LeBron James becomes first NBA player to score 50,000 career points
Another night, another milestone for LeBron James, although this one did indeed resonate more than most. Becoming the first NBA player to reach 50,000 career…
Former basketball player Jack Stadlman bursts onto the track scene
“The Jack Stadlman Story” could be coming to a theater near you. The screenplay is being written each time he breaks out of the blocks…
JuJu Watkins is best player in America … and USC might be the best team
She began the game by nailing a three-pointer in less than a minute, calmly dribbling into the teeth of a swarming UCLA defense and throwing…
Letters: Mick Cronin is a great coach who gets results for UCLA
Mick Cronin is the youngest active coach to reach 500 victories. In his short time as UCLA’s head basketball coach, he has guided the team…
Marco Asensio: Former Real Madrid player shining at Aston Villa
Asensio is not the only player who is flourishing since moving to Aston Villa, with Rashford appearing to be putting behind him a difficult season…
Why Pokémon Go is still drawing people out in droves
On the golf course just outside the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, thousands of people stride across the grass, phones in their hands and eyes on…
Lakers newsletter: Some random thoughts about the team with the playoffs drawing closer
Hey everyone, I’m Dan Woike and welcome back to The Times’ Lakers Newsletter, a chance for me to escape from the monotony of writing about…
Jeremy Ebobisse scores to lift LAFC to victory over Minnesota
LAFC headed into its eighth MLS season Saturday with more questions than answers, few of which were solved in its 1-0 victory over Minnesota United…
Mick Cronin needs to show some accountability for UCLA’s woes
The NBA All-Star weekend should be named the “NBA Circus.” It was a three-ring affair with three games being played with Old Stars, New Stars,…
MLS parity rules have Galaxy, LAFC paying a steep price for success
Will Kuntz knew something few others did when the MLS Cup final kicked off in December: The Galaxy team Kuntz had so carefully rebuilt, the…
Yankees allowed to sport beards for the first time in 49 years
So the New York Yankees, at long last, have done away with their anti-facial hair policy. Maybe, they reasoned, Aaron Judge wouldn’t have bungled that…
‘Onside’ on Apple TV+ gives MLS the ‘Drive to Survive’ treatment
As a British expat living in Los Angeles, Paul Martin found the thing he missed most about home was soccer.“If I’m walking across a park…
Ex-NFL player Chris Kluwe explains arrest over Huntington Beach MAGA plaque
Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe made national headlines more than a decade ago for his vocal support of same-sex marriage while playing for the Minnesota…
Blood clot sidelines Spurs star Victor Wembanyama for season
San Antonio star Victor Wembanyama is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season after being diagnosed with a blood clot in his right…
USC joins Nebraska and Ohio State skipping a spring football game
After years of showcasing its football team at the end of every spring, USC will not host a spring game in 2025, a person familiar…
The Dodgers have a record-setting payroll. Could it impact CBA talks?
PHOENIX — The last time Major League Baseball and the players association negotiated a collective bargaining agreement, the owners locked out the players before the 2022 season,…
‘I never doubted it’: James Harden returns to All-Star level
OAKLAND — James Harden was happy to be back — but maybe not in this building in these back hallways.Walking through the guts of the former Oracle…
LAFC ‘hungry’ as it aims to win CONCACAF Champions League crown
LAFC is the only MLS team to play in two CONCACAF Champions League finals this century. It is also the only MLS team to lose…
Sondheimer: Meet the Dodgers of high school baseball: the Corona Panthers
Dave Roberts, manager of the World Series champion Dodgers, meet Andy Wise, your high school baseball counterpart at Corona High.Like Roberts, Wise had the best…
San Diego FC’s counts on Chucky Lozano to be a spark in debut season
INDIO — San Diego FC had yet to play an MLS opponent when the team’s players filed onto one of the manicured fields at the Empire Polo…