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After all the talk between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, it’s time for the two to meet in the ring. The interest for the fight between the two participates is expected to set record numbers on pay-per-view. What else is at stake in this fight? Mayweather promised it will be the last fight of his career but can McGregor play the spoiler on Floyd’s final appearance in the ring? If you ask McG...

CARSON >> OK, so I know it was a preseason game. And I know Philip Rivers ended up not playing. And I know the Saints, nationally, aren’t the Cowboys or, regionally, the Raiders. But, even with all those excuses, shouldn’t the Chargers be able to generate more buzz than - I can’t believe I’m about to write this - the Padres? Or, worse still, attract more fans? That’s the fourth-place and buried-alive Padres, you know, a team 14 games below .500 and 33 games behind the Dodgers. And the Chargers? They’re still undefeated - like everyone in the NFL in August - and feature an offense potenti...

ANAHEIM >> One day before the most decorated team in the history of USA Gymnastics enters the Hall of Fame, the next generation was on display Friday night at the P&G Championships. Simone Biles, in the building at Honda Center but not in a leotard, is contemplating her future along with the rest of the Final Five. Ragan Smith is the future. The alteate for the gold-medal wiing team at the 2016 Olympics showed why she is the current face of a rebuilding program with an impressive performance to open the U.S. national championships. Smith, 17, leads the all-around competition aft...

The Los Angeles Chargers will host the New Orleans Saints at the StubHub Center for its second game of the preseason. Check back for live news, stats and updates during before, during and after the game. How to catch the game: Start Time: 5 p.m. PT Sunday at the StubHub Center TV:KABC or NFL NETWORK Radio: KFI-AM 640 and KFWB-AM 980 Online: NFL Game Pass Viewing on a mobile device? Click here. Advertisement ...

OAKLAND >> Coach Sean McVay is a quarterbacks guru who loves tight-end mismatches and now gets to plan with receiver Sammy Watkins. But don’t forget the Rams’ ruing backs. McVay should not. The Rams have Todd Gurley, who underachieved badly in 2016 but seems poised for a bounce-back season after a strong training camp. McVay, the Rams’ rookie coach and their play-caller, might be tempted to throw the ball a lot, but his recent history suggests that the ground game works. McVay’s second preseason game as a head coach takes place today, when the Rams play at Oakland. Last week against Da...

The Los Angeles Rams travel to Oakland to play the Raiders for its second game of the preseason. Check back for live news, stats and updates during before, during and after the game. How to catch the game: Start Time:7 p.m. PT Saturday at theO.co Coliseum TV:KCBS/KFTR Online:NFL Game Pass Radio:ESPNLA 710 & 100.3 The Sound (English) ESPN Deportes 1330 AM (Spanish) Advertisement ...

LOS ANGELES — They were on a three-game losing streak when Nico Falah’s Signing Day came around. They had just been shredded by Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl, and by the media covering it. They had lost their five-game wiing streak over UCLA, which had the new coach and the style and the promise. F...

NASHVILLE, Te. — Adoree Jackson caught a punt and ran about 20 yards up the field. Then the Teessee Titans rookie ran to the other end zone to retu a kickoff, showing off his ability to kick into a faster gear and taking the ball 45 yards. No time to be winded, though. The rookie coerback ha...

LOS ANGELES >> Amidst the chaos of UCLA’s first fall practice on Wednesday night, Coach Jim Mora didn’t make note of many individual performances. But when asked of any players who jumped out at him, he singled out two of the team’s youngest players: defensive tackles Greg Rogers and Martin An...

IRVINE — There are all sorts of paths to the NFL, Travis Wilson trying to find one right now as a tight end ruing the most slanted of routes. Or maybe you think it’s completely normal to go from selling flip-flops to the public to huddling with the Rams. “Not your typical story going into the NFL,...

The concrete in the skate bowl has dried, the city on the sand is nearly complete, and a hurricane might bring better-than-decent waves to the Vans U.S. Open of Surfing. The action sports event, which kicks off on July 29, aually draws some of the world’s best surfers, skaters and BMX competitors,...

Trumaine Johnson will play for the Rams in 2017, but it seems increasingly unlikely that the Califoia native will stick around long term. As expected, the Rams failed to agree to terms with Johnson, their top coerback, before Monday’s deadline. That means Johnson will play out the 2017 season un...

CLEVELAND >> Forward Clint Dempsey, midfielder Michael Bradley and goalkeeper Tim Howard are among six additions to the U.S. roster for the knockout phase of the CONCACAF Gold Cup as coach Bruce Arena opted to add some of his most experienced players. Arena also added forward Jozy Altidore, mi...

ANAHEIM >> He trash texted, Mike Trout did, his bat silenced but his phone chirping, the good-natured digs at teammates serving as his presence in his absence. Like when the Angels were in Detroit last month and Kole Calhoun homered to the opposite field, a rarity for the left-handed hitter, t...

LAS VEGAS >> The IRS says boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. still owes $22.2 million in taxes from 2015, the year he eaed his biggest payday with a blockbuster fight against May Pacquiao. A notice of a federal tax lien filed against the undefeated fighter nicknamed “Money” shows the balance as un...

The most anticipated fight of the year will be embarking on a world publicity tour, with the first stop here in Los Angeles. Undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor kick off a four-city inteational press tour begiing Tuesday at Staples Center. ...

ANAHEIM >> The jouey from prospect to player in the NHL often can be a winding one, few paths remaining as straight and uninterrupted as the blue line. For every Cam Fowler, who was a draftee one day and three months later a Duck, there are scores of players who go from Point A to Point B on...

ANAHEIM >> His team’s ability to hang around continues to impress so much that Mike Scioscia was asked to discuss the subject in two languages. After his usual pregame media session ended Wednesday, Scioscia took questions from two reporters in Spanish, the Angels manager doing his best to ans...

EL SEGUNDO >> So, despite repeated claims to the contrary, LaVar Ball did have an impact on where his son was drafted. He helped Lonzo go higher. You know, maybe this one-man Mardi Gras parade, this boastful bag of gas, this big mouth everyone keeps telling to clam up, is more than just a burd...

He had passion, spirit and a commitment that could survive any amount of extra iings. But Ira Goldstein also was blessed with the greatest of gifts for the super fan. A pair of mitts capable of producing thunder that could fill an entire ballpark. “He had a big set of hands,” said Steve DiTolla, C...