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LOS ANGELES — As Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles 2028 chairman Casey Wasserman stood on the edge of a tarmac at Los Angeles Inteational Airport, a long flight from Lima, Peru and an improbable victory behind them, the sun was setting on what is once again an Olympic city. In a sense, the Olympic Games were retuing home as wellThursdayevening. A day earlier the Inteational O...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants have waived third-year defensive end Owa Odighizuwa a day after the NFL suspended him for the first four games of the regular season for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. The Giants aounced the move Tuesday. “It is unfortunate that things have gone in this direction,” general manager Jerry Reese said, “but we wish nothi...

In his new position as Pac-12 Network president, Mark Shuken can shake things up. Or, he could simply try to appease those getting a little stir-crazy. The conference-owned media business has achieved measurable success in elevating exposure for the member schools, but when compared to the millions generated by other conference-based networks for their institutions, the Pac-12 may look like it’s c...

ANAHEIM >> Every baseball game is a like a nine-iing math problem, with a string of positives and negatives that all add up at the end to either a win or a loss. Some games are simple, with one or two performances so glaring that they overshadow everything else. And some games are like the Angels’ 7-5, 10-iing loss to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night, one that left players in the los...

PACIFIC PALISADES >> In a made-for-cable sports TV showdown perhaps worthy of a DVR replay someday, Collin Morikawa co-starred in a Round of 16 match play performance against Chun-An Yu that seemed to show almost every quirky angle and accident aspect of Riviera Country Club in one organic swatch. If not for an exchange of equal-opportunity mistakes at every tu, they could still be playing in prime time. Eventually, Yu, an 18-year-old incoming sophomore at Arizona State out of Taiwan, outlasted Morikawa, the La Cañada Flintridge standout headed into his junior year at Cal and trying to...

LOS ANGELES >> Vasyl Lomachenko has established himself as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world, and he has big plans for himself. “I want to be in the history book of boxing,” he says. Lomachenko on Saturday entered his junior lightweight title defense against Miguel Marriaga ...

PHILADELPHIA >> Omar Gonzalez had just left the Galaxy to join Mexico’s Pachuca when his new club’s chairman had a request: Would the 6-foot-5 defender walk into his introductory news conference dressed as Darth Vader? Of course, he obliged. Ever since, he has become a defensive force. “I had ...

INGLEWOOD — Except for doing something no one else has — knock out Beard Hopkins — Joe Smith Jr. hasn’t done a da thing. Perhaps that’s why he wasn’t all smiles and blowing kisses to the world Thursday at the Forum in Inglewood. Smith was among those hosting a news conference promoting Saturday’...

On May 13, Aric Almirola was involved in a high-speed crash at Kansas Speedway. At first, the three-car accident looked just like any other NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series incident. However, it soon became apparent it wasn’t just another wreck. The race was red-flagged as safety crews cut the roof ...

Las Vegas Summer League did not just provide a platform for Lonzo Ball to show early retus on his NBA potential. It also gave Alex Caruso a setting to convince the Lakers to keep him. The Lakers and Caruso agreed to a two-year deal on a two-way contract, a new mechanism that allows NBA teams and t...

TAMPA, Fla. >> Jordan Morris’ second goal of the game broke a tie in the 76th minute, and the United States edged tiny Martinique 3-2 Wednesday night in the CONCACAF Gold Cup after wasting a two-goal lead at Raymond James Stadium. Failing to break through in the first half, the U.S. built a 2-...

Floyd Mayweather’s boxing match against Conor McGregor will be held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas after promoters reached an agreement with Ice Cube to move the championship game of his Big3 basketball league. The final game of the 3-on-3 season of former NBA players will now be held at the MGM Gra...

Los Angeles will play host to the Olympics in either 2024 or 2028. This is going right over the heads of us who can’t retu their library books on time. Michael Nelson Trout will be 33 years old in 2024. Tiger Woods will tu 53 in 2028. By then Califoia might have seceded, the Daytona 500 might ...

VITTEL, France >> Mark Cavendish has been forced out of the Tour de France after suffering a fractured shoulder blade in a serious crash caused by world champion Peter Sagan, who was disqualified from cycling’s showcase event. Hours after Tuesday’s crash in a chaotic sprint finish to Stage 4, ...

ANAHEIM >> At one point on Thursday night, the field at Angel Stadium mirrored the stands. Red and blue, all mixed together, emotions overflowing in the heat of the moment. It all started in the eighth iing, after Angels’ third baseman Yunel Escobar was hit by a pitch from the Dodgers’ Brand...

The deal was gargantuan enough to reshape the futures of two franchises, Albert Pujols bringing strength to the Angels’ lineup while weakening the Dodgers’ everything else. One Southe Califoia columnist wrote the free-agent signing “could change the local sports landscape forever.” A commentator...

As someone who cherishes his first-round draft picks, Ducks coach Bob Murray was in a unique place and not all that comfortable with it. The Ducks didn’t have one to use on the first night of the NHL entry draft at Chicago’s United Center and so they had to do all their heavy lifting Saturday, tryin...

LOS ANGELES >> Tyler Chatwood pitches against Clayton Kershaw Saturday night. And yes, Kershaw is still the best pitcher on the planet until proven otherwise, but this probably won’t be the mismatch the casual fan might expect. That is because Chatwood, the Colorado Rockies’ right-hander from ...

ROCKIES at DODGERS When: Today, 7:10 p.m. Where: Dodger Stadium TV: SportsNet LA THE PITCHERS DODGERS LHP CLAYTON KERSHAW (10-2, 2.61 ERA) Vs. Rockies: 20-6, 3.13 ERA At Dodger Stadium: 76-30, 2.05 ERA Hates to face: Nolan Arenado, 13 for 42, 3 doubles, 2 HRs Loves to face: Pat Valaika, 0 for 5, 3 Ks ROCKIES RHP TYLER CHATWOOD (6-7, 4.08 ERA) Vs. Dodgers: 4-7, 3.95 ERA At Dodger Stadium: 3-2, 1.62 ERA Hates to face: Yasmani Grandal, 5 for 9, 1 double, 1 triple, 1 HR Loves to face: Kike’ Heandez, 0 for 4 — Bill Plunkett Advertisement ...

CALABASAS >> When Long Beach Poly and Oregon product Jordan Bell had his pro day workout with the Golden State Warriors, one of the people who popped in was the team’s owner, Joseph Lacob. Although the Warriors didn’t have a pick in this year’s NBA Draft, Lacob told Bell they were plaing on ...