In the middle of the high school basketball season, 6-foot-4 junior Emmanuel Duru of LACES left for a long-planned three-week trip to Nigeria to see his extended family. He wanted to pack a basketball in a suitcase, but his family luggage was “full of other things.” He had a good time seeing “hundreds” of his…
They have experienced their share of NFL ups and downs, but at the moment, these onetime No. 1 picks are riding high. Quarterbacks Jared Goff of Detroit and Baker Mayfield of Tampa Bay will meet in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. The Buccaneers advanced to the second round Monday night by knocking off…
Anthony Davis rolled into the paint, gathered his footing and launched toward the rim, ignoring the noodle-limbed rookie in front of him. It’s desperate times for the Lakers. Well, desperate enough that a Monday night game in mid-January feels like a chance to make some sort of statement — and with the Crypto.com Arena crowd…
The surest sign a college football program is in trouble is when the alumni grow restless. The Galaxy, who take the field Tuesday for their first training session of the new season, have finally reached that point. Last week two of the biggest names from the franchise’ glory days — former captain Landon Donovan, who…
Always happy to share the credit in good times, Anthony Davis insisted on keeping the blame to himself when the Lakers lost at Utah on Saturday. Everyone but him did their part to step up in the absence of LeBron James, he said that night, putting the Lakers in an even tougher position than they…
They sat next to each other at the podium after the game was over, two friends back starting together for the Lakers, two players sharing the backcourt again, two guys who enjoy being around each other on and off the court. They have shown to be solid when paired together and that was the case…
No wonder Jason Kelce looked impossibly forlorn sitting on a bench behind the Philadelphia Eagles’ sideline as the final minutes ticked away in a 32-9 wild-card playoff loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night. Not only was the Eagles’ once-promising season coming to a tortuous though predictable end, but also Kelce knew this…
CIF City Section and Southern Section boys’ and girls’ high school basketball scores for Monday: BOYS Alemany 76, Geffen Academy 45 Bernstein 52, Oxnard Pacifica 45 Birmingham 65, Moorpark 63 Brentwood 81, Schurr 44 Capistrano Valley Christian 76, La Salle 50 Central Catholic (OR) 65, Orange County Pacifica Christian 52 Corona Centennial 68, Riverside Poly…
Kelly Stafford says her 5-year-old daughter “started crying on the field” over the treatment their family received from some fans at Ford Field before the Rams-Lions wild-card playoff game Sunday night. On Tuesday’s edition of her weekly podcast, the wife of Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford said she and their four daughters — ages 3 to…
LeBron James pushed a fan in the chest after that person approached the Lakers star during a timeout and put his hands on the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, a fan video from the bleachers shows. The video, which has been shared on social media, appears to have been shot during Monday’s game against the Oklahoma…
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