No, Draymond Green is not off the hook. He avoided suspension for Game 4 of the Weste Conference Finals. But he doesn’t avoid the pressure of needing to produce, of having to make amends for the position he has put his team in. Not by kicking Oklahoma City center Steven Adams in the family jewels, b...

ARLINGTON, Texas >> The timing has not been ideal. Since placing closer Huston Street on the disabled list late last month, the Angels have seen their bullpen’s workload see quite the uptick. Through the first three weeks of May, only two teams in the American League used their bullpens more often. ...

Happiness is a warm security blanket fresh out of the dryer. Still sagging from a marathon weekend in San Diego and six losses in their previous eight games, the Dodgers reached for the one thing that always seems to bring them comfort – Clayton Kershaw. The ace left-hander went the distance, throwi...

When Mike Bolsinger’s flight left Oklahoma City Sunday, he was the OKC Dodgers’ scheduled starter for Monday against the Fresno Grizzlies. When Bolsinger arrived in Califo ia hours later (where the Triple-A team started a series in Fresno Monday), he was the Dodgers’ scheduled starter for today agai...

Many people have walked in a parent’s footsteps, but few have done it as literally as Steve Van Doren. Van Doren, the son of Vans founder Paul Van Doren and the company’s current vice president of events and promotions, was 8 years old in 1964 when his family moved from Boston to Califo ia so his fa...

Elle Golison admittedly doesn’t allow herself much time for anything outside of school and a rigorous training program, but wouldn’t have it any other way as gymnastics has set her up for quite the promising future. The St. Anthony High senior recently placed second in the U.S. on the vault with a s...

Long Beach area CIF playoff schedule Los Al’s Alexa Schultz hits an RBI single in the 6th i ing in Los Alamitos, CA on Thursday, May 19, 2016. Los Alamitos beat Wilson 7-3 in the CIF-SS Div. 1 softball playoffs. (Photo by Scott Varley, Daily Breeze) CIF Playoff Schedule Today Baseball, Second Round,...

PARIS — So, Stan Wawrinka was asked, were you aware that in the long history of the French Open, no defending champion ever had lost in the first round? “No,” Wawrinka replied quickly, his arms crossed, the hint of a smirk on his scruffy face. After waiting a comedic beat, he added with a chuckle: “...

CHARLOTTE — If you are keeping score at home, and I most certainly am, National Football League owners have directly or indirectly used the threat of moving their teams to Los Angeles to motivate Mi esota, Seattle, Tampa, Indianapolis, the Bay Area, Cinci ati and New Orleans into forking over public...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Louis van Gaal was fired by Manchester United on Monday after months of uncertainty around his position as the team struggled despite more than $350 million spent on new players during his two years in charge. United is now set to make Jose Mourinho its third manager in th...

Report: NFL sought to influence study on brain injuries By Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A senior House Democrat has found that National Football League officials improperly sought to influence a gove ment study on the link between football and brain disease. The report by New Jer...

Ranking top 10 sports events May 23-29 you won’t want to miss: NO. 1: AUTO RACING: 100th INDIANAPOLIS 500 Details/TV: At Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Sunday, 10 a.m., Ch. 7 He was Ray Harroun, an Indiana native known as the “Little Professor” as he worked as an engineer for the Marmon Motor Car Comp...

CHARLOTTE >> The National Football League is expected to award Los Angeles hosting duties for either Super Bowl LIV (2020) or LV (2021) this week in Charlotte, and for the younger generation of Los Angeles football fans that means a chance to finally enjoy the biggest sports event in the world right...

SAN DIEGO >> The Dodgers needed a hero. Badly. Anything to write a different ending to their Groundhog Day weekend in San Diego. It just took them a really long time to find one. A really long time. Yasiel Puig’s two-run single in the 17th i ing opened the door for a four-run rally that sent the Dod...

SACRAMENTO >> It took Julian Alaphilippe just a bit longer than he hoped to top the podium at the Tour of Califo ia. The French cyclist, who lost his lead on the final stage a year ago and finished second overall, managed to hang onto it Sunday. Alaphilippe finished safely in the main field in Stage...

ANAHEIM >> Jered Weaver’s neck began to tighten in the third i ing, but it was not enough to derail a near-perfect Sunday afte oon by the Angels pitcher. Weaver shook off the stiffness and threw six shutout i ings before giving up a two-run home run in a 10-2 victory against Baltimore at Angel Stadi...

Seven straight UCLA batters went down in order to open Sunday’s NCAA regional softball final game against Cal State Fullerton. A freshman pitcher kept a vaunted Bruin offense down, but the smallest of errors lit the UCLA fire. After Fullerton pitcher Sydney Golden hit a batter in the third i ing, UC...

CARSON >> Fatai Alashe scored late to help the San Jose Earthquakes tie the Galaxy 1-1 on Sunday at StubHub Center. Alashe slashed toward the top of the 6-yard box and his header, off Chad Barrett’s cross, found the back of the net in the 87th minute. The Galaxy took the lead just moments earlier wh...

ANAHEIM >> Mike Trout certainly isn’t bored when Jered Weaver is on the mound. He said he amuses himself i ing after i ing by trying to guess what pitch the veteran will serve up next. Will it be his commanding fastball or changeup? Just when Trout thinks he has guessed right, Weaver throws him a cu...

Back when he was in charge of positioning the Seattle Mariners’ infielders, Dodgers third base coach Chris Woodward noticed a patte . Whenever Felix He andez was pitching, opposing batters defied their tendencies. The standard “spray chart” — the plot showing where each batter puts the ball in play ...