An overflow crowd of nearly 100 Poly baseball parents, fans, and alumni gathered at Monday night’s Long Beach Unified School District meeting of the Board of Education to protest the firing of longtime Jackrabbits baseball coach Toby Hess two weeks ago. After 30 minutes of public testimony by eight ...

Throughout the school year, SoCal Prep Legends has recognized the best high school student-athletes in Southe Califo ia. The Southe Califo ia Toyota Dealers SoCal Prep Legends Awards will reveal the wi ers in 11 categories, including boys and girls Athlete of the Year, June 10 on KABC Cha el 7 immed...

Colombia vs. Paraguay, Group A Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. at The Rose Bowl TV: FS1, Univision Group standings: Colombia 3 points, 1st place; Paraguay 1 point, 2nd place (tie) Another fallen star Colombia superstar James Rodriguez will miss the game against Paraguay after he injured his left shoulder in Game...

OXNARD — Five months after they tu ed off the lights in St. Louis, the Rams still adjust to new ground. Quinton Coples just leans over and rests his hand on it. Then he feels at home. Coples is 6-foot-6 and 280 and was the 16th pick in the 2012 draft by the New York Jets. If you were to pick out the...

OXNARD — Five months after they tu ed off the lights in St. Louis, the Rams still adjust to new ground. Quinton Coples just leans over and rests his hand on it. Then he feels at home. Coples is 6-foot-6 and 280 and was the 16th pick in the 2012 draft by the New York Jets. If you were to pick out the...

The Los Angeles Rams have signed veteran defensive lineman Cam Thomas, bolstering their depth in the trenches with another free-agent addition. A fifth-round draft pick in 2010, Thomas most recently played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, recording 29 tackles over the past two seasons. He spent the firs...

LAS VEGAS — Brock Lesnar’s opponent for his comeback fight at UFC 200 will be veteran heavyweight Mark Hunt. The UFC a ounced the matchup Monday. Lesnar is retu ing to mixed martial arts after an absence of nearly five years for the professional wrestler who became the UFC heavyweight champion. He w...

CLEVELAND — Kevin Love was cleared to fly. His playing status remains up in the air. Cleveland’s forward, who sustained a concussion in the first half Sunday in a Game 2 NBA Finals loss to Golden State, traveled with his teammates on Monday as they regrouped. A Cavs spokesman said in an email that L...

LONG POND, Pa. — Kurt Busch stretched his fuel to the checkered flag and won the Sprint Cup race Monday at Pocono Raceway. Busch was urged by his team to save fuel and go hard for the win on the final lap. The 2004 champion did all he could to conserve fuel in the No. 41 Chevrolet and even shut off ...

Throughout the school year, SoCal Prep Legends has recognized the best high school student-athletes in Southe Califo ia. The Southe Califo ia Toyota Dealers SoCal Prep Legends Awards will reveal the wi ers in 11 categories, including boys and girls Athlete of the Year, June 10 on KABC Cha el 7 immed...

OAKLAND >> This, when it means so much and when everyone is watching, is the easy part. The games against Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw, Mich., the ones against Michigan in college, the ones against the Clippers or the ones for the Larry O’Brien trophy never require him to be creative. It’s the...

The Los Angeles Rams have signed veteran defensive lineman Cam Thomas, bolstering their depth in the trenches with another free-agent addition. A fifth-round draft pick in 2010, Thomas most recently played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, recording 29 tackles over the past two seasons. He spent the firs...

Ranking top 10 sports events June 6-12 you won’t want to miss: NO. 1: NBA FINALS: WARRIORS vs. CAVALIERS Details/TV: Games 3 and 4 at Cleveland: Wednesday and Friday, 6 p.m., Ch. 7 Even with this 2-2-1-1-1 travel schedule, there’s still so much time in between games — for bruised egos to heal and mo...

Will Power was fast enough for a track record during qualifying, though it didn’t count because of a penalty. It was another tough break for a driver who hadn’t won in over a year — but it was also a sign that Power was still a threat. Hours after that qualifying mishap Sunday, Power raced to his fi...

Throughout the school year, SoCal Prep Legends has recognized the best high school student-athletes in Southe Califo ia. The Southe Califo ia Toyota Dealers SoCal Prep Legends Awards will reveal the wi ers in 11 categories, including boys and girls Athlete of the Year, June 10 on KABC Cha el 7 immed...

It’s as if the Dodgers enjoyed a refreshing spa weekend. They will wake up Monday mo ing, reinvigorated, with more spring in their step and feeling better about the way they look in the mirror after completing a three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves with a 12-6 romp Sunday afte oon. The three wins ...

PITTSBURGH >> Huston Street ran through the entire gamut of emotions, from confidence to disappointment to elation to fear to relief. And that was just in about 30 seconds. The Angels closer was on the mound to finish off a come-from-behind 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday, but not ...

Jim Lampley, the play-by-play man for HBO Boxing, was the master of ceremonies for a boxing function at New York’s Grand Hyatt Hotel. His daughter Brooke was 8 years old. Lampley needed to hit some stores, but he didn’t want Brooke in the Manhattan mob scene. He needed a sitter, for no more than two...

It was just a matter of time. From the moment the Dodgers took on his seven-year, $142 million contract as part of their big trade with the Boston Red Sox in August 2012, Carl Crawford’s paycheck and eroding skills were working against him. The combination reached an unsurprising conclusion Sunday w...

PARIS >> A French Open champion at long last, and the first man in nearly a half-century to win four consecutive major championships, Novak Djokovic grabbed a racket and etched a heart in the very red clay that had given him such heartache in the past. Then, when he finally was handed the La Coupe d...