If there’s one sure thing about the Rams, it’s ru ing back Todd Gurley. That wasn’t the case a year ago, when the Rams selected Gurley the No. 10 overall pick in the draft. Gurley, five months removed from surgery to repair a to ACL, seemed like a risk. It paid off, as Gurley — despite missing three...

L.A. GALAXY VS. REAL SALT LAKE Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. at StubHub Center TV/Radio: TWCS, TWCD/LAGalaxy.com, ESPN Deportes Records: L.A. Galaxy 3-1-2, Real Salt Lake 4-0-2 Update: The Galaxy are coming off a rare road win as L.A. scored a 4-1 victory over Houston last week, its first win in Houstin since ...

Carson Wentz or Jared Goff? The red-headed Bison of North Dakota State who ran a pro-style, under-center offense and posted a 6.53 grade in the NFL combine, good enough to be compared to Blake Bortles? Or the Bear of a guy with the Pac-12 pedigree, ru ing out of the shotgun, not among the four QBs i...

The Kings have been haunted by the Skate Of Shame. That happens when somebody takes a penalty, squirms in the box as if he’s being interrogated by Chief Brenda Johnson of “The Closer” fame, and then wearily opens the door and skates back to the bench after San Jose scores. Five times the Sharks scor...

Major League Soccer’s elevated security standards will be in effect at StubHub Center in Carson for the first time Saturday night when the Galaxy plays host to Real Salt Lake. All fans will be fully screened upon entrance. The screenings will be conducted via a full pat down or with the use of a sea...

MINNEAPOLIS — Prince had music in his blood. Basketball was in his heart. “I really believe that was his first love,” said Al Nuness, his coach at Mi eapolis Central High School. When news of the death of one of mode music’s most influential performers reached Nuness on Thursday through a call from ...

Ge ady Golovkin is fighting Dominic Wade on Saturday night at the Fabulous Forum (on HBO), but he’s preparing for the future. Abel Sanchez, his trainer, is making sure no stone is left untu ed. When Golovkin squares off with Wade, he’ll be taking into the ring with him a string of 21 knockouts, the ...

LONDON — Claudio Ranieri shed his coy and cautious demeanor on Friday to flaunt his euphoria about Leicester being on the brink of the Premier League title in the most stu ing season in the club’s 132-year history. Breaking the habit of a season, when Ranieri has mostly restricted himself to priorit...

LAKEWOOD >> Not many high school volleyball matches could be described as Faulknerian, but the five-set thriller between Long Beach Poly and Lakewood had enough highs, lows and family drama to fit the bill. The Jackrabbits overcame a strong Lancers push as well as a mid-match incident between a pare...

One thing the Clippers have had issues with in recent postseasons is maintaining a sense of urgency. They blew Game 5 in Oklahoma City two years ago when they thought they had it won, then lost the series in Game 6 at Staples Center. They fell apart in Game 6 at Staples Center this past season when ...

Fall Saturdays felt a little empty without football for Cordell Broadus. After walking away from the game due to personal reasons last year, the UCLA receiver watched games on TV. He saw the celebrations on the field, the fans in the stands and the love between the team and its supporters. He missed...

LONG BEACH >> On Senior Day at Joe Rodgers Field, the Wilson Bruins softball team relied on great pitching and help from their seniors to defeat the Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits in a game with third place in the Moore League on the line. Huge hits from senior Julia Juarez and a dominating performance...

LAKEWOOD >> Not many high school volleyball matches could be described as Faulknerian, but the five-set thriller between Long Beach Poly and Lakewood had enough highs, lows and family drama to fit the bill. The Jackrabbits overcame a strong Lancers push as well as a mid-match incident between a pare...

A promising season may have come to an end for the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team. The 49ers were swept by second-seed UCLA in the semifinals of the MPSF Tou ament, 26-24, 28-26, 25-19, in Provo, Utah. The 49ers, ranked No. 4 by the AVCA, held set point in the first two sets but lost both to...

LOS ALAMITOS LEADERS Through Thursday JOCKEYS / WINS Mario Gutierrez / 6 Kent Desormeaux / 5 Tyler Baze / 4 Vi ie Bednar / 3 Agapito Delgadillo / 3 Tiago Pereira / 3 TRAINERS / WINS Mike Harrington / 4 Peter Eurton / 3 Jerry Hollendorfer / 3 Mark Glatt / 2 David Jacobson / 2 Eric Kruljac / 2 Doug O’...

Earlier this week, Tavon Austin welcomed the idea of the Rams drafting another receiver. “The more weapons, the more one-on-ones there are going to be,” he said. The franchise retu s to Los Angeles this year relatively lacking in artillery. No Rams player has notched more than 750 receiving yards in...

An hour or so before Inglewood Mayor James Butts kicked off his State of the City address Thursday, he huddled in a dressing room at the Fabulous Forum with Rams owner Stan Kroenke and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Together, they represented the virtual face of the National Football League’s lon...

Califo ia racing let a huge opportunity slip away this week. An industry that has struggled mightily since increasing takeout in 2011 let tiny Canterbury Park in Mi esota walk away with tons of positive publicity by showing it cares about its customers. In case you missed it, Canterbury reduced pari...

CHICAGO – Jered Weaver is making his point. A couple weeks after Weaver guaranteed not only that he will again pitch effectively, but will regain some velocity, he showed both in the Angels’ 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday afte oon. Weaver kept the White Sox off balance all afte o...

There will be three women from Southe Califo ia competing in Top Fuel dragsters this weekend at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMax Dragway on the Charlotte Motor Speedway ground in Concord, N.C. It’s no surprise Brittany Force will be present as she is the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series points lea...