SoCal Prep Legends Boys Athlete of the Week NAME: EYASSU WORKU SCHOOL: LOS ALAMITOS SPORT: BASKETBALL YEAR: SENIOR Noteworthy: The senior UC Irvine commit put up two huge performances to help extend his final high school season as the Griffins defeated Poway and Santa Margarita in the first two roun...

SoCal Prep Legends Girls Athlete of the Week NAME: MADDIE BENNETT SCHOOL: LA MIRADA SPORT: SOCCER YEAR: SENIOR Noteworthy: After her team made its first-ever appearance in the CIF Division IV State Playoffs last season, Be ett wanted her high school career to finish at the highest point possible and...

A showdown between two ranked lightweights has been added to UFC 199 as No. 10 Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier has agreed to face No. 12 Bobby ‘King’ Green on June 4 at The Forum in Inglewood. It is the first fight to join two highly anticipated main-event championships bouts — a rematch between middle...

The ingredients seemed in place for the Lakers to experience another game filled with both nostalgia over Kobe Bryant’s past and promise over the franchise’s future. Bryant would square off against his close friend Carmelo Anthony, whom Lakers coach Byron Scott called “the most gifted offensive play...

FONTANA >> If NASCAR is retu ing to Auto Club Speedway this weekend, so are nearly 500 eighth grade students from 17 schools in San Be ardino County on Friday as part of the seventh S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Day. In addition to viewing practice for Sprint Cup and Xf...

GLENDALE, Ariz. >> Chase De Jong had spent his entire career in the Toronto Blue Jays’ organization before he was traded to the Dodgers last summer. A 22-year-old pitcher from Long Beach, De Jong is currently participating in his first major league camp with any club. When he arrived at Camelback Ra...

Freshmen have certainly found a way to leave their mark on the NCAA Tou ament in recent years. Last year, of course, Duke rode the contributions of three one-and-done players — Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow — to the program’s fifth national title. In that same season, Kentucky, prope...

The last time Kansas was the No. 1 overall seed, in 2010, the Jayhawks were stu ed by No. 9-seed Northe Iowa in the second round. In a tou ament that appears to be as open for taking as any in recent memory, can this Kansas team avoid the same ignominious fate? Colorado fans, of course, hope not. Sh...

By Tom Hoffarth thomas.hoffarth@langnews.com@tomhoffarthLANG on Twitter Ranking top 10 sports events March 14-20 you won’t want to miss: NO. 1: NASCAR SPRINT CUP AUTO CLUB 400 Details/TV: At Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Sunday, 12:30 p.m., Ch. 11 Brad Keselowski was pretty pumped up in Las Vegas a...

When USC was selected for the NCAA Tou ament on Sunday, it was somewhat anti-climatic because like many teams, the Trojans were aware of a leaked bracket via twitter. But the Trojans were still a little surprised by their draw. USC (21-12) faces Providence (23-10) on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C. ...

The Clippers struggled to defeat the New York Knicks on Friday, and the Knicks are 13th in the Easte Conference and almost certainly won’t make the playoffs. One had to wonder, then, how the Clippers would fare Sunday against the Cleveland Cavaliers, who lead the East and have the NBA’s third best r...

• See complete bracket The Latest on Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tou ament, with 32 automatic qualifiers and 36 at-large teams picked and placed into brackets (all times Easte ): 6:22 p.m. It would be a better bowl game, but Texas and Texas A&M are lined up to meet in the second round of the West ...

The Clippers struggled to defeat the New York Knicks on Friday, and the Knicks are 13th in the Easte Conference and almost certainly won’t make the playoffs. One had to wonder, then, how the Clippers would fare Sunday against the Cleveland Cavaliers, who lead the East and have the NBA’s third best r...

DEVILS AT DUCKS Faceoff: 7 p.m. TV/Radio: Prime / 830 AM Update: Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said Sunday injured defensemen Kevin Bieksa and Sami Vatanen were “questionable” to play Monday against the Devils. Bieksa suffered a lower-body injury during a 5-2 defeat Friday against the St. Louis Blues. ...

KINGS AT BLACKHAWKS Faceoff: 5 p.m. TV/Radio: NBCSN / 790 AM Update: The Pacific Division-leading Kings (40-22-5) begin a stretch of six consecutive games against playoff-bound opponents by playing the defending Stanley Cup champion Blackhawks (41-22-6). The Kings then face the Stars in Dallas on Tu...

The bench provided a visible reminder to D’Angelo Russell that he remains far from the finished product he wanted to become during his rookie season. So did a few of his contemporaries named Karl-Anthony Towns, Jahlil Okafor and Kristaps Porzingis, all of whom initially posted better numbers than Ru...

LA MIRADA >> La Mirada girls soccer coach Dave Christensen admitted that before last season, a state championship wasn’t even on his team’s radar. After the Matadores made their first-ever appearance in the CIF Division IV State Regional Playoffs a season ago and was defeated on penalty kicks in the...

VERO BEACH, Fla. >> The ghosts of Dodgertown are everywhere. Along the narrow roads winding through the complex, roads named after Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese and other Dodger greats. On the deck of the swimming pool, where the players relaxed and bonded once their work was done each day. At the ...

NASCAR WEEKEND Auto Club Speedway Race schedule Friday 10:30 a.m. – Sprint Cup practice (85 minutes) Noon – Xfinity practice (85 minutes) 2:30 p.m. – Xfinity practice (55 minute) 4:45 p.m. – Sprint Cup qualifying Saturday 8 a.m. – Sprint Cup practice (55 minutes) 9:15 a.m, – Xfinity qualifying 11:30...

ANAHEIM >> All any NCAA mid-major basketball team wants is to play for a chance to reach the NCAA Tou ament. The Long Beach State men’s basketball team had that opportunity on Saturday night at Honda Center. Trailing top-seeded Hawaii 62-60 with 18.2 seconds left, 49ers point guard Justin Bibbins mi...