What started out as an apparent need for fluids tu ed into a likely need for surgery, a development that sounds flatly bizarre – until remembering these are the Angels. The team that never seems to get a break when it comes to injuries this time received a tear, a devastating one, one that probably ...

Millikan High senior Da y Nguyen flashed back to 2014 and accomplished exactly what he set out to do Friday evening, capturing the Moore League boys te is title in both singles and doubles with back-to-back victories at the Billie Jean King Center in Long Beach. Nguyen defeated Poly’s Adam Nagou ey,...

The Angels went through the winter and into spring training with eight major league starting pitchers, but now they are down to four healthy ones, and one of those was just sent to the minors because he was ineffective. Here’s a look at where they stand now with those eight, listed in order of the c...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Phil Mickelson said this week it is “imminent” that he’ll win the Wells Fargo Championship sooner or later. The 46-year-old is in contention once again at one of his favorite tou aments, although he will need to outplay former champions Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler to make good o...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. >> Go ahead and pity Kentucky Derby favorite Nyquist. He has the unenviable task of following in the hoof prints of Triple Crown champion American Pharoah, and so far isn’t getting the respect expected for the only undefeated horse in the race. Nyquist heads into the Run for the Rose...

Steve Baik, head boys basketball coach at Chino Hills high school, the top ranked team in the country, resigned abruptly Friday. High school basketball fans, students and commentators were shocked at the news and many wondered why yet another high profile coach is leaving Chino Hills. Steve Baik res...

Kings general manager Dean Lombardi said Friday he made a “very fair” offer to Darryl Sutter to retu as the team’s coach for next season and beyond, but no agreement has been reached. Lombardi said money is not the issue, but the direction of the team is. “Darryl has an offer on the table,” Lombardi...

EL SEGUNDO — Luke Walton will become the youngest head coach in the NBA when he assumes the reins after the Golden State Warriors season ends, but General Manager Mitch Kupchak said the former Lakers forward is a “good bet going forward.” Kupchak said Friday that the Lakers expected Walton to be a t...

For those who often put themselves in “Jeopardy!,” they may have spotted this week this final answer in the “19th Century Americans” category: “In 1855 he wrote, ‘The public appears disposed to be amused even when they are conscious of being deceived.’” P.T. Ba um, who, despite the myth, really did ...

The L.A. City Council gave the MLS expansion team Los Angeles Football Club the green light to begin construction on its new stadium in Exposition Park on Friday, approving the plans with a 12-0 vote. LAFC’s proposed 15-acre, $250 million venue will occupy the land currently held by the L.A. Memoria...

After leading the Chino Hills boys basketball team to a 35-0 record and No. 1 national ranking, head coach Steve Baik has resigned, principal Isabel Brenes confirmed. This was Baik’s ninth year with the program, the last six as head coach. The showing by the Huskies this season netted him Naismith N...

Oscar De La Hoya and Saul “Canelo” Alvarez are under pressure these days. The reasons why are understandable. Alvarez will be defending his middleweight title Saturday against Amir Khan at a catchweight of 155 pounds, five under the middleweight limit, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (on HBO pay-per-...

LONG BEACH >> The 2016 Moore League boys golf individual finals seemed destined for a dramatic finish on Thursday at Skylinks Golf Course when the top four golfers made the tu only separated by three strokes. Instead, Wilson sophomore Tyler Schafer stole the show when he holed out for eagle on the p...

LONG BEACH >> The stakes were high and the Moore League crown was up for grabs at the girls swimming championship meet at Cabrillo High School on Thursday night. Races were intense, records were shattered, and that got the crowd excited to make the night electric. The race for the Moore League title...

ANAHEIM – Angels ace Garrett Richards has a to ulnar collateral ligament and will likely require Tommy John surgery, a devastating development to a team whose rotation was already ravaged by injuries. If Richards has Tommy John surgery, the Angels ace would be out of action until 2017. Richards’ age...

Angels pitcher Garrett Richards reportedly has a to ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and is expected to need Tommy John surgery, according to a report from Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports. If the Angels’ 27-year-old ace undergoes surgery, he would miss the rest of the season and not retu unt...

LONG BEACH >> The 2016 Moore League boys golf individual finals seemed destined for a dramatic finish on Thursday at Skylinks Golf Course when the top four golfers made the tu only separated by three strokes. Instead, Wilson sophomore Tyler Schafer stole the show when he holed out for eagle on the p...

LONG BEACH >> The stakes were high and the Moore League crown was up for grabs at the girls swimming championship meet at Cabrillo High School on Thursday night. Races were intense, records were shattered, and that got the crowd excited to make the night electric. The race for the Moore League title...

Long Beach State’s goal was to end the men’s volleyball season in University Park, Pa. at the NCAA national championships. The 49ers made that dream a reality. They also lost two matches earlier than they’d wanted, as a talented young roster came up short against the top-ranked team in the nation on...

It was a ounced Thursday that Long Beach State senior Daniel Chian has received an at-large bid to compete in the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Tou ament. He is the No. 4 seed out five competitors who will be in the Arizona Regional, May 16-18, at the Gallery Golf Club in Marana. Chian is one of 45 ind...