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…
Prep talk: Hart’s Morgan Mack is showing her basketball prowess
Morgan Mack, a Long Beach State signee for women’s basketball, continues to do her best to lift up Hart’s girls’ basketball program.Hart wrapped up the…
Clippers fail to heed Tyronn Lue’s words in loss to Pacers
The message was clear from Clippers coach Tyronn Lue to his group: Play hard and compete.After seeing his players struggle in the last three games…
LeBron James defies age again, scoring 42 as Lakers beat Warriors
The energy was flowing from the Lakers, LeBron James’ teammates placing an imaginary crown on top of his head after he scored nine points on…
USC men lose on shot in final seconds at Northwestern
EVANSTON, Ill. — Nick Martinelli scored 27 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and his basket with 2.6 seconds left helped Northwestern hold off USC 77-75 on Tuesday…
LeBron James gets a triple-double in Lakers’ win over Knicks
NEW YORK — If Madison Square Garden is indeed the NBA’s best stage, like JJ Redick described it, then what the Lakers decided to do before Saturday’s…
Clippers trade P.J. Tucker, Mo Bamba ahead of trade deadline
The Clippers have traded forward P.J. Tucker, backup center Mo Bamba, a future second-round draft pick and cash to the Utah Jazz for Patty Mills…
Prep sports: Birmingham defeats El Camino Real 1-0 in boys’ soccer
With its leading goal scorer, Jonathan Rabinovitch, sidelined because of an ankle injury, El Camino Real lacked a scoring threat and was beaten by Birmingham…
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…
Anthony Davis to miss at least one week with abdominal injury
PHILADELPHIA — The Lakers will be without star Anthony Davis for the remainder of their Grammys trip after he suffered an abdominal muscle strain, the team…
Harvard-Westlake gets key Mission League win over Sierra Canyon
Two-time defending state champion Harvard-Westlake is reaching peak form just as the playoffs beckon, and with Tuesday night’s 63-52 Mission League win over Sierra Canyon,…
Sebastian Mack’s late heroics lifts UCLA men’s basketball over USC
Whatever it takes.Having rolled off one win after another the last two weeks, UCLA found another way to prevail Monday night.Their leading scorer sidelined by…
UCLA fends off Washington to pick up its third consecutive win
SEATTLE — The big guy did it again.Three days after his breakout game, Aday Mara made sure UCLA didn’t falter with two huge baskets in the…
Fourth-quarter rally lifts Cleveland to overtime win over Chatsworth
The City Section Open Division seedings just became a little uncertain Friday night after Cleveland knocked off City favorite Chatsworth 76-74 in overtime in a…
Prep basketball: Westchester beats Palisades in Western League
After not playing for more than a week, Westchester’s boys’ basketball team was expected to have bouts of inconsistency in its important Western League game…
Lakers get back on track against woeful Washington
Two days after the Lakers were saying it almost never would be easy, almost never came to town.The Washington Wizards, who have won a league-low…
Kawhi Leonard closer to being a Clippers game-changer again
In keeping with what has been a standard operating procedure since Kawhi Leonard has returned, the Clippers didn’t play their All-Star forward in the fourth…
JuJu Watkins leads USC women’s basketball to 13th straight win
INDIANAPOLIS — JuJu Watkins scored 22 points and Rayah Marshall added 13 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 4 USC overcome an 11-point deficit and…
Redondo Union boys’ basketball nears Open Division playoffs
There’s nothing Reggie Morris can’t do with basketball talent. He won a City Section Open Division title at Fairfax, coached Russell Westbrook at Leuzinger and…
LeBron James says playing with Bronny is one of his greatest feats
Bronny James is the son of a billionaire. He doesn’t need to be busting his butt trying to prove himself as a Lakers rookie or…