It was no secret the Chargers were searching for a pass rusher in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night — and they found one. The Chargers selected former Miami edge rusher Akheem Mesidor at No. 22 overall, making him the heir apparent for Khalil Mack in a pass rushing unit that…
Thousand-dollar tickets and hundreds of dollars in fees shocked some hopeful Olympic fans this month, but they did not keep LA28 from boasting strong sales in the committee’s first ticket drop. LA28 announced Thursday that it sold more than 4 million Olympic tickets during the first ticket drop. The private organizing committee will have a…
Dodgers lose to the Giants From Bill Shaikin: José Soriano leads the major leagues with a 0.24 earned-run average. It’s hard to think of something the Angels could do to make him better. Shohei Ohtani ranks second with a 0.38 ERA. It’s not so hard to think of something the Dodgers could do to make…
Angel City Football Club announced on Thursday the expansion of its “Immigrant City Football Club” campaign, unveiling a limited-edition apparel collection featuring the slogan “Los Angeles is for Everyone” written in 13 languages representing the city’s diverse communities. The T-shirt and cap, available in the club’s colors, feature languages such as Spanish, Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese,…
A few days ago came the astonishing news that the world record in the half-marathon was obliterated by a 5-foot-5 humanoid robot named Lightning in Beijing. Now a robot named Ace has achieved another milestone for AI and robotics by defeating expert-level humans at table tennis in Tokyo, according to a study published Wednesday in…
Time is running short for Iran to decide if it will participate in this summer’s World Cup but some members of the Trump administration apparently aren’t waiting, with U.S. special envoy Paolo Zampolli urging the president and FIFA leader Gianni Infantino to drop Iran and add Italy, a four-time champion, to the 48-team field. “I…
The Rams have a roster that is Super Bowl ready. So on Thursday, with the 13th pick in the NFL draft, the Rams looked beyond the Matthew Stafford era to the future. The Rams selected Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson, making him the heir apparent to the reigning NFL most valuable player. Simpson started only 15…
As many as a dozen letters — including one from the NBA — were submitted by the attorney for Aspiration Partners co-founder Joe Sanberg ahead of his sentencing Monday in an effort to persuade the judge to trim the 17 years prosecutors have requested for each of the two counts of fraud. Sanberg pleaded guilty…
Sylmar coach Ray Rivera is smiling. His favorite major-league team, the San Francisco Giants, beat the Dodgers twice this week with great pitching. And his favorite high school team, the Spartans, swept a two-game series from Sun Valley Poly with their own great pitching to move three games up in the Valley Mission League race…
Earlier this month, days after Connecticut lost to Michigan in the national title game, Eric Reibe said Huskies coach Dan Hurley came to him with an offer. Hurley wanted the 7-foot-1 German big man to stay in Storrs and anchor the Connecticut frontcourt next fall. It was a tempting offer at such a prestigious hoops…