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SAN FRANCISCO >> For a team that could still win 100 games, the Dodgers sure seem to have a lot of questions to answer about their postseason roster. “We have a lot of good players we’re still evaluating,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said before Monday’s game. “We have a lot of guys to work with. When you have the lead we had, you can prioritize health and trying to keep guys sharp while tr...

THOUSAND OAKS >> Last November, as the Rams season descended into a downward spiral, Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson found himself locked in a feud with the Rams head coach and its front office. How quickly things change. On Tuesday – the same day he was signed to a symbolic one-day contract, allowing him to officially retire as a Los Angeles Ram – Dickerson was given an official ti...

The Lakers have remained economical throughout free agency, choosing less grandiose moves designed to strengthen their foundation instead of chasing the kind of transactions that could compromise long-term investments or precious salary-cap space for next summer. After agreeing to a one-year, $18 mi...

PLAYA VISTA >> Hall of Famer Jerry West officially joined the Clippers on Friday, and the man who spent four decades with the Lakers, called his job as a consultant with the other team in Los Angeles “the last adventure of my life.” Wearing a trim blue suit, the 79-year-old West said he never ...

As expected, the Kings didn’t protect forwards Dustin Brown and Marian Gaborik on Sunday, hoping Vegas Golden Knights general manager George McPhee might take one of them off their hands Wednesday in the NHL expansion draft. McPhee isn’t expected to take Brown or Gaborik, their bloated contracts out...

Ranking the top 10 sports events June 5-11 you won’t want to miss: NO. 1: 71st NBA FINALS: WARRIORS VS. CAVALIERS Details/TV: Games 3 and 4 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Wednesday and Friday at 6 p.m., Channel 7 In a very odd way, Cavs fans who have purchased tickets for these two games are e...

LOS ANGELES — USC has signed a permission-to-contact letter for quarterback Max Browne, a school spokesman confirmed Tuesday. It was first reported by Scout.com. The paperwork allows for other schools to contact Browne to discuss transferring. Browne, a redshirt junior, remains with the team. He began this season as the Trojans’ starter, before he was replaced by redshirt freshman Sam Daold after the first three games. Though the team started 1-2 for the first time since 2001, Browne proved capa...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Thursday that provides Los Angeles’ bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games a state-funded $250 million guarantee against cost overruns. Brown’s signing of SB 1465 into law was viewed as critical in the eyes of the Inteational Olympic Committee if Los Angeles’ bid to host a third Olympic Games was to remain viable. The move comes a week before Los Angeles 2024, the local organizing committee, has to submit Stage II bid documents regarding goveance, legis...

@Billoram on Twitter SANTA BARBARA >> The new-look Lakers took the court for their first slate of practices Tuesday after three years of unprecedented losing. The word of the day was “beginning.” It was a “new beginning” and an “exciting beginning,” according to Mitch Kupchak. And with a clutch of players in the infancy of their careers, a first-year head coach and no aging superstars for whom every consideration must be made, the Lakers general manager is correct. The organization has ind...

Here’s some notes and observations on the eve of the season opener against Alabama: USC quarterback Max Browne candidly admits he has no idea what he will feel when he walks on to the field Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. “I don’t know. I’m sure it will be a lot of jitters,” Browne said. “A lot of nerves. But I think at the end of the day, a lot of excitement. I’m ready to go. I’m ready to finally play ball. But once again I don’t know what to really expect.” Browne said it som...

LOS ANGELES — On Sunday, as USC prepared to enter its first “mock game week,” it released a two-deep chart and seemed to have settled on most of the position battles from camp. Some, though, will carry over into the remaining days before the season opens against Alabama on Sept. 3 in Arlington, Texas. Of particular note, the Trojans remain in search of a starting left guard. That spot will fall on the shoulders of either redshirt sophomore Chris Brown or junior Damien Mama, who were co-listed th...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A man who says former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused him as a boy in 1976 testified in court documents unsealed Tuesday that head coach Joe Pateo was told about it the very next day and responded callously. The man identified as John Doe 150 said in 2014 that other boys in a shower heard him yell that Sandusky had just touched him sexually. He said he told several adults about it, then sought out Pateo. “Is it accurate that Coach Pateo quickl...

Documents unsealed by a Pennsylvania court Tuesday unveiled testimony that alleged current UCLA defensive coordinator Tom Bradley, a former Penn State assistant coach, knew of Jerry Sandusky‘s sexual abuse of boys as early as the 1980s. In a 2015 deposition, former Penn State assistant Mike McQueary, a main witness in the case who reported to then-head coach Joe Pateo that he had seen Sandusky raping a boy in 2001, said Bradley was “not shocked” after McQueary told him about the crime. The depos...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A man who says former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused him as a boy in 1976 testified in court documents unsealed Tuesday that head coach Joe Pateo was told about it the very next day and responded callously. The man identified as John Doe 150 said in 2014 that other boys in a shower heard him yell that Sandusky had just touched him sexually. He said he told several adults about it, then sought out Pateo. “Is it accurate that Coach Pateo quickl...

Documents unsealed by a Pennsylvania court Tuesday unveiled testimony that current UCLA defensive coordinator Tom Bradley, a former Penn State assistant coach, knew of Jerry Sandusky‘s sexual abuse of boys as early as the 1980s. In a 2015 deposition, former Penn State assistant Mike McQueary, a main witness in the case who reported to then-head coach Joe Pateo that he had seen Sandusky raping a boy in 2001, said Bradley was not shocked after hearing about the crime. • STORY: Penn State coach Joe...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A man who says former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sexually abused him as a boy in 1976 testified in court documents unsealed Tuesday that head coach Joe Pateo was told about it the very next day and responded callously. The man identified as John Doe 150 said in 2014 that other boys in a shower heard him yell that Sandusky had just touched him sexually. He said he told several adults about it, then sought out Pateo. “Is it accurate that Coach Pateo quickl...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police in Tennessee say wrestler Jerry “The King” Lawler and his girlfriend have been arrested on charges of domestic violence. Officers arrested the 66-year-old Lawler and 27-year-old Lauryn McBride after responding to a call at Lawler’s home Thursday night in East Memphis. World Wrestling Entertainment said in a statement Friday it has suspended Lawler due to the arrest. News outlets cited an arrest affidavit that says the couple told officers they got into an argument that tu...

The Los Angeles Kings have announced center Anze Kopitar as the team’s new captain, taking over for longtime captain Dustin Brown. Kopitar and Brown, who have spent their entire careers with the franchise, teamed to lead the Kings to the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014. Kopitar, who has played for the Kings for 10 seasons, has been assistant captain since 2008. He scored 25 goals and totaled 74 points, leading the Kings in scoring for a record-setting ninth consecutive season. The 28-year-old nativ...

The Los Angeles Kings have announced center Anze Kopitar as the team’s new captain, taking over for longtime captain Dustin Brown. Kopitar and Brown, who have spent their entire careers with the franchise, teamed to lead the Kings to the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014. Kopitar, who has played for the Kings for 10 seasons, has been assistant captain since 2008. He scored 25 goals and totaled 74 points, leading the Kings in scoring for a record-setting ninth consecutive season. The 28-year-old nativ...

The Kings, who haven’t won a playoff series since they lifted the Stanley Cup two years ago, would like to change captains. They would prefer Dustin Brown, captain since 2008, to surrender the title to Anze Kopitar, their highest-paid player and best forward. You would think this is a simple matter of embroidery. But hockey, like its nation of origin, still has its share of structure and formality. And when it comes to the Designated Leader, this is still a Holy C. Removing that letter is never ...