CARSON >> After Real Salt Lake took a lead in the 16th minute, the Galaxy poured in four first-half goals en route to a 5-2 win at StubHub Center on Saturday to hand RSL its first loss of the season. Emmanuel Boateng, who was added to the starting lineup in the place of Sebastian Lletget, scored a g...

LAKEWOOD >> In a wild one at Lakewood High on Saturday, the Gahr Gladiators needed extra i ings to get the best of the Lancers to move on to the finals of the Redondo Tou ament. The Gladiators’ offense put up crooked numbers in four different i ings, including the four-run ninth, to give them the 10...

LONG BEACH >> Something woke up the Long Beach State women’s water polo team in a big way during the second half Saturday. The No. 13 49ers (17-10, 4-1) erased a three-goal deficit and Emily Garczynski netted her third goal of the contest from straightaway and deep as the final buzzer sounded in a 7...

Zach Lee’s third major league call-up lands him in the Dodgers’ bullpen By J.P. Hoo stra jp.hoo stra@langnews.com @jphoo stra on Twitter DENVER >> Zach Lee has been a name in the Dodgers’ organization for a while now. For a time, Lee was the name. But six years after he was drafted in the first roun...

Josh Rosen needed two guards to escort him through the crowd of autograph-seeking fans after UCLA football’s Spring Showcase at Drake Stadium on Saturday. Kids chased him, waving jerseys and posters. Like a seasoned vet, the soon-to-be sophomore has mastered the walk-and-sign, scribbling his name in...

Go Kings go. It’s not just a mindless slogan chanted over and over again by their fans. It must be a call to action for general manager Dean Lombardi during an offseason that arrived late Friday night a good deal sooner than anyone associated with the club expected. Yes, the Kings made progress afte...

A month after being released by the Rams, tight end Jared Cook didn’t sound too upset at having found a new team. “It was imperative that I find a person that’s known for getting the job done, and is good at what they do,” he told the Green Bay Press-Gazette in late March. Some could take that as a ...

Springtime in Clipper Nation for Southe Califo ia. It has come to this ... again ... the Clippers as local fans’ last, best and only hope. Winter still belongs to the Lakers here, or did as long as they had Kobe Bryant, to his very last game April 13, 2016, a date that will live forever in fans’ hea...

It wasn’t the officiating or travel or injuries or home-ice advantage (or disadvantage) or the schedule. None of those things was responsible for the Kings’ 3-1 deficit going into Game 5 of their first-round playoff series against the San Jose Sharks on Friday at Staples Center. “Their best players ...

In the final analysis, the Kings simply weren’t fast enough, deep enough, resourceful enough or determined enough to defeat the San Jose Sharks in their first-round playoff series. They spent far too much time chasing the game and not enough time leading. The Kings led for a little more than a total...

They shrugged off a two-man disadvantage for 105 seconds. They broke up a penalty shot. They trailed, 3-0, early in the second period, and they were tied at the end of the third period. The wind kept gathering behind the sails of the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center Friday night. There just weren...

The names haven’t changed, but everything else did. The San Jose Sharks are proceeding and the Kings are packing because one team put aside its silent springs, and the other couldn’t recapture the noise. The Sharks wrapped up this first-round series with a 6-3, Game 5 win at Staples Center on Friday...

ANAHEIM >> The instinct to survive is there but the Ducks must now prove that they can thrive. Two road wins where defense put their collective mind and game back in order put them back at even in their Weste Conference first-round series against Nashville. The Ducks now must do something no team ha...

In the final analysis, the Kings simply weren’t fast enough, deep enough, resourceful enough or determined enough to defeat the San Jose Sharks in their first-round playoff series. They spent far too much time chasing the game and not enough time leading. The Kings led for a little more than a total...

DENVER >> After all that Yasmani Grandal has been through in a short time this season, maybe only Coors Field and left-handed pitching can slow him down. It’s the latest proof that baseball can be a strange game. Grandal, a switch-hitter, hasn’t faced a left-hander through his first seven games of t...

Lakewood High’s girls swimming team knocked off Moore League rival Wilson for the first time in 35 years Friday afte oon, edging the Bruins 86-84 at home. Erin Khong won the 100 breaststroke (1:14.1) and the 200 IM (2:19.3) for the Lancers, while Maely Lawrence took first in the 100 butterfly (1:01....

Coming off a narrow loss on Wednesday, Wilson baseball coach Andy Hall felt his team needed a new direction, so the Bruins talked about playing more selflessly. Friday night against Poly, Wilson responded, playing phenomenal defense behind a lights-out pitching performance from Jack Williford, and d...

BELLFLOWER >> After a disappointing loss on Wednesday, the Mayfair baseball team bounced back Friday to beat Bellflower 2-1, behind strong performances from pitchers Landon Anderson and Jared Worth. Anderson and Worth were dominant on Friday, combining to strike out 12 batters and allow only one run...

LAS VEGAS >> Conor McGregor’s seat was vacant, and so now is his spot headlining the big UFC 200 card this summer. The Irish fighter was a no-show at a press conference Friday promoting the card, and UFC President Dana White said he would not meet Nate Diaz in a rematch on top of the July 9 card in ...

It wasn’t the officiating or travel or injuries or home-ice advantage (or disadvantage) or the schedule. None of those things was responsible for the Kings’ 3-1 deficit going into Game 5 of their first-round playoff series against the San Jose Sharks on Friday at Staples Center. “Their best players ...