Lakers don’t stumble with Anthony Davis nursing injury
Howdy, I’m your host, Austin Knoblauch, filling in for Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news.From Dan Woike: The big picture demanded that the…
High school basketball: Thursday’s scores for boys’ and girls’ games
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALLTHURSDAY’S RESULTSBOYSAnimo Robinson 63, Camino Nuevo 58Antelope Valley 54, Lancaster Baptist 41Arcadia 59, Cactus Shadows 53Basha (AZ) 64, Corona Centennial 52Boulder Creek (AZ)…
Troy Terry scores in OT in Ducks’ comeback in win over Jets
WINNIPEG, Canada — Troy Terry scored his second goal of the game at 3:34 of overtime to give the Ducks a 4-3 victory over the Winnipeg…
No. 7 Notre Dame prevails over No.2 Georgia in Sugar Bowl
NEW ORLEANS — Riley Leonard passed for a touchdown, Jayden Harrison returned a kickoff 98 yards for a score, and Notre Dame’s defense made it hold…
The Sports Report: Ohio State gets its revenge in the Rose Bowl
Howdy, I’m your host, Austin Knoblauch, filling in for Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news.From Andrés Soto: This time, Ohio State left no…
L.A. County HQ should stand, Janice Hahn says. And not because of her dad
I drove around downtown Los Angeles on a recent Friday morning looking for one of the Civic Center’s ugly ducklings. The Kenneth Hahn Hall of…
New adventures are calling. Let us be your guide for fun each month
Jaclyn Cosgrove covers the (great!) outdoors at the Los Angeles Times. They started at The Times in 2017 and have written about wildfires, culture, protests,…
Kings continue their unbeaten streak at home, shutting out Devils
Andre Lee scored his first NHL goal, Darcy Kuemper recorded his second shutout of the season and the Kings beat the New Jersey Devils 3-0…
‘Truths’ about Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Oscar chances
Marianne Jean-Baptiste has gained serious momentum toward a lead actress Oscar nomination with her performance as a depressed, caustic Londoner in “Hard Truths,” her second…
Transfer Janiah Barker helped vault UCLA women to No. 1 ranking
Janiah Barker told herself, “We can’t go out like this.”It was late in the third quarter of Texas A&M’s first-round matchup against Nebraska in the…
The Sports Report: The Lakers are putting their faith in Austin Reaves
Howdy, I’m your host, Iliana Limón Romero, filling in for Houston Mitchell, who was probably busy saving the best seat to watch the Rose Parade.…
Column: Peering into the crystal ball for 2025 predictions
It’s time to peer into my crystal ball to see what 2025 has in store for the Southland’s high school athletes (and a few former…
Clippers can’t keep pace with Spurs on second night of games
SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama closed out a historic month with 27 points, nine rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots in 26 minutes, and the…
Jimmy Carter tried to fix the planet. The oil industry fought back
In the renewable energy arena, Jimmy Carter is perhaps best known for having solar panels installed on the roof of the White House — panels…
LeBron James hopes to eventually retire with the Lakers
Howdy, I’m your host, Austin Knoblauch, filling in for Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news.From Dan Woike: Speaking as a 40-year-old NBA player…
From Freddie Freeman to Decoy, Dodgers owned top 2024 L.A. moments
The similarities between Freeman’s 10th-inning grand slam and Kirk Gibson’s ninth-inning home run in 1988 were striking. Both were slugged by injured hitters essentially playing…
For 50 years, Linda Lavin was TV’s go-to touch of class
When Linda Lavin appeared on the doorstep of Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano as a nosy neighbor in Netflix’s new real-estate comedy “No Good Deed,”…
Dorian Finney-Smith excited to try to win with LeBron James
The things that the Lakers and LeBron James are going to like best about Dorian Finney-Smith are the things that have kept Finney-Smith from appreciating…
Rams are heading to the playoffs as NFC West champs
Howdy, I’m your host, Austin Knoblauch, filling in for Houston Mitchell, who’s probably busy calculating how much the Dodgers will spend on sunflower seeds with…
Linda Lavin dead: Tony Award winner and ‘Alice’ star was 87
NEW YORK — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage actor who became a working class icon as a paper-hat wearing waitress on the TV sitcom “Alice,”…