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The Lakers were without Marc Gasol and Anthony Davis in the team’s 114-104 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday at Staples Center.
Health and safety precautions are enforced, so attending a Dodgers or Angels Cactus League game this spring looks to be an enjoyable experience.
Mickey Callaway says he had consensual extramarital affairs, according to a report by the Athletic that details how the Cleveland Indians were informed.
USC’s 2021 football schedule provides reasons for hope that the Trojans could again be serious contenders for a Pac-12 championship.
UCLA will open the 2021 season by hosting Hawaii on Aug. 28 in a game that gives Chip Kelly another chance to win his first nonconference game with the Bruins.
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Lakers star LeBron James will miss his first game of the season Wednesday after staying in L.A. when the team traveled Tuesday night to Sacramento.
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The Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played to a 1-1 tie in seven innings on Tuesday in a spring training game.
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Top pitching prospects Chris Rodriguez and Reid Detmers looked sharp, but the Angels lost for the first time this spring, 7-5 to the Cincinnati Reds.
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The Clippers fell short against the Celtics 117-112 on Tuesday in Boston, despite Reggie Jackson’s 25-point night in the absence of Kawhi Leonard.
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Lakers center Marc Gasol will not play against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday because of the NBA’s health and safety protocols.
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Kawhi Leonard was ruled out right before the Clippers’ game against the Boston Celtics on Tuesday because of back spasms.
Times Voices
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Chiney Ogwumike is returning to the Sparks this season to restart her basketball career, which has allowed her to expand her horizons and help others.
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Boxer Claressa Shields adds to her legacy on March 5, when she will take on Marie-Eve Dicaire in the main event of an all-female pay-per-view card.
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The Clippers are capable of beating the NBA’s best teams, but against Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks they showed some of their weaknesses.
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For columnist Dylan Hernández, it’s easy to see why UCLA gymnastics, and its push for social equality, is so popular with his 10-year-old daughter.
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Sean McVay is acutely aware of the Rams’ shortcomings. With Jared Goff and Todd Gurley gone, it’s up to the Rams coach to correct the team’s direction.
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As the Lakers flounder through meaningless midseason games with LeBron James playing too many minutes, he needs to tell himself it’s time to rest.
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Golfing legend Ben Hogan excelled after coming back from a horrific car crash in 1949. Fans hope Tiger Woods will be able to do the same after his crash.
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Fernando Tatís Jr. signed a 14-year contract with the Padres, and Mariners president Kevin Mather resigned in disgrace. What’s the connection?
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If AC Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes Lakers star LeBron James should stick to sports and avoid politics, how can he say Muhammad Ali is his idol?
Lakers and Clippers
Terance Mann, the second-year guard out of Florida State, has solidified his place in the Clippers’ rotation with strong play.
Long hours of film review and the return of point guard Dennis Schroder have helped shore up the Lakers’ defense, which will be needed against Phoenix.
LeBron James plays only 24 minutes in Lakers’ lopsided defeat of the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night. Here are five takeaways from the game.
Markieff Morris put on a show against the Golden State Warriors as the Lakers lean on players to make bigger contributions with Anthony Davis sidelined by an injury.
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UCLA and USC
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UCLA’s road to the Pac-12 championship goes through Oregon because conference officials say they want equity in crowning the regular-season champion.
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A trip to Las Vegas for the Pac-12 tournament could do more bad than good for UCLA, which is already a lock for the NCAA tournament, according to projections.
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A lawsuit filed to help 16 international athletes from UCLA and Loyola Marymount reunite with their teams amid the pandemic has been dismissed by the U.S. District Court.
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Dakota Joshua scored in his NHL debut and Zach Sanford got two goals in the St. Louis Blues’ 5-4 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.
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William Karlsson scores two goals, including the winning tally in overtime, to send the Ducks to a 3-2 loss. The Ducks are winless in their last six games.
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Matt Davidson reported to Dodgers camp as a right-handed-hitting corner infielder with some pop. But he can also pitch, which interests Dave Roberts.
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Trevor Bauer threw 28 pitches — 21 for strikes — in his first Dodgers’ spring outing, a two-inning stint in a lopsided victory over the Colorado Rockies.
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Trevor Bauer pitched two scoreless innings in his Dodgers debut and Kenley Jansen threw nine straight pitches in the strike zone Monday in a 10-0 spring training win over the Colorado Rockies.
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The $5-billion SoFi Stadium in Inglewood will serve as a vaccination site for L.A. Unified School District teachers and staff starting on Monday.
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Rams coach Sean McVay admits he made some mistakes handling Jared Goff over the years, but would rather focus on the success they had together.
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The Rams lost seven coaching assistants this offseason, but after some hires and promotions coach Sean McVay has completed his staff for the 2021 season.
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The first week of camp was set aside for medical exams, COVID-19 testing and a coronavirus quarantine.
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Lakers star LeBron James will miss his first game of the season Wednesday after staying in L.A. when the team traveled Tuesday night to Sacramento.
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The Lakers were without Marc Gasol and Anthony Davis in the team’s 114-104 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday at Staples Center.
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The Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played to a 1-1 tie in seven innings on Tuesday in a spring training game.
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Nick Francona, a former executive for the Dodgers and Mets, accused his father, Indians manager Terry Francona, of ‘covering up wrongdoings’ by Mickey Callaway.
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Terance Mann, the second-year guard out of Florida State, has solidified his place in the Clippers’ rotation with strong play.
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Case rates for COVID-19 drop below 14.0 per 100,000 in Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties, where outdoor high school sports can resume.
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The late Jim Bonds and Joe Wood are still on the minds of football players at St. Francis and San Clemente high schools.
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‘Let’s go’ is the attitude of players and coaches from several Orange County high schools excited about a spring football season.
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The long-delayed high school football season is set to resume March 11-13 in the Southland. Here are the updated schedules.
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Players in Los Angeles and Orange counties put on pads for the first time in the 2020-21 school year, and the excitement was reflected on social media.
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Participants for the NBA All-Star slam dunk, three-point shooting and skills contests were announced Tuesday in advance of Sunday’s exhibition in Atlanta.
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Nneka Ogwumike, the WNBA most valuable player when she led the Sparks to the 2016 championship, has re-signed with the team.
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Texas linebacker DeMarvion Overshown says he received death threats when he refused to sing the school’s alma mater, ‘The Eyes of Texas,’ which has racist roots.
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The Galaxy and LAFC are hopeful that at least a limited number of fans will be allowed into their stadiums when the MLS season opens next month.
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A jockey apologized for a video of him sitting on a dead horse the day after the trainer he works for admitted to posing for a photo on the back of a different horse’s corpse.
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The long hours of being in the film room proved beneficial in helping the Lakers win the NBA championship last season. And it can help this season.
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The two-time Pro Bowl cornerback was the first Black sports analyst on national television.
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Despite Alex Cobb’s recent struggles, he still reminds Angels manager Joe Maddon of the pitcher who had a 3.21 ERA from 2011 to 2014 with the Rays.
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The Angels tied a scheduled five-inning exhibition against the Chicago White Sox 4-4 but several Angels hitters had quality at-bats.
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Meyers was a revered figure among off-roaders, surfers and car enthusiasts.
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The Arizona Cardinals announce a two-year deal with former Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, a three-time NFL defensive player of the year.
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Phil Mickelson and many other PGA golfers paid tribute to Tiger Woods on Sunday by sporting the red-and-black combination Woods wears during his final rounds.
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‘Ted Lasso’ is a show about a coach providing optimism and hope to his beleaguered soccer club. That message carries over perfectly to 2021.
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After the shortest season in history due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MLS is ready to kickoff its 26th season on Monday with 27 teams.
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Jorge Villafaña’s long soccer journey has included many ups and downs, and will now take him back home but with the Galaxy this time.
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Some of the highlights from this weekend’s slate of soccer games on TV include Manchester United vs. Chelsea and Barcelona vs. Seville.
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The Chargers want to keep free agent tight end Hunter Henry, and he’s interested in staying. But the team would take a significant financial hit.
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Vincent Jackson, a standout wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers and a three-time Pro Bowl selection, was found dead in a Florida hotel room Monday.
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Mike Pouncey, the veteran center who played a key role in the Chargers’ 12-4 season in 2018, announced his retirement from the NFL on Friday.
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Since quarterbacks coach Pep Hamilton has left the Chargers after a successful season with Justin Herbert, Shane Day has been given the task of developing the young signal-caller.
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Coaching high school baseball at Scottsdale Christian Academy has become a passion for former Angels great Tim Salmon. “This scratches a great itch.”
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José Quintana and Patrick Sandoval each threw scoreless innings for the Angels in a 5-2 spring training win over the San Francisco Giants.
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The Angels didn’t make a splash in the offseason to revamp their pitching staff, but the team is adopting some new approaches to maximize effectiveness.
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A week after his wife indicated on Instagram this would be Albert Pujols’ final season, the Angels slugger says he hasn’t decided when he’ll retire.
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Federal agents searched the home of Klete Keller, the Olympic medalist swimmer from USC charged in the Capitol riot, in Colorado Springs on Jan. 14.
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Mikaela Shiffrin became the first American to win six world championship skiing titles with her gold in the combined on Monday.
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It has been 60 years since the entire U.S figure skating team died in a plane crash in Belgium. For those who knew the skaters best, the loss remains vivid.
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The IOC called comments by Tokyo 2020 leader Yoshiro Mori ‘completely inappropriate,’ but he seems determined to stay on the job.
