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The No. 2 UCLA women’s basketball team beat Indiana 92-48 at Pauley Pavilion on Sunday afternoon. Lauren Betts picked up a first-half double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. She finished with 16 points and was one of seven players to reach double figures. The Bruins extended their win streak to 19 games. UCLA’s Charlisse…

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Mikaela Shiffrin’s Olympic woes continued Sunday, with the American skier finishing 11th in the women’s giant slalom at the Milan-Cortina Games. Italy’s Federica Brignone won the race for her second gold of these Olympics, posting a combined time of 2 minutes and 13.50 seconds. Sweden’s Sara Hector and Norway’s Thea Louise St. Jernesund…

UCLA senior Jordan Chiles remains unstoppable on the floor exercise. A week after reviving her Prince routine to honor fans during a meet at Minnesota, Chiles seamlessly transitioned back at Pauley Pavilion to her energetic routine set to a medley of hits by icons Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder and Tina Turner. The result…

MILAN — When she skated, Tara Lipinski was always nervous. But it was different before the free skate of the 1998 Olympics. The teenager cried that morning. She called her parents after the six-minute warmup and said she couldn’t do it. Her legs were physically shaking in her beginning pose. She didn’t know what to do. “When…

FRIDAY’S RESULTS BOYS CITY SECTIONQUARTERFINALS DIVISION I #1 Granada Hills 82, #9 LA Marshall 50 #5 LA Jordan at #4 Crenshaw, 1 p.m. Saturday #3 Venice 58, #6 Sun Valley Poly 40 at #2 Chatsworth 67, #10 Rancho Dominguez 64 DIVISION II #1 Bravo d. #8 MSCP, forfeit #4 King/Drew 52, #12 Downtown Magnets 50…

PHOENIX — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts expects a lot from Shohei Ohtani this season. But even with those high expectations, a topic of conversation Friday as pitchers and catchers went through their first official workouts at Camelback Ranch, the superstar two-way player already found a way to exceed them. “I came into camp at the beginning of…

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER PLAYOFFS THURSDAY’S RESULTS BOYS CITY SECTION OPEN DIVISION Quarterfinals #1 El Camino Real 1, #8 Wilmington Banning 0 #4 Palisades 2, #5 Bell 1 #6 Marquez 3, #3 Birmingham 3 (Marques wins 6-5 in shootout) #2 South East 3, #7 Venice 0 Note: Semifinals Feb. 19 at higher seeds; Finals Feb. 27-28…

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYOFFSTHURSDAY’S RESULTS GIRLSCITY SECTION OPEN DIVISION Quarterfinals #1 Westchester 43, #8 King/Drew 38#5 Venice 55, #4 Granada Hills 42#3 LA Hamilton 70, #6 Cleveland 65#2 Birmingham 75, #7 Palisades 39 DIVISION I First Round#1 El Camino Real 58, #16 RFK Community 39 #9 Garfield 48, #8 Taft 35#5 Arleta 38, #12 Narbonne…

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — At 54, curler Rich Ruohonen thought his Olympic dream had passed him by. Which was a pretty good bet since no American his age had ever competed in the Winter Games. Until now. Because when Ruohonen replaced lead Aidan Oldenburg for the start of the eighth end in the Americans’ 8-3 loss to…

The high school girls’ basketball playoffs begin on Thursday, and the only question that needs to be answered is who wins when Etiwanda faces Sierra Canyon in the Southern Section Open Division semifinals on Feb. 24. Yes, that’s still two weeks away and both teams need to win games to reach that point, but in…