SAN JOSE >> In case there were any doubts, any lingering conce s about his play, Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick swatted them away with his stick, kicked them out of harm’s way with his pads and smothered them with his body until the whistle sounded Monday. Quick ended any debate about his effective...

Upon canvassing some National Football League executives, it appears the Browns have zeroed in on one of the top quarterback prospects available in next week’s draft. It’s not important right now whether it’s Cal’s Jared Goff or North Dakota State’s Carson Wentz. What’s important is how much the Bro...

The Clippers’ Jamal Crawford has won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award for a record third time. The reserve guard, who is in his 16th season, averaged 14.2 points on the season, but averaged 15.8 points after Dec. 25. Crawford, 36, breaks his own record, set two years ago, as the oldest wi er of...

ANAHEIM >> Anger, if cha eled correctly, can help a team pull out of a 0-2 playoff series hole. Rage, if provoked, can cause a team to fall further into that hole, and that’s the paradox the Ducks find themselves in as they head to Nashville for Game 3 of their Stanley Cup playoff series. The Ducks ...

CHICAGO >> C.J. Cron insisted that he didn’t feel as bad as his average looked. And for proof that quality of at-bat and quality of the result don’t always match, he pointed out that his best contact on Monday was the only time he made an out, a line drive to center field. Still, he wasn’t about to ...

SAN JOSE >> Left wing Milan Lucic looked lost in his own end of the ice in the opening seconds of Game 3 of the Kings’ first-round playoff series against the Sharks on Monday. He had the puck on his stick, but didn’t seem to know what to do with it. Lucic tu ed it over. Sharks center Joe Tho ton pou...

Austin Rivers doesn’t lack for confidence. The Clippers reserve guard once tweeted he was “straight up better” than a lot of the players competing for a spot on Team U.S.A. Monday, the bravado was still there. “I think we’re one of the best benches in the league,” he said. The confidence in the grou...

LONG BEACH >> The Long Beach State women’s water polo team, with only two weeks and two games left before the Big West Conference Tou ament in Santa Barbara, took over first place in the conference with an 8-5 upset win at No. 7 Hawaii. The 49ers (16-9, 3-0 Big West) moved from No. 17 to No. 16 in t...

LONG BEACH >> The next four days are chock-full of important Moore League action with the high school spring season reaching its halfway point. It begins tonight at 6:30 at Blair Field as the first round of league play in baseball concludes with a first-place showdown between Lakewood and Millikan. ...

The 42nd a ual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach finished with controversy on the track, as Simon Pagenaud’s pit exit move before eventual victory called into question whether he had violated racing rules by cutting in too early. Off the track, Grand Prix organizers said Monday there was no controvers...

Kobe Bryant appeared ready to speak, so his teammates gathered around to soak in every word he said. Yet, Lakers forward Larry Nance Jr. did not huddle up with his teammates because of a backdrop that uniquely defined the Lakers’ 2015-16 season. “There’s a camera guy moving me out of the way to get ...

The 42nd a ual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach finished with controversy on the track, as Simon Pagenaud’s pit exit move before eventual victory called into question whether he had violated racing rules by cutting in too early. Off the track, Grand Prix organizers said Monday there was no controvers...

SAN JOSE >> Drew Doughty didn’t have a goal or an assist and had a minus-3 defensive rating in the first two games of the Kings’ first-round playoff series against the Sharks. Brayden McNabb, his defense partner, also was scoreless and had a minus-2 rating. Jake Muzzin was the only Kings defenseman ...

Los Angeles Rams ru ing back Tre Mason is no longer facing arrest, according to Florida court records. On Monday, Broward County judge Robert Diaz withdrew the warrant for Mason’s arrest, which had been active since the 22-year-old missed his arraignment on misdemeanor traffic and drug charges a wee...

Triple Crown-wi ing trainer Bob Baffert says Cupid has a breathing problem and won’t run in the Kentucky Derby. Baffert’s decision Monday comes two days after Cupid finished 10th in the Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park. Cupid won the Rebel Stakes and was the favorite in Saturday’s race won by Creator....

LAS VEGAS — It was another stifling mo ing in March at Floyd Mayweather’s gym, wedged in between Chinese restaurants in a strip mall. There is a lot of traffic between the gym and the Vegas Strip, particularly the big boxing rooms where the actors and music moguls gather at ringside, and where they ...

SoCal Prep Legends girls athlete of the week: Angelica Ponce, St. Anthony softball SoCal Prep Legends Girls Athlete of the Week NAME: ANGELICA PONCE SCHOOL: ST. ANTHONY SPORT: SOFTBALL YEAR: SENIOR Noteworthy: The senior captain led the Saints (9-5, 2-0) to victories in their first two Santa Fe Leag...

SoCal Prep Legends boys athlete of the week: Hunter Epson, Long Beach Wilson golf SoCal Prep Legends Boys Athlete of the Week NAME: HUNTER EPSON SCHOOL: LONG BEACH WILSON SPORT: GOLF YEAR: SENIOR Noteworthy: The senior finished second individually with a 2-under 70 at Lakewood Country Club to lead t...

Jamal Crawford is 36. He looks 26 when he’s making moves that fake opponents into Chick Hea ’s popco machine. “I thank God for the way my body is built,” said the Clippers guard, regarded as one of the top sixth men in the NBA. “I think it’s just taking care of myself, the way I live. I think all th...

Case Keenum has signed his restricted free-agent tender with the Los Angeles Rams, according to multiple reports. The Rams had tendered Keenum at the first-round level, which will pay him $3.635 million for the next year. The move also frees the franchise to potentially trade the 28-year-old to anot...