Clippers coach Doc Rivers, after losing Saturday by 11 points (113-102) at Memphis, said that his team was “out-competed tonight” and that practice the day before and the mo ing shootaround were of the “waste-of-time” variety. After the Clippers lost again Sunday, 109-105 at New Orleans, guard J.J. ...

The No. 24 Long Beach State Dirtbags (14-6) broke into the Baseball America standings last week, and looked the part over the weekend at Blair Field, where they took three out of four games from visiting Columbia. The Dirtbags have won nine of their last 11 games. Sophomore Chris Mathewson, sophomor...

The Long Beach Poly boys basketball team has a proud history of lockdown defense that stems back to the early 1910s, when the Jackrabbits would, on occasion, shut opponents out in the pre-shot clock era. This year has been a bit of an exception, as the team’s emphasis has been more on post play and ...

Clippers coach Doc Rivers, after losing Saturday by 11 points (113-102) at Memphis, said that his team was “out-competed tonight” and that practice the day before and the mo ing shootaround were of the “waste-of-time” variety. After the Clippers lost again Sunday, 109-105 at New Orleans, guard J.J. ...

FONTANA >> NASCAR has always had the image of a being a Southeaste sport, and the fact drivers from the region dot the top of records certainly affirms that image. But it’s changing, thanks to a pair of Sprint Cup drivers with ties to Califo ia. Vallejo’s Jeff Gordon retired this year with 93 wins, ...

BOCA RATON, Fla. >> The National Football League gathered on Monday at the sleek Boca Raton Resort for its a ual league meetings. And for the first time in more than 20 years, the 32 owners making up the most popular sports league in North America aren’t looking quizzically at each other wondering h...

SoCal Prep Legends girls athlete of the week: Anja Oca, Long Beach Poly swimming SoCal Prep Legends Girls Athlete of the Week NAME: ANJA OCA SCHOOL: LONG BEACH POLY SPORT: SWIMMING YEAR: SOPHOMORE Noteworthy: Oca helped lead the Jackrabbits to two wins on the week, first a 106-64 victory against Hun...

SoCal Prep Legends Boys Athlete of the Week NAME: DREW BUGGS SCHOOL: LONG BEACH POLY SPORT: BASKETBALL YEAR: SENIOR Noteworthy: The University of Hawaii commit had quite the week. He scored 16 points Tuesday night in a 56-39 win over Los Alamitos during the CIF State Division II Regional semifinals ...

The tone sounded muffled as Jabari Brown spoke. He closed his eyes. He then rubbed them to stop the small drops from becoming large tears. The past year has become what Brown called “a whirlwind.” The Lakers cut him from their training camp roster for the second consecutive year. Brown dabbled overs...

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Rymer Liriano was hit in the face by a pitch and bleeding from his nose as he was carried off the field Sunday in Phoenix during a 3-1 win over the Dodgers. There was no immediate report on his condition. Liriano’s left eye appeared to be severely swollen when he was str...

Chone Figgins will retire today after signing a one-day contract with the Angels. The 38-year-old utility player and the Angels a ounced their plan Sunday. Figgins spent eight of his 12 major league seasons with the Angels, debuting on the franchise’s only World Series championship team in 2002. The...

NEW YORK >> Notre Dame and Stephen F. Austin went shot-for-shot in an NCAA Tou ament game that was about as good as it gets. The power school against the unflinching underdog. The lead never was more than seven for either team. That it came down to the last shot was no surprise. The hero, though, mi...

Today would’ve been great if the race had ended around halfway. But, it didn’t and it was pretty frustrating after that point. I don’t really know what happened to be honest. It was kind of like we were at Atlanta a few weeks ago. When the track was clean, the car took off great and we drove all the...

Wrestler of the Year: Ophelia Lara, Gahr After qualifying for the State Championship Tou ament three years ago as a freshman, finishing fourth as sophomore and second as a junior with her only loss in a 39-1 season coming in the state final, Lara made the final jump to perfection as a senior in 2016...

Superman might have written the perfect superhero ending to Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Auto Club Speedway, but for a few other mere mortals, the close-contact racing led to a decidedly unpleasant down-to-earth experience. Martin Truex Jr. had a strong run going on the two-mile, D-shap...

FONTANA >> A tradition that is nearly as old as the Auto Club Speedway is the pre-race awarding of the Justice Brothers‐Shav Glick Award, which recognizes a motorsports personality from the state who have made valuable or distinguished contributions to the sport. It was named for nationally acclaime...

Many of us struggled with math in school, but there are certain things we know are true. Such as a iversaries, and how to figure them out. It doesn’t matter whether you are female or male, married or not, you may get a free pass if you fail to observe one a iversary. Thereafter, you are in step and ...

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Leah Pritchett hustled through her garage stall Saturday, bouncing from her dragster to her hauler and back again. She helped tear down the engine, packed the parachute and did a number of other little things to get ready for her next qualifying run at Gainesville Raceway in Florida. She had no time...

Tara’s Tango rallied from off the pace to collar 4-5 favorite Taris late and win the $500,000 Santa Margarita Stakes for older fillies and mares by a length Saturday at Santa Anita. Ridden by Rafael Bejarano, Tara’s Tango ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.44 and paid $7.20, $3 and $2.40 as the 5-2 second choi...