PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld an estimated $1 billion plan by the NFL to settle thousands of concussion lawsuits filed by former players, potentially ending a troubled chapter in league history. The decision released Monday comes nearly a year after a district judge approved...

BOSTON (AP) — Ethiopians nearly swept the Kenyans off the podium at the Boston Marathon on Monday, wi ing both the men’s and women’s races for the first time in history and taking five of the six spots on the victory stand. Lemi Berhanu Hayle won the men’s race in 2 hours, 12 minutes, 45 seconds, pu...

Without Songbird, the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on the day before the Kentucky Derby won’t be the same. The undefeated star filly developed a “low grade fever” after wi ing the Santa Anita Oaks two weeks ago, and won’t run in the race considered the Derby for 3-year-old fillies. Songbird has ...

The tone sounded more and more agitated, even on a night when seemingly everything went right. Blake Griffin soared. Chris Paul scored and defended. And the Clippers secured a 115-95 Game 1 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday at Staples Center. Yet, Clippers analyst Don MacLean still s...

INGLEWOOD >> The Los Angeles Rams on Sunday a ounced their 28-woman 2016-17 cheerleading team following conclusion of final auditions at the Forum. The final auditions concluded a two-week selection process that included preliminary auditions, professional interviews and dance rehearsals. The 66 wom...

ANAHEIM >> If the Ducks felt as if they’ve had to overcome all sorts of adversity this season, they have added another thick layer of it. And it might be insurmountable this time. There isn’t an entire season to recover now. This is a best-of-7 playoff series against Nashville and the Predators are ...

For the second straight weekend and the fifth time this season, the Long Beach State Dirtbags missed a chance to sweep a weekend series and fell to UC Irvine 7-2 in Big West Conference action on Sunday at Blair Field. LBSU (21-13, 5-4 Big West) only had two hits, which is a season low. Daniel Jackso...

Editor’s note: Alexander Rossi, a member of Andretti Autosport, gives us an insight into competing at the IndyCar Series Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Well (Sunday’s) race certainly didn’t go as any of us wanted or expected. After a very promising warmup where we were firmly in the top 10, it’s d...

If it wasn’t obvious back in December, around the time the Dodgers backed away from a potential trade for Aroldis Chapman, Kenley Jansen is the best relief pitcher in Los Angeles. Dave Roberts called upon Jansen to record the first five-out save of his career Wednesday against the Arizona Diamondbac...

Bryon Bettencourt can name all of the Dodgers from his youth: Orel Hershiser. Hideo Nomo. Mike Piazza. He was 13, and they were immortal. They became part of his life and he figured when he had kids, a new generation of true-blue Dodgers fans would sit with him and watch games on TV. His son Bryson ...

LONG BEACH >> Joh y O’Co ell could be a father to many of the racers in the Pirelli World Challenge series. Maybe that’s why the 53-year-old accepted an engine penalty ruling so gracefully in Sunday’s 50-minute Replay XD Grand Prix, part of the 42nd a ual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. The Flowery...

Another race on the streets of Long Beach, the best of its kind in the country, is in the books. It wasn’t as exciting as some in previous years, though Simon Pagenaud and Scott Dixon did their very best to keep television viewers and those on hand entertained. Of course, anytime a wi er can edge se...

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts believes in second chances. For Joc Pederson, the second chance came quickly. The young center fielder couldn’t deliver in the clutch in the Dodgers’ loss to the San Francisco Giants on Saturday. But he was back in the batting order Sunday, and his two-run home run again...

Carl Edwards took his first celebratory back flip of the season and easily stuck the landing. “I considered not doing it,” he said. “I haven’t done one for a while.” He ea ed that acrobatic moment because his No. 19 Toyota gripped Bristol (Te essee) Motor Speedway much better than his Joe Gibbs Raci...

Either Carson Wentz or Jared Goff will be quarterbacking the Rams when they move into their new Inglewood pleasure dome in 2019. If not, neither Les Snead nor Jeff Fisher will be ru ing them. The Rams showed on Wednesday that they believe in the hope of audacity. They got the first pick in the entir...

MINNEAPOLIS >> After spending the first few years of his career adjusting the theoretical settings on his delivery, Angels pitcher Hector Santiago believes he’s finally at the optimum point. As he made the conversion from reliever to starter, he was continually dialing down his velocity to improve c...

MADRID — The fight for the Spanish league title is tighter than ever thanks to a surprise collapse by Barcelona atop the standings. The once-unbeatable Barcelona fell to Valencia 2-1 at the Camp Nou on Sunday, losing its third straight game to allow Atletico Madrid to draw level on points with five ...

Ranking top 10 sports events April 18-24 you won’t want to miss: NO. 1: STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS KINGS vs. SAN JOSE Details/TV: Game 3 at San Jose, Monday, 7:30 p.m., Prime Ticket DUCKS vs. NASHVILLE Details/TV: Game 3 at Nashville, Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Prime Ticket Befor...

Now what? Now what do the Kings try after being outplayed and falling behind the San Jose Sharks two games to none in their best-of-7 first-round playoff series? What must they do to rally, to build confidence and momentum and get back into the series? It’s simple. The Sharks’ best players have been...

Live updates, including story links, photos and video, throughout the day Sunday of the 2016 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. IndyCar race starts at 1:30 p.m. Viewing on mobile? See full stream of updates. • PHOTOS: IndyCar qualifying Saturday • PHOTOS: Grand Prix fans • PHOTOS: Miss Toyota Grand Pr...