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The USC’s men’s basketball team will begin its most anticipated season in a decade when it hosts Cal State Fullerton on Nov. 10. Four of its first five games will be held at the Galen Center. The non-conference portion of its schedule was released Thursday. The Trojans retu all but one scholarship...

The Ducks don’t get much of a break after their Game 7 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday, as they are scheduled to start their Weste Conference final series against the Nashville Predators on Friday at Honda Center.The Ducks said a limited ...

LOS ANGELES >> The Clippers need a break.Fortunately, the schedule finally gives them one.After blowing an 18-point lead in the last five minutes in a 98-97 loss to the lottery-bound Sacramento Kings on Sunday, the Clippers do not play again until Wednesday against Washington. The Clippers hav...

LOS ANGELES >> Pete Carroll accomplished many things at USC and one of them was owning November with a 28-1 record. If USC coach Clay Helton wants to tu this season into something more than quarterback Sam Daold’s fantastic freshman season, he needs a November similar to Carroll. It’s not unthinkable with three teams on USC’s remaining schedule (Oregon, UCLA, Notre Dame) currently sporting mediocre 3-5 records. The only tough game appears to be at No. 4-ranked Washington, which is 8-0. This week, USC (5-3, 4-2) is trying hard to ignore the Huskies with Oregon coming to the Coliseum on Saturday. “I haven’t even thought about (playing at Washington),” wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster s...

LOS ANGELES >> With three of its first four games against Top 25 teams, this week begins the respite for USC. Or so everyone thought a month ago. Many predicted the Trojans might be 1-3 today but the maer of those defeats makes no game on the rest of the schedule a gimme. That means Saturday’s game against Arizona State starts a period of must-win games to salvage the season, make a bowl and ease talk about Coach Clay Helton’s future. Because if USC loses to any underdog, it could get even uglier for Helton, a nice guy who sometimes seems unequipped to deal with the nasty atmosphere that surrounds the program after a loss. Helton is only four games into his first full season but was r...

World Cup of Hockey Here’s what you need to know about the World Cup of Hockey, which starts with the round-robin preliminary round Saturday. All games (PDT) are played at Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Group A Team Canada Team Czech Republic Team Europe Team USA Group B Team Finland Team North America Team Russia Team Sweden Saturday, Sept. 17 Team USA vs. Team Europe, 12:30 p.m., ESPN2 Team Czech Republic vs. Team Canada, 5 p.m., ESPNEWS Sunday, Sept. 18 Team Sweden vs. Team Russia, noon, ESPN Team North America vs. Team Finland, 5 p.m., ESPN2 Monday, Sept. 19 Team Europe vs. Team Czech Republic, noon, ESPN Team Russia vs. Team North America, 5 p.m., ESPN2 Tuesday, Sept. 20 Team Finland vs...

Tanks for the memories, Eric Kush. Great little daughter you have there, Austin Hill. Now you’ve got more time to play. As much as we respect the heck out of your uncle, you just need to get stronger, Ian Seau. Stay in touch. And stay strong. By Saturday moing, most of the Rams’ final 22 cuts were made, and disclosed to the public. But until HBO cut up and spliced together its final episode of “Hard Knocks” and aired it Tuesday night, viewers might not have achieved proper closure, especially those invested in the docu-series going back to its Aug. 9 begiing. Episode 5 reinforced the quick and sometimes blunt nature of the business can be as the Rams, put in the spotlight this year, got to ...

All games at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted Thursday’s game • Cabrillo @ Villa Park at El Modena High Friday’s games • Artesia vs. Rosemead • Bellflower vs. Fullerton • Compton vs. Santa Monica • Dominguez vs. Los Angeles High • Downey vs. Burbank • Downey Calvary Chapel vs. Ontario Christian • Gahr @ Cerritos • Gle @ Mountain View • Jordan vs. Paramount • La Mirada @ Mater Dei • Lakewood vs. Los Alamitos • Lynwood vs. Cathedral • Mayfair vs. Sonora • Millikan @ Baing • Norwalk @ Bell Gardens • Rancho Dominguez Prep vs. Bestein • St. John Bosco vs. Bishop Gorman, 7:30 p.m., at Veterans Memorial Stadium • Warren vs. Buena Park • Wilson vs. St. Anthony PAUL • Valley Christian vs. St. Margaret’...

Entering their first full season under Clay Helton, the Trojans face one of the nation’s toughest schedules, a slate that includes six teams ranked in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll. A closer look: Saturday vs. Alabama 5 p.m., AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas It marks the schools’ first meeting since 1985. Alabama is looking to repeat as national champion for the second time under Nick Saban after accomplishing the feat in 2011 and 2012. Sept. 10 vs, Utah State 11 a.m., L.A. Coliseum The last time Utah State visited the Coliseum in 2013, it nearly pulled off an upset before USC narrowly survived, 17-14. Sept. 17 at Stanford 5 p.m., Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto For the first tim...

Da, if Case Keenum isn’t a thoughtful, intelligent and fuy guy. If you happened to stumble upon a 10-minute interview the current Rams’ No. 1 quarterback did with Fred Roggin and Leea Tweeden during the Tuesday afteoon “L.A. Today” show on KLAC-AM (570), that should have come across more than a couple of times. But if asked to measure your interest or likeability of Keenum based on what you’ve seen through the first couple episodes of HBO’s “Hard Knocks,” you may have little to no opinion at all. Leading up to Tuesday’s middle installment of the five-part series, the recurring storyline each week is some variation on: How long will it be before No. 1 overall pick and rookie Jared Goff is re...

LOS ANGELES >> The Dodgers will use a couple familiar pieces to assemble their rotation puzzle this time around. After throwing two bullpen sessions this week, right-hander Brandon McCarthy will make his scheduled start on Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. And left-hander Brett Anderson will retu from back surgery to make his 2016 debut on Sunday. With those two veterans available, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said rookie left-hander Julio Urias will move to the bullpen and pitch in a multi-iing role if needed. However, the Dodgers will need to make a roster move to add Anderson on Sunday and could make another when lefty reliever Adam Liberatore (elbow inflammation) is eligible...

As sure as the sun rises in the East and sets in the West – a fact that Rams rookie quarterback Jared Goff still may unsure about and will likely become an on-going punchline – HBO’s “Hard Knocks” shined as promised for the launch of a five-part series Tuesday night, somehow compacting several months’ worth of franchise relocation, training camp arrival and the team’s first Coliseum appearance into one enlightening and entertaining hour-long episode. Touching on all the advertised storylines and more, starting from Goff’s jouey on a Goodyear blimp ride above the South Bay, to center Eric Kush’s eclectic collection of tank tops, the one piece of news that came to light from Episode 1 is Rams ...

Marty Callner’s remarkable resume of producing music videos and concert specials for the last 40-plus years coects him more in the Hollywood community with Whitney Houston than the Houston Texans. But should he receive another Emmy Award as an executive producer of HBO’s “Hard Knocks” after what happens with the upcoming five-week series spotlighting the Los Angeles Rams — and there’s no asterisk that notes Callner is actually the show’s creator — it might find better shelf space than any other Grammy, Director’s Guild or MTV Awards he has scattered around his home in Malibu. “When it’s your vision, and your baby, and you see it recognized … I work really hard in everything I do,” the 69-ye...

The Rams have finalized their agreement to hold training camp at UC Irvine, with gates set to open to fans in just over two weeks. The first of 17 public practices is scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m. July 30 at Crawford Field. Fans can arrive up to 90 minutes before the start of each practice, and select players will be available to sign autographs afterward. Admission to practices is free, but parking will cost $10 per day or $140 for the entire training camp. “We look forward to training at UCI in preparation for the 2016 season,” Rams head coach Jeff Fisher said in a statement. “Their facilities are top-notch, and we’re excited to welcome our fans to their campus as we gear up for the star...