CARSON >> His 36 minutes of fame await him Saturday night, in the StubHub Center stadium that has become boxing’s leading Punch Bowl. Orlando Salido has fought professionally for 20 years. He has lived just outside the frame, spotted only by the boxing freaks who are drawn to fists that work nonstop...

Vasyl Lomachenko is one of the finest Olympic boxers in history, having won gold medals for Ukraine in the 2008 and 2012 Games. Still, it was somewhat stu ing to see him fight for a world title in his second pro bout. Then-featherweight champion Orlando Salido of Mexico was Lomachenko’s obstacle in ...

CHICAGO >> Throwing to a new catcher didn’t matter. Wearing a new number on the back of his jersey didn’t matter. A different media market in a different time zone, even the absence of his family in the bleachers -- nothing Thursday could alter the fact that Julio Urias is simply not ready to be a m...

Bill Roth’s longing to retu to the East Coast, and Josh Lewin’s desire to merge into a new family in Southe Califo ia, have resulted in UCLA changing play-by-play men on its radio football and basketball games this fall. The move had been in the works for the last several weeks before UCLA a ounced ...

A prestigious inte ational equestrian event will make Long Beach its American home this fall. The Longines Masters of Los Angeles, part of the three-stop Grand Slam of Indoor Show Jumping, is moving 20 miles south to the Long Beach Arena and convention center, organizers a ounced this week. More tha...

Chris Padilla will be retu ing to the scene of the climb Friday night. Less than six months after wi ing his RFA debut at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, Padilla is back and on the main card of RFA 38 against former “The Ultimate Fighter” competitor Jason Gonzalez. The 20-year-old Gardena resident is putt...

“Reunited, and it feels so good ..” Welcome to the smooth-singing duo of Mauro Ranallo and Bas Rutten, who wear many hats but on this Friday evening have just wrapped another edition of “Inside MMA” for AXS TV. “We will not be appearing on ‘Carpool Karaoke’ anytime soon,” Ranallo said. It’s been two...

Zach Auguste couldn’t remember where he had been, but the former Notre Dame forward knew where he was headed and where he hopes to land. Auguste is among dozens of young basketball players who are looking to ea a spot or move up in the upcoming NBA draft through workouts. He was one of six players w...

Baseball Saturday’s championships At San Manuel Stadium, San Be ardino Division 1 Harvard Westlake vs. Murrieta Mesa, 7:30 p.m. Division 2 South Hills vs. Redlands East Valley, 4 p.m. Division 3 Redondo vs. Woodbridge, 1 p.m. Division 4 Laguna Beach vs. Kaiser, 10 a.m. At UC Riverside Division 5 Woo...

OXNARD >> When viewed from the camera tower rising high above the Rams practice field on Wednesday, the sight of E.J. Gaines standing on the sideline wearing a helmet, shoulder pads and cleats on the second day of Organized Team Activity workouts represents significant progress for the Rams and thei...

anaheim >> The Angels got their first look at Michael Fulmer on Wednesday. And it wasn’t a good one. Adding difficultly to the challenge of facing the Detroit Tigers standout rookie for the first time, the Angels had to do so in the always-difficult twilight conditions at Angel Stadium. “It was toug...

Long Beach State president Jane Close Conoley a ounced Wednesday that Cindy Masner will serve as interim athletic director effective immediately. Masner has worked within the LBSU athletics program for more than 30 years as the senior women’s administrator and senior associate athletic director. She...

LONG BEACH >> From his American Legion season, through his junior year at Reno High, and on into his junior summer season, Garrett Hampson got at least one hit in 78 consecutive games. That’s not the good part. Hampson didn’t realize he’d done that. That’s still not the good part. The good part is t...

Part of the media blitz at the Women’s College World Series is ESPN’s photo shoot for players and coaches with the national championship trophy. The shoot is the first taste of the ultimate prize. They can touch the trophy. They can hold it as if it’s their own for just a moment before handing it ba...

LONG BEACH >> From his American Legion season, through his junior year at Reno High, and on into his junior summer season, Garrett Hampson got at least one hit in 78 consecutive games. That’s not the good part. Hampson didn’t realize he’d done that. That’s still not the good part. The good part is t...

OXNARD >> Jared Goff is enthused. Case Keenum is motivated. Nick Foles is somewhere else, apparently having decided to remove himself from the Rams’ quarterback competition before its start. Foles, the Rams’ starter for 11 of 16 games last season, has chosen not to participate in any of the Rams’ of...

Baseball Saturday’s championships At San Manuel Stadium, San Be ardino Division 1 Harvard Westlake vs. Murrieta Mesa, 7:30 p.m. Division 2 South Hills vs. Redlands East Valley, 4 p.m. Division 3 Redondo vs. Woodbridge, 1 p.m. Division 4 Laguna Beach vs. Kaiser, 10 a.m. At Riverside Community College...

OXNARD >> Jared Goff is enthused. Case Keenum is motivated. Nick Foles is somewhere else, apparently having decided to remove himself from the Rams’ quarterback competition before its start. Foles, the Rams’ starter for 11 of 16 games last season, has chosen not to participate in any of the Rams’ of...

OXNARD — The Rams opened the first of their six voluntary organized training activities (OTAs) on Tuesday with one notable, albeit expected, absence. Quarterback Nick Foles, who lost his job last season to Case Keenum and whose job status grew even more tenuous with the addition of Jared Goff, the f...

Deep waters are familiar territory to Brian Ortega. It’s where you take your opponent far into a fight, betting against their cardio, hoping it will lead to fatigue and eventual defeat. It’s a strategy Ortega and his coaches employed against Diego Brandao at UFC 195 in January. After two rounds, the...