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LeBron James chuckled at the question he knew was coming as a smile crossed his face when he was asked about the word “retirement.” James stammered as he tried to answer the question during his session at Lakers media day on Monday. He never provided a definitive answer about his future. He’s about to enter…

Its campus and enrollment are tiny, but Marymount High is a giant in the world of high school volleyball and this year’s squad looks to have the talent to compete for a championship. The Sailors took first place out of 64 teams at the prestigious Durango Fall Classic in Las Vegas, taking down rival Sierra…

USC women’s basketball star JuJu Watkins will miss the upcoming college basketball season as she recovers from the serious knee injury she sustained during the NCAA tournament in March. Watkins said in an announcement on social media that she planned to take the 2025-26 season to “fully focus on continuing to recover so I can…

A look at the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland: Rk. School (record) result; Next game; last week ranking A look at how the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland fared this week: 1. ST. JOHN BOSCO (5-0) did not play; at JSerra, Friday; 1 2. SIERRA CANYON (5-0)…

CIF City and Southern Section football scores from across the Southland on Saturday, Sept. 27.

EVANSTON, Ill. — You can change the coach and quicken the pace of practice, but one thing can’t be transformed. It’s always going to be the same team. UCLA showed some fight late in its Big Ten Conference opener Saturday afternoon at Martin Stadium while ultimately falling victim to the same problems that had plagued it before…

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> The NFL always provides surprises. Who could have predicted the Rams would lose to the defending Super Bowl-champion Philadelphia Eagles when the Eagles blocked a potential winning field-goal attempt on the final play and returned it for a touchdown? Now the Rams face something else completely unexpected: The unbeaten Indianapolis Colts. When the…

CIF City and Southern Section football scores from across the Southland on Friday, Sept. 26.

Shane Tamura, the gunman who killed four people and himself in a New York City office building in July, had CTE, a degenerative brain disease linked to head injuries sustained in football and other contact sports. The New York medical examiner “found unambiguous diagnostic evidence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, also known as CTE, in the…

Jackson Reach of Mira Costa High is headed to Clemson on a football scholarship. He’s a long snapper. “It’s crazy,” he said. You know that saying that Dad knows best? Well, it was Reach’s father who suggested he start practicing as a long snapper several years ago to make himself more versatile since he also…