The UFC is bringing two highly anticipated rematches and championship fights to the Forum on June 4. Middleweight champion Luke Rockhold faces former champ Chris Weidman and bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz defends his belt in his third fight against third-ranked Urijah Faber. See the photo galle...

LAS VEGAS >> Few would agree that Nate Diaz is the best possible fight out there for Conor McGregor. But their welterweight clash in the main event at UFC 196 on Saturday at MGM Grand Garden Arena has generated its share of buzz, topped by Thursday’s skirmish at a press conference. On the other hand...

So this is what it looks like when Steve Ballmer flips us the bird? Sorry, Doc Rivers. Chuck the Condor is his new BFF, this pinkish piece of plush poultry that some tried to shoot out of the sky right away with an array of plucky put downs, along with assertions that Ballmer has no clue with what m...

LAS VEGAS >> Go ahead and call it the Rematches on Manchester. UFC 199 will take place June 4 at The Forum in Inglewood, featuring a rematch between middleweight champion Luke Rockhold and former champion Chris Weidman and a trilogy bout between bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz and longtime rival...

StubHub Center was almost ready for the big show. The grass was mowed to perfection. The names of the L.A. Galaxy’s first Ring of Honor inductees were neatly printed in yellow block letters above the seats on the west side of the stadium. Power tools whirled as the final touches went up three days b...

The Galaxy start their 2016 MLS season on Sunday at home against D.C. United. Here are five key questions heading into the year for L.A. How long will it take for the new signings to gel? Make no mistake, although there was considerable rebuilding of the Galaxy roster, this is not a “rebuilding” yea...

Here are six Galaxy matches you should have circled for the 2016 MLS season: April 10 vs. Portland, 6:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1 The defending MLS champions only visit StubHub Center once in 2016 and April’s matchup is the first time the Galaxy face the Timbers since Portland crushed L.A. at StubHub Cent...

LONG BEACH >> Tayler Be ett isn’t one of the most athletically gifted student-athletes in Long Beach. However, the St. Anthony High School senior is one of the best girls basketball players in the city. “Her athletic limitations are exceeded by her extra work and her great basketball mind,” St. Anth...

LA MIRADA >> The last CIF Southe Section soccer championship on Friday at Warren High is La Mirada girls soccer’s chance to make history. The No. 1-seeded Matadores are defending their Division 4 title against Moorpark at 7:30 p.m., a rematch of last season’s final. Watch the video highlight and rea...

Game report Key plays: Anze Kopitar and Ta er Pearson scored less than four minutes into the game and the fast-starting Kings went on to take a 3-2 victory Thursday from the Montreal Canadiens at Staples Center. The victory enabled the Kings to stay in first place in the Pacific Division. Pivotal pe...

GLENDALE, Ariz. >> Kevin Bieksa leaned in to listen to teammate Cam Fowler’s lengthy answer to reporters about the Ducks’ team record-tying 10th straight win and was unimpressed. “What a boring answer!” Bieksa said, smirking. Everything else surrounding the Ducks lately is quite entertaining. Corey ...

The long-range quarterback answer for the Rams might have been among the 300 or so prospects at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis last week. Armed with the 15th pick over all in next April’s draft - and two high picks in the second round – they are well positioned to come away with Paxton Lyn...

It’s a long way from Ron and Rich Sutter’s hockey school in Lethbridge, Alberta, to Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Kris Versteeg completed the trek Thursday, making his Kings debut against the Montreal Canadiens after Sunday’s trade from the Carolina Hurricanes. It’s not a well-wo path, but...

THOUSAND OAKS >> The great thing about country clubs in the Los Angeles area is that you never know who you’re going to run into on the green. You might see Mark Wahlberg teeing off at Riviera Country Club or Jack Nicholson shanking his drive into the trees at Bel-Air. Or Caitlyn Je er shaking hands...

LAS VEGAS >> In case you didn’t know it, this is Conor McGregor’s world. And he’ll be the first to tell you. He collects expensive suits, luxury cars, mansions, tattoos and opponent’s souls. He’s also in the game for championship belts. For now, the featherweight champion will be happy to add Nate D...

SANTA ANITA LEADERS JOCKEYS / WINS Rafael Bejarano / 42 Santiago Gonzalez / 38 Flavien Prat / 33 Edwin Maldonado / 25 Tyler Baze / 20 David Lopez / 20 TRAINERS / WINS Doug O’Neill / 22 Philip D’Amato / 21 Bob Baffert / 17 Jerry Hollendorfer / 15 Richard Baltas / 14 STAKES SCHEDULE AQUEDUCT Saturday ...

Late Wednesday, Santa Anita Park officials a ounced they will replace their existing turf course with new Bermuda grass in time for this fall’s Breeders’ Cup, which the track will host for a record ninth time on Nov. 4-5. Out with the old, which track executives admit badly needs to be replaced, and...

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, now two weeks into the 2016 campaign, heads West this week with the first of three events before retu ing to the East Coast. The stock car set will be in Las Vegas this weekend before moving on to Phoenix and Fontana. Kevin Harvick, the reigning Kobalt 400 champion at L...

The wildest card in CIF boys basketball goes for its latest trick tonight. Chaminade plays for a Southe Section Division 3A championship against Diamond Ranch, at Azusa Pacific. That would be a fifth consecutive postseason win for a team that did not beat a regular-season opponent after Jan. 11. Int...

Brandi Chastain, whose penalty kick gave the United States the 1999 Women’s World Cup title, has pledged her brain for concussion research. The 47-year-old Chastain a ounced her donation to the Massachusetts-based Concussion Legacy Foundation on Thursday. Upon her death, her brain will go to the VA-...