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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is a man of his word. Even when it means he has to go on national TV and sing the praises of Los Angeles. Heading into the NHL finals, De Blasio and L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti made a bet: If the Kings won, De Blasio would appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to sing "I Love L.A." If the Rangers won, Garcetti would perform "New York, New York." Turns out, the Kings won. And De Blasio showed up (via satellite from New York) wearing an "I Love L.A." T-shirt, ready to sing his heart out. But the mayor professed to not have the best singing voice, so he recruited kids from the 52nd Street Project in Manhattan to give him some backup. As Kimmel noted, De Blasio...
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is a man of his word. Even when it means he has to go on national TV and sing the praises of Los Angeles.
Heading into the NHL finals, De Blasio and L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti made a bet: If the Kings won, De...
Hockey is the ultimate team game, which is what makes the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded annually to the playoff's most valuable player, such an anomaly.
Individual versus team award?
Most winners will tell you that, as kids, they lie...
After becoming the first team to reach the Stanley Cup Final by winning three series in Game 7, all on the road, the Kings' five-game series victory over the New York Rangers to win the Stanley Cup almost seemed abrupt — except that all three...
The blades of their skates cut deep and wide now, far beyond the chilly ice and raucous fans at Staples Center, far past even the highest of hopes for a black-shirted hockey team in a bright and sunny land.
When Alec Martinez slapped a shot...
Beyond the overall team chemistry that paced the Kings to the Stanley Cup title, there were complementary divisions of offensive lines and defense pairs that Coach Darryl Sutter established to create a Cup winner. Here is a line-by-line and pair-by-...
It took the Kings 45 years to win their first Stanley Cup.
Then how come it felt like 45 years to win No. 2?
Maybe this was simply cosmic and blood pressure-soaring payback for their Cup run of 2012 being far too smooth and so...
A long wait packed with tension, uncertainty and the thought that something was slipping away was ended Friday by a player who knows those feelings well.
Kings defenseman Alec Martinez won the Kings the Stanley Cup in the team's longest game in...
Put a crown on that Stanley Cup. Add streaks of black to its silver. Fill it with sand, burnish it with sun, and welcome it home.
Kings, kings again.
For the second time in three seasons, the Los Angeles Kings have done what seemed like...
The Kings' Stanley Cup playoff run appeared to be over before it had really begun. Sloppy on defense and helpless against the speed of the San Jose Sharks, the Kings lost the first three games of their opening-round playoff series and were one loss...
He was Mr. Game 7, the player the Kings could rely on to be at his best when the pressure was at its worst.
Right wing Justin Williams, a very good player during the regular season, becomes an extraordinary player during the playoffs for...
There have been 17 players who scored an overtime goal to win the Stanley Cup. Only two have waited longer than Kings defenseman Alec Martinez.
Martinez’s series-winning goal in a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers came 14 minutes 34...
The Kings' championship parade will begin downtown Monday at noon at Figueroa and 5th Street and end 30 to 45 minutes later at Staples Center.
Kings players, coaches and broadcasters will be among those riding in...
In honor of the Kings winning the NHL championship, Los Angeles is planning a big celebration in downtown Monday.
A team parade is set for noon. It will begin at Figueroa and 5th streets and end at Staples Center.
On Friday...
Sorry, NHL.
The Kings might be here for a while.
Dustin Brown and Jeff Carter don't become free agents until 2022. Drew Doughty is under contract until 2021. Jonathan Quick
Of all the rigorous tests the Kings had to pass to get to the Stanley Cup Final, the final exam was
getting a winning shot past the New York Rangers’ highly skilled and determined goaltender Henrik Lundqvist.
Lundqvist, who was 11-...
The Stanley Cup spent its first two days with its newest owners in a familiar part of Southern California — the South Bay.
Every Kings player lives in Manhattan Beach or Hermosa Beach except one (Willie...
Henrik Lundqvist, Anton Stralman's stick, a pile of snow and Derek Stepan's hand kept the Kings from hoisting the Stanley Cup on Wednesday.
"When you play this game, you have to battle, you have to rely on your teammates, and sometimes you have...
The Stanley Cup stayed shiny and dry Wednesday. No champagne spilled from its bowl and no loving hands lifted it skyward to kiss it and live out a childhood dream.
The Kings had hoped to take the Cup home with them from Madison Square Garden as...
Kings defenseman Slava Voynov has been getting more and more comfortable conducting interviews in English — just as long as there aren't any TV crews around.
The 26-year-old Russian is a bit nervous about his English-language skills...
Greetings from rainy New York, where the Rangers and the Kings held their morning skates at Madison Square Garden in advance of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.
The Garden has been completely renovated over the last...