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After Matt Beaty homered to put the Dodgers ahead in the top of the ninth, Bryce Harper finished off a Phillies rally against Kenley Jansen with a two-run double.
Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka is eager to move on from the Lakers’ failed attempt to sign Kawhi Leonard and focus on the team he built around Anthony Davis and LeBron James.
Top USC basketball recruit Onyeka Okongwu is honing his skills — and showing his talent — in the Drew League this summer before reporting for college.
Nine days after the Houston Astros’ Jake Marisnick flattened Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy on a home-plate collision, Marisnick was hit by a pitch leading to a partial bench-clearing altercation.
Keith Thurman has fought only once since 2017, but he insisted he won’t be rusty against Manny Pacquiao in a welterweight title fight Saturday in Las Vegas.
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Shaquille O’Neal once promised to kiss the cheese-covered feet of any coach whose team made it to the NBA Finals four out of five years. Steve Kerr has done it. Is the bet still on?
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They rally to take the lead against Phillies in top of the ninth only for Kenley Jansen to blow the save in the bottom of the ninth in loss.
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The Angels take it to the Astros early to win 7-2 in a game that featured cleared benches.
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Angels veteran Albert Pujols ran through a stop sign and scored an insurance run Monday, another example of his ability to make a differences on the bases at 39.
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The match between Bayern Munich and Arsenal is part of the seventh International Champions Cup, a nationwide series of 11 preseason friendlies featuring seven iconic European teams.
Times Voices
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With only a season separating him from free agency, he wanted to dispel any misconceptions about his intentions.
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Two months ago, could you have even imagined?
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In 1970, Margaret Court said that South Africa’s apartheid system enabled the country to have a better handle on the “racial situation” than any other country.
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The Lakers made a big splash this summer by trading for a dominant 26-year-old big man coming off six consecutive All-Star appearances.
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It’s a steamy Saturday morning in Norco, and the girls from downtown are flying.
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Left-hander Julio Urias’ long relief role likely will change as the playoffs approach, but the Dodgers might not make a decision until September.
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Howdy, my name is Houston Mitchell and it was so hot Monday that I saw two trees fighting over a dog.
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Dave Roberts raised his arms to applaud the clinic unfolding before him.
Lakers and Clippers offseason
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A sportsbook online site parodied the revamped Lakers lineup by placing the players into the intro of the popular ‘90s sitcom “Family Matters”.
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Brian Sieman is close to finalizing a deal to become the new television voice of the Clippers, succeeding the soon-to-be Hall of Famer Ralph Lawler in the play-by-play role, the Los Angeles Times has learned.
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Twice on the afternoon of June 15, Anthony Davis’ phone rang while he tried to enjoy a movie at the Nobu Ryokan Hotel in Malibu.
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Howdy, my name is Houston Mitchell and I’m pretty sure the Earth has been ripped from its orbit and is hurtling toward the sun.
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Cal Petersen signed a three-year contract extension with the L.A. Kings worth $858,833 annually.
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Sparks guard Riquna Williams has been suspended 10 games because of an alleged domestic violence with her former girlfriend.
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Since winning the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach last month, Gary Woodland is getting recognized a lot more in public. But at times, he’s still relatively anonymous.
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Thanks to new eating habits that include regular fasting, Phil Mickelson is 15 pounds lighter heading into the British Open this week.
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Shaquille O’Neal once promised to kiss the feet of any NBA coach whose team went to the finals four out of five years. Steve Kerr has let Shaq off the hook.
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Knights have won two summer passing tournaments
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The Philadelphia 76ers and star guard Ben Simmons have agreed to a $170-million, five-year contract extension, a person familiar with the situation told the Associated Press.
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Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the L.A. Times soccer newsletter.
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The Angels have lived on the outskirts of playoff contention, sliding on and off the bubble, for the better part of four months.
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As the Los Angeles Angels continue to mourn the loss of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, they try to find a way to stay focused on the on-field tasks before them.
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Nine days after the Houston Astros’ Jake Marisnick flattened Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy on a home-plate collision, Marisnick was hit by a pitch leading to a partial bench-clearing altercation.
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They rally to take the lead against Phillies in top of the ninth only for Kenley Jansen to blow the save in the bottom of the ninth in loss.
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Shaquille O’Neal once promised to kiss the cheese-covered feet of any coach whose team made it to the NBA Finals four out of five years. Steve Kerr has done it. Is the bet still on?
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The Angels take it to the Astros early to win 7-2 in a game that featured cleared benches.
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The rallying cry that rose, full-throated, in the wake of the national team’s victory in last weekend’s Women’s World Cup final would fit nicely on a bumper sticker, which is kind of the point.
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The recruiting process is nothing new for Justin Houston.
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Harvard-Westlake has released its first draft plan for new athletic facilities on a 16-acre site bounded by Whitsett Avenue and the Los Angeles River in Studio City.
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As an overcast sky on Saturday morning gave way to blazing sunshine and rising temperatures, skill position players at the Mission Viejo seven-on-seven passing tournament didn’t know how easy they had it compared to the 300-pound linemen competing in events such as pushing sleds, tire maneuvers, lifting weights and pulling rope.
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Mission Viejo passing tourney also features linemen
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Turn on Alonzo Fontenette’s highlights and you’ll see several clips of him rising over a defender to make a catch.
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One day after tweaking a muscle in his leg, Angels star Mike Trout was out of the lineup for Monday’s series opener against the Houston Astros at Angel Stadium.
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In the minutes after launching a game-winning three-run home run, Angels rookie Matt Thaiss sported an inscrutable expression.
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In the week since being knocked unconscious in a home plate collision in Houston, Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy has walked around sporting a shiner and spoken as though plagued by a cold.
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A night after the Angels honored late teammate Tyler Skaggs with a combined no-hitter, starting pitcher Matt Harvey nodded to his right, where Skaggs’ locker remained in a suspended state, following a 9-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
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After nearly three days of jury selection, the trial for Ted Rath, the Rams’ director of strength training and performance who pleaded not guilty to three counts of misdemeanor sexual battery, began Friday in Ventura County Superior Court.
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The Rams, coming off a trip to the Super Bowl in the 2018 season, will open training camp at UC Irvine on July 27, and seven practices will be open to the public, the team announced Monday.
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Perched on a ladder next to a handball court, David Long carefully painted a large maize-colored “M” on the wall.
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A large mural of quarterback Jared Goff was among those painted Friday at Belvedere Elementary School in East Los Angeles, where more than 150 members of the Rams organization installed a new playground structure and helped beautify the campus during its annual community improvement project.
USC & UCLA
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For former UCLA softball player Stevie Wisz, the thought of being healthy again is an awesome feeling, but a difficult process.
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USC announced Friday it had scheduled a game with UC Davis in 2021, the first time the Trojans will play a team from the Football Championship Subdivision.
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A former member of the USC football coaching staff alleged in a lawsuit Monday that undergraduate students were paid to pose as graduate assistants from the team to take online classes on their behalf and fulfill their degree requirements.
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In the seconds after Fred VanVleet’s three-pointer gave the Toronto Raptors the lead over Golden State in their Game 6 clinching victory of the NBA Finals, Bennie Boatwright became inspired.
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No MLS team has relied as heavily on one player as the Galaxy have relied on Zlatan Ibrahimovic this season.
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Adama Diomande scored twice off assists from Lee Nguyen and Los Angeles FC handed the Houston Dynamo their first home loss of the season, 3-1 on Friday night.
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When Giancarlo Gonzalez played his first season in MLS five years ago, the title race was more a coronation than a competition.
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The Galaxy will become the latest MLS club to offer a safe-standing supporters section next year, part of a multi-year series of renovations at Dignity Health Sports Park that will include the addition of bars on the north concourse and new premium seating sections.