Sports isn’t the most friendly profession when it comes to longevity and such is the case with the 50 Most Powerful in Southe Califo ia Sports. In keeping with a trend familiar in Hollywood, there was plenty of tu over from last year’s list for a variety of reasons. Here are the 15 members of the 20...

CIF Playoff Schedule and Results Thursday Baseball, First Round Division 2 Gahr XX, Buena XX La Mirada XX, Ayala XX Santa Barbara 1, Bellflower 0 Paramount XX, Moorpark XX Cerritos XX, Rio Mesa XX Mayfair XX, South Hills XX Downey XX, Mission Viejo XX Division 6 Foothill Technology 3, St. Anthony 2 ...

D’Angelo Russell overcame a rocky start to his rookie season to finish fifth among first-year players in scoring and fourth in assists. He set a Lakers rookie record with 130 3-pointers. On Thursday, the second overall pick in last year’s draft was named to the NBA’s All-Rookie second team, an award...

LOS ALAMITOS >> On Thursday during a lunchtime ceremony in the Los Alamitos High School gym, the school honored 15 of its 47 scholarship student-athletes who are moving on to play their respective sports at the next level. The Griffins’ soccer program was well-represented at signing day with five of...

CIF Playoff Schedule and Results Thursday Baseball, First Round Division 2 Gahr XX, Buena XX La Mirada XX, Ayala XX Santa Barbara 1, Bellflower 0 Paramount XX, Moorpark XX Cerritos XX, Rio Mesa XX Mayfair XX, South Hills XX Downey XX, Mission Viejo XX Division 6 St. Anthony XX, Foothill Technology X...

The most powerful sports league in the world has landed in a region already rich in entertainment, celebrity and championships. Arrival in the Los Angeles market - and construction of a $2.66 billion complex soon to occupy 300 acres in Inglewood - doubled the value of Stan Kroenke’s NFL franchise, b...

D’Angelo Russell overcame a rocky start to his rookie season to finish fifth among first-year players in scoring and fourth in assists. He set a Lakers rookie record with 130 3-pointers. On Thursday, the second overall pick in last year’s draft was named to the NBA’s All-Rookie second team, an award...

Three years ago, Mark Walter wasn’t just living large. He was owning it. On a 2013 list of the most powerful people in baseball as constructed by Sports Illustrated, the Dodgers chairman and controlling owner sat at No. 2, just behind then-commissioner Bud Selig. On the SI list of the most powerful ...

Coming off the program’s first College World Series berth since 2010, UCLA softball head coach Kelly Inouye-Perez was confident her team could retu . The 10-year head coach and former Bruin catcher always believes a deep postseason is possible, but a particularly difficult nonconference stretch shoo...

NEW YORK — The Securities and Exchange Commission has sued professional golfer Phil Mickelson, saying he profited from an insider trading scheme conducted by a former corporate director and a professional gambler. The SEC also alleged in its civil suit filed Thursday that a gambler named William Wal...

Long Beach area CIF playoff schedule and results Valley Christian's Giova i Morandini (18) spikes the ball against Quartz Hill's Tyler Stephensen (21) during the first game of the CIF-SS Division 3 Semifinals, at Valley Christian. Cerritos Calif., Wednesday, May ,17, 2016. (Photo by Stephen Carr / D...

ANAHEIM >> Even as the roster is falling apart, the Angels are inexplicably playing their best baseball of the season. With an 8-1 victory over the Dodgers on Wednesday night, the Angels have won five of their last six games, despite earlier in the day placing their 10th player on the disabled list....

CERRITOS >> Valley Christian High boys volleyball coach Jason Kwak told his team it would likely be locked in a five-set affair against top-seeded Quartz Hill on Wednesday night in the CIF Southe Section Division 3 semifinals. He got a much quicker performance than expected, however, as the Crusader...

When Jack and Max Williford were growing up, the brothers used to play wiffle ball in the front yard of their Long Beach home. Older brother Jack was the pitcher, trying to strike out all the neighborhood kids who had come by for a summer afte oon game. Younger brother Max was the perfect complement...

Long Beach area CIF playoff schedule and results Valley Christian's Giova i Morandini (18) spikes the ball against Quartz Hill's Tyler Stephensen (21) during the first game of the CIF-SS Division 3 Semifinals, at Valley Christian. Cerritos Calif., Wednesday, May ,17, 2016. (Photo by Stephen Carr / D...

ANAHEIM >> Even as the roster is falling apart, the Angels are inexplicably playing their best baseball of the season. With an 8-1 victory over the Dodgers on Wednesday night, the Angels have won five of their last six games, despite earlier in the day placing their 10th player on the disabled list....

ANAHEIM >> Even as the roster is falling apart, the Angels are inexplicably playing their best baseball of the season. With an 8-1 victory over the Dodgers on Wednesday night, the Angels have won five of their last six games, despite earlier in the day placing their 10th player on the disabled list....

CERRITOS >> Valley Christian High boys volleyball coach Jason Kwak told his team it would likely be locked in a five-set affair against top-seeded Quartz Hill on Wednesday night in the CIF Southe Section Division 3 semifinals. He got a much quicker performance than expected, however, as the Crusader...

When Jack and Max Williford were growing up, the brothers used to play wiffle ball in the front yard of their Long Beach home. Older brother Jack was the pitcher, trying to strike out all the neighborhood kids who had come by for a summer afte oon game. Younger brother Max was the perfect complement...

Long Beach area CIF playoff schedule and results Valley Christian's Giova i Morandini (18) spikes the ball against Quartz Hill's Tyler Stephensen (21) during the first game of the CIF-SS Division 3 Semifinals, at Valley Christian. Cerritos Calif., Wednesday, May ,17, 2016. (Photo by Stephen Carr / D...