March Madness: Lauren Betts leads UCLA women into Sweet 16
The crowd at Pauley Pavilion rose as one as the seconds ticked down. This second half deserved a standing ovation.UCLA claimed an 84-67 win over…
Kings set a franchise record in victory over Boston Bruins
Quinton Byfield scored for the seventh straight home game, and the Kings beat the Boston Bruins 7-2 on Sunday night to set a franchise record…
Trevor Moore and Alex Turcotte lead Kings to win over Blackhawks
CHICAGO — Trevor Moore and Alex Turcotte scored in the first period, and the Kings held on to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 on Thursday night for…
Austin Reaves scores 37 as Lakers fall to Denver for another loss
DENVER — Lakers coach JJ Redick lately has repeated a lyric from an old Jay-Z song: “It was all good just a week ago.”Entering Friday’s game against…
USC wins its first NCAA men’s indoor track and field title in 53 years
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — USC clinched the 2025 Division I men’s indoor track and field title in the final event on Saturday night at the Virginia Beach…
Kings’ five-game winning streak ends in road loss to Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Mats Zuccarello scored the tiebreaking power-play goal with 4:38 left and the Minnesota Wild beat the Kings 3-1 on Monday night.Adrian Kempe scored…
Ducks give up two goals in first 90 seconds in loss to Blues
ST. LOUIS — Brayden Schenn and Pavel Buchnevich each scored in the first 90 seconds, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Ducks 7-2 on Sunday night.Cutter…
San Gabriel Academy wins Division III state basketball title
Mahamadou Diop, a 6-foot-11 sophomore center at San Gabriel Academy who came here from Mali, is someone basketball fans in Southern California will need to…
Alex Ovechkin still nine goals from breaking Gretzky’s record
Quinton Byfield had a goal for the fifth consecutive game, Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves, and the Kings beat the Washington Capitals 3-0 on Thursday…
USC men win thriller in double overtime to advance in Big Ten tournament
INDIANAPOLIS — They’d withstood one wave after another, their season hanging in the balance with seemingly every possession. Nothing had come simply for USC through this frustrating…
Kings win third in a row, move one point back of second in Pacific Division
Phillip Danault and Quinton Byfield scored in the second period and the Kings beat the New York Islanders 4-1 on Tuesday night.Vladislav Gavrikov and Drew…
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…
Former basketball player Jack Stadlman bursts onto the track scene
“The Jack Stadlman Story” could be coming to a theater near you. The screenplay is being written each time he breaks out of the blocks…
UCLA men’s basketball survives collapse to barely beat Northwestern
EVANSTON, Ill. — It was a frighteningly familiar tale for UCLA.From fully locked in and comfortably ahead to being on the verge of collapse.What had been a…
Suddenly slumping Kings can’t keep up with Blackhawks in loss
CHICAGO — Spencer Knight made 41 saves in his first game with Chicago to help the Blackhawks beat the Kings 5-1 on Monday night.Former Kings defenseman Alec…
Sondheimer: A high school championship weekend with memories galore
A busy weekend of high school sports championships deserves a look back at some of the excitement and oddities.In celebrating Westchester’s 16th City Section basketball…
Kaleena Smith and Ontario Christian win first Open Division title
To be the best you have to beat the best, and the Ontario Christian girls’ basketball team did — barely.In a game that more than…
Elina Aarnisalo’s late free throws deliver UCLA a win at Iowa
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Elina Aarnisalo made two free throws with 3.8 seconds remaining to give No. 3 UCLA a 67-65 comeback win over Iowa on Sunday.Lauren…
Sloppy play leads UCLA men to a disappointing loss to Minnesota
Sixteen minutes into his weekly media availability, after addressing a variety of topics, including a planned Bill Walton tribute and the memories of his first…
No. 1 UCLA women’s basketball barely beats No. 22 Michigan State
Londynn Jones made a pull-up jumper.Kiki Rice got a steal.Janiah Barker scored a tough putback layup.Rice hit free throws.And then, Timea Gardiner hit the biggest…