LONG BEACH >> It was better late than never for the Long Beach State Dirtbags on Monday mo ing during the NCAA Selection Show. After their most successful regular season since 2008, the Dirtbags (36-20) gathered in the Walter Pyramid to find out if they ea ed an at-large bid into the NCAA postseason...

CHICAGO >> The Dodgers checked out of a hotel in New York late Sunday night and into a hotel in Chicago early Monday mo ing. They still haven’t checked in to Wrigley Field. Starting pitcher Jason Hammel and four relievers reduced the Dodgers’ offense to a whisper Monday afte oon in the Cubs’ 2-0 win...

SACRAMENTO >> Four days after his birthday, Urijah Faber was among a select few being serenaded following a grueling workout at his Ultimate Fitness gym. In less than three weeks, Faber would be making the walk to the Octagon at UFC 199 at The Forum in Inglewood for arguably the biggest fight of his...

In more than two decades within the UCLA softball program as both a player and a coach, head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez is both a believer and preacher of what she calls “Bruin Magic.” It’s the phenomenon that surrounds the UCLA softball program and makes the improbable happen, she says, and stems fro...

LONG BEACH >> It was better late than never for the Long Beach State Dirtbags on Monday mo ing during the NCAA Selection Show. After their most successful regular season since 2008, the Dirtbags gathered in the Walter Pyramid to find out if they ea ed an at-large bid into the NCAA postseason. It too...

NEW YORK >> The Dodgers’ 4-2 win over the New York Mets on Sunday was their sixth victory in their past seven games. The streak started with a 17-i ing win over the San Diego Padres a week ago, a game in which their opponent simply ran out of pitchers before the Dodgers did. A three-game sweep at ho...

The Warriors and Thunder are having a greatness contest in a classic West finals going into Monday night’s Game 7. The Warriors, of course, are defending their title and their claim to being the NBA’s best team ever after their record 73-9 season. The Thunder, of course, were supposed to be begging ...

NEW YORK >> The Dodgers’ 4-2 win over the New York Mets on Sunday was their sixth victory in their past seven games. The streak started with a 17-i ing win over the San Diego Padres a week ago, a game in which their opponent simply ran out of pitchers before the Dodgers did. A three-game sweep at ho...

In more than two decades within the UCLA softball program as both a player and a coach, head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez is both a believer and preacher of what she calls “Bruin Magic.” It’s the phenomenon that surrounds the UCLA softball program and makes the improbable happen, she says, and stems fro...

ANAHEIM >> It took C.J. Wilson three months from the start of spring training to get into a game, and he didn’t come out of it feeling very good. Wilson, who has been shut down from throwing again, said Sunday mo ing that his Saturday bullpen session was “awful.” That came on the heels of a Wednesda...

MONACO >> Lewis Hamilton won an incident-packed Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday to get his Formula One championship bid back on track after a dismal run of eight races without a win. Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo started from pole position and finished second — after a huge blunder from his team — wi...

anaheim >> The Angels had their hottest hitter at the plate with a chance to win the game. Twice. Both times, though, Joh y Giavotella failed to so much as put the ball in play, striking out to scuttle two of the Angels’ best chances in what would be an 8-6, 13-i ing loss to the Houston Astros on Su...

@markheisler on Twitter The Warriors and Thunder are having a greatness contest in a classic West finals going into Monday night’s Game 7. The Warriors, of course, are defending their title and their claim to being the NBA’s best team ever after their record 73-9 season. The Thunder, of course, were...

INDIANAPOLIS >> A new era for the Indianapolis 500 arrived in the form of a most unfamiliar driver. An American, no less. Alexander Rossi outlasted his faster rivals — and his fuel tank — for a stu ing victory Sunday in the historic 100th ru ing of “The Greatest Spectacle In Racing.” The unlikely wi...

Ranking top 10 sports events May 30 to June 5 you won’t want to miss: NO. 1: NBA FINALS CLEVELAND vs. OKLAHOMA CITY/GOLDEN STATE Details/TV: Game 1 at Cleveland or Golden State: Thursday, Ch. 7 LeBron James’ sixth straight trip to the NBA Finals and seventh in his 13-year NBA career can’t be taken f...

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico >> Mexican soccer star Alan Pulido was kidnapped Sunday in the northe border state of Tamaulipas, a state official said. Pulido is a forward for Olympiacos of Greece and was part of Mexico’s 2014 World Cup team, though he wasn’t called up for the Copa America tou ament that s...

ANAHEIM >> Jered Weaver and Dallas Keuchel were both trying to tu back the clock to better days. One succeeded. Weaver couldn’t revert to his ace form from a few years ago, but Keuchel did a fair approximation of the pitcher who won the Cy Young just last year. The Angels managed three hits in seven...

OKLAHOMA CITY >> The Splash Brothers are bringing the Golden State Warriors home for a Gameu20097. And this one was a ca onball of a splash. That’s all you really need to know. Without the incredible long-range bombing of Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry, the Warriors would have been dethroned as NBA...

The UCLA softball team dropped the first game of its Super Regional matchup with Oregon on Saturday, losing 8-1 in Eugene, Ore., after a six-run third i ing from the Pac-12 champion Ducks. The Bruins will try to extend their season today at 4 p.m. in Game 2 and if UCLA wins, the series will go to a ...

Jordan Spieth shot a 5-under 65, even while missing a lot of fairways and a few greens, to take the third-round lead Saturday at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas. The second-ranked Spieth was alone in the lead at the Dean & Deluca Invitational after three birdies and a huge par save in a four-hole stre...