D’Angelo Russell and Jordan Clarkson lea ed things about NBA All-Star weekend besides becoming inspired from the stars and adjusting to Toronto’s cold climate. Russell fielded a question on what it felt like to be “unleashed” during the Rising Stars Challenge where he posted 22 points and seven assi...

WHITTIER >> The CIF Southe Section boys soccer wild card round kicked off on Wednesday with a penalty kick shootout victory for Long Beach Wilson at Whittier in Division 1 action. The Bruins (12-11-3, 4-5-3 Moore League) and Cardinals (8-10-4, 5-3-2 Del Rio) played even through 80 minutes of regulat...

A busy offseason awaits the Lakers that should give general manager Mitch Kupchak little sleep. Will the ping pong balls bounce the Lakers’ way so they can keep their Top 3 protected draft pick? How will the Lakers use their cap money after Kobe Bryant’s pending retirement? Will the Lakers retain co...

CIF Southe Section Playoff Schedule Wednesday, Feb. 17 Boys Basketball, 7 p.m. Division 1AA: Warren at Windward Upland at Millikan Jordan at Aliso Niguel No. 3 St. John Bosco at Pacifica Lakewood at Knight Downey at Montclair Wilson at J.W. North Division 1A: Cabrillo at Santa Monica Division 2A: Ra...

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...

It’s fu y how paths cross in the oddest places sometimes. When Stacy Davis swapped his Pepperdine basketball uniform and high tops for the attire of a typical college student last year as an inte in the school’s media affairs department, his school interests and athletic endeavors delightfully and p...

He has won professional tou aments in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, Charlotte, Washington, Boston, San Francisco, Louisville, Liverpool and Kiawah Island. So a visit to Riviera was inevitable. Like Mt. Everest, it was there. Rory McIlroy is playing here this week. That repla...

LONG BEACH >> There’s a long list of players who came to Long Beach State to star on the baseball team. But there’s plenty who came to play a supporting role and ended up stealing the show. As the Dirtbags prepare to open the 2016 season, there are two stars in junior shortstop Garrett Hampson and s...

LOS ANGELES — With 97 percent of the venues in existence or already pla ed by private investors, organizers of Los Angeles’ bid for the 2024 Olympics are promising a prudent and responsible approach to ru ing the games that would be entirely privately financed. “That is the definition of sustainabil...

LOS ANGELES— The committee leading Los Angeles’ bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games unveiled its official logo Tuesday— a silhouette of a winged athlete— and a slogan, “Follow the Sun.” “Everyday people follow the sun to our city in pursuit of their dreams, spurring unprecedented creativity, i ovatio...

PARIS— With existing infrastructure at the heart of the project, leaders of the Paris bid for the 2024 Olympics are promising limited spending and long-lasting benefits if the French capital is chosen to host the games. At a presentation Wednesday at Paris’ Philarmony concert hall attended by Prime ...

NEW YORK >> Now appointed America’s top dog — CJ, the German shorthaired pointer. CJ won best in show at the 140th Westminster Ke el Club on Tuesday night, beating a couple of top favorites at a nearly packed Madison Square Garden. There was a moment of drama, too. As judge Dr. Richard Meen from Can...

As Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia dropped the first concrete barrier into place near Shorline Drive and Linden Avenue on Tuesday, the first full day of racetrack construction for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was underway. Over the next 60 days, workers will lay more than 1,400 concrete blocks...

Valley Christian High’s girls soccer team netted the wi ing goal off of a co er by Marysa Ga er from Chloe Garris in the 72nd minute of a 1-0 wild-card victory over Arroyo Tuesday in the CIF Southe Section Division 6 playoffs. The victory propels the Crusaders into a first-round matchup at Santa Cla...

Long Beach State men’s golf senior Daniel Chian won the individual medalist honor at the Folino Invitational by firing a 2-under-par 70 in Tuesday’s final round at Industry Hills Golf Club. This is his second career tou ament victory, the last one coming in 2013, and also a third top-10 finish this ...

Monday was a day to walk with Jordan Spieth at Riviera, to see the world’s best golfer at closer proximity than you’re ever likely to see the world’s best anything do anything. The reigning Masters, U.S. Open and Tour Championship wi er was in the Collegiate Challenge, which links a tour player with...

TORONTO — In another Olympic sport, the U.S. might be dreaming of a gold-silver-bronze medals sweep. But in basketball, countries only get one. “We could send over three teams, I think we’d be successful,” Golden State’s Klay Thompson said. The Americans are so loaded with talent that their biggest ...

The electrical stimulation machine stayed attached to Larry Nance Jr.’s right knee. The constant humming represented the soundtrack of the monotony and anxiety Nance has experienced in recent weeks. He missed four consecutive games in January amid increasing soreness in his right knee. Nance retu ed...

La Mirada High is one of 15 local high school girls soccer teams to reach the CIF Southe Section playoffs that start this week, but the Matadores are the only No. 1 seed with a championship pedigree. The Matadors (14-5-4, 9-0-2) are defending champions of Division 4 and are the top seed after wining...

The 15 local high school boys soccer teams who made the cut for the CIF Southe Section playoffs are highlighted by five quality teams in Division 1, including top-seeded Paramount. All first-round games are scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday. “Rankings are just a number, we’re about final results,” Para...