Lakers lose Game 1 From Broderick Turner: It was more of a trickle the Lakers felt, the drops coming from the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder building momentum as Game 1 of their playoff series played out, eventually powerful enough to overwhelm Los Angeles. Any mistake the Lakers made, no matter how small, the…
About the only drama left in the City Section baseball regular season involves the Eastern League, where Garfield (9-1), South Gate (9-1) and Bell (8-2) are battling for the league title and seeking bids for the City Section Open Division playoffs that will be announced on Saturday. Garfield and South Gate begin a two-game series…
In a matter of weeks, Ventura High football coach Tim Garcia will help move his son, quarterback Derek Garcia, into the dorms at Nevada Las Vegas. They’re having one last hurrah, and the memories are going to be priceless. On Saturday night, Ventura won the Southern Section Division 6 football championship with a 63-28 win…
It was the first game of the biggest series of his career, the first chance for everybody’s favorite Laker to put a strong finish on a fabulous regular season and a new cornerstone contract. Yet Austin Reaves crumbled. Again. It was the best opportunity for the potential free agent to begin earning the $241-million contract…
The US, Canada and Mexico will co-host the World Cup between 11 June and 19 July. Iran are scheduled to play two games in Los Angeles, against New Zealand on 15 June and Belgium on 21 June, and then Egypt in Seattle on 26 June. US secretary of state Marco Rubio said last week that…
Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury are finally set to meet, presuming they each come through low-risk warm-up fights unscathed. Now, Francis Ngannou, who has faced both men, has updated his prediction ahead of the biggest fight in British boxing history. Ngannou made his boxing debut against then reigning WBC heavyweight ruler Fury in October 2023,…
When you’ve grown up the stars of your own television show as the Ball brothers of Chino Hills have, there is little the basketball world has not seen. It has watched as they changed teams, countries and hairstyles. It has followed them through conversations with their father, LaVar, into their living rooms and cars and…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Game 1 — Yankees 5, Dodgers 3 Game 2 — Yankees 10, Dodgers 3 Game 3 — Dodgers 9, Yankees 8 Game 4 — Dodgers 3, Yankees 2 Game 5 — Yankees 2, Dodgers 1 Game 6 — Dodgers 8, Yankees 6 Game 7 — Yankees 5, Dodgers 2 Two of the most…
Reporting from st. louis — When the pairings came out for this week’s PGA Championship, it looked as if the fix was in. U.S. Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk is grouped with two of the game’s rising stars, Xander Schauffele and Tony Finau, on Thursday and Friday. Those two happen to be on the bubble for the…
The Lakers will not use their special NBA Cup court during a group stage game Friday against the Dallas Mavericks after the team flagged concerns that it was too slippery. After the Lakers debuted the special yellow court on Tuesday in a win over the Clippers, Lakers superstar Luka Doncic said during his postgame news…