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The Lakers appear set to retire Kobe Bryant’s jersey on Dec. 18, less than two years after he last doed it in a dazzling and dramatic 60-point sendoff. The only question will be which number hangs from the rafters: No. 8? No. 24? TMZ reported early Tuesday moing that the Lakers had informed season-ticket holders to “hold on to tickets” for the Dec. 18 game against Golden State for a “special e...

LOS ANGELES — It has been a whirlwind several days for Carlos Vela and he still has to travel back to Spain. “It has been crazy,” Vela said . Finally, there’s some sort of normalcy as Vela was officially introduced as the first Designated Player for the Los Angeles Football Club. “This is a statemen...

The plaed merger between dueling leaders of the daily fantasy sports industry, DraftKings and FanDuel, is officially off, less than a month after the Federal Trade Commission aounced its plan to block the union. “FanDuel decided to merge with DraftKings last November because we believed that thi...

ANAHEIM — The beards will keep growing and the Ducks will keep playing. They eliminated the Edmonton Oilers in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series with a 2-1 victory Wednesday, ending their Game 7 curse with a smart, patient game that showed ...

The UCLA women’s basketball team poured the foundation of its season in August in Australia.The Bruins built a strong frame with nonconference matchups against top teams like Baylor and South Carolina...

Kobe Paras was prepared to be wearing Bruin blue during March, but the former UCLA signee is just as happy sporting a different shade now.Paras signed with UCLA before the season and was plaing to help the Bruins to the NCAA Touament alongside fellow freshmen Lonzo Ball, TJ Leaf and Ike Anigbogu...

It is a 26-mile test of the body's fragileness and the mind's will.Some of the world's elite marathoners will again face those two variables when they compete in Sunday's 32nd aual Los Angeles Marathon.Athletes will have to juggle both before the heat hits on the Dodger Stadium-to-Sea course....

The joyful man sat by his locker as he scrolled through his phone and bantered with a reporter. That pregame routine stopped abruptly. Lakers coach Luke Walton indicated he would like to speak with Nick Young privately. Walton hardly berated Young, though. With Walton plaing to start Young in place of an injured Luol Deng, the Lakers’ coach simply challenged Young to take advantage of that opportunity by playing defense. Nearly two hours later, the Lakers secured a 124-115 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario as Young provided 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting with four rebounds and two steals. The play impressed Walton so much that he described You...

SAN DIEGO — Dick Enberg cradled his cup of coffee and settled into a chair at the Petco Park media dining room Wednesday afteoon and let out a sigh. “I don’t know how Scully did it,” said Enberg with a weak laugh, referring to the season-long retirement tour that engulfed Dodgers’ Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully. “All I wanted to do today was just get a haircut.” Enberg may have all his bases covered, and has touched them all, but leaving isn’t so easy when everyone wants to make sure they’ve said their proper goodbyes. Thursday, the San Diego Padres had a surprise luncheon in his honor, leading into an on-field ceremony before their final home game of the season and an emotional farewe...

Flanked by his wife and two daughters, Kobe Bryant gried wide Wednesday as the Los Angeles City Council declared Aug. 24 as Kobe Bryant Day. Bryant’s wife, Vanessa, is pregnant with the couple’s third daughter and the retired Lakers superstar told his other two girls, Natalia and Giaa, they would need to help explain to their sister why Bryant had a day named in his honor. • PHOTOS: City of LA celebrates Kobe Bryant Day in council chambers “She’s going to have no idea that I was actually an OK basketball player,” he joked. Bryant retired from the Lakers in April, after 20 seasons, five championships and rising to No. 3 on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Aug. 24 — 8/24, representing both je...

Four months after the final buzzer sounded on his playing career, Kobe Bryant rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday and aounced a foray into the world of investing. Bryant and entrepreneur Jeff Stibel aounced a $100 million fund that will support companies at the “convergence of technology, media and data,” Stibel said on CNBC Monday moing. The Bryant Stibel Investment Portfolio has already invested in 13 ventures, including The Players’ Tribune, video game company Scopely and Legal Zoom. Stipel is the former president of Web.com. Sporting a beard and a sharp blue suit on the floor of the NYSE, Bryant said he and Stibel have been quietly working on putting together ...

A season of uncertainty can spin most drag racers out of control. Although it’s been that kind of year for Redlands Top Fuel dragster driver Leah Pritchett, her tenacity, determination and marketing abilities have her on track to the NHRA Countdown. Pritchett, who won her first national event in February in Phoenix, lost her ride shortly thereafter. However, she has been able to piece together a campaign that has allowed her to compete in 12 of 13 national events this year. In fact, Pritchett has worked her way into the top 10, which would qualify her for the six-race championship run. Her next competition is next weekend in Denver. It’ll be a retu, of sorts, to the mountains outside Denver...

LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant will be keeping busy with daddy duties in retirement. The former Lakers superstar has aounced on Instagram that he and his wife, Vanessa, are expecting their third child, another daughter. Bryant, also known by his self-given nickname “Black Mamba,” posted a picture Tuesday of a onesie with “Baby Mamba” written on it alongside a baby pair of his signature Nike shoes. In the caption he writes, “Beyond blessed and excited to share that we are expecting our third baby girl!!!” Bryant’s other daughters, Natalia and Giaa, are 13 and 10, respectively. The five-time NBA champion retired in April after 19 seasons in Los Angeles. Advertisement This entry passed through the...

See the sweet Lakers-themed car that Snoop Dogg gave Kobe Bryant Snoop Dogg gave basketball great Kobe Bryant this purple-and-gold Lakers-themed car as a retirement gift. Bryant released this picture on Twitter. By Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant has received a one-of-a-kind retirement gift from rapper Snoop Dogg: a Los Angeles Lakers-themed convertible. Bryant retired from the Lakers in April after 20 seasons in L.A. He posted a picture on Twitter of him and Snoop standing by the purple and gold car Wednesday. Snoop Dogg put up some shots of the car on Instagram. Its hood features pictures of Bryant alongside other Lakers greats like Magic Johnson, James Worthy...

The expectations for Brandon Ingram seemingly increase by the day. The Lakers drafted him with their No. 2 pick. Ingram’s versatility, long wingspan and rail-thin frame elicited comparisons to Kevin Durant. And Ingram leaed on Tuesday he will have Kobe Bryant’s vacated locker at the Lakers’ practice facility. That does not secure Ingram as the Lakers’ definitive starter at small forward, though. The Lakers agreed to a four-year, $72 million with 12-year NBA veteran forward Luol Deng, who could assume that same position. That prompted one question: does Ingram care if he starts? “Of course, from my competitive side,” Ingram said on Tuesday at the Lakers’ introductory press conference. “But i...

The expectations for Brandon Ingram seemingly increase by the day. The Lakers drafted him with their No. 2 pick. Ingram’s versatility, long wingspan and rail-thin frame elicited comparisons to Kevin Durant. And Ingram leaed on Tuesday he will have Kobe Bryant’s vacated locker at the Lakers’ practice facility. That does not secure Ingram as the Lakers’ definitive starter at small forward, though. The Lakers agreed to a four-year, $72 million with 12-year NBA veteran forward Luol Deng, who could assume that same position. That prompted one question: does Ingram care if he starts? “Of course, from my competitive side,” Ingram said on Tuesday at the Lakers’ introductory press conference. “But i...

Incoming freshman guard Kobe Paras has withdrawn from UCLA after academic conditions of his admission were not met, according to the school. Paras, a 6-foot-6 guard who was admitted to the school upon condition, was a three-star recruit. He grew up in the Philippines, but spent his final two years of high school in L.A. He played his junior season at Cathedral High before playing his senior year for Middlebrooks Academy. According to the Los Angeles Times, a conflict between academic calendars in the Philippines and the United States would have exhausted Paras’ high school eligibility halfway through his senior season at Cathedral, prompting the transfer to the Middlebrooks Academy team. He ...

Incoming freshman guard Kobe Paras has withdrawn from UCLA after academic conditions of his admission were not met, according to the school. Paras, a 6-foot-6 guard who was admitted to the school upon condition, was a three-star recruit. He grew up in the Philippines, but spent his final two years of high school in L.A. He played his junior season at Cathedral High before playing his senior year for Middlebrooks Academy. The Bruins are still bringing in a highly rated class featuring 6-foot-5 five-star guard Lonzo Ball from Chino Hills High, 6-foot-9 five-star forward T.J. Leaf from Foothill Christian High in El Cajon, and 6-foot-10 four-star center Ike Anigbogu from Centeial High in Corona....