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SÃO PAULO, Brazil — The Chargers played host to the Kansas City Chiefs on Friday in the first of the NFL’s record seven international games, with upcoming matchups between different teams in London, Madrid, Dublin and Berlin. Next season, the Rams will plant a flag in Australia with a regular-season game in Melbourne, the league’s first foray…

The Slye brothers at Salesian High, Jordan Jr., a sophomore defensive back/receiver, and Marty, a freshman quarterback, certainly have the genes to succeed. Their mother, Dena, a counselor at the school, was a softball standout at Washington. Their father, Jordan, was a receiver at Washington. Now the boys have helped Salesian to a 2-1 start….

SÃO PAULO — The social-media influencers showed up in droves Friday for the marquee matchup between the Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs, only the NFL’s second regular-season game played in the Southern Hemisphere. They snapped selfies, did dances, tried to top each other with eye-catching outfits and elbowed for the spotlight. As for Justin Herbert? He was…

More details are emerging about a company that allegedly paid Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard millions to circumvent the NBA’s salary cap, including that the team came close in 2021 to granting naming rights for its Inglewood arena to Aspiration Partners. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer nearly granted naming rights to the company, but ended…

HIGH SCHOOL FLAG FOOTBALL WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS CITY SECTION Bell 58, Bernstein 6 Cleveland 26, San Fernando 0 Eagle Rock 35, Sylmar 8 Fremont 20, Santee 13 Jefferson 24, Bell 12 Jefferson 32, Bernstein 7 LA Marshall 27, Verdugo Hills 13 LA Wilson 18, Hawkins 0 LA Wilson 42, Manual Arts 0 Narbonne 61, Fremont 6…

At the heart of the uproar over allegations that Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers received millions in undisclosed payments from a tree-planting startup is a National Basketball Association rule that caps the the total annual payroll for teams. According to a report by Pablo Torre of the Athletic, bankruptcy documents show that the…

A look at this week’s top high school football games in the Southland. FRIDAY Baltimore St. Frances (1-0) at St. John Bosco (2-0), 7 p.m. Two nationally ranked powerhouses meet to keep their mythical national championship hopes alive. St. John Bosco coach Jason Negro said St. Frances has as much talent as any team in…

PITTSBURGH — It was a pivotal moment, in a pivotal game, in what’s become a pivotal week for the Dodgers in the National League West standings. Which, rather predictably given their recently floundering form, meant they found a new way to mess it all up. In the top of the second inning on Wednesday night at PNC…

Dodger Stadium might not be the first ballpark in Southern California served by a gondola, if that comes to pass. In Anaheim, city planners are considering whether to pursue a gondola that would serve Angel Stadium. For more than a decade, the city has explored how to connect its two main visitor hubs along Katella…

High school girls’ flag football results for Monday and Tuesday.