Defense on the Lakers’ mind heading toward trade deadline
Jalen Brunson, whose stellar play is one of the best stories in the NBA this season, pounded the ball into the Madison Square Garden court,…
The L.A. Times’ top 25 high school boys’ basketball rankings
A look at the Los Angeles Times’ top 25 high school boys’ basketball teams in the Southland after Week 10 of the 2023-24 season. Rk.…
Lionel Messi: Fans angered as World Cup winner fails to play in Hong Kong
Lionel Messi (centre) joined Inter Miami last summer from Paris St-Germain and is contracted to the Major League Soccer side until 2025Angry fans in Hong…
Saturday’s high school basketball scores
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Saturday: BOYS Paraclete 71, Rosamond 49 Pilibos 61, Holy Martyrs 45…
How UCLA softball plans to ‘level up’ after shocking collapse
When Megan Grant closes her eyes to lock in before a practice, the UCLA sophomore pictures her powerful swing connecting on pitches. She sees impeccably…
India vs England: Ben Duckett out late on day three after tourists set 399 to win
Zak Crawley will resume on 29 not out on day fourSecond Test, Visakhapatnam (day three of five):India 396 (Jaiswal 209; Anderson 3-47) & 255 (Gill…
Bronny James helps USC snap its six-game losing streak
It just took one name to elicit one of the loudest cheers in Galen Center in almost a month. “Bronny James!” the Galen Center public-address…
UCI Track Nations Cup 2024: Katie Archibald & Katy Marchant win silvers on final day
Scot Archibald was second in the scratch race, second in the tempo race and third in the elimination race, while Wollaston was first, third and…
Amid Shohei Ohtani chants, Dodgers shrug at their naysayers
The latest iteration of baseball’s Evil Empire assembled under cool, cloudy skies at Chavez Ravine on Saturday, with two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani, the centerpiece of…
NBA: Stephen Curry scores 60 points but Golden State Warriors lose to Atlanta Hawks
Stephen Curry scored 60 points for only the second time in his NBA career - but the Golden State Warriors lost 141-134 in overtime to…
LeBron James silent on player option before Lakers beat Knicks
NEW YORK — LeBron James was alone in the Lakers’ locker room before Saturday night’s game, rapping along to every word of his New York-themed playlist.…
Matt Dawson column: ‘England’s win over Italy was not spectacular but it was a fair start’
England's performance against Italy was not spectacular but to get themselves through the opening game relatively comfortably is a fair start.Steve Borthwick blooded five new…
Dylan Andrews shines again as UCLA beats Oregon, moves to .500
A wild game that included UCLA building an early 18-point lead and trailing by halftime needed a fittingly crazy coda. The Bruins provided it, turning…
Denny Hamlin wins rescheduled NASCAR Clash at the Coliseum
Saturday’s Busch Light Clash likely will not be remembered for Denny Hamlin’s win, but for the extraordinary effort made by NASCAR to get this season-opening…
Joshua Buatsi outpoints Dan Azeez in all-British light-heavyweight fight in London
Buatsi found early success to the body but was susceptible to the counter. The fight really came alive in the third as both men stood…
High school basketball: City Section playoff pairings
BOYS OPEN DIVISION Quarterfinals, Friday, 7 p.m. No. 8 Los Angeles CES at No. 1 Cleveland; No. 5 Chatsworth at No. 4 Westchester; No. 6…
Pebble Beach Pro-Am: Wyndham Clark shoots 60 to set new course record
US Open champion Wyndham Clark broke the Pebble Beach course record as he stormed to the top of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am leaderboard.The American, 30,…
Cleveland seeded No. 1 in City Open Division hoop playoffs
In a season that has seen zero teams emerge as the City Section title favorite in high school basketball, the playoff seeding committee was forced…
Williams makes 'world class' save for South Africa
Watch as South Africa goalkeeper Ronwen Williams makes the "save of the tournament" during their quarter-final match against Cape Verde at the Africa Cup of…
NASCAR moves Clash at Coliseum to Saturday to avoid rain
NASCAR is used to moving its race schedule because of weather but rarely, if ever, have they moved a race up a day. But that’s…