U.S. women’s soccer loses to Mexico 2-0 in Gold Cup shocker
Goals by Lizbeth Ovalle and Mayra Pelayo lifted Mexico to a stunning 2-0 win over the U.S. women’s national team Monday in the final group-play…
Kings open key road trip with loss to Leon Draisaitl and Oilers
EDMONTON, Canada — Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard each had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers beat the Kings 4-2 on Monday night…
Filip Forsberg scores in third to lift Predators over Ducks
Filip Forsberg broke a tie early in the third period and also had an assist to help the Nashville Predators beat the Ducks 4-2 on…
Kings’ shootout win over Ducks comes at a critical time
The Kings’ season-high 50 shots on net produced merely two goals Saturday, both scored during power plays. They gave up a shorthanded goal to the…
Cody Bellinger reportedly agrees to $80M deal with Chicago Cubs
A year after the Dodgers turned their backs on Cody Bellinger, the mercurial left-handed slugger has reportedly agreed to a three-year, $80-million contract with the…
Sloppy defense and poor shooting plague UCLA’s guards in loss
It was only a week ago that UCLA’s starting guards seemed to have fully rewritten the previously unpleasant narratives about their season. Once derided for…
JuJu Watkins breaks another USC record in win over Colorado
This freshman has the Cheryl Miller kiss of approval. When JuJu Watkins drained a deep three-pointer on the first possession of the fourth quarter to…
Elliott: Lakers able to overcome Victor Wembanyama’s rare performance
Their meeting was almost poetic, a confluence of basketball eras, a rhapsody in sneakers. San Antonio rookie Victor Wembanyama, just past his 20th birthday and…
Fears for luckless Tom Gilbert as Dolphins prop suffers knee injury in trial game defeat to Warriors
In short: There are fears Dolphins prop Tom Gilbert suffered an ACL injury when went down in a preseason gameGilbert missed the second half of…
Motivate NBA All-Stars to win with a cool half-million payout
The Angels need to show Anthony Rendon the door. He comes across as a malcontent with his comment of “it’s just a job.” He doesn’t…
Naomi Girma eager to find her full potential with USWNT
With teenager Jaedyn Shaw and Alex Morgan, who is not a teenager, combining for three first-half goals, the U.S. women’s national team routed Argentina 4-0…
Etiwanda dominates Sierra Canyon to take Open Division title
Since the season started it seemed inevitable that Etiwanda and Sierra Canyon would play for the CIF Southern Section Open Division girls’ basketball championship for…
LeBron James and Lakers wowed by Victor Wembanyama, beat Spurs
There was no doubt that there would be exciting moments, that was clear by the line of reporters filming Victor Wembanyama’s every step before the…
Harvard-Westlake edges Roosevelt for Open Division title
In a game full of fouls and free throws , it was a foul called with 13 seconds left that sent Robert Hinton to the…
Kawhi Leonard and Clippers pull away late to defeat Grizzlies
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Kawhi Leonard scored 24 points, Terance Mann had a season-high 23 points and 12 rebounds, and the Clippers pulled away in the fourth…
There’s a (winning) method to Mick Cronin’s madness at UCLA
He looks like a madman, stomping around the sideline as if he’s smashing grapes. Yelling at officials and his own players with equal abandon, his…
With LeBron James out, Steph Curry and Warriors rout Lakers
SAN FRANCISCO — Nearly a year ago, Golden State coach Steve Kerr sat in a back room in Los Angeles before playing the Lakers and called…
Kings can’t keep pace with Predators as winning streak ends
Colton Sissons had a goal and two assists and Juuse Saros made 27 saves, helping the Nashville Predators beat the Kings 4-1 on Thursday night.…
Londynn Jones has career night as No. 12 UCLA routs No. 18 Utah
The shots kept falling. The crowd’s cheers grew louder. Londynn Jones’ face stayed straight. Draining threes is just what the UCLA sophomore does. Jones’ career-high…
Disastrous third quarter dooms Clippers in loss to Thunder
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder presented a significant opportunity for the Clippers to prove they belong at the top of the uber-competitive Western Conference.…