Newbury Park rallies to beat San Clemente in Division 2 quarterfinal
Joe Smigiel bear-hugged every player and coach in sight after breaking his team’s postgame huddle.He grinned from cheek to cheek, looking like a kid on…
Seven Narbonne football players declared ineligible by City Section
After waiting 50 days to play a high school football game on Friday night because four Marine League coaches chose to forfeit games because of…
Bronny James set to make his NBA G League debut on Saturday
The Lakers assigned rookie guard Bronny James to their South Bay Lakers affiliate Thursday, clearing the way for James to make his NBA G League…
Lakers: How D’Angelo Russell helped get Max Christie back on track
TORONTO — The play was set in motion more than an hour before tip off Friday night in Canada, Lakers guards D’Angelo Russell and Max Christie…
Christine Sinclair and Portland defeat Angel City 3-0
PORTLAND, Ore. — Christine Sinclair scored in her celebratory retirement match and the Portland Thorns clinched a playoff spot with a 3-0 victory over Angel City…
Freddie Freeman lives dream with World Series grand slam
By the time Freddie Freeman walked into the interview room at Dodger Stadium on Friday night, he’d already been mobbed by his teammates at home…
Freddie Freeman etches his name into Dodgers’ World Series lore
A clash of the Titans. A meeting of Goliaths. An old-fashioned, heavy-weight bout.In the build up to this year’s World Series, there was no cliché…
Dodgers’ shortage of pitchers limiting Dave Roberts’ options
NEW YORK — In the aftermath of his team’s 12-6 defeat to the New York Mets on Friday night, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts lamented his inability…
Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivers under pressure in Dodgers’ NLDS win
The shortest player on the field at Dodger Stadium looked as if he was the tallest.Yoshinobu Yamamoto was a giant on Friday night.And to think…
Dodgers’ Kiké Hernández renews reputation for playoff heroics
Reggie Jackson will always be “Mr. October” in the minds of baseball fans, but around these parts, that moniker could be attached to a lesser-known…
Inglewood rallies late to beat Leuzinger in battle of unbeaten teams
Inglewood trailed Leuzinger by three with less than three minutes to go.The Sentinels were once up 20, cruising in their Bay League opener between undefeated…
Reid Detmers strikes out 12, gives up three homers in Angels’ loss
Jacob deGrom pitched four innings of one-run ball, and Wyatt Langford and Adolis García hit back-to-back homers in the first inning of the Texas Rangers’…
Makenna Morris lifts Washington to victory over Angel City
Makenna Morris scored in the 78th minute to give the shorthanded Washington Spirit a 2-1 victory over host Angel City on Friday night.Morris popped the…
Birmingham enters City play winless after loss to Calabasas
There’s a method to coach Jim Rose’s madness each season of having his Birmingham High football team play only non-City Section opponents for its nonleague…
Deuce Jefferson leads Long Beach Poly past Lakewood
In the days leading up to Friday night’s Moore League showdown between Long Beach Poly and Lakewood, the focus centered on whether Jackrabbits transfers Madden…
Mater Dei, St. John Bosco, Corona Centennial pick up football wins
Mater Dei’s trip to Hawaii to face defending state football champion Kahuku on the North Shore on Saturday night went about as well as you…
Alyssa Thompson and Angel City can’t outlast Seattle in loss
Ji So-Yun scored the go-ahead goal in first-half stoppage time and the Seattle Reign held off Angel City 3-2 on Friday night for their third…
Mater Dei dominates Bishop Gorman from the start in clash of powerhouses
It might still be early in the season, but Mater Dei and Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, the top two ranked teams in the nation by…
Angels’ Samuel Aldegheri, first Italian pitcher, takes a loss
Victor Robles had three hits and drove in two runs, Julio Rodríguez homered for the second straight game and the Seattle Mariners opened a 10-game…
Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow heads back to the injured list
ST. LOUIS — Dodgers ace Tyler Glasnow was placed on the 15-day injured list because of right-elbow tendinitis just minutes before Friday night’s series opener…