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For the second consecutive game, the Rams find plenty of production from Jared Goff and the offense in a 28-12 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.
Anthony Davis scored 50 points for the fourth time in his career, and LeBron James finished with 32 points in the Lakers’ 142-125 win over the Timberwolves.
Behind an offensive barrage led by Philip Rivers and Austin Ekeler, the Chargers had little difficulty dominating in a 45-10 win over the Jaguars.
Kawhi Leonard finishes with 34 points and 11 rebounds as the Clippers bounce back from their loss to Milwaukee with a 135-119 win over the Wizards.
For the third time in six years, USC football will end its season in San Diego when the Trojans play Iowa in the Holiday Bowl on Dec. 27.
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Chargers fullback Derek Watt does a dog impression for his celebration after scoring his first NFL touchdown in a 45-10 rout of the Jaguars. -
NFL and college football television broadcasts have become tedious as officials use every replay angle available to make the right call -- and slow down the game.
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Cody Riley finished with a career-high 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead UCLA’s second-half charge in an 81-62 victory over Denver.
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Mark Scheifele scores twice, with his second goal coming with under five minutes left in regulation, to lift the Winnipeg Jets past the Ducks 3-2.
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Jimmy Garoppolo passed for four touchdowns and Robbie Gould kicked a field goal as time expired to lift the 49ers to a 48-46 win over the Saints.
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MMA proved itself again a sport that can change decisively in a split second in the main event of the UFC’s Saturday night card.
Times Voices
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Paradise High’s football team propped up an entire community in the wake of the devastating Camp fire. But the Bobcats couldn’t ride their emotions to a championship.
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Many in the NHL are worried about Mark Pavelich, a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, who has been committed to a secure treatment facility.
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The Sparks’ season ended with Derek Fisher only playing Candace Parker 11 minutes in an elimination game. Fisher says it’s time to move past that moment.
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The new-look Clippers have been getting by on talent early this season, but their ugly defeat to the cohesive Bucks proves they have a ways to go.
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USC’s new athletic director Mike Bohn should have fired football coach Clay Helton. Instead, Bohn compounded the mistakes of Pat Haden and Lynn Swann.
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While Domata Peko waited to see what would happen next with his NFL career, he joined Calabasas High as an assistant coach. Then, on Nov. 12, he signed with Ravens.
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Rams and Chargers
Breaking down how the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks match up heading into their game Sunday night at the Coliseum.
A look at how the Los Angeles Chargers match up against the Jacksonville Jaguars heading into their game Sunday in Florida.
Rams will try to turn things around against Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson has a mental coach that seems to be working this season.
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The Lakers’ Avery Bradley, who has been out with a hairline fracture in his right leg, has been cleared for full contact and might play Wednesday in Orlando.
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Dwight Howard put himself in a category with NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain in 2018 when he turned in a rare 30-point, 30-rebound game.
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Anthony Davis and LeBron James led the Lakers to a 136-111 win over the Portland Trail Blazers to extend their road winning streak to 11 games.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo had a nice 25th birthday as the Bucks won their 14th straight with a 119-91 rout of the Clippers, who pulled their starters early.
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Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo will see Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard on the court for the first time since he couldn’t get past the Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Conference finals in May.
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Landry Shamet and Rodney McGruder are traveling with the Clippers on their six-game road trip with the intent of getting back on the court at some point.
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Teammates and coaches are already talking about Anthony Davis being the defensive player of the year.
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Reseda played stingy defense and capitalized on four Anaheim Esperanza turnovers to prevail 28-0 in a Southern California Regional Division 5-A game.
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Pacifica’s no-huddle, hurry-up offense had a big night as the Tritons rolled past Birmingham 51-23 to advance to face Oakland McClymonds.
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Justin Fields threw three second-half touchdown passes as Ohio State beat Wisconsin 34-21 for its first College Football Playoff trip in three years.
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Trevor Lawrence threw four touchdown passes, and No. 3 Clemson won its fifth consecutive ACC title with a 62-17 victory over No. 23 Virginia.
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Kings defenseman Drew Doughty, who turns 30 on Sunday, is still in his prime on the ice but is starting a new phase of family life off it.
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Memphis prevails 29-24 over Cincinnati in the American Athletic Conference title game, and Tigers coach Mike Norvell is headed to Florida State.
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Kings defenseman Derek Forbort was put back on the team’s injured reserve list Saturday, delaying his season debut for the foreseeable future.
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Trainer Bob Baffert won both the Grade 1 and 2 races for qualification for the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.
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No. 2 LSU locked up a spot in the College Football Playoff for the first time, dominating No. 4 Georgia 37-10 in the SEC championship game.
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Anthony Davis scored 50 points for the fourth time in his career, and LeBron James finished with 32 points in the Lakers’ 142-125 win over the Timberwolves.
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NFL and college football television broadcasts have become tedious as officials use every replay angle available to make the right call -- and slow down the game.
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For the second consecutive game, the Rams find plenty of production from Jared Goff and the offense in a 28-12 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.
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NBA coaches are so tasked with managing the success and health of their players, they can let themselves fall victim to stress, lack of sleep and other health issues.
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Kevin Ellison was known for hard hits while playing for USC and the Chargers. Did that lead to increasingly bizarre behavior before his death?
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Reseda and Gardena emerge as surprise teams going into the final week of the 2019 season.
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A look at the matchups, sites and times for CIF state bowl games.
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A look at the top 25 high school basketball teams in the Southland.
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Corona del Mar made two late goal-line stands to defeat visiting Oceanside 14-7 in a Regional Division I-A bowl game Saturday night.
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Mater Dei, Rancho Christian and Sierra Canyon win games in Arizona.
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Baseball
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The Dodgers have the resources and flexibility to acquire at least one elite player via free agency or trade for the first time under Andrew Friedman.
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With owner Arte Moreno’s blessing, Angels general manager Billy Eppler will operate without spending restrictions at the winter meetings and beyond.
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The Angels have reached a deal to keep the team in Anaheim through 2050 following the purchase of the stadium and surrounding parking lots for $325 million. So what happens next?
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The Angels acquired starting pitcher Dylan Bundy from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for four players from their minor league system.
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The Kings scored the first two goals but lost 4-3 to the Calgary Flames in a chippy game for their 11th straight road defeat, tying a franchise worst.
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The Kings kicked off a difficult, road-heavy stretch of their schedule with 2-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers that had a familiar pattern to it.
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Edmonton Oilers’ star Connor McDavid has a special burden as the best player in the NHL trying to get his team to playoff glory, much like Mike Trout.
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Kings President Luc Robitaille knows it’s a mistake to compete with the Lakers and the Dodgers for fans, but he remains focused on making contact with his team’s supporters.
USC & UCLA
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The USC and Pepperdine men’s water polo teams both fell in the NCAA semifinals Saturday.
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UCLA will use Sunday’s game against Denver to work on a variety of defensive concepts that have been an issue over the season’s first month.
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The UCLA women’s soccer team scored the first goal but was outplayed the rest of the way in a 4-1 loss to Stanford in an NCAA soccer semifinal.
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Nick Rakocevic scored with 0.2 seconds left after a miss by Ethan Anderson, lifting USC to an 80-78 triumph that moves the Trojans to 8-2.
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This season, the Italian Serie A has seen a match suspended because of racist chants, a TV commentator dismissed over derogatory comments and a fan banned for life for attacking a player on social media because of his race.
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Soccer on TV this weekend: Bayern Munich faces an early-season test against Borussia Mönchengladbach; Manchester City and Manchester United face off in Premier League.
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The Galaxy will open the 2020 MLS season in Houston against the Dynamo on Feb. 29; LAFC hosts David Beckham’s Miami expansion team the next day.
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The logical next step for Mexican star Javier Hernandez might just be joining the MLS, specifically the Galaxy.
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