PACIFIC PALISADES >> Whether or not the weather really matters at Riviera, it figures out a way to soak itself into the storyline of the Northe Trust Open. Pages and pages of data have been kept on this matter since Thor began tossing around lightning bolts onto the Doppler radar screen. But when th...

PACIFIC PALISADES >> Jordan Spieth and Camillo Villegas each had quite a day at the Northe Trust Open. Villegas had a masterful round with nine birdies — including four consecutive on holes 5 through 8 — at Riviera Country Club. Spieth struggled mightily around the course and tu ed in a career-high ...

PACIFIC PALISADES >> Whether or not the weather really matters at Riviera, it figures out a way to soak itself into the storyline of the Northe Trust Open. Pages and pages of data have been kept on this matter since Thor began tossing around lightning bolts onto the Doppler radar screen. But when th...

PARAMOUNT >> While the rest of the CIF Southe Section Division 1 boys soccer teams worry about reaching the second round of the playoffs with wins today, top-seeded Paramount is just worried about itself. The No. 1-seeded Pirates (19-1-3, 9-0-1) have used an unselfish approach to win the San Gabriel...

PACIFIC PALISADES >> Charlie Danielson is playing in his first professional event this week and was understandably nervous, not that he showed any signs of it. Danielson — a senior golfer at Illinois — shot a 4-under 67 and is tied for fifth in the first round at the Northe Trust Open. Players were ...

A 27-year-old bartender from Palos Verdes Estates was charged Thursday with punching a New York Mets fan in the Dodger Stadium parking lot, knocking him unconscious and causing him to hit his head on the ground, authorities said. Michael Rae Papayans, who also was arrested along with Backstreet Boy ...

Chris Paul of the Clippers was averaging 32.3 minutes through 30 games. That is up to 33.0, with Paul averaging 33.5 minutes in the 23 games Blake Griffin had missed before Thursday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs. That’s only 1.2 minutes more. But as coach Doc Rivers said the other day, they’v...

It was a day Kyle Davis would like to forget. The USC pitcher was at a charity event playing basketball with kids last winter when he tweaked his ankle. Senior outfielder Timmy Robinson helped him off the court. Robinson later discovered that it wasn’t a great day for him, either. “It was just a bad...

Scooter Christensen of the Harlem Globetrotters absolutely nailed a 100-foot trick shot that you must see to believe. Standing on the deck unde eath the Staples Center sign that faces Chick Hea Ct., Christensen took aim at a basket near the Magic Johnson statue and drilled the shot before belting ou...

A 27-year-old bartender from Palos Verdes Estates was charged Thursday with punching a New York Mets fan in the Dodger Stadium parking lot, knocking him unconscious and causing him to hit his head on the ground, authorities said. Michael Rae Papayans, who also was arrested along with Backstreet Boy ...

The last time UCLA converted an infielder into a catcher it tu ed out pretty well. Shane Zeile came to Westwood never having caught a game in high school and when he was done with his three-year career, he was a power-hitting catcher drafted in the fifth round. The defending Pac-12 champion Bruins a...

The Lakers may have an endless to-do list in revamping their rosterm, but the Lakers passed on fixing any of those issues before Thursday’s trade deadline. The Lakers’ decision to stand pat stems from the variables that could make it easier to rebuild their roster during the offseason. Then, the Lak...

The Clippers have traded Lance Stephenson and a future first-round pick to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Jeff Green. The deal, first reported by ESPN, gives the Clippers a forward to help fill the void left by Blake Griffin’s hand injury. Stephenson, a 25-year-old 6-foot-5 shooting guard, wa...

LONG BEACH >> After the Millikan boys basketball team saw its lead slip away late against Upland in a first-round CIF-SS Division 1AA playoff game, it looked like the Rams were headed for heartbreak. But senior Mason Dickerson stepped up when his team needed him to, hitting a trio of 3-pointers in t...

As up-and-down as this season has been, UCLA still has a shot at March Madness. It won’t be easy, not with the Bruins (14-11, 5-7) hovering near the bottom of the Pac-12. Common wisdom dictates that a team needs 20 regular-season wins to ea a spot in the NCAA Tou ament. Last year, UCLA got there wit...

USC’s perfect home record was in jeopardy Wednesday night as Colorado led by 15 points with nine minutes left. But the Trojans emerged from their funk and relied on guards Jordan McLaughlin and Julian Jacobs to lead a scoring spree that saw USC defeat Colorado, 79-72, before 5,132 at the Galen Cente...

PACIFIC PALISADES >> Jerry West used to offer his Lakers tickets as a selling point to help sweeten the pot to convince PGA Tour golfers to play in the Northe Trust Open. The first thing West, the former Northe Trust Open executive director, did on the job was send a hand-written letter to Tiger Woo...

LONG BEACH >> After the Millikan boys basketball team saw its lead slip away late against Upland in a first-round CIF-SS Division 1AA playoff game, it looked like the Rams were headed for heartbreak. But senior Mason Dickerson stepped up when his team needed him to, hitting a trio of 3-pointers in t...

LA MIRADA >> The La Mirada boys basketball team is glad to have that guy “Vitto” back. The Matadores needed every bit of Vittorio Reynoso-Avila’s length, ability and basketball IQ in its CIF-SS Division 2A first-round matchup with Norco on Wednesday night. “Without him we probably lose that game by ...

CIF Southe Section Playoff Schedule Wednesday, Feb. 17 Boys Basketball, 7 p.m. Division 1AA: Warren at Windward Millikan 65, Upland 60 (OT) Jordan 63, Aliso Niguel 47 No. 3 St. John Bosco 60, Pacifica 32 Knight 68, Lakewood 65 Downey at Montclair Wilson at J.W. North Division 1A: Cabrillo at Santa M...