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ARLINGTON, Texas — The Chargers are under the radar and over the moon. They are methodically compiling victories — the latest, Sunday’s 34-17 thumping of the Dallas Cowboys — and perfectly content on the fringes of the national spotlight. Lots of people wrote them off when those offensive linemen started falling like tall timber, yet the Chargers…

The call came Monday morning, just six days before USC was slated to play its final nonconference contest. In light of the deadly shooting on Brown’s campus, its men’s basketball team wouldn’t make the trip west. If coach Eric Musselman hoped to test his Trojans again before the new year, he and his USC staff…

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Clipper Kris Dunn grabs Laker Maxi Kleber ‘s jersey in front of a ref Saturday at the Intuit Dome. (Ronald Martinez / Getty Images) The Lakers have been assessed five technical fouls in the last two games because of conduct with officials as frustration over inconsistent calls is starting to boil over. After…

CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Saturday’s games.

ARLINGTON, Texas — The NFL regular season is turning down the stretch and the playoff picture is coming into focus, and that means not just the teams but the league’s scheduling crew is hard at work. The Chargers, who play at Dallas on Sunday, can secure a postseason berth with a victory and some help from a…

Denzel Perryman quickly listed name after name as he dove deep into his mental roster of the 2015 Chargers. Manti Teʻo, Melvin Ingram, Kavell Conner and Donald Butler took Perryman under their wing, the Chargers linebacker said. The 11-year veteran said he relied on older teammates when he entered the NFL as they helped him…

SEATTLE — Puka Nacua promised he would learn from his mistakes, but his pledge was unconvincing. His speech was rushed. What he said barely made any sense. And there was this: On Thursday night, two days after criticizing referees on a livestream, Nacua posted a sarcastic message about the officials following the Rams’ 38-37 overtime defeat by…

Natalia Bryant has been given a renewal of a restraining order against a man who the daughter of late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant says has been stalking her since she was a minor. Bryant’s civil restraining order against Dwayne Kemp was renewed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court and will expire on Dec. 15,…

The family of pitcher Tyler Skaggs and the Angels reached a settlement Friday, ending a contentious trial as jurors had begun a third day of deliberations regarding Skaggs’ drug-related death on the road with the team. Terms of the agreement, which followed 31 days of testimony and four years of legal wrangling, were not immediately…

Puka Nacua’s comments about NFL officiating came with a cost — and not just the distraction the controversy caused the Rams before their overtime defeat by the Seattle Seahawks. The NFL fined the Rams receiver $25,000 for public remarks he made about NFL officiating, the league confirmed Friday. Nacua caught 12 passes for a career-best…