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The NBA’s 75th anniversary season begins Tuesday, Oct. 19, with a pair of games, including Lakers vs. Warriors. Here is the L.A. Times’ coverage.

The NHL has suspended San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane for 21 games for submitting a fake COVID-19 vaccination card.

Attorneys for Kobe Bryant’s widow also argue it is ‘adding insult to injury’ for L.A. County to refuse to make Sheriff Alex Villaneuva and Fire Chief Daryl Osby available for routine depositions.

UCLA, ranked No. 2 in the Associated Press preseason poll, is scheduled to face preseason No. 1 Gonzaga on Nov. 23 in a rematch of last season’s epic national semifinal.

All those people wondering just how good Servite is will finally learn the truth with a showdown against unbeaten Mater Dei on Saturday night.

Dodgers lose another walk-off game to the Braves, and return to L.A. down 2-0 in the best-of-seven NLCS.

The Lakers are the favorites to win the Western Conference title, but the Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz lead a contending field that is deep and talented.

How The Times’ basketball staff rates the 30 NBA teams from top to bottom heading into the season openers on Tuesday.

Cameron Norrie became the first Brit to win a men’s singles at Indian Wells with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over Nikoloz Basilashvili.

In a match that took more than three hours to complete, Paula Badosa defeated Victoria Azarenka for the women’s singles title at the BNP Paribas Open.

Major League Baseball says its owners have agreed to begin providing housing to certain minor league players beginning in the 2022 season.