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Tampering is an NBA problem, no doubt. Particularly when the tamperers and tamperees are one and the same. Paul George made it known, through the many media outlets and “industry sources” at his and his agent’s disposal, that he wanted out of Indiana and into Staples Center. His contract doesn’t end until next year. So now the NBA is investigating the Lakers for getting too public about George. This has become the definition of tampering, apparently. You might as well punish an ostrich for burying his head. There is jeopardy here for the Lakers, who could lose draft picks. Although it’s far-f...

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...

EL SEGUNDO >> The crowd hovered around LaVar Ball, reporters and cameramen eager to document what Lonzo Ball’s outspoken father might say next. LaVar Ball never has shied away from his bold proclamations. So he wrote everyone’s headline for them. “I don’t think the Lakers are going to make the...

SONOmA, Calif. >> Kevin Harvick retued to victory lane for the first time this season with a dominating run Sunday on the road course at Sonoma Raceway. The former NASCAR champion came to Sonoma winless in 20 races since Kansas last fall and has been overshadowed in this season of NASCAR’s y...

EL SEGUNDO – Extensive research led Magic Johnson down a path that was not limited to watching Lonzo Ball play in person and on video. Johnson also traveled to Ball’s former high school in Chino Hills where the Lakers’ president of basketball operations asked detailed questions to his principal and ...

EL SEGUNDO >> The first son bo into a basketball family, Lonzo Ball was bred for stardom. What he knew about Magic Johnson, a superstar who last played in the NBA a year before he was bo, came from the stories his father, LaVar, told and what he could glean from the grainy footage of games...

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...

Jimmie Johnson sped off on the final restart and eaed another slice of NASCAR history, wiing at Dover Inteational Speedway for the 11th time and moving into a tie for sixth on the career victories list. Johnson again made an impact Sunday at his favorite track — and he worked hard to take this...

ATLANTA >> Dustin Johnson made one mistake that suddenly put some intrigue into the final day of the PGA Tour season — the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup. Johnson clipped a tree trying to get out of the rough on the 17th hole and made double bogey, and only a birdie on the final hole at East Lake on Saturday allowed him to shoot a 1-under 69 and regain a share of the lead with Kevin Chappell. Chappell went from a four-shot deficit on the front nine to a one-shot lead when he made a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th and Johnson made his double bogey. Chappell, still looking for his first PGA Tour victory, shot a 68. They were at 8-under 202. Rory McIlroy and Ryan Moore each had a 66...

NORTON, Mass. >> Kevin Chappell did just about everything right Saturday, even when making his lone bogey, and shot 7-under 64 for a one-shot lead in the Deutsche Bank Championship and another chance at his first PGA Tour victory. Chappell pitched in for eagle on No. 7 and made a 35-foot birdie putt on the next hole. Even better was the 15-foot bogey putt on the 13th hole, and his great escape from a bad shot when trying to lay up on the par-5 18th. He was at 11-under 131, one shot ahead of PGA champion Jimmy Walker (64) and Paul Casey (66). Dustin Johnson was poised to join Chappell in the lead until his long iron on the 18th sailed well right into the trees. He had to take a penalty...

It’s almost most absurd to think about it now, what with Kevin Greene doing the iconic gold jacket signifying membership into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and his bust soon on display in Canton. But back in the mid 1980s the rangy fifth-round pick from Aubu was so starved for playing time he was literally begging then Los Angeles Rams coach John Robinson for a chance to play. Never the wallflower type, Greene kept showing up in Robinson’s office asking what he needed to do to get on the field. Over and over and over. “At the time, he threatened to send my butt back to Alabama,” Greene recalled. That didn’t stop Greene, the son of a military man and himself a captain in the Army Reserves “I...

IRVINE >> Trumaine Johnson glanced skyward after he completed the third practice of his fifth NFL training camp. On a warm Monday late moing, the wise pro sought out a shady spot for an interview. “Big vet, huh?” Johnson said with a grin. “I guess you could say that. I still feel young, though.” Johnson is 26, and his career with the Rams has included a steady progression, then one big leap out of the shade and into the spotlight. Johnson is the Rams’ highest-paid player and most experienced defensive back, and is poised to parlay what could be an awkward season into a blockbuster contract. The Rams used their “franchise player” tag on Johnson, who otherwise would have become a free a...

Dustin Johnson started and finished the day tied with Luke List for the Canadian Open lead. The U.S. Open champion had to make up a lot of ground to do it. Johnson had a double bogey and two bogeys on his first holes Friday in windy conditions at sun-baked Glen Abbey in Oakville, Ontario. He rebounded with six birdies and had a late bogey in a 1-under 71. List also shot a 71, birdieing the par-5 16th and 18th after dropping making three bogeys in a four-hole stretch early on the back nine. Canadian amateur Jared du Toit, former Arizona State teammate Jon Rahm and Kelly Kraft were a stroke back, also each shooting 71. Du Toit made the tu tied for the lead at 7 under, then had a triple-bogey ...

Dustin Johnson made a 10-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th hole Thursday for a 6-under 66 and a share of the PGA Tour’s Canadian Open lead with Luke List. The U.S. Open champion set up the eagle with a 364-yard drive and 150-yard approach. In windy conditions at sun-baked Glen Abbey in Oakville, Ontario, Johnson also had seven birdies and drove into the water on the par-4 14th en route to a double bogey. Johnson played the three back-nine par-5 holes in 4 under. List birdied all four par 5s in a round he closed with seven pars. Canadian amateur Jared du Toit was a stroke back along with former Arizona State teammate Jon Rahm, Chesson Hadley and Kelly Kraft. Coming off his junior season for ...

LAS VEGAS >> The Lakers chased another star. Once again, that star ran away. This time, the reasons had nothing to do with personality conflicts with teammates, salary or a poor sales pitch in its meeting. Kevin Durant did not grant the Lakers a meeting at all namely because he figured it would be a waste of time. “Nothing against the Lakers, but I already had my mind set on who I wanted to talk to,” Durant said following practice with the U.S. Olympic team on Monday at UNLV. “I really respect their team. I just thought they were a couple years away from where I wanted to be.” Durant left the Oklahoma City Thunder for Golden State, a move that on paper could make the Warriors seemingl...

Trumaine Johnson’s first season in Los Angeles also might be his last. The Rams failed to reach agreement with Johnson, their top coerback, on a long-term contract extension, so on Friday afteoon, the team officially applied its franchise-player tag to Johnson for the 2016 season. Johnson will receive a guaranteed salary of $13.95 million this season, but if he fails to sign a new contract with the Rams by next March, he will become a free agent. Friday marked the deadline for teams to reach agreement on a contract and avoid having to use the franchise tag on a player. At one point, the Rams hoped to sign both of last year’s starting coerbacks, Johnson and Janoris Jenkins, to long-term exte...

TROON, Scotland >> The smile spoke louder than anything Dustin Johnson had to say Wednesday at the British Open. His game has never been better. Just one month ago, Johnson was known as golf’s best athlete who had won every year he has been on the PGA Tour — the longest streak since Tiger Woods — but who had everything go wrong in the majors. Now he’s the U.S. Open champion and a favorite at the British Open who can move to No. 1 in the world with a victory. But that’s not what brought the biggest smile. It was a question about whether he could think of anything that stressed him out. Anyone who has spent time around the 32-year-old American during his eight years and 11 victories on ...

TROON, Scotland — The smile spoke louder than anything Dustin Johnson had to say Wednesday at the British Open. His game has never been better. Just one month ago, Johnson was known as golf’s best athlete who had won every year he has been on the PGA Tour — the longest streak since Tiger Woods — but who had everything go wrong in the majors. Now he’s the U.S. Open champion and a favorite at the British Open who can move to No. 1 in the world with a victory. But that’s not what brought the biggest smile. It was a question about whether he could think of anything that stressed him out. Anyone who has spent time around the 32-year-old American during his eight years and 11 victories on tour — ...

Last week, Kevin Durant became the first person in known history who was pressured to justify moving from Oklahoma to the Bay Area. Fortunately, all things must pass. Especially the Warriors. Oklahoma City will survive because it is a fine city with many gracious people who, for the most part, realize they’ve endured worse. On April 19, 1995, a domestic terrorist named Terry McVeigh blew up a federal building and killed 169 people. If those who bued Durant’s jersey need perspective, there’s a powerful memorial right there near Chesapeake Energy Center, with 169 empty chairs. You don’t just put that aside. All OKC lost on Monday was the presence of a basketball artist who spent eight years e...

ORLANDO >> The Amway Center is mostly empty one day after housing thousands of screaming teens for a Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas concert. Steps from where the show took place, North Carolina coach Roy Williams is watching one of his favorite players, Brice Johnson. During the third quarter of the Clippers’ summer league game Sunday in Orlando, he shared a story that might shed light on why he said he “loves” Johnson like a son. It was during the NBA’s scouting combine in Chicago, a month before the Clippers selected Johnson with the No. 25 pick in the first round. Williams was watching the workouts, talking to an NBA executive who had previously spoken to the fourth-year player who help...