With the NFL continually looking to expand its global brand, the league is eying China as a possible location to play a regular-season game. Nothing is official yet, but my all measures it looks like the NFL will play there in 2018 and that the Rams will likely be one of the participants. On Wednesd...

BOCA RATON >> The oddity and complexity of the Rams situation hits head coach Jeff Fisher at various times. Like the other day when he was giving some prospective players a tour of the Rams St. Louis area team facility, only to walk past a bunch of rooms that were either completely baron or lined up...

LOS ALAMITOS >> In a matchup of the two highest ranked high school softball teams in the greater Long Beach area, Los Alamitos came from behind at home to beat Gahr, 6-4, on Tuesday afte oon. The Griffins (11-1) are No. 2 in CIF-SS Division 1 and are No. 1 in the nation according to MaxPreps. The Gl...

Through all the platitudes NBA commissioner Adam Silver gushed about Staples Center being the host of the NBA All-Star game in 2018, there marked one phrase that could become the league’s campaign slogan. “Great weather,” Silver marveled more than once during a press conference before the Lakers pla...

Local high school basketball fans have seen plenty of Long Beach Poly High School so far this year. The co-Moore League champions have stayed local for almost all of their 34 games. This Saturday the team standing between Poly and history is San Mateo Serra, the Northe Califo ia representative in th...

LONG BEACH >> What looked like an early clash of undefeated top Moore League boys volleyball teams instead tu ed into a coming-out party for Lakewood on Tuesday afte oon. Both teams have been ranked for most of the year in the CIF Southe Section Division 2 poll, just one spot apart. But the Lancers ...

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: BRYAN ORTEGA, JUNIOR, PARAMOUNT Bryan Ortega is a natural. He didn’t grow up playing elite club soccer or training in the Olympic Developmental Program. The Paramount High School forward just seems to have a feel for soccer that transcends skill or scheme. “He’s special,” Paramou...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Come to Brazil! Land of Zika, political chaos, spiking inflation, a plummeting economy, and riotous protests. It has not exactly been a great marketing campaign for South America’s largest country, which will host the summer Olympic Games in just four months. And after the r...

As expected, the NBA a ounced Tuesday that Los Angeles has been selected to host the 2018 NBA All-Star Game. The game will take place at Staples Center, home of the L.A. Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers, on Sunday, Feb. 18. This will be the sixth NBA All-Star in Los Angeles, which hosted in 2011, 200...

The Clippers would love it if Blake Griffin were back playing, especially since they play at Golden State on Wednesday night at Oracle Arena (on ESPN, Prime Ticket). But Griffin, who has not played since Christmas night, has still not been medically cleared. When he is, he still has a four-game susp...

The Clippers would love it if Blake Griffin were back playing, especially since they play at Golden State on Wednesday night at Oracle Arena (on ESPN, Prime Ticket). But Griffin, who has not played since Christmas night, has still not been medically cleared. When he is, he still has a four-game susp...

The Clippers would love it if Blake Griffin were back playing, especially since they play at Golden State on Wednesday night at Oracle Arena (on ESPN, Prime Ticket). But Griffin, who has not played since Christmas night, has still not been medically cleared. When he is, he still has a four-game susp...

As expected, the NBA a ounced Tuesday that Los Angeles has been selected to host the 2018 NBA All-Star Game. The game will take place at Staples Center, home of the L.A. Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers, on Sunday, Feb. 18. This will be the sixth NBA All-Star in Los Angeles, which hosted in 2011, 200...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Come to Brazil! Land of Zika, political chaos, spiking inflation, a plummeting economy, and riotous protests. It has not exactly been a great marketing campaign for South America’s largest country, which will host the summer Olympic Games in just four months. And after the r...

The U.S. women’s soccer team has called up 17-year-old forward Ashley Sanchez of Monrovia for the first time before two exhibitions against Colombia. Coach Jill Ellis a ounced 23 players Tuesday who will be invited to training camp. Twenty-one were on the roster for this month’s SheBelieves Cup, whe...

GLENDALE, Ariz. >> An MRI on Andre Ethier’s right tibia Monday revealed a simple fracture. The veteran outfielder won’t need surgery, but the Dodgers say he will not retu for 10 to 14 weeks. The news comes as a blow to a Dodgers team already hurting, particularly on the pitching side. Manager Dave R...

Kobe Bryant plans to play in Tuesday’s game vs. Memphis(Photo by Keith Birmingham/ Pasadena Star-News) No longer did Lakers coach Byron Scott feel the need to offer odds on whether Kobe Bryant will play when the Lakers (14-55) host the Memphis Grizzlies (40-30) on Tuesday at Staples Center. “He says...

Adam LaRoche said that a baseball clubhouse was a good place for Drake, his 14-year-old son, to lea about life. Certainly better than a conventional school. Last week Drake lea ed that when things don’t go exactly the way you want, you go home. He lea ed it from his dad, who retired from the Chicago...

The greatest basketball stars in the world will retu to Los Angeles in 2018 for their a ual mid-season classic, and once again downtown L.A. will magically transform into one big giant NBA, entertainment industry and fan block party. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver will make the official a ouncement Tu...

Ducks travel to Montreal, send David Perron to Anaheim for MRI on shoulder DUCKS AT CANADIENS Faceoff: 4:30 p.m. TV/Radio: Prime / 830-AM Update: Left wing David Perron retu ed to Orange County to have an MRI exam on his injured right shoulder, the Ducks said Monday. Perron was hurt when he crashed ...