Soccer
In a country of soccer heroes, Chapecoense was a team of unlikely upstarts.
Nov. 29, 2016
World & Nation
The soccer world Tuesday mourned the deaths of almost all the members of Brazil’s Chapecoense professional team in an airplane crash near Medellin, Colombia, that killed at least 75 people.
Movies
A Brazilian soccer club’s efforts to recover from the tragic loss of 19 players and 25 of its administrative staff in a plane crash are movingly chronicled in the penetrating documentary “Nossa Chape” (Portuguese for “Our Team”).
May 30, 2018
Sports
There was supposed to be a soccer game in Medellin, Colombia, last Wednesday.
Dec. 3, 2016
The pilot of the chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team told air traffic controllers he had run out of fuel before crashing into the Andes, according to a leaked recording of the final minutes of the doomed flight.
Nov. 30, 2016
Lakers
Nick Young walked around the Lakers’ locker room after Tuesday night’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans, unaided, and joked with teammates as he normally would.
Chip Kelly will lead UCLA into the Big Ten era in 2024, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
Nov. 28, 2023
California
The pilot of a single-engine plane crash-landed in a Compton neighborhood near the airport Wednesday morning. The FAA is investigating.
Sept. 20, 2023
Two people died in a small plane crash Friday in Placer County, two days after another crash at the Corona Municipal Airport killed four people.
Jan. 24, 2020
A flight instructor and a student aboard a small aircraft were seriously injured when the plane crashed into a soccer field Monday afternoon in San Pedro, authorities said.
Sept. 25, 2023