Yoshinobu Yamamoto stays in line to be Dodgers’ opening-day starter
PHOENIX — For a manager, the task of choosing a starting pitcher for opening day can be fraught with challenges, especially if the team’s staff is as…
Kawhi Leonard’s buzzer-beater lifts Clippers to OT win over Kings
Before the Clippers even played their “very significant” game against the Sacramento Kings on Sunday, they had to do so without the man who has…
Dodgers’ Michael Grove out for season after undergoing surgery
PHOENIX — Right-hander Michael Grove won’t pitch for the Dodgers this year after undergoing season-ending surgery last week to repair his right labrum.Grove walked into the Dodgers…
LeBron James injury update: Timeline for return still unclear
NEW YORK — As he suspected postgame Saturday night, early indications are LeBron James avoided a serious injury to his left groin muscle, according to a person…
Eric Musselman brutally honest about USC’s defense after UCLA loss
Eric Musselman marched into the visiting locker room at Pauley Pavilion, smoldering with each step, and went straight to the whiteboard. He grabbed a marker…
USC women advance to Big Ten title game with win over Michigan
INDIANAPOLIS — It had been a forgettable afternoon for JuJu Watkins when she found herself confronted by a double team on the low block early in the…
Column: L.A. should add a LeBron James statue in Star Plaza
The Los Angeles Lakers have won 20 of 24 games and now, after an uneven start to the season, have NBA fans wondering whether the…
Exclusive: Rams’ Cooper Kupp wants to prove his doubters wrong
His illustrious career with the Rams almost certainly is coming to an end, and All-Pro receiver Cooper Kupp can’t help but feel bruising disappointment about…
Charles Barkley rips Kendrick Perkins, ‘idiots’ at ESPN, his future TV home
Charles Barkley isn’t a talking head on ESPN yet.That will happen next year, when TNT’s popular “Inside the NBA” studio show — which stars Barkley,…
Luka and LeBron power Lakers past Knicks for eighth straight win
Luka Doncic stared at officials and argued for a call while the Knicks drove with the ball in the other direction, his frustration dangerously close…
Prep basketball roundup: It’s a Westchester vs. Chatsworth rematch
It’s rematch time in high school basketball. On Thursday night in the Southern California regionals, Chatsworth and Westchester each won their Division II quarterfinal games,…
Kings lose their fifth in a row, this time to St. Louis
Robert Thomas scored the decisive goal in the shootout and scored a goal in regulation to extend his point streak to 11 games as the…
Champions League: Emery’s substitutions ‘changed the game’ against Club Brugge
BBC Sport pundits Thomas Hitzlsperger and Nedum Onuoha discuss how Aston Villa manager Unai Emery's substitutions "changed the game" against Club Brugge by bringing more…
Another game, another shutout by LAFC in win over Columbus
When defender Christie Pearce was roaming the backline for the women’s national soccer team, she lived by a simple adage.“If we score, we might win,”…
LeBron James becomes first NBA player to score 50,000 career points
Another night, another milestone for LeBron James, although this one did indeed resonate more than most. Becoming the first NBA player to reach 50,000 career…
Luka Doncic, LeBron James are dominant as Lakers extend win streak to seven
Seven times.Since the Lakers listlessly began their post-All-Star break stretch with a disappointing loss against Charlotte, they’ve played seven times.Seven times in 13 days.They won…
New TV game show lined up – and it’s based on a classic kids party game
THE producers of Big Brother are launching a brand new game show - and it's based on an iconic kids party game.Banijay - the company…
Rams trading O-lineman Jonah Jackson to Bears for draft pick
The Rams have agreed to trade offensive lineman Jonah Jackson to the Chicago Bears, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday.The Rams will…
Kyrie Irving injury: More bad luck for Mavs after Luka Doncic trade
Kyrie Irving is out for the season after the Dallas Mavericks star tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee Monday night.The Mavericks initially…
USC’s JuJu Watkins, Lindsay Gottlieb earn top Big Ten awards
After a stellar season that included a Big Ten regular season championship, USC forward JuJu Watkins has been named Big Ten Player of the Year…