Kennedy Fuller scores early for Angel City in draw with Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. — Reilyn Turner’s goal pulled the Portland Thorns into a 1-1 tie with Angel City FC on Friday in the National Women’s Soccer League.Kennedy Fuller…
Why Austin Reaves is more than capable of carrying Lakers when asked
DENVER — Inside a locker room, geography matters and Friday night in Denver, Austin Reaves was in the big seat.Using the space typically assigned to LeBron James…
Dylan Guenther’s power-play goal lifts Utah over the Ducks
SALT LAKE CITY — Dylan Guenther broke a tie on a power play at 7:03 of the third period, and the Utah Hockey Club beat the Ducks…
James Harden and Kawhi Leonard lead Clippers to win over Knicks
With players constantly in and out of the lineup, the Clippers are struggling to find consistent success at this stage of the season.The return of…
Santa Margarita girls’ soccer captures Open Division title
Craig Bull is building quite the program at Santa Margarita.On Friday night in Orange he and the Eagles soared into their third Southern Section girls’…
Hernández: Lakers find an identity, forged by a true leader in JJ Redick
The Lakers have found their leader.After Mike Brown and Mike D’Antonio, after Byron Scott and Luke Walton, after Frank Vogel and Darvin Ham, they have…
Jacob Majok delivers in crunch time during Crean Lutheran win
Jacob Majok, a 6-foot-7 junior who came to Crean Lutheran from South Sudan two years ago, let loose a scream during the fourth quarter of…
Mika Webster-Longin shines in UCLA gymnastics win over Penn State
Mika Webster-Longin nudged assistant coach Mark Freeman as she prepared to watch her teammates compete on the beam. She needed to lock arms with her…
With Desmond Claude out, USC men’s basketball falls to Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Trey Kaufman-Renn had 24 points and 10 rebounds to lead No. 7 Purdue to a 90-72 victory over USC on Friday night for…
Norman Powell helps Clippers get road win against Hornets
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Norman Powell scored 27 points, Kawhi Leonard added 21 points and nine rebounds, and the Clippers held off the pesky Charlotte Hornets 112-104 on…
Ivica Zubac has 21 points, 22 rebounds as Clippers rally past Spurs
SAN ANTONIO — Clippers center Ivica Zubac added 21 points and 22 rebounds in an intense battle with San Antonio star Victor Wembanyama as the Clippers…
Trump uses mass firing to remove independent inspectors general
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has fired about 17 independent inspectors general at government agencies, a sweeping action to remove oversight of his new administration that…
Senate confirms Kristi Noem as Trump’s Homeland Security secretary
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to…
Sondheimer: There’s no competitive equity in Open Division football bowl game
There are 15 CIF state championship football bowl games set for Dec. 13-14 in Southern California, and 14 of the matchups should be fine. The…
Anaheim Ducks’ three-game winning streak ends in loss to Sabres
Jiri Kulich scored with 59.4 seconds remaining in overtime, and the Buffalo Sabres rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Ducks 3-2 on Friday…
Sabrina Carpenter brings out Christina Aguilera at Crypto.com Arena
In late 2022, Sabrina Carpenter was a hard-working Disney Channel journeyman just getting out from beneath the pop-culture ignominy of having been cast as the…
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…