add a resume-building win. No. 11 Gonzaga […]

Quickly forgetting its first loss of the season to Corona Centennial earlier in the week, Los Alamitos started a new winning streak Friday night with […]

Lincoln Riley got a firsthand look at what D’Anton Lynn could do when UCLA, under its first-year defensive coordinator, held USC to three rushing yards […]

Lue’s coaching staff has set certain targets for how they should play every game. Among them: Taking at least 36 three-pointers, committing fewer than 12 […]

LeBron James said he didn’t know longtime manager and business partner Maverick Carter placed bets on NBA games via an illegal bookie, a revelation reported […]

The holiday weekend traffic on Interstate 5 had slowed to a crawl, the thrush of cars inching toward SeaTac airport moving at a painfully slow […]

While Etiwanda and Sierra Canyon rank as the top two teams in Southern California girls’ basketball, there’s room for others to battle their way into […]

It’s 10 a.m. They’re serving coffee at the City Section championship breakfast, and the only high school football player who dares to take a sip […]

JuJu Watkins scored 30 points for her record-setting fourth 30-point game as a freshman and No. 6 USC routed Cal Poly 85-44 on Tuesday night. […]

It’s only been two days since USC’s disappointing season came to a crushing conclusion against its crosstown rival, but Caleb Williams is already back under […]

One by one, longtime City Section basketball observers have already concluded this season’s collection of teams is the weakest in years, if not ever. King/Drew […]