LAS VEGAS — Major League Soccer may be the next professional sports league to relocate a team to Las Vegas, with an investment group led by Grant Gustavson seeking to buy the financially troubled Vancouver Whitecaps and move them to a new stadium near the Las Vegas Strip. Gustavson, 30, a Las Vegas resident and USC graduate…
How do you stop a flock of high-flying Ducks? You clip their wings. Also, unleash Mitch Marner. At least that was the remedy the Vegas Golden Knights used Friday to rout the Ducks 6-2 in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal, taking a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, which continues Sunday at Honda…
On a rare off day in Los Angeles, Sparks guard Kelsey Plum settles into a quieter rhythm. She brings a book to a dog park near her home, finds a spot, and reads. But even here, the stillness is partial at best. Her mind keeps working, circling the same question that has followed her through…
OKLAHOMA CITY — Don’t blame the refs, blame the Clippers. They created this monster. They sent it out into the world. The Oklahoma City Thunder, top-seeded in the NBA playoffs for the third consecutive season, are running roughshod over opponents. Kicking everybody’s butts and driving everyone up the wall. And, oh, Clippers what did you do? This…
From Broderick Turner: LeBron James sat with both feet in a bucket of ice and both knees wrapped in ice, his answers brief when the subject of the officiating came up after the Lakers lost Game 2 to the Oklahoma City Thunder, 125-107, Thursday night at Paycom Center. James just looked straight ahead and kept…
UCLA senior Megan Grant hit her 37th home run of the season, tying the NCAA single-season record during the Bruins’ 19-5 win over Wisconsin during the Big Ten tournament semifinal Friday in College Park, Md. The record was set in 1995 by Arizona’s Lauren Espinoza, but Grant and Oklahoma freshman Kendall Wells have hit homers…
OKLAHOMA CITY — Austin Reaves has officially entered the Lakers’ postseason chat. It might still be too little, too late. The Lakers guard responded to his worst playoff performance with his best, recording a playoff career-high 31 points Thursday in the Lakers’ 125-107 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder at Paycom Center. But against the powerful Thunder,…
After losing a child far too young, a parent might be forgiven for turning away from the world, shrinking in their grief. In the year since Braun Levi died at 18, hit by an alleged drunk driver in Manhattan Beach, his family has taken another path — responding with ferocious devotion to secure a legacy…
TORONTO — Dylan Cease struck out 10, reaching double digits for the third time in eight starts this season, and the Toronto Blue Jays stopped a four-game losing streak with a 2-0 win Friday night that sent the Angels to their 14th loss in 18 games. Angels pitcher Alek Manoah returned from Tommy John surgery that had…
There will be no replacement referees — and therefore, hopefully, no “Fail Mary” repeat — in the NFL this fall. The league and the NFL Referees Assn. have avoided a work stoppage by agreeing on a new collective bargaining agreement that runs through the 2032 season. The current deal was scheduled to expire May 31….