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Major League Baseball informed owners that it will enforce rules on using foreign substances on baseballs. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is fine with that.
Rachel Garcia hits a three-run homer but is chased in the sixth inning of a 10-3 loss to Oklahoma, which advances in the Women’s College World Series.
Essential Quality beat out Hot Rod Charlie to win the Belmont Stakes by 1¼ lengths Saturday, giving trainer Brad Cox his first Triple Crown race win.
Lakers assistant Jason Kidd has surfaced as a leading candidate for coaching vacancies, and Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard wants him in Portland.
The Angels scored 11 straight runs to overcome an early four-run deficit in a victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.
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The Angels scored 11 straight runs to overcome an early four-run deficit in a victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.
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High school basketball: City boys’ and girls’ playoff results and updated pairings
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High school girls’ basketball: Southern Section playoff results and updated pairings
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Results from the Southern Section dual-meet wrestling championships.
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Clayton Kershaw gave up five runs in the third inning in a 6-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Saturday. Corey Seager is doing everything he can to come back.
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High school boys’ volleyball: Southern Section championship results
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Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles hasn’t been flawless at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Friday, but she still finished with the top score on Friday.
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Kawhi Leonard did for the Clippers what LeBron James could not do for the Lakers by dominating on both ends of the court when most needed in Game 6.
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During a stunningly sordid playoff exit Thursday in Game 6, the Lakers future is in doubt with LeBron James aging and Anthony Davis appearing frail.
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The Clippers are on the cusp of elimination by the Mavericks, who took the series lead after Luka Doncic’s historic effort on the Clippers’ home turf.
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Naomi Osaka revealing her struggles with depression and anxiety shows why her decision to withdraw from the French Open deserves understanding.
“Fernandomania @ 40” is a multi-episode documentary series that examines star pitcher Fernando Valenzuela’s impact on the Dodgers, Major League Baseball and the Latino community in Los Angeles 40 years ago.
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Naomi Osaka’s decision to not participate in news conferences at the French Open is drawing reactions from Billie Jean King, Rafael Nadal and others.
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At Backyard Squabbles, an underground fight club born in the pandemic, contenders are split between athletes with dreams and local guys with grudges.
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Los Angeles Times assistant sports editor Steve Henson shares inside info from his side hustle as an umpire at high school baseball games.
Lakers and Clippers
The Lakers’ biggest priority this offseason will be deciding what to do at center, with Marc Gasol under contract for next season, Montrezl Harrell holding a player option and Andre Drummond a free agent.
Kawhi Leonard scored 45 and the Clippers contained Luka Doncic to 29 points to force a Game 7 with a 104-97 victory on Friday night in Dallas.
Alex Caruso, one of the Lakers’ most popular and versatile players, talks about the season ending short of the team’s goal and his upcoming free agency.
Suns guard Devin Booker says he was inspired by Kobe Bryant’s jerseys hanging in the rafters at Staples Center when scoring 47 to eliminate Lakers.
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Clayton Kershaw allows five runs in the third inning and Braves closer Will Smith strikes out the side in the ninth in the Dodgers’ 6-4 loss.
Ian Anderson threw four hitless innings before the Dodgers scored eight runs off three pitchers in the fifth inning to spearhead a 9-5 win over the Braves.
Major League Baseball is again using the runner-at-second rule to start extra innings. Several other ideas have been considered.
The Dodgers activated outfielder AJ Pollock, who was out with an injured hamstring, and reliever Jimmy Nelson, who had forearm and elbow soreness.
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Angels pitcher Griffin Canning struggled on the mound as the Angels fall to the Seattle Mariners 6-2 on Thursday at Angel Stadium.
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The Angels’ June schedule presents opportunities for the team to shake off adversity to turn things around.
UCLA and USC
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Montana Fouts had a 21st birthday to remember, pitching a perfect game with 14 strikeouts in a 6-0 win over UCLA in the Women’s College World Series.
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Rachel Garcia pitched a shutout and Maya Brady delivered a home run during UCLA’s 4-0 win over FSU to open the Women’s College World Series on Thursday.
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As senior two-way softball star Rachel Garcia leads UCLA into another Women’s College World Series, she draws inspiration from mentor Lisa Fernandez.
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The Lakers’ run as the defending NBA champions come to a crushing end in a 113-100 loss to the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
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Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam champion, reminds herself what it takes to win after falling behind early in her third-round match at the French Open.
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During a stunningly sordid playoff exit Thursday in Game 6, the Lakers future is in doubt with LeBron James aging and Anthony Davis appearing frail.
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Major League Baseball informed owners that it will enforce rules on using foreign substances on baseballs. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts is fine with that.
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Jon Rahm tested positive for the coronavirus and was withdrawn from the PGA Tour’s Memorial tournament after he had taken a six-stroke lead Saturday.
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The Lakers’ biggest priority this offseason will be deciding what to do at center, with Marc Gasol under contract for next season, Montrezl Harrell holding a player option and Andre Drummond a free agent.
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High school softball: Southern Section playoff results and updated pairings
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Mira Costa High erased three one-goal deficits to beat Birmingham on Saturday for the Southern California regional boys’ soccer title.
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Jason Thompson of Harvard-Westlake has capitalized on his family’s athletic genes to become a top-flight football and triple jump prospect.
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High school baseball: Southern Section playoff results and updated pairings
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High school basketball: City boys’ and girls’ playoff results and updated pairings
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Brody Malone won his first U.S. men’s gymnastics title, putting the Stanford junior in prime position to be in the Tokyo Olympics this summer.
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Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving carried Brooklyn after James Harden’s early injury in a 115-107 win over Milwaukee in Game 1 of their playoff series.
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Letters to the Los Angeles Times’ sports department for June 6.
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Defending champions Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek each won Saturday to advance to the fourth round at the French Open.
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Essential Quality holds off Hot Rod Charlie to win the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, delivering trainer Brad Cox his first Triple Crown race win.
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After Irad Ortiz Jr. was injured, his brother Jose will replace him as the jockey for Known Agenda in the Belmont Stakes.
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None of the horses in the Belmont Stakes will be contending for the Triple Crown, but some of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness favorites will be running.
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Will one of the three Santa Anita-based horses win the last leg of the Triple Crown?
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High school softball: City playoff results and updated pairings
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High school baseball: City playoff results and updated pairings
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The Clippers are famous for their second-round Game 7 failures, but their first-round Game 7 history has produced far different results.
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Derrick Williams has been suspended for five additional games for a reckless challenge on Portland’s Andy Polo that resulted in a season-ending injury.
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The USMNT and El Tri are loaded with young talent that could alter the future of the U.S. and Mexico soccer teams for years to come.
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The U.S. and Mexico national soccer federations took different paths to building their rosters. Nations League and World Cup qualifiers will show whether investment in youth worked.
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The Galaxy, who had one of the worst home records in MLS play, defeated San Jose 1-0 on Saturday for their fourth win at Dignity Health Sports Park.
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Rookies Bobby Brown III, Robert Rochell — a defensive lineman and cornerback, respectively — have become friends as they try to make the Rams roster.
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Punter Johnny Hekker always had been a huge asset to the Rams, but his salary is getting higher and he had a down season in 2020, so he is competing to keep his job.
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Rams receiver Cooper Kupp said he suffered a “de-gloving injury” last season, called a Morel-Lavalle’e lesion, in which skin and tissue separate from underlying tissue.
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Veteran offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth has had teammates visit his Westlake Village home to lift weights this offseason.
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An attorney for Dea Spanos Berberian petitions for a quick resolution to the Chargers’ ownership dispute, saying the NFL could make a decision on the matter.
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Second-year linebacker Kenneth Murray Jr. thinks his skills fit better in Chargers’ new defensive scheme, which encourages attack mode.
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It appears the Atlanta Falcons will trade star receiver Julio Jones, and betting on a deal with the Chargers is appealing given the long odds.
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Chargers free safety Derwin James a part of the team’s first minicamp of the season Monday.
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Five-time Olympic medalist Klete Keller, accused of participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, is discussing a plea bargain, court records show.
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About 10,000 of 80,000 unpaid volunteers for the Tokyo Olympics have told organizers they will not participate when the Games open July 23.
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The Olympic trials for surfing are being held in El Salvador. The seeds for this were planted decades ago by young Californians looking for good waves.
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Simone Biles made history during the U.S. Classic gymnastics competition Saturday by becoming the first woman to attempt a Yurchenko double pike on the vault.
