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Roki Sasaki topped 100 mph a half-dozen times in four shutout innings of a rehab start for triple-A Oklahoma City...

A Philadelphia Phillies fan secured a home run ball hit by Harrison Bader and proudly placed it in the glove...

Issues accessing tickets from the MLB app caused problems at the entry gates for some fans trying to enter Dodger...

You can’t say Redondo Union girls’ volleyball coach Tommy Chaffins is playing a cupcake schedule. On the contrary, he’s having...

UCLA backup quarterback Pierce Clarkson was arrested Friday on unspecified felony charges and has been suspended indefinitely from the team...

I don’t care whom you’re playing.Seven-hundred fifty-five yards are a lot of yards.That’s how much USC gained during its 59-20...

BALTIMORE — From the verge of history, to the depths of horror.The kind of unimaginable nightmare even these slumping Dodgers didn’t seem...

The Slye brothers at Salesian High, Jordan Jr., a sophomore defensive back/receiver, and Marty, a freshman quarterback, certainly have the...

BALTIMORE — The Dodgers’ pitching plans were thrown into flux again Friday.The team’s scheduled starter for their series opener against the Baltimore...

There’s already two games in the books for some high school football players, so let’s take a look at the...

PITTSBURGH — The Dodgers had already missed two opportunities to grow their National League West division lead in Pittsburgh this week.On Thursday,...

A look at this week’s top high school football games in the Southland.FRIDAYBaltimore St. Frances (1-0) at St. John Bosco...

Greg Louganis is starting a new chapter in his life.The U.S. diving legend has auctioned off three of the five...

High school girls' flag football results for Monday and Tuesday.

As a young man, he stood next to Martin Luther King Jr. as he delivered his “I Have A Dream”...

Eric Yavarone knew where the question was going, before it was even fully asked.When stopped by a reporter near the...

Matthew Stafford will start at quarterback and the plan is for Alaric Jackson to start at left tackle on Sunday...

The Sparks won a critical game Sunday, defeating the Washington Mystics 81-78 to keep their slim playoff hopes alive heading...

A look at the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland: Rk. School (record) result; Next game; last...

There are great coaches all over the NFL. Super Bowl champions. Coach of the Year winners. Future Hall of Famers.But...

A look at the top performers from high school football across the Southland during Week 1.RUSHING• Moyo Odebunmi, Cleveland: Rushed...

High school football scores from across the Southland on Friday, Aug. 29.

Frank McCourt will have to pursue his proposed Dodger Stadium gondola without legislation that would have limited potential legal challenges...

On the Shelf John Williams: A Composer's Life By Tim GreivingOxford University Press: 640 pages, $40If you buy books linked...

ESPN announced some changes Thursday for its NBA broadcast teams going into the 2025-26 season — among them, a promotion...

In the waning days of the 1960s, when Don Sutton was starting his Hall of Fame career and Don Drysdale...

Gilbert Arenas and Skip Bayless have made news lately for reasons they would rather forget. Now, they will attempt to...

You’re going to need a scorecard to find out how to watch your favorite Major League Baseball team next season.Next...

This was far more than a trim. NFL teams had to shear an enormous number of players from rosters Tuesday,...

The Dodgers continued their season-long celebration of last year’s World Series triumph by handing out championship rings Monday. The 49,702...

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford appears on track to start the season opener against the Houston Texans — and now perhaps...

SAN DIEGO — When he was finished rounding the bases at Petco Park on Sunday, Shohei Ohtani made a detour on his...

Aug. 24, 2025 11:07 AM PT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 1(Games at 7 p.m. unless noted)THURSDAY’S SCHEDULECITY SECTIONNonleagueArleta at ClevelandBell...

The tennis ball, an undisturbed artifact of a horrific wildfire, sat just off the Pacific Palisades court and was so...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix"> Ferguson, a second-round draft pick from Oregon, made his debut after sitting out the first two preseason games...

Drenched in sweat and tears, Diego Montes could finally gasp for air in the sweltering heat of the San Fernando...

Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat during his Triple Crown year in 1973 and electrified the sport, died Friday at his...

This is an unfamiliar playbook for Carson Palmer.Sure, he has the NFL pedigree and the Heisman Trophy, and a staff...

Rob Gronkowski first retired from the NFL in 2019 as a member of the New England Patriots.The future Hall of...

It was a night when defenders draped over Kelsey Plum, her path to the rim often crowded. And when she...

DENVER — Edgardo Henriquez has a gift. He can throw a baseball faster than all but a few humans in history.Yet he...

CIF Southern Section high school girls' flag football results for Tuesday.

DENVER — Mookie Betts was back at shortstop and Teoscar Hernández remained in right field for the Dodgers on Tuesday, a day...

When they chose to continue their college careers, both USC offensive lineman DJ Wingfield and UCLA wide receiver Kaedin Robinson...

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford is back.But to what degree remains to be seen.Stafford, sidelined since the start of training camp...

Kristen Nuss was covered in sand, dulling her neon two-piece swimsuit. A white lei hung around her neck as she...

WEEK 0 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (Games at 7 p.m. unless noted)THURSDAYCITY SECTIONNonleague North Hollywood at Granada HillsSOUTHERN SECTIONNonleague Aliso...

HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALLFRIDAY’S RESULTSCITY SECTIONHuntington Park 20, Kennedy 7Sotomayor 21, New Designs University Park 0Sotomayor 8, New Designs University...

It was football media day for six West Valley League teams on Saturday at Granada Hills, and as a unit,...

High school football began on Friday night in California, and no one was having more fun than the tourists/players from...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix"> Rams coach Sean McVay will evaluate roster hopefuls on Saturday when the Rams play the Chargers in a...

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTSSOUTHERN SECTIONAliso Niguel 50, Corona 0Anaheim 37, Garden Grove 6Banning 43, Cathedral City 6Beckman 26, Segerstrom 0Bellflower 7, St....

James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Ivica Zubac and Chris Paul are poised to lead the Clippers through a 2025-26 schedule that...

The result was historic. The way it happened was all too familiar.Never before, since interleague play began in 1997, had...

A decade ago, the languishing St. Louis Rams were ranked dead last in the NFL with a franchise valuation of...

This should’ve been it.A storybook ending. A cathartic late-game breakthrough. The kind of dramatic, momentum-shifting triumph to finally give the...

THOUSAND OAKS, California  — Jaime Jaquez Jr., who is preparing for his third season in the NBA with the Miami Heat,...

On the first day of spring training, at a Camelback Ranch facility adorned with ever-present reminders of the team’s 2024...

Travis and Jason Kelce are going to have a “a special episode with a VERY special guest” on their “New...

Less than 10 days ago, the Seattle Storm and the Sparks battled deep into a second overtime — the first...

In 2020, inside the clang-and-clatter of Neshoba Central High’s powerlifting gym, Jarquez Hunter’s coach laid down a dare: squat 645...

Injury have hit the Chargers hard in training camp.From minor setbacks sidelining Mekhi Becton and Ladd McConkey for multiple practices,...

Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports section share their thoughts on Luka Doncic, LeBron James, Mookie Betts, the Dodgers,...

Through the first two weeks of USC’s preseason football camp, Prophet Brown had established himself as one of the early...

When Julie Vanloo drew her second traveling violation before halftime, the crowd’s disapproval rose in unison.On the floor, with tempers...

When 6-foot-5, 315-pound all-league offensive tackle Jorge Gonzalez of Santa Paula High had to take a mandatory two-week break this...

Surfer dudes. Football dudes.That’s the best way to describe identical twins Liam and Luke Meeker, football players at Mira Costa...

A former Miami Heat security officer has been accused in federal court of stealing millions of dollars worth of team...

A neon green sex toy was thrown from the stands and landed on the court during the second quarter of...

A veteran high-speed driver has died after losing control of his vehicle while driving at nearly 300 miles per hour...

Brock Stewart slumped in front of a mostly empty locker in the middle of the Dodgers clubhouse Monday afternoon, a...

The Dodgers are leading the majors in on-base-plus-slugging percentage as an offense this year. They are second in the National...

Sean McVay won’t have to worry about Matthew Stafford catching a twice-tipped pass and stumbling over the goal line during...

TAMPA, Fla. — Scoring runs at Steinbrenner Field should not be as hard as the Dodgers made it look this weekend.The spring...

Matthew Stafford will apparently remain an observer for a while.The Rams star quarterback, who has not practiced during training camp...

TAMPA, Fla. — Blake Snell nearly had a flawless return from the injured list on Saturday afternoon.If only the Tampa Bay Rays...

TAMPA, Fla. — First, the meme made Freddie Freeman laugh.Then, in a serendipitous twist, it gave him a lightning-bulb epiphany about his...

Walt Disney Co. is expected to announce that the NFL is taking an equity stake in the Burbank-based entertainment giant’s...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix"> CANTON, Ohio — Trey Lance welcomes any opportunity that comes his way — a vexing four NFL seasons...

A newly unsealed court document alleges that Richard Tillman admitted to police officers that he drove a vehicle into a...

CINCINNATI — What’s the opposite of a splash?Because that’s how the Dodgers started their trade deadline activity late Wednesday night.On the eve...

Shannon Sharpe will not be returning to ESPN, according to a person with knowledge of the situation who is not...

Thirteen months after tearing an anterior cruciate ligament, Sparks forward Cameron Brink made her season debut, stepping onto the court...

A 55-year-old man was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to stalking and harassing Indiana Fever...

CINCINNATI — The Dodgers are dealing with more injuries to their lineup.As a result, one of their top prospects could get his...

Colorado football coach Deion Sanders addressed his health issues Monday during a news conference, acknowledging that he’d kept the worst...

BOSTON — On a day the Dodgers were facing one of their former longtime starters, Dustin May faced the prospect of potentially...

Rashawn Slater, a former first-round draft pick and one of the veteran leaders on the Chargers’ offensive line, is staying...

BOSTON — The Dodgers had MLB strikeout leader Garrett Crochet on the ropes early Saturday night, after Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernández...

Kenley Jansen signed his first professional contract with the Dodgers 21 years ago. He was Clayton Kershaw’s catcher in rookie...

The softball team from Westchester Del Rey Little League won the West Regional in San Bernardino on Friday, beating Tucson...

Caitlin Clark hasn’t been able to spend much time on the court lately, but her pesky injuries didn’t prevent the...

LAS VEGAS — While the rest of the college football world spent the summer whipped into a frenzy, swept up by the...

Jalen Hurts is ready to move on.The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback spent nearly 10 minutes talking to reporters Wednesday after the...

Seventh in a series of stories profiling top high school football players by position. Today, Tristan Phillips, Ventura linebacker.It’s lunch...

As Hart High football players participated in a 6 a.m. workout on Wednesday morning, injured player Micaiah Underwood was given...

They missed high, wide and, in one of the most confounding plays you’ll see on a major league diamond, even...

It’s become a near-annual tradition.The Rams report to training camp with quarterback Matthew Stafford’s status somewhat uncertain.Stafford, entering his 17th...

The Dodgers won their first game in the second half of the season on Monday night.They can only hope it...

Mississippi freshman defensive lineman Corey Adams was shot and killed Saturday night near Memphis, Tenn. He was 18.Adams was a...

The Dodgers held their annual Family Day on the field at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, rolling food trucks, bounce houses...

Tommy John surgery was never supposed to go this far.It was once a cross-your-fingers-and-pray fix for a career-ending injury. Now,...

Nine months after his death, Fernando Valenzuela stands immortalized in a new mural on the loge‑level wall at Dodger Stadium...

Max Muncy knew he had gotten lucky, after his ugly-looking knee injury earlier this month proved to be nothing more...

Tyler Glasnow’s problems have been the same for years.Spending too much time caught up in his own head, and not...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix"> There are myriad questions for the rest of the Dodgers’ lineup, too, where first-half performances ranged from unexpectedly...

Minnesota Vikings receiver Jordan Addison will avoid jail time for his 2024 DUI citation after pleading no contest to a...

Former NFL linebacker and special teams player Bryan Braman, who rose from undrafted free agent to Super Bowl champion, died...

Chargers running back Najee Harris likely will begin training camp on the non-football injury list, general manager Joe Hortiz said...

The Clippers will add scoring punch to their lineup by acquiring three-time All-Star Bradley Beal after he clears waivers following...

Technically, there was no winning pitcher in Major League Baseball’s 95th All-Star Game.The man who gave up the night’s biggest...

ATLANTA — As federal agents conduct immigration raids in Southern California and across America, the union representing major and minor league baseball...

LAS VEGAS — Even with all the sports dignitaries in attendance and even though they were watching a rivalry game of sorts...

Landon Hodge, the Mission League player of the year from Crespi, was selected with the first pick of the fourth...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Dodgers’ first two picks in this year’s MLB draft came consecutively at Nos. 40 and 41 overall.Turns out,...

The former “King of the Beach” kept his crown tucked away Saturday night.Clad in jeans and a plain white shirt,...

Denis Bouanga scored on a penalty kick and assisted on Nathan Ordaz’s goal as LAFC defeated FC Dallas 2-0 at...

After beating up on cupcakes — Colorado, Kansas City, Chicago White Sox — in the previous nine games, the Houston...

LAS VEGAS — The Clippers’ NBA Summer League contest Friday against the Houston Rockets offered a chance for Kobe Brown to show...

LONDON — Jannik Sinner overwhelmed a not-fully-fit Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semifinals on Friday to set up a...

LAS VEGAS — The Thomas & Mack Center public-address announcer called it the “main event” at the NBA Summer League, with Lakers’...

Ben Askren has been through a lot during the past six weeks. The former Olympic wrestler and MMA fighter underwent...

No club in MLS history played more games during a two-year span than the 103 LAFC played the past two...

After surviving a fiery car wreck and successfully skipping his final year of high school to enroll at USC, incoming...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Lakers rallied from a 14-point deficit in the third quarter, closing the three-game California Classic with a win...

French fencing champion Ysaora Thibus was not to blame after she tested positive for a banned substance last year.The culprit?...

Travis d’Arnaud knows Jacob deGrom better than any other catcher in baseball. He caught the hard-throwing right-hander 60 times when...

Alex Cooper appeared to thoroughly enjoy herself during her seventh-inning stretch performance Sunday at Wrigley Field.Not everyone on hand for...

Clayton Kershaw was named to his 11th All-Star Game on Sunday by Commissioner Rob Manfred, who used his “Legend Pick”...

It was 7 a.m., and Fremont High’s Andrew Williams was sleeping at his grandmother’s house in South Los Angeles when...

The Dodgers’ starting pitcher had no problems on Saturday afternoon.It was the bulk guy who followed him who ran into...

The Dodgers are counting on Max Muncy to be ready to produce in October.As they should.Muncy is expected to be...

They are two longtime Dodger villains, hated for two vastly different reasons.As the last remaining position player from the Houston...

As if the Garfield vs. Roosevelt sports rivalry needed any more incentive to excite its fans, both schools are preparing...

Dave Roberts had some goals in mind for starting pitcher Dustin May on Thursday. And they had little to do...

It wasn’t so much the culmination of a career as it was another signpost pointing the way to the Hall...

The slider was sizzling. The hitter was frozen. The strikeout was roaring.With an 84-mph pitch on the black in the...

As rules change for girls seven-on-seven flag football in California with the implementation of a first national rule book, there’s...

For the Chicago White Sox, it was not a question of whether Shane Smith was the best pitcher they had...

There once was a time the City Section had the best quarterbacks, the days of John Elway (Granada Hills), Tom...

The Clippers got the backup center they have yearned for when Brook Lopez agreed to a two-year, $18-million deal, according...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The glasses might’ve come first. But it was a light bulb moment with the swing that made the...

Clippers executives were serious when they said they had not soured on James Harden’s future with the franchise after an...

It took Julio César Chávez Jr. three rounds to throw an accurate punch, three more to show he was awake...

Mission Viejo High’s offense is Luke Fahey’s now — and it might be one that’s hard to stop if Saturday...

The Lakers and Clippers put in the work during the NBA’s two-day draft that was completed Thursday night and now...

Game 81. The halfway point of the 2025 season arrived at Angel Stadium — and the Angels, albeit squarely in...

Three years after USC and UCLA triggered a mass exodus by bolting for the Big Ten, the Pac-12 has extended...

The Lakers were busy making moves Thursday, doing all they could to move up in the second round of the...

Mexico’s Monterrey advanced to the round of 16 at the Club World Cup by thrashing Urawa Red Diamonds 4-0 on...

DENVER — The rain came out of nowhere. So too, it seemed, did Max Muncy’s infield pop-up.In the top of the sixth...

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander puzzled people when he debuted his signature Converse shoe during All-Star weekend. Converse? Where Chuck Taylor retros reside?...

The Angels ran into a buzzsaw.Boston southpaw Garrett Crochet scorched through them on Tuesday night, striking out 10 across seven...

Walker Buehler owned our city. When the Dodgers ran out of arms last fall, he instantly reimagined himself as a...

Alex Caruso is an NBA champion!Of course, Caruso already had a ring before he and the Oklahoma City Thunder closed...

Shaquille O’Neal was a dominant force in the NBA, a 7-foot-1 gentle giant who shattered boards, racked up four titles...

Upstaging Shohei Ohtani, especially on a day he pitches, is no easy feat.But at Dodger Stadium on Sunday afternoon, teammate...

Ben Howland planned it like this. Of course he did.This was a coach so engrossed in details that he would...

It’s hard not to count as the strikeouts go by.Clayton Kershaw’s first strikeout Friday night came on his “Cooperstown curveball”...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix"> The current incarnation of Dodger ownership is not your grandfather’s Dodgers. In lieu of private, family ownership, you...

Dan Keeler, the new captain of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, called up his football coaches from his days...

More than 50 community and religious leaders from around Los Angeles signed a petition Friday that called on the Dodgers...

The FIFA Club World Cup is just six days old, but it has already provided a mixed bag of memorable...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix"> When Walter’s Guggenheim Baseball group bought the Dodgers in 2012, the once-proud franchise was mired in embarrassment and...

The Dodgers on Thursday will announce their plans to assist the immigrant communities recently impacted in Los Angeles, according to...

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark got hit in the eye and knocked to the ground, while also doing some shoving...

OMAHA — For 12 years UCLA waited to return to Omaha and the College World Series. It waited 15 total hours to...

With his arm forming a 90-degree angle at his elbow, Shohei Ohtani clenched his right hand like an umpire signaling...

OMAHA, Neb. — UCLA will wake up Tuesday morning with a chance to rally from a two-run deficit.The Bruins’ winner’s bracket game...

“The Future of Sports Is Here: We are on a mission to redefine superhumanity through science, innovation and sports.”An unabashedly...

The long-anticipated wait is over — Shohei Ohtani is ready to pitch.The Dodgers announced after Sunday’s 5-4 win over the...

Years from now, when Seth Hernandez is pitching in the major leagues and pro baseball commentators are debating just how...

OMAHA, Neb. — The warm wind was blowing into Charles Schwab Field and UCLA freshman Wylan Moss threw a changeup. Dean West...

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix"> Bill Plaschke, thank you for your very informative column about Parkinson’s disease and your boxing exercise program. I...

The Rams made a move in their secondary, but it was not an addition.Cornerback Derion Kendrick, sidelined last season after...

Pope Leo XIV is a huge Chicago White Sox fan.It’s a good thing too — otherwise the event being thrown...

The Rams did not draft an offensive lineman, but they have added a veteran just before the end of offseason...

No one in the Chargers’ locker room felt as bad as Justin Herbert. At least that’s what the quarterback said...

SAN DIEGO — Dave Roberts wasn’t pretending to be calm. He was calm.None of this was new to him, the depleted starting...

Think of the World Cup as a big dinner party. Only instead of asking over family, neighbors and some folks...

The most important pitches for the Dodgers on Tuesday came long before the start of their game that night.In the...

The City Section held its annual football coaches meeting Monday in the Rams’ locker room at SoFi Stadium, and the...

Ron Washington took a page out of the characterized version of himself from the 2011 film “Moneyball” when asked about...

ST. LOUIS — Growing up on the western tip of Cuba, Andy Pages excelled at every sport he played.He was good at...

Since coming to Westwood, Roch Cholowsky has had Omaha on his mind.The Big Ten Player of the Year — a...

They pull giant boxing gloves over aging, sometimes shaking hands.They approach a black punching bag on weary, sometimes wobbly feet.Then...

CIF SOCAL REGIONAL FINALS SATURDAY’S RESULTSBASEBALL DIVISION I#1 St. John Bosco 4, #7 Patrick Henry 0DIVISION II#8 Rancho Bernardo 2,...

During his days as an All-City quarterback at San Fernando High during the 1980s, Michael Wynn was considered one of...

Anyone who is a fan of the Indiana Pacers or just a basketball enthusiast in general (minus those with a...

Seth Hernandez, the senior pitching standout at Corona High, has been chosen the national baseball player of the year by...

SOCAL REGIONAL PLAYOFFS BASEBALL THURSDAY’S RESULTSSEMIFINALS DIVISION I#1 St. John Bosco 7, #5 Villa Park 4#7 Patrick Henry 5, #3...

If there were an MVP of the Southern Section baseball playoffs, Jack Champlin of St. John Bosco High would be...

SOCAL REGIONAL PLAYOFFS BASEBALL WEDNESDAY’S RESULTSFIRST ROUNDDIVISION I#7 Patrick Henry 2, #2 Santa Margarita 0DIVISION II#8 Rancho Bernardo 4, #1...

Before anything, Clayton Kershaw has to believe. Before he can snap off curveballs the way he used to, before he...

Former Yomiuri Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima, one of the biggest stars of Nippon Professional Baseball, died early Tuesday...

Already slated to be the first venue in the world to host events from three different Olympic Summer Games, the...

Yankees supporters are accustomed to Dodger Stadium being hostile ground, but being hit by a chunk of concrete falling from...

When is the “fastest” something of a slow roll? How about last week when pitcher Chris Sale was crowned the...

Dave Roberts downplayed the easy narrative on Sunday afternoon.“No,” he said when asked if his Dodgers had the New York...

Jaden Soong, a freshman golfer at St. Francis High, thrives under pressure. “I will say I like pressure,” he said.Twice...