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Using a playbook familiar to their front office, the Dodgers waited until the market for slugging outfielder Kyle Tucker dwindled before making him an offer short on duration but generous in dollars. The result is the defending two-time World Series champion plugged the only hole in its lineup with another superstar — one regarded by…

There are one-day high school girls’ basketball events scheduled for Saturday and Monday that should produce good games involving top teams. First up is an event at Mira Costa on Saturday. JSerra, Flintridge Prep, St. Anthony, Birmingham and Palisades lead the teams scheduled to play. Then on Monday, Rosary in Fullerton will host eight games…

Kara Dunn scored 21 points and fellow guard Jazzy Davidson had 12 but the USC women’s basketball team suffered its fourth straight loss Thursday night at Galen Center, falling 62-55 to Maryland. The Trojans pulled even with 2:46 remaining but were outscored 8-1 the rest of the way. USC dropped to 10-7 overall and 2-4…

At least 20 people allegedly colluded with known gamblers to fix basketball games, according to a federal indictment filed Thursday. The indictment filed in Philadelphia cites charges of “bribery in sporting contests” and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, to fix men’s college and Chinese professional basketball games. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District…

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS BOYSCITY SECTIONAMIT 61, Lake Balboa College 44Animo Bunche 47, Annenberg 46Bernstein 69, Hollywood 49Bert Corona Charter 47, Valley Oaks CES 31Birmingham 75, Taft 56Bravo 77, Lincoln 67Cleveland 72, Granada Hills 47Crenshaw 71, Dorsey 49Downtown Magnets 77, Central City Value 46Eagle Rock 58, LA Wilson 55El Camino Real 55, Chatsworth 53Fairfax…

He played 12 seasons in the NFC North before he was traded to the Rams, so quarterback Matthew Stafford is no stranger to cold-weather games. On Sunday night, when the Rams play the Chicago Bears in an NFC divisional-round at Soldier Field, game-time temperatures could include a wind-chill below zero degrees. Stafford, citing historic NFL…

None of Jordan Addison‘s three known brushes with the law have resulted in catastrophe. Late-night incidents haven’t escalated the way they often do. Yet the news that the Minnesota Vikings and former USC receiver was arrested in Tampa, Fla., on trespassing charges Monday at 3:46 a.m. triggered a here-we-go-again reaction on social media while the…

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TUESDAY’S RESULTS BOYSCITY SECTIONAnimo De La Hoya 48, Stern 40Animo Robinson 63, USC Hybrid 53Animo Watts 67, Burton 29East College Prep 57, Alliance Bloomfield 31Foshay 71, AMIT 44WISH Academy 65, Animo Venice 38 SOUTHERN SECTIONACE 77, PAL Academy 38Adelanto 67, Victor Valley 48AGBU 75, de Toledo 41Anaheim Canyon 66, Cypress 52Arcadia 92,…

Ryan Garcia will return to the ring nine months after his loss to Rolando “Rolly” Romero in May 2025, and he will do so in a world championship fight against Mario Barrios, the current World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion. The 12-round bout will take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Feb. 21….

David Greenwood, one of the best high school basketball players in Southern California history, will have his jersey retired on Friday night during a ceremony at his alma mater, Verbum Dei. Greenwood, who died on June 8 at the age of 68 after a bout with cancer, teamed with Roy Hamilton to make Verbum Dei…