CHICAGO >> The great ones always talk about everything slowing down during the moments that end up defining them. The game, the play, the movement around them calms down and a sort of clarity settles in. Some day soon, on a Sunday afte oon at the Coliseum perhaps, Jared Goff hopes to experience that...

Garrett Richards looked at a situation last offseason that would probably be the envy of most major-league pitchers. He needed to develop a slower pitch. Richards’ fastball averaged 96 mph, highest of any starter in baseball last season, according to FanGraphs. But was there something he could add t...

It might seem like a total free fall and it still might tu out to be one. Since the Clippers had a 2-0 NBA playoff series lead against the Portland Trail Blazers, they blew a fourth-quarter lead in Game 3, lost their two best players in Game 4 and couldn’t defend their home court in Game 5. They’re ...

ANAHEIM >> As he feared when he got hurt Wednesday night, Angels closer Huston Street is officially on the disabled list. The team made the move Thursday afte oon, just before flying to Texas to open a series with the Rangers on Friday. On Friday the Angels will a ounce a corresponding move, most li...

NOVATO -- Someone ought to wa Jared Goff’s future neighbors in Los Angeles about his celebrations. After some Cal road victories, the quarterback would get home at 3 a.m., crank up the music and order his slumbering roommates to come join the fun. After home games, it was a live show: Goff was known...

CHICAGO -- The Rams went with the Califo ia kid, Jared Goff. Two weeks of speculation and intrigue ended Thursday, when the Rams selected Goff, a quarterback from Cal, with the first pick of the NFL draft. Now comes the interesting part. The presumption is that Goff is ready to start in the NFL. Tha...

The Anaheim Ducks of this decade have become the southe version of the San Jose Sharks. Regular season denizens, playoff chum. All in all, there are worse things to be. Some teams are eliminated in December. Some teams cynically sell off the veterans and embark on five-year plans that are as flowery...

It’s NFL Draft Day and for the first time in a long time, that means something for Los Angeles. The Rams are back in L.A. and they have the number one pick in the draft. They’re celebrating with a giant party at LA Live and they invited former Rams players, executives and, of course, the Rams cheerl...

The top of the NFL draft won’t hold as much drama as the league might like. On Thursday night at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre, Rams head equipment manager Jim Lake will submit the team’s top overall pick. There are presumably two choices — North Dakota State’s Carson Wentz and Cal’s Jared Goff — tho...

It’s NFL Draft Day and for the first time in a long time, that means something for Los Angeles. The Rams are back in L.A. and they have the number one pick in the draft. They’re celebrating with a giant party at LA Live and they invited former Rams players, executives and, of course, the Rams cheerl...

Looking forward to watching Barcelona star Neymar play for Brazil at this year’s U.S.-hosted Copa America? Forget it. Brazil’s captain skips the tou ament at the request of his club that doesn’t want him playing two draining summer tou aments during the European offseason. Instead, Neymar attempts t...

Live updates of the Rams’ first draft back in Los Angeles by Southe Califo ia News Group reporters in Chicago and Los Angeles, including columnist Vincent Bonsignore, reporters Rich Hammond, Ryan Kartje and Jack Wang and multimedia jou alist Abbey Mastracco. Having trouble viewing on mobile device? ...

The Anaheim Ducks of this decade have become the southe version of the San Jose Sharks. Regular season denizens, playoff chum. All in all, there are worse things to be. Some teams are eliminated in December. Some teams cynically sell off the veterans and embark on five-year plans that are as flowery...

The Lakers are completing the begi ing steps of their coaching search by pursuing someone both familiar by name and intriguing by potential. The Golden State Warriors have granted the Lakers permission to interview assistant Luke Walton on Wednesday once their first-round series ends against the Hou...

The Anaheim Ducks of this decade have become the southe version of the San Jose Sharks. Regular season denizens, playoff chum. All in all, there are worse things to be. Some teams are eliminated in December. Some teams cynically sell off the veterans and embark on five-year plans that are as flowery...

LONG BEACH >> A Moore League season that was looking like a 12-game victory parade for Millikan High School took a sharp detour on a chilly Wednesday night at Blair Field, thanks to a stellar game from Jack Williford. The Bruins scored two runs in the fifth i ing to give themselves the lead, and Wil...

Video: Wilson vs. Millikan Baseball LONG BEACH >> A Moore League season that was looking like a 12-game victory parade for the Millikan Rams took a sharp detour on a chilly Wednesday night at Blair Field as Jack Williford led Wilson to a dramatic 4-3 victory. Advertisement About the Author JJ Fiddle...

Kenta Maeda removed his cap and politely introduced himself to Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki at Dodger Stadium on Monday. It was an easy moment to miss in Los Angeles and a hard one to miss in Japan, whose media literally crossed an ocean to photograph and document the occasion. Maeda was 1...

Clippers coach Doc Rivers suddenly found it difficult to speak. Then he began to cry. Rivers had just been asked who he leans on so he doesn’t get discouraged. It was a good question, considering the Clippers lost their two best players — Chris Paul and Blake Griffin — to injury in a Game 4 loss on ...

When Jared Goff and Carson Wentz finished their respective visits with the Rams a week ago, head coach Jeff Fisher gave them both a simple message. “Get used to handing the ball to 30.” That, of course, being star tailback Todd Gurley, the reigning NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year who is expected to...