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Ray Fenton, The Times’ coach of the year in 2025 at Los Alamitos High, is the new football coach at Orange Lutheran. He takes over a program that has been reeling for more than a month after the firing of Rod Sherman, who got the team to the Southern Section Division 1 semifinals with an…

High schools are trying to be like college programs, so why not hire someone to do statistics at a game and print them out afterward to hand out to media, coaches and parents like they do at college games? Serop Jejeian is the founder and director of Gamebook Stats Inc. He started his business nearly…

DENVER — LeBron James is king of another NBA record once held by Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. James entered Thursday’s game against the Denver Nuggets needing to make three field goals to pass Abdul-Jabbar for the most made field goals in league history. James tied Adbul-Jabbar’s mark for most regular-season field goals when he dunked off a…

Eight players were ejected and a referee was knocked to the floor, requiring medical attention, after a brawl broke out during South Alabama’s 80-70 victory against Coastal Carolina in a Sun Belt Conference women’s basketball tournament game Wednesday in Pensacola, Fla. Coastal Carolina forward Tracey Hueston has been suspended by the conference for the rest…

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL, SOFTBALL SCORES Wednesday’s Results BASEBALL CITY SECTION Fairfax 6, Fremont 2Franklin 3, Arleta 2Granada Hills Kennedy 4, LA Hamilton 3LA Jordan 7, WISH Academy 6Locke 11, Discovery 1Maywood Academy 10, West Adams 0Mendez 20, Contreras 3North Hollywood 7, LA Wilson 1Rancho Dominguez 10, Jefferson 1RFK Community 10, Roybal 4San Fernando 6, LA…

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Williamson has been listed as 6-foot-6, 284 pounds since New Orleans selected him out of Duke with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 draft. His weight and fitness level have been regularly criticized, and the amount of time Williamson has missed because of injuries hasn’t helped (including all of the 2021-22…

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Lakers center Jaxson Hayes falls after Pelicans forward Zion Williamson commits an offensive foul as Lakers guard Austin Reaves watches at at Crypto.com Arena on Tuesday. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) Matching the physicality of Pelicans forwards Zion Williamson and Saddiq Bey was on the top of the Lakers’ scouting report. But the…

The UCLA men’s basketball team made Senior Night one to savor Tuesday, dominating No. 9 Nebraska 72-52 at Pauley Pavilion for its 20th victory of the season and third over a top-10 ranked opponent. The Bruins improved to 20-10 overall and 12-7 in the Big Ten with one regular season game remaining, Saturday at crosstown…

With 100 days to go until kickoff at Azteca Stadium, Telemundo announced on Tuesday what it describes as the “most extensive coverage in the history of broadcast television of the World Cup,” with 700 hours of programming in Spanish and live broadcasts of all 104 matches. The World Cup will begin on June 11 with…

The day after he saved the Dodgers’ season, Will Klein was hungry. He ordered from Mod Pizza. He drove over to pick up his order. The guy that handed him the pizza told him he looked just like Will Klein. “You should just look at the name on the order,” Klein told him. Chaos ensued….