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LAGUNA HILLS >> Mayfair kept it close for as long as it could against Santa Margarita on Thursday night at Laguna Hills High. Eventually, the Eagles took over in the trenches and ran away for a 49-3 nonleague victory. Santa Margarita (4-0) rushed for 328 yards and six touchdowns as a team. The Eagles are ranked No. 9 in CIF Southe Section Division 1, and No. 13 in Califoia according to M...

For the first time since 2006, the “Milk Bucket” is headed back to Mayfair as the Monsoons (3-0) beat Lakewood (0-3), 21-18, at Ron Yary Stadium. “This is the biggest win in 30 years,” Mayfair coach Derek Bedell told the team. “We have a lot of things to work on but we are going to celebrate first.” It was a back-and-forth game in the first half as both teams had multiple miscues and penalties, wi...

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...

LOS ANGELES >> Last week, part of Daniel Imatorbhebhe’s recovery from a sore hip flexor included playing catch with his coach. Midway through one practice, Imatorbhebhe ran a variety of routes on the south end of Howard Jones Field. Clay Helton, the Trojans’ head man and a former college quarterback himself, lofted passes to the injured tight end. “The great ones, it’s like riding a bike,” I...

The hype and trash talk between boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and mixed martial arts champ Conor McGregor is about to come to and end and now it’s time to put up or...well it’s time to rumble. And it’s also time to start making plans for where to see the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight in Long Beach, the South Bay and nearby areas for those who want to see it with other fight fans. Here’s a verified li...

PITTSBURGH >> Clayton Kershaw should be happy. His back injury was less serious than might have been feared when he left his July 23 start. He has retued to health relatively quickly. And his team is so far out front that it can afford to take it slowly with him, giving him a long runway to retu to the rotation with bullets saved for October. Oh, yeah — that last part doesn’t seem to sit well with the Dodgers ace. “Health-wise, I could have pitched in the big leagues 10 days ago. But that’s not the plan obviously,” Kershaw said Monday after throwing a four-iing simulated game at PN...

Ranking the top 10 sports events Aug. 21-27 you won’t want to miss: NO. 1: BOXING: FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. vs. CONOR McGREGOR Details/TV: At T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Saturday, 6 p.m., pay-per-view (suggested price: $99.95) It’s the latest piece of non-circumstantial evidence that sports has eclipsed sanity, with or without a special pair of $100 glasses to watch it sear our retinas. All the time, space, ink, verbiage, video, expectations and deviations dedicated to this Battlestar Galactica presentation can’t possibly match what the crash-and-bu outcome will surely be, according to the expe...

LAS VEGAS — Top Rank Inc. has long been one of the top promotional companies in boxing, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. wanted to march to the beat of his own drummer, so he left the industry giant in 2006. He has since become a master at self-marketing. At the end of 2016, Forbes listed his net worth at $...

LAS VEGAS >> It was 108 degrees outside the Mayweather Boxing Club at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. A handful of fans stood outside, hopeful of getting a look at Floyd Mayweather Jr., even though he wasn’t scheduled to arrive until 3 p.m. Reporters and photographers stood in line, waiting to get in as t...

IRVINE >> For most of the offseason, the Rams believed they had discovered the correct mix on their offensive line. Now, with less than five weeks until the regular-season opener, they want to verify. In a brief, breezy practice Sunday afteoon at UC Irvine, the Rams switched up their line an...

LOS ANGELES >> Mikaela Mayer of Los Angeles realized a dream when she competed for Team USA in the 2016 Rio Games. On Saturday, it was time for her to take her talents to the pro ranks. It didn’t take long for Mayer to make her debut successful as she pounded Widnelly Figueroa with a barrage o...

ANAHEIM >> There will be no awkwardness between Cameron Maybin and Ben Revere when the Angels left fielder retus from injury to supplant his hot-hitting replacement. Revere, who was hitting .375 over his last 11 games before Saturday night, while Maybin recovers from a sprained kneesuffered...

LOS ANGELES >> Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Friday he is optimistic the city can reach an agreement with the Inteational Olympic Committee next week that will result in Southe Califoia hosting a third Olympic Games. While Los Angeles officials have spoken to the IOC about hosting...

Ranking the top 10 sports events July 17-23 you won’t want to miss: NO. 1: SOCCER: CONCACAF GOLD CUP SEMIFINAL Details/TV: At the Rose Bowl, Sunday, 6 p.m., FS1 Team America has managed to survive the group to make it to a quarterfinal match on Wednesday in Philadelphia (6 p.m., FS1), but depending ...

LOS ANGELES >> Some 300 reporters and photographers stood in the credential line at Staples Center before Tuesday’s first stop of the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor media tour. Another 200 were tued down for credentials, an event spokesman said. “I’ve never been a part of anything like ...

Floyd Mayweather’s boxing match against Conor McGregor will be held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas after promoters reached an agreement with Ice Cube to move the championship game of his Big3 basketball league. The final game of the 3-on-3 season of former NBA players will now be held at the MGM Gra...

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. ...

EL SEGUNDO — At last you can say the Lakers made a no-brainer draft pick and mean it as a compliment. Lonzo Ball is a jumper cable in search of a battery, a transponder in search of an express lane. In a time when basketball is growing out of its pigeonholes, he is the point guard we always grew up ...

NEW YORK >> Cameron Maybin’s new-found ability to draw walks isn’t new after all. Maybin insists it’s just the result of a change he made a few years ago, which this year is clicking more than ever. “It’s just a growth process,” Maybin said Thursday. “I’m developing a really good approach that...