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HOUSTON — The Lakers still have control of this first-round series even after the blow they took from the Houston Rockets on Sunday night. As ugly as their 115-96 loss was, the Lakers still hold a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference series. All the Lakers have to do is win Game 5 on Wednesday night…

A look at The Times’ top 25 high school baseball rankings for the Southland after the 10th week of the season: Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. NORCO (21-2); Three-game showdown this week with Corona; 2 2. HARVARD-WESTLAKE (19-4); Pitchers Justin Kirchner (8-0), Evan Alexander (7-1) are coming through; 3 3. ST. JOHN…

BASEBALL CITY SECTION Hollywood 8, Dorsey 6 San Fernando 4, Monroe 2 SOUTHERN SECTION Alemany 6, West Torrance 2 Arroyo Grande 11, Dos Pueblos 3 Avalon 6, Southlands Christian 5 Bethel Christian 29, Packinghouse Christian 7 Bosco Tech 6, Glendale 4 Cathedral 4, Cantwell-Sacred Heart 3 Chaffey 8, Diamond Ranch 6 Chino 7, Don Lugo…

At a school with the rich athletic tradition of Santa Ana Mater Dei, it is rare to be the first to achieve anything, but Matteo Huarte made history Saturday by becoming the Monarchs’ only CIF singles champion at the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament. After losing in straight sets to Rishvanth Krishna from Irvine University in…

Pitching coach Gus Rico was having dinner on Thursday when head coach Matt Mowry of Birmingham High complimented him on closer Aidan Martinez recording all seven of his outs on strikeouts. “I had no idea,” Rico said. “Everything is a blur when I’m calling pitches.” Martinez is throwing some blurs these days after returning this…

BASEBALL CITY SECTION Animo Venice 9, Animo Robinson 7 CALS Early College 9, East College Prep 6 Smidt Tech 16, Alliance Ouchi 7 SOUTHERN SECTION Aquinas 2, Linfield Christian 0 Alhambra 15, Mark Keppel 1 Arlington 7, Riverside Poly 2 Arrowhead Christian 15, Woodcrest Christian 5 Ayala 1, Diamond Bar 0 Baldwin Park 4, Garey…

PITTSBURGH — Daniel Jeremiah traces his rise as an NFL draft analyst to two seemingly unrelated events: a prominent football reporter showing up in his living room to visit a televangelist, and randomly bumping into a college roommate of his brother in a press box. First, understand that Jeremiah is not just one in a sea of…

Former USC long snapper Jake Olson made college football history at the Coliseum in September 2017 as the first completely blind player to compete in a Division I college football game. Eight years later, his not-quite-8-month-old son was having the time of his life crawling around on the same field. The significance of the moment…

It was no secret the Chargers were searching for a pass rusher in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night — and they found one. The Chargers selected former Miami edge rusher Akheem Mesidor at No. 22 overall, making him the heir apparent for Khalil Mack in a pass rushing unit that…

A few days ago came the astonishing news that the world record in the half-marathon was obliterated by a 5-foot-5 humanoid robot named Lightning in Beijing. Now a robot named Ace has achieved another milestone for AI and robotics by defeating expert-level humans at table tennis in Tokyo, according to a study published Wednesday in…