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DALLAS — The Lakers are as shorthanded as they can be, their dynamic starting backcourt of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves out with injuries at a pivotal time of the season. They’re the offensive engines for a Lakers team battling for the No. 3 playoff seeding in a competitive Western Conference. The 41-year-old LeBron James is now…

It was dominating. It was overwhelming. It was powder-blue pummeling, eight-clap crushing, Westwood wonderful. It was the UCLA women’s basketball team needing barely two hours to complete the struggles of 45 years, a stunningly swarming triumph unmatched in even the finest of Bruin athletic traditions. Break out a new banner. Make room in the Pauley…

This is the weekend high school track and field takes center stage in Southern California. Quincy Wilson, who won a gold medal at the age of 16 at the 2024 Olympic Games, is coming from Maryland to compete in the 400 and two relays at the Arcadia Invitational at Arcadia High on Saturday. “I’m so…

It’s been anything but a happy year for trainer Mark Glatt, whose wife of 25 years, Dena, died Feb. 12 from cardiac arrest at 57. But Glatt could at least gain a moment of joy on a warm Saturday afternoon in Arcadia when his 3-year-old colt, the heretofore ironically named So Happy, pulled off an…

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> In response to the reader last week who was wondering why so many All-Area basketball players are leaving L.A. for other colleges: Mick Cronin. Paul KawaguchiRosemead Never needing a filter, UCLA coach Mick Cronin let it fly! In response to the question, what was needed for UCLA to advance further in the NCAA…

The Angels celebrated their 2026 home opener on Friday, and the fans booed the ceremonial first pitch. Magic Johnson, the Dodgers’ co-owner and the foremost winner in Los Angeles sports history, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Dodgers’ opener. Jeff Kent, just elected to the Hall of Fame, did the honors for the…

PHOENIX — This year’s women’s Final Four has everything. Influencer houses, swag bags, a Super Bowl-esque media day and an outside tournament village. That might not have ever happened if not for the inequities that blew up in the tournament five years ago. One of the flash points in women’s college basketball history unfolded during the 2021…

OKLAHOMA CITY — In the aftermath of their worst loss of the season, few Lakers players or coaches had spoken to Luka Doncic after he limped off the court in the third quarter Thursday against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Austin Reaves didn’t know the extent of Doncic’s hamstring injury, but he knew how the Lakers superstar would…

BASEBALL CITY SECTION Cleveland 8, Granada Hills Kennedy 3 Taft 8, San Fernando 1 SOUTHERN SECTION AAE 4, CIMSA 2 Adelanto 8, Barstow 1 Agoura 6, Oak Park 0 Alta Loma 4, Canyon Springs 2 Arlington 7, Crean Lutheran 0 Beaumont 4, Redlands 1 Cajon 6, Yucaipa 5 Camarillo 2, Ventura 0 Campbell Hall 15,…

p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua warms up before a playoff game against the Carolina Panthers in January. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times) Last week, a woman filed a civil lawsuit against Nacua, alleging that on New Year’s Eve he made an antisemitic statement during a group dinner and later bit her shoulder….