Do Chargers or Rams have a better chance to make the playoffs?
Are the Chargers as good as their 6-3 record suggests?Are the Rams better than the team that muddled through an ugly Monday night loss to…
Southern Section football playoffs get serious
The Southern Section Division 1 and 2 football playoff matchups on Friday are outstanding. Six of the eight teams in Division 1 have had two…
Sondheimer: Prep football storylines for 2024 playoffs
High school football playoffs begin Thursday and Friday in the City Section and Southern Section. Here are some story lines to follow.Unbeaten Newbury Park gets…
Prep Rally: Football playoffs primed for plenty of revenge games
Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. My name is Eric Sondheimer. The high school football playoff pairings are out. There were no…
MLS playoffs: Vancouver stuns LAFC to set up decisive third game
VANCOUVER, Canada — Vancouver got an early goal from a red-hot Ryan Gauld and two own goals from Western Conference top seed LAFC, Yohei Takaoka posted…
Division 1 football playoffs could be year of rematches
There once was a rule you couldn’t play a league opponent in the first round of the football playoffs and everything should be done to…
Sherman Oaks CES enters 8-man football playoffs unbeaten
At the intersection of Yolanda and Victory avenues sits a rundown field with just as much dirt as green grass peeking out from above the…
Narbonne seeded No. 1 for City Section Open Division playoffs
Narbonne High, the football team that hasn’t played since Sept. 27 because four coaches in the Marine League decided to forfeit games against the Gauchos,…
Playoffs ‘strange’ for Olivier Giroud, but he wants MLS Cup title
Olivier Giroud has played in two World Cup finals, won both a Champions League and Europa League title and scored more goals for France than…
Orange Lutheran seeks redemption in flag football playoffs
The inaugural Southern Section flag football playoff seedings were released Saturday morning and a total of 144 teams qualified across five divisions for the single-elimination…
Centennial gears up for playoffs with win over Murrieta Valley
Corona Centennial has been content to let everyone forget about its football team. A baffling loss to Santa Margarita on Aug. 30 helped fuel skepticism…
Can the young Ducks finally make NHL playoffs this season?
Three games into the NHL season, hope and optimism reign and every team believes it is a Stanley Cup contender. Even the repackaged Anaheim Ducks,…
MLB: Chicago White Sox suffer record 121st defeat of season as Detroit Lions reach play-offs
The Chicago White Sox broke the modern-day record for most losses in a Major League Baseball season with their 121st defeat of 2024.They claimed the…
What Neal ElAttrache thinks of Shohei Ohtani pitching in the playoffs
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is throwing so well in the wake of his second Tommy John elbow surgery that his rehabilitation team is beginning to…
If Tyler Glasnow returns, what will Dodgers get in playoffs?
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was asked Thursday afternoon if he was certain Tyler Glasnow would pitch again this season.He couldn’t say he was.“We’re hopeful,” was…
PFL Play-offs: Brendan Loughnane beats Kai Kamaka III to reach featherweight final
Following a close opening few minutes where the pair traded leg kicks and rapid punch combinations, Manchester's Loughnane took control with a spinning back kick…
Regional playoffs: Moorpark suffers heartbreaking defeat
Crazy. That’s the word to best describe the emotional roller-coaster of the Moorpark High baseball team over the last two weeks. Moorpark, the team that…
Regional playoffs: Kevin Jeon powers La Mirada into Division I final
The Southern California regionals in high school baseball is more than just a final tournament in 2024. It can be a sneak peek at 2025,…
NBA play-offs: Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic hits game-winner against Minnesota Timberwolves
Watch Dallas Mavericks' Luka Doncic score a game-winning three-pointer with three seconds left to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves and take a 2-0 series lead in…
NBA play-offs: Luka Doncic gives Dallas Mavericks 2-0 lead over Minnesota Timberwolves
Luka Doncic hit a game-winning three-pointer with three seconds left as the Dallas Mavericks edged past the Minnesota Timberwolves to take a 2-0 lead in…