Dean Lombardi tapped his pen on a glass tabletop in a conference room inside the Kings’ training facility as if he was sending out a coded message. He stopped only long enough to begin clicking open the cap and then snapping it shut again. The Kings’ general manager had a great deal on his mind duri...

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach will bring cars, celebrities and an expected 180,000 spectators to town. It will also bring road closures. Here is a list of roads that will be closed for the race. Wednesday 5 a.m. Closure of the side streets off of Shoreline Drive and Seaside Way leading into th...

Organizers of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach like to brag that it has never rained on the day of Sunday’s main event. It looks like that streak will continue this year. In addition to ear plugs, race fans may want to bring sun block to the 42nd a ual event in downtown Long Beach. Weather foreca...

MADRID — Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick to lead Real Madrid back to the semifinals of the Champions League with a 3-0 win over Wolfsburg on Tuesday. Ronaldo netted goals in the 16th and 17th minutes, and then added a decisive third with a remarkable free kick in the 77th as Madrid overtu ed a ...

MANCHESTER, England — Kevin de Bruyne sent Manchester City into the Champions League semifinals for the first time Tuesday, securing a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain to build on a 2-2 draw from the first leg. PSG’s fourth successive exit in the quarterfinals leaves the Qatari-owned...

LOS ANGELES - UCLA Athletics today a ounced a $5 million donation from the A enberg Foundation that will go toward a new soccer-specific stadium at North Athletic Field. The venue, to be named the Wallis A enberg Stadium, will be used by the men’s and women’s Division I programs and for club sports,...

Live updates of Dodgers’ home opener from SCNG staff at Dodgers Stadium, including reporters J.P. Hoo stra and Bill Plunkett, columnist Vincent Bonsignore and photographers Keith Birmingham, John McCoy and David Crane. Having trouble viewing stream on mobile device? Click here. Dodgers vs Diamondbac...

Organizers of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach like to brag that it has never rained on the day of Sunday’s main event. It looks like that streak will continue this year. In addition to ear plugs, race fans may want to bring sun block to the 42nd a ual event in downtown Long Beach. Weather foreca...

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach will bring cars, celebrities and an expected 180,000 spectators to town. It will also bring road closures. Here is a list of roads that will be closed for the race. Wednesday 5 a.m. Closure of the side streets off of Shoreline Drive and Seaside Way leading into th...

LOS ANGELES — Former UCLA basketball player Reeves Nelson is now officially named Sophaur One, after a judge approved his request for a name change today. “My life has led me to know that this is my true name,” the power forward stated in petition filed Jan. 25 with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers will play their home opener at a sold-out Dodger Stadium today against the Arizona Diamondbacks with changes to the concession stand menus and stadium. New food items include: • The Gouda Kobe Burger, Kobe beef, topped with caramelized onions, pickle, smoked Gou...

Eric Yarber didn’t want to leave any of his receivers out of the conversation, but even after his best efforts to coax additional questions out of a group of reporters Monday, the UCLA receivers coach left one hanging. So he waited for linebackers coach Scott White to finish his interview to give on...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers will play their home opener at a sold-out Dodger Stadium today against the Arizona Diamondbacks with changes to the concession stand menus and stadium. New food items include: • The Gouda Kobe Burger, Kobe beef, topped with caramelized onions, pickle, smoked Gou...

This week we’re going down a few more thoughtful avenues with the continuation of my 10 Cardinal Rules of Fishing. No. 6: Never leave a hot bite That’s right, not even while all the big ones are tripping and flopping at your feet. I say that tongue in cheek because it just happened to me on a white ...

The way to get to the Dodgers has always been through Vin Scully. The city of Los Angeles literally made that so Monday. Elysian Park Avenue street signs came down and city workers replaced them in the mo ing with blue Vin Scully Avenue signs at the intersections of Sunset Boulevard and, further up ...

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach gets officially underway Friday, but the unofficial start happens the days before with Roar in the Shore, the Miss Toyota Grand Prix pageant and Thunder Thursday. ROAR IN THE SHORE Residents will definitely hear some noise coming from Belmont Shore from 5 to 8 p.m...

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach gets officially underway Friday, but the unofficial start happens the days before with Roar in the Shore, the Miss Toyota Grand Prix pageant and Thunder Thursday. ROAR IN THE SHORE Residents will definitely hear some noise coming from Belmont Shore from 5 to 8 p.m...

Do the math, even though math is hard. You get about 180,000 people going to the Grand Prix each year. Figure, generously, and to make the math easier, that 100,000 are from Long Beach. Last time we counted, there were 470,000 people living in Long Beach. That means 370,000 Long Beachers aren’t atte...

OKLAHOMA CITY >> If all goes according to plan, a flood of pleasant memories will race in Kobe Bryant’s mind. The Lakers’ 37-year-old start will wave goodbye to fans after he steps off the floor following the season-finale against Utah on Wednesday at Staples Center. He will reminisce on his accompl...

For many of the Los Angeles Dodgers growing up, it was a gift. Getting that first baseball glove as a kid was a right of passage — forging an identity carried with them from dirt streets in the Dominican Republic to grassy fields in Oregon. The gloves they’ll take the field with for the home opener ...