Canelo Alvarez‘s opponent for his return to the ring has been revealed. Canelo was last in action in September when he suffered an upset defeat to Terence Crawford at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, losing his undisputed super-middleweight crown in the process. Crawford retired shortly after the bout, meaning the world titles were fragmented,…
Nonito Donaire has made his prediction for Nayoa Inoue’s next undisputed title defence against Junto Nakatani. The fight pits two pound-for-pound stars against one another. Inoue is well established as one of if not the best fighter in the world, but Nakatani – who will mark just his second appearance at super-bantamweight – is a…
The Zion Phelps story is going to be told over and over at Loyola High to show students what can happen when someone discovers potential and decides to take a chance to bring it out. In his first year running track after bragging during the football season that he was the fastest student at Loyola,…
Welcome to the Sports Report, our weekday morning newsletter covering L.A. sports. To sign up to receive it via email (it’s free), go here. The Sports Report Hall of Fame Those of you who read the Dodgers Dugout newsletter know that for the last few years, we have done a Dodgers Dugout Hall of Fame,…
There have been 160 times an NBA team has led a series three games to none. There have been 160 times that team has won the series. Marvel in that statistic. Appreciate its power. Wax in its endurance. Embrace its existence. Because the Lakers are two losses from blowing it to bits. Lakers guard Austin…
Brian Kahn was a teenager living in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970s, which meant at 5:30 p.m. every weekday he did what any true sports fan did at that time. He listened to the radio. “Is it true? … I am the king … Aw, blow it out! … The dreaded 6 o’clock…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Expectations around the Sparks are higher than they’ve been in some time. During Thursday’s media day, that was evident. The Sparks reloaded for this season, adding veterans Nneka Ogwumike, Erica Wheeler and Ariel Atkins to returners Kelsey Plum and Cameron Brink. After falling just two games short of the playoffs last season, this…
CITY SECTION BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS MONDAY’S SCHEDULE (Matches at 4 p.m. unless noted) DIVISION I First Round #16 LA Roosevelt at #1 Taft #9 East Valley at #8 Harbor Teacher #12 El Camino Real at #5 VAAS #13 Van Nuys at #4 North Hollywood #14 Grant at #3 Cleveland #11 Sun Valley Poly at #6…
Everton look to revive their interest in Liam Delap and target England trio, Mohamed Salah considers a move to Fenerbahce, and Chelsea hope for a Nicolas Jackson pay day. Everton look set to revive their interest in Chelsea forward Liam Delap, 23, while they are also exploring moves for fellow Englishman, defenders John Stones, 31,…
The debate about this year’s rules has widened out into what might be the ideal rule-set for the future. Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll, the son of team owner Lawrence Stroll, said the new rules were “fundamentally just so flawed”, adding: “We’re still far away from proper F1 cars, and pushing flat-out without thinking about batteries.”…