GRAND TERRACE >> With rivalries pushed aside ‑ at least for the weekend ‑ Lakewood and Millikan delivered strong performances while representing the Moore League on Friday and Saturday at the CIF Southe Section Individual Wrestling Championships at Grand Terrace High. Cody Williams brought home a ti...

The Long Beach Poly girls basketball team entered the playoffs on Saturday night ranked as the best team in all of Southe Califo ia, seeded No. 1 in the CIF-SS Open Division playoffs. The Jackrabbits backed up that acclaim and more in a dominant win to start the postseason, topping Fairmont Prep 61-...

LONG BEACH >> Long Beach State ran past Cal State Fullerton for a 70-57 men’s basketball victory Saturday night at the Walter Pyramid, using a big second-half run spurred by Nick Faust and Justin Bibbins for a sixth straight victory. With the 49ers pushing the pace and pushing the Titans to the peri...

Losu2009Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is helping fundraise for the city’s Olympic bid, in some cases tu ing to groups with a stake in City Hall decisions for donations to the committee seeking the games. The mayor has personally helped raise more than $1u2009million since last fall for the Losu2009Ang...

St. Anthony High’s girls basketball team had absolutely no trouble Saturday night in its second-round CIF Southe Section Division 4A contest, rolling to an 80-16 victory at University Prep. The loss was the first of the season for the Jaguars (22-1). The Saints will host Mayfield in the quarterfinal...

Gun Ru er took the lead entering the stretch and held off challenges from Forevamo and Mo Tom to win the $400,000 Grade 2 Risen Star Stakes on Saturday at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. Trained by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Florent Geroux, Gun Ru er beat 40-1 long-shot Forevamo by a ...

The Baltimore Orioles filled a big hole in their rotation, reaching agreement with free agent Yovani Gallardo on a three-year, $35 million contract Saturday. The deal came on the second day of workouts for Baltimore pitchers and catchers at spring training in Sarasota, Florida. Gallardo takes the sp...

GRAND TERRACE >> With rivalries pushed aside ‑ at least for the weekend ‑ Lakewood and Millikan delivered strong performances while representing the Moore League on Friday and Saturday at the CIF Southe Section Individual Wrestling Championships at Grand Terrace High. Cody Williams brought home a ti...

LONG BEACH >> There was no special ceremony or trumpeted a ouncement by Royal girls water polo coach Devin Hurst. It did not make the moment any less special though. Hurst gathered his four college-bound seniors together at practice before the CIF Southe Section playoffs began this past week and tol...

FLAMES AT DUCKS Faceoff: 4 p.m. TV/Radio: Prime / 830-AM Update: The Ducks have won four consecutive games, are 8-1-1 in their past 10 and are 18-4-2 since the Christmas break to move into second in the Pacific Division with a 30-19-8 overall record. The Ducks also have defeated the Calgary Flames i...

USC point guard Julian Jacobs was asked if there is a better backcourt than himself and shooting guard Jordan McLaughlin. “We’ll let you guys decide,” Jacobs said. Where the duo ranks within the Pacific-12 Conference is debatable, but they both ranked in the top four in assists while averaging at le...

SoCal Prep Legends Girls Athlete of the Week Name: Genessa Bedoya School: Alemany Sport: Basketball Year: Senior Wi ing Numbers: Strong fan voting helped Bedoya finish ahead of Ontario’s Yesenia Preciado to be named the SoCal Prep Legends girls athlete of the week. Bedoya finished with 16,429 votes ...

SoCal Prep Legends Boys Athlete of the Week Name: Joe Quintana School: Bonita Sport: Basketball Year: Junior Wi ing Numbers: With nearly 80,000 votes registered, Quintana finished with 45,093 votes to finish ahead of Samer Yehya of Redlands with an impressive 32,184 votes to finish second. Thanks to...

Play ball! Long Beach Little League began its 2016 spring season Saturday with all the pomp and circumstance once would expect: a color guard, flag raising, dedications and more than 500 kids in uniform. The weather cooperated as well; the su y skies provided perfect playing conditions for the first...

A 16-0 run in the second quarter gave the Rancho Verde Mustangs (27-2) a comfortable 55-40 road win over Long Beach Jordan in the second round of the CIF-SS Division 1AA playoffs. Rancho Verde senior Dominick Pickett showcased his versatile game on both ends of the floor and led all scorers with 13 ...

St. John Bosco boys basketball coach Matt Du was blunt about his team’s performance through the first three quarters. “I thought they out-competed us,” Du said. But that all changed when eight minutes and a five-point deficit were the difference between the Braves going home and keeping their CIF-SS...

BELLFLOWER >> St. John Bosco boys soccer head coach Dave Sabet got a familiar feeling while watching his team leave chances unfinished in the first round of the CIF Southe Section Division 1 playoffs on Friday afte oon. “Looking at it I was just thinking ‘oh, not again’,” Sabet said. The Braves were...

The night started with nostalgia as Kobe Bryant hugged San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich and made friendly exchanges with Spurs forward Tim Duncan for one last time. The night ended with more memories surrounding Bryant’s jou ey with late-game heroics and battling injuries, though it did nothing to p...

PACIFIC PALISADES >> Jordan Spieth didn’t check out of his Los Angeles hotel Friday mo ing even though his chances to make the cut at Riviera Country Club were slim. Fans won’t get to see the superstar and reigning PGA Tour player of the year on the weekend, though. It’s not superstition that he doe...

The night became filled with nostalgia as Kobe Bryant hugged San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich and made friendly exchanges with Spurs forward Tim Duncan. The night provided another reminder of Bryant’s imposing presence. The Lakers’ 119-113 loss to San Antonio at Staples Center featured Bryant postin...