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MILAN — Amber Glenn achieved a lifelong goal, sealing her Olympic bid by winning her third consecutive U.S. championship last month. Her first celebration came with her opponents. “We all deserve it,” Glenn said with her arms wrapped around national silver medalist Alysa Liu and bronze medalist Isabeau Levito. The spirit of collaboration has brought U.S. figure…

Super Bow LX is set for Sunday in Santa Clara, and don’t be surprised if someone who played high school football in the Southland on the Seattle Seahawks or New England Patriots makes a big play or even becomes the game MVP. In fact, if you want to make a hunch bet in Las Vegas,…

Clippers star forward Kawhi Leonard, the NBA’s seventh-leading scorer and likely the most deserving player left off the All-Star Game reserves, was added to one of the U.S. rosters for the new mini-tournament that will take place Feb. 15 at Intuit Dome. He’ll play alongside Lakers forward LeBron James and former Clippers teammate Norman Powell…

Bill Belichick isn’t the only key figure from the New England Patriots dynasty who won’t be getting into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year. Team owner Robert Kraft also failed to receive enough votes to be included in the Class of 2026, according to multiple media outlets. The inductees will be announced Thursday…

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL MONDAY’S RESULTS BOYSCITY SECTIONAngelou 86, Diego Rivera 46Animo Robinson 59, Animo City of Champions 57Bell 56, South Gate 38Birmingham 74, Granada Hills 59Crenshaw 52, Dorsey 47Downtown Magnets 94, Central City Value 62El Camino Real 66, Taft 60Fairfax 62, Westchester 44Fulton 50, Panorama 45Garfield 34, Legacy 26Grant 78, Monroe 55Jefferson 71, West Adams…

Mayor Karen Bass, delivering the first of two State of the City addresses planned this year, urged Angelenos on Monday to come together ahead of the 2028 Olympics while announcing a push to clean up Los Angeles’ busiest streets in the run-up to the Games. The mayor spoke at the Expo Center in Exposition Park…

Think of Mike Buckley as a kind of double agent. Not the sinister kind, who give away state secrets for money or revenge; Buckley is privy to much lower-level intelligence. But that doesn’t mean it’s not just as valuable to the people involved. Buckley is the Kings’ goaltender coach and his chief pupil is Darcy…

NEW YORK — Sunday marked the one-year anniversary of the Lakers’ acquisition of Luka Doncic. Coach JJ Redick acknowledged he felt “stressed” knowing about the trade before the Lakers played the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden that night in 2025. While his stress may have faded, Redick couldn’t have liked what he saw from the…

Rams coach Sean McVay goes through it nearly every year. The Rams have a successful season and other NFL teams raid his coaching staff. Mike LaFleur, the Rams’ offensive coordinator for the last three seasons, is the latest to parlay his time with McVay into an NFL head coaching opportunity. The Arizona Cardinals on Sunday…

To say that DeAndre Cole inherited a difficult challenge when he became the boys’ basketball coach at Compton Centennial this season would be an understatement. The team went 1-23 last season and had a streak of seven consecutive losing seasons since finishing 13-13 in 2017-2018. “The expectation was to bring the winning culture, to bring…