PARAMOUNT >> The No. 1 seeded Paramount Pirates (20-1-3) finally put the ball into the back of the net in the first minute of overtime for the 1-0 win at home after they outshot the visiting Fountain Valley Barons, 26-7, in this CIF Southe Section Division 1 playoff match up. Advertisement This entr...

IRVINE >> UC Irvine shooting guard Luke Nelson rose and he fired, sinking any hope of a Long Beach State comeback victory with each 3-pointer that ripped through the net. A three-point deficit early in the second half quickly tu ed into eight, then 11 and then 15. And once 7-foot-6 center Mamadou Nd...

Key play: Sami Vatanen scored the only goal the Ducks needed to defeat the Buffalo Sabres, 1-0, on Wednesday at Honda Center for their sixth consecutive victory. Vatanen sent a wrist shot through traffic and into the net at 3:20 of the second period for his ninth goal of the season. Pivotal performe...

CARSON >> The Galaxy’s offseason defensive signings showed their worth in the team’s first competitive match of 2016 as L.A. played Santos Laguna of Mexico to a scoreless tie in the opening leg of the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals at StubHub Center on Wednesday. Defenders Ashely Cole and J...

PARAMOUNT >> If it keeps on raining, the levee is going to break. The famous Led Zeppelin song lyric gave the Paramount High School boys soccer hope while it dominated Fountain Valley in the second round of its CIF Southe Section Division 1 playoff game on Wednesday, and it ended up being true. The ...

A single second-half goal held up for the Los Alamitos High boys soccer team on the road Wednesday afte oon in a 1-0 win over MLK in the second round of the CIF Southe Section Division 1 playoffs. The Griffins will face Ventura in the quarterfinals on Friday. VENTURA 3, ST. JOHN BOSCO 2 >> The Brave...

OILERS AT KINGS Faceoff: 7:30 p.m. TV/Radio: FSW / 790-AM Update: The Pacific Division-leading Kings (35-20-4) have won two in a row after losing three straight. They haven’t scored much recently, but they haven’t given up much either. They have scored six goals in their past five games. They have g...

It might seem odd that USC is projected as a seventh or eighth seed in the NCAA Tou ament, but the Trojans could still find themselves on the dreaded bubble if they do not halt their current mini-slump. USC has lost three of its past four games, and while the Trojans (19-8, 8-6) are jockeying for a ...

After 1,095 minutes of competition, the UCLA men’s basketball team is what it is. Heading into their final regular-season road trip to the Bay Area, the Bruins are a long shot to make the NCAA Tou ament. Sitting in a three-way tie for eighth in the conference, this is a group that has no room for er...

It’s not often the weather plays a negative role in Los Angeles. But apparently there is a first for everything. The hope was construction on the Rams’ new stadium in Inglewood would begin immediately after they were approved for relocation from St. Louis to Los Angeles. And while they were granted ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a bid to strengthen its NASCAR roster, Ford pulled off a surprising coup Wednesday by snagging Stewart-Haas Racing away from Chevrolet. SHR, which has fielded Chevrolets since its 2002 inception, has won two Cup titles for Chevrolet and is one of the manufacturer’s flagship team...

TORRANCE — With apologies to the great Grantland Rice, this might not have been the tumult and the shouting he would have envisioned in a current life in sport. But there was that and more Wednesday at the UFC Gym in Torrance. Amid the cursing and insults at a press conference that would have wo out...

Look for a fireworks show today along Hawtho e Boulevard in Torrance. Hours after booking a new main event at UFC 196 between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz, the UFC a ounced the volatile pair will take part in a press conference at 1 p.m. at the UFC Gym in Torrance. Today was supposed to feature an o...

HUNTINGTON BEACH >> “I just knew I was going to score,” Tavia Leachman said. “I felt it.” That’s exactly what soccer teams want their striker saying after a game. More often than not, that means they won. Such was the case on Tuesday night at Huntington Beach High School in the second round of the C...

LONG BEACH >> Long Beach State finished in third place in its own golf tou ament, The Gold Rush, at Old Ranch Country Club on Tuesday. The 49ers, who won the tou ament last year, shot a 26-over-par 890. Freshman Haley Tygret was the top player for the 49ers, tying for 12th with a 6-over-par 222. Sen...

In the second round of the CIF Southe Section Division 1 girls soccer playoffs, Long Beach Poly defeated the Huntington Beach Oilers, 1-0, thanks to an overtime goal from senior Tavia Leachman. The Jackrabbits (16-6-7) also ended the Huntington Beach season in the playoffs last year with a dramatic,...

MEMPHIS >> As they relished feeding off of each other, D’Angelo Russell pulled Julius Randle to the side. The two initially sounded confused when Lakers coach Byron Scott stripped away their starting positions nearly two months ago both to humble them and spark better results. But with Scott grantin...

Center Anze Kopitar retu ed to the lineup for the Kings’ homecoming game Tuesday against the Calgary Flames. He skated between wingers Milan Lucic and Dustin Brown after sitting out the seventh and final game of the Kings’ Grammys trip on Saturday in Nashville. Order restored? Crisis averted? The Ki...

Key play: >> Anze Kopitar tapped a deflected shot-pass from teammate Drew Doughty into an open net for the go-ahead power-play goal late in the second period to propel the Kings to a 2-1 victory Tuesday over the Calgary Flames at Staples Center. Pivotal performer: >> Calgary goaltender Joni Ortio ma...

HUNTINGTON BEACH >> “I just knew I was going to score,” Tavia Leachman said. “I felt it.” That’s exactly what soccer teams want their striker saying after a game. More often than not, that means they won. Such was the case on Tuesday night at Huntington Beach High School in the second round of the C...