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LOS ANGELES — A key step in the selection of an Olympic host city is the Inteational Olympic Committee evaluation commission’s tour of candidate cities. These visits give IOC officials the chance to tour proposed venues and Olympic Village sites, ride subway lines and gauge the interest of the community in hosting the Games and then report back to the rest of the IOC’s 94 members prior to the ho...

ANAHEIM >> Aie Drews was getting ready for bed in her Anaheim apartment at the end of her first day in Orange County this past June when she was jolted by an explosion outside. “What in the world of this?” Drews, the U.S. national team opposite, recalled thinking that night. “You assume (the worst).” It was actually just the fireworks at nearby Disneyland. The nightly rockets’ red glare ov...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to authorize Mayor Eric Garcetti to sign a Host City Contract with the Inteational Olympic Committee in which the city agrees to host the 2028 Olympic Games and guarantees that it will cover any potential financial shortfall from those G...

Los Angeles’ agreement to host the 2028 Olympic Games could bring the focus and urgency needed to house thousands of people who live on the city’s streets, but only if local leaders treat homelessness like an emergency, said one downtown social service provider. Rev. Andy Bales, CEO of the Union Res...

It was an ill wind that blew San Pedro’s big chance at hosting an Olympics event right out of reach — all the way into cross-harbor tourism rival Long Beach. Two years ago, news that San Pedro’s waterfront was picked as the potential L.A. Olympics sailing venue was hailed by locals who have long tri...

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...

LONG BEACH >> As the Long Beach crowd chanted “USA” on championship point of the Long Beach Presidents Cup at the World Series of Beach Volleyball, Brazil’s duo of Larissa and Talita defeated the USA duo of Lauren Fendrick and April Ross for the gold medal on Saturday afteoon. “The crowd mad...

Inteational Olympic Committee officials on Wednesday confirmed that discussions have begun between the IOC and Los Angeles and Paris officials that are expected to result in Southe Califoia hosting the 2028 Games. IOC, Los Angeles and Paris officials had informal talks over a celebratory die...

Olympic events will retu to Long Beach for the third time after the Inteational Olympic Committee aounced Tuesday that either the 2024 or 2028 Olympic Games will be awarded to Los Angeles or Paris later this year. Although the IOC is not scheduled to select the 2024 host city until Sept. 13 in...

Los Angeles will play host to the Olympics in either 2024 or 2028. This is going right over the heads of us who can’t retu their library books on time. Michael Nelson Trout will be 33 years old in 2024. Tiger Woods will tu 53 in 2028. By then Califoia might have seceded, the Daytona 500 might ...

At9 a.m.Central European Summer Time on Tuesday(midnight PDT), Los Angeles officials will formally present to the Inteational Olympic Committee their vision for hosting a third Olympic Games. “An opportunity to tell our story in a unique and creative and iovative way,” said Los Angeles 2024 b...

LOS ANGELES >> Los Angeles and Paris, two cities with bold visions for hosting the 2024 Olympic Games as distinct as their iconic landscapes, could positively impact the Olympic movement for decades, according to a report released by the Inteational Olympic Committee evaluation commission We...

The USC’s men’s basketball team will begin its most anticipated season in a decade when it hosts Cal State Fullerton on Nov. 10. Four of its first five games will be held at the Galen Center. The non-conference portion of its schedule was released Thursday. The Trojans retu all but one scholarship...

LONG BEACH >> For the second time in his career, Kelvin Hoefler of Sao Paulo, Brazil, won a Dew Tour event in Southe Califoia on Sunday after he captured the 2017 Dew Tour Long Beach skateboarding title with 95.40 points. Hoefler won the 2015 contest in Los Angeles. “I can’t describe my pe...

Long Beach State was awarded the 2016-17 Big West Conference Commissioner’s Cup, it was aounced Thursday. The award is given to the school with the best athletics program, encompassing all 17 sports. The 49ers have won the award in six of the last seven years, and seven of the last nine. The 49ers averaged 116.7 points with UC Santa Barbara in second and Cal Poly third. Long Beach State had only one conference championship (baseball) in 2016-17, but it had nine sports that finished in the top three. Advertisement ...

The Ducks don’t get much of a break after their Game 7 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday, as they are scheduled to start their Weste Conference final series against the Nashville Predators on Friday at Honda Center.The Ducks said a limited ...

LOS ANGELES >> The Clippers need a break.Fortunately, the schedule finally gives them one.After blowing an 18-point lead in the last five minutes in a 98-97 loss to the lottery-bound Sacramento Kings on Sunday, the Clippers do not play again until Wednesday against Washington. The Clippers hav...

LOS ANGELES >> Pete Carroll accomplished many things at USC and one of them was owning November with a 28-1 record. If USC coach Clay Helton wants to tu this season into something more than quarterback Sam Daold’s fantastic freshman season, he needs a November similar to Carroll. It’s not unthinkable with three teams on USC’s remaining schedule (Oregon, UCLA, Notre Dame) currently sporting mediocre 3-5 records. The only tough game appears to be at No. 4-ranked Washington, which is 8-0. This week, USC (5-3, 4-2) is trying hard to ignore the Huskies with Oregon coming to the Coliseum on Saturday. “I haven’t even thought about (playing at Washington),” wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster s...

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, legislation and venue funding. “The state’s financial support underscores the united support behind bringing the Games back to LA, but also confidence in our city’s ability to host a fiscally responsible ...

LOS ANGELES >> With three of its first four games against Top 25 teams, this week begins the respite for USC. Or so everyone thought a month ago. Many predicted the Trojans might be 1-3 today but the maer of those defeats makes no game on the rest of the schedule a gimme. That means Saturday’s game against Arizona State starts a period of must-win games to salvage the season, make a bowl and ease talk about Coach Clay Helton’s future. Because if USC loses to any underdog, it could get even uglier for Helton, a nice guy who sometimes seems unequipped to deal with the nasty atmosphere that surrounds the program after a loss. Helton is only four games into his first full season but was r...