LAKEWOOD >> It was Lakewood High’s tu to honor its scholarship student-athletes on Tuesday, in a lunchtime ceremony held in the school’s Tim Sweeney Gymnasium. The Lancers recognized 18 seniors who will move on to play collegiate sports, as well as nine junior college commits. As usual, Andy Miramon...

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NEW YORK >> After suffering countless losses that accounted for their worst season in franchise history, the Lakers still have managed to experience good fortune elsewhere. The Lakers ended with the No. 2 pick Tuesday in the NBA draft lottery, a selection they will not have to send to the Philadelph...

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves on Tuesday fired manager Fredi Gonzalez, who couldn’t survive the worst record in the majors. Braves general manager John Coppolella confirmed the firing of Gonzalez. This was Gonzalez sixth season with the Braves, who are in the midst of a dismal stretch: They have lost...

NEW YORK — Texas second baseman Rougned Odor was suspended for eight games and fined $5,000 by Major League Baseball on Tuesday for punching Toronto’s Jose Bautista on the jaw. Major League Baseball disciplined 14 people for their roles during Sunday’s brawl at Arlington, Texas. Blue Jays pitcher Je...

Chris Weidman has reportedly pulled out of his UFC 199 middleweight championship bout with Luke Rockhold because of an undisclosed injury. Fox Sports on Tuesday reported the former middleweight champion had withdrawn from the June 4 main event at The Forum in Inglewood. Rockhold (15-2) dethroned Wei...

Todd Gurley, 21, Rams ru ing back Last year’s rank: unranked Gurley didn’t even play a full season last year after tearing his ACL in his final season at Georgia, but the limited workload didn’t stop him from ea ing NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. Despite the Rams’ passing offense ranking 3...

Clay Helton, 43, USC Head Football Coach Last year’s rank: unranked Helton wasn’t a splashy hire, but perhaps he is the right hire. If he can ha ess the high level of talent USC continues to recruit despite the ongoing coaching carousel, Helton could vault the program back into the national champion...

Last year’s rank: unranked The stalemate in negotiating a distribution deal between the TWC-produced and Dodgers-owned SportsNet LA and the El Segundo-based satellite dish network has been supersized. The FCC has approved a Charter Cable purchase of TWC, and AT&T now runs DirecTV. Will anyone ever g...

The Southe Califo ia News Group’s second ever list of the most powerful owners, executives, athletes, agents and institutions in Southe Califo ia’s sports scene. The 2016 list was chosen by staff based on years of experience, and months of interviews and conversations. Here are No. 31 to 50. We’ll p...

Jim L. Mora, 54, UCLA Head Football Coach Last year’s rank: 33 After a resurgence in Mora’s first three seasons, UCLA football regressed last season. Mora has bypassed offers to retu to the NFL likely because of how bright the future is with quarterback Josh Rosen. Speaking of Rosen, he could be the...

Dean Lombardi, 58, Kings President, General Manager and Alte ate Gove or Last year’s rank: 31 Building the first two championships teams in franchise history in 2012 and 2014 isn’t an easy act to follow. Lombardi’s team missed the playoffs in 2015 and exited the postseason in the first round this se...

NEW YORK — At this time of year, the Lakers’ success usually hinged on a game-wi ing shot or a key defensive stop in the playoffs. For the third consecutive year, however, the Lakers’ fortunes will rest on another variable. After the Lakers finished with their worst record in franchise history in ba...

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves on Tuesday fired manager Fredi Gonzalez, who couldn’t survive the worst record in the majors. Braves general manager John Coppolella confirmed the firing of Gonzalez, in his sixth season. The Braves are in the midst of a dismal stretch: They have lost two straight and ei...

LONDON — In a major doping crackdown stretching back eight years, 31 athletes in six sports could be barred from competing in this year’s Olympics after they were caught in retesting of drug samples from the 2008 Beijing Games, and other positive cases could emerge from the 2012 London Games. The In...

The first four starts of Kenta Maeda’s major-league career offered history. The right-hander from Japan gave up a combined one run during those appearances. It was the fewest for any starting pitcher since at least 1913 and it seemed to mirror the debut of another rookie from 35 years ago. Fe ando V...

Garrett Richards could retu this season. The Angels’ ace, out indefinitely with a to ulnar collateral ligament, has opted not to pursue Tommy John surgery for the time being. Richards received a stem cell injection Monday in the hope of avoiding the procedure. Angels general manager Billy Eppler sai...

NEW YORK — At this time of year, the Lakers’ success usually hinged on a game-wi ing shot or a key defensive stop in the playoffs. For the third consecutive year, however, the Lakers’ fortunes will rest on another variable. After the Lakers finished with their worst record in franchise history in ba...

It was, quite possibly, the cleanest punch to ever land in baseball, Rougned Odor co ecting with a right cross square enough to nearly break Jose Bautista’s beard. But Bautista, who evidently chews bits of highway or something for breakfast, remained impressively upright, the man famous for flipping...

SANTA CLARITA>> Ben King has had a lot of success on the national cycling stage. On Monday, the Ca ondale rider may have taken a huge step on the inte ational circuit in the 11th a ual Amgen Tour of Califo ia. The 27-year-old Virginian scored perhaps his biggest victory, passing Evan Huffman in the ...