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LOS ANGELES — As Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles 2028 chairman Casey Wasserman stood on the edge of a tarmac at Los Angeles Inteational Airport, a long flight from Lima, Peru and an improbable victory behind them, the sun was setting on what is once again an Olympic city. In a sense, the Olympic Games were retuing home as wellxa0Thursdayxa0evening. A day earlier the Inteational O...

VIDEO: Is something wrong with St. John Bosco football offense? We discuss why the St. John Bosco football offense isn’t putting up the big numbers that helped the Braves win the CIF-SS and CIF State titles last season. Advertisement Click here to subscribe to Digital & Home Delivery - 50% off About the Author JJ Fiddler is a sportswriter and videographer who has been coveri...

The Inteational Olympic Committee has made it official. Los Angeles will host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The IOC voted unanimously Wednesday in Lima Peru to award the 2024 Games to Paris and a third Los Angeles Olympics four years later. The vote caps an unlikely quest to retu the Games to Southe Califoia after Los Angeles was initially rejected by the U.S. Olympic Committee an...

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...

LOS ANGELES — The Rose Bowl, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the under-construction Rams-Chargers football stadium in Inglewood were among 49 potential venues revealed today as part of a joint bid by the United States, Mexico and Canada to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup soccer touament. The United...

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...

Long Beach leaders on Tuesday agreed to begin negotiations for a five-year agreement with the Grand Prix Association to continue operating the annual IndyCar event that zooms through downtown each April. The city evaluated two race event proposals, one from IndyCar, the other from the World Automobi...

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...

ANAHEIM >> Jon Jones is back to claim what he never lost. Jones, in his first appearance since April 23, 2016, won back his UFC light heavyweight title with a third-round TKO stoppage of Daniel Cormier at Honda Center. After a back and forth opening two rounds, Jones started his path to victor...

Cris Cyborg finally completed a remarkable career metamorphosis. Tyron Woodley continued to hold on to his title amid the displeasure of some. Yet UFC 214 was all about Jon Jones on Saturday night at Honda Center. Here are our next-day thoughts after an epic night led by the greatest fighter in UFC ...

ANAHEIM >> Only one undefeated fighter remains in the top 10 of the UFC’s featherweight division, and Brian Ortega made sure it wasn’t Renato Moicano. After two competitive rounds spent almost entirely on their feet, No. 8 Ortega tued a takedown attempt from No. 9 Moicano into a guillotine c...

With his Hollywood good looks, Brian Ortega delivered a dramatic performance Friday moing. And it almost cost him his hair. With one minute to spare, Ortega made the featherweight limit of 146 pounds at the UFC 214 weigh-ins at Sheraton Cerritos, one day before taking on Renato Moicano at UFC 145 ...

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...

Kailin Curran joins Lomita featherweight Brian Ortega as the only true locals on the UFC 214 card. Curran, 26, faces Alexandra Albu in a strawweight bout in the featured early prelims fight on UFC Fight Pass. From Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Curran has been living and training in Orange County for the past f...

Outside of its lightweight champion fitting himself with bigger gloves and longer odds and stepping into a boxing ring next month, the UFC is bringing its hottest fight to Anaheim. The light heavyweight championship rematch between Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones is the biggest fight of the year, and U...

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 dinne...

Olympic events will retu to Long Beach for the third time after the Inteational Olympic Committee announced 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...

Atxa09 a.m.xa0Central European Summer Time on Tuesdayxa0(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 innovative 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...

What will the Lakers do in the free agency period. Bill Oram, NBA writer for the Southe Califoia News Group, discusses what could be up the Lakers’ sleeve, as they look to shed payroll for a run at NBA superstars like LeBron James and Paul George. Video by Jonathan Khamis, SCNG. Advertisement ...