Swarming defenses have forced Kobe Bryant to measure whether to shoot through double teams or pass to open up defenses. Bryant has weighed if he should issue tough love or positive reinforcement to teammates. Amid all the tough decisions Bryant has made through his 20-year NBA career, there marks on...

ARCADIA >> The superlatives came rolling in for 2-year-old champion Nyquist on Monday after the unbeaten colt ran his record to 6-0 with a 1 1/2-length victory in the $200,000 Grade II San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita. The race shaped up as a match race between Nyquist and Exaggerator, both making ...

CALGARY, Alberta >> The Ducks remained on a roll with help from their power play. Corey Perry had a goal and an assist and the Ducks went 3-for-3 with the man advantage in a 6-4 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday. “We’re having fun,” Perry said. “Everybody knows their role, everybody’s playin...

Moments await before the Lakers take the floor, which usually means another debilitating loss becomes imminent. It also means Nick Young will either sit on the bench the entire game or provide a listless performance. So Young has tried to inject some positive energy into an otherwise negative enviro...

SoCal Prep Legends Girls Athlete of the Week NAME: EMILY KNOUS SCHOOL: LONG BEACH POLY SPORT: SOCCER YEAR: SOPHOMORE Noteworthy: Last week it looked like Long Beach Poly might back into a third consecutive Moore League championship, something the Jackrabbits desperately didn’t want to do. Coming off...

SoCal Prep Legends Boys Athlete of the Week NAME: RAYSEAN SCOTT SCHOOL: COMPTON SPORT: BASKETBALL YEAR: SENIOR Noteworthy: Senior Florida Gulf Coast signee Raysean Scott really proved how much he means to the Compton basketball program over the last two weeks. Two Fridays ago, Compton fell to Millik...

KINGS AT CAPITALS Faceoff: 4 p.m., Tuesday TV/Radio: FSW / 790-AM Update: The Kings (33-19-3) not only face two former teammates in forwards Mike Richards and Justin Williams, but also the league-leading Washington Capitals (40-10-4) as their seven-game Grammys trip continues. The Kings are 2-2-0 so...

SANTA MONICA >> The chances of a Southe Califo ian finishing on the podium on Sunday at the 31st a ual Skechers Performance L.A. Marathon appeared remote, considering the best American athletes competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials in downtown L.A. on Saturday. Julia Budniak beat those odds. The Cal S...

SANTA MONICA >> As the clock struck 6:20 a.m. down on Ocean Avenue, the Southe Califo ia fog still hung to the finish line of the 2016 Los Angeles Marathon like a bib number to a shirt. The fog shrouded the deserted street like a scene from a Hollywood thriller. One could count the number of people ...

Ru ers head out from Dodger Stadium at the start of the 2016 LA Marathon Sunday, February 14, 2016. (Photo by David Crane/Los Angeles News Group.) Photos from the 2016 Los Angeles Marathon. Trouble viewing on mobile? Go directly to gallery. • See live updates from marathon Advertisement This entry p...

TEMPE, Ariz. >> A disappointing loss two nights earlier could have weighed on UCLA’s players. The potential for a season-long, three-game losing streak certainly might have, too. Instead of wilting under the pressure of their recent struggles, the Bruins put together one of their strongest games at ...

After missing the cut to be included among the elite, 16-team Open Division, Long Beach Poly’s boys basketball team lea ed Sunday it ea ed the No. 1 seed in CIF Southe Section Division 1AA and will enjoy a first-round by Wednesday. The Jackrabbits will host either Warren or Windward in Friday’s seco...

TUCSON, Ariz. >> Arizona finds itself in a familiar spot — at the top of the Pac-12 standings. Gabe York scored 17 points and the No. 17 Wildcats moved into a share of the conference lead with an 86-80 victory over No. 23 USC on Sunday. Allonzo Trier scored 12 of his 14 in the second half as the Wil...

SANTA MONICA >> The chances of a Southe Califo ian finishing on the podium on Sunday at the 31st a ual Skechers Performance L.A. Marathon appeared remote, considering the best American athletes competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials in downtown L.A. on Saturday. Julia Budniak beat those odds. The Cal S...

Steve Engel ran his 29th consecutive Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, but none has been quite like this. The New York resident stopped at Mile 10 to renew his wedding vows with his wife of nearly 20 years as their teen daughter Amara proudly looked on. The Engels were one of three dozen couples who e...

It was difficult to determine the brighest element Sunday afte oon at the Auto Club Raceway in Pomona for the season-opening NHRA Winte ationals: — A brilliant sunshine that warmed the track temperature at Fairplex to well over 100 degrees. It was the kind of weather the sanctioning body used – Big ...

One thing about drag racing is that you can’t win every race. There are so many elements, so many variables that it just can’t be done. But that doesn’t mean that you don’t want to win them all. So it stings a little bit writing this after a first-round loss to my Don Schumacher Racing teammate Antr...

SANTA MONICA >> As the clock struck 6:20 a.m. down on Ocean Avenue, the Southe Califo ia fog still hung to the finish line of the 2016 Los Angeles Marathon like a bib number to a shirt. The fog shrouded the deserted street like a scene from a Hollywood thriller. One could count the number of people ...

The Skechers Performance Los Angeles Marathon kicked off to a festive start at Dodger Stadium on Valentine’s Day despite forecasts of unseasonably warm weather Sunday. Using the Twitter hashtag #UniteLA, some 26,000 ru ers registered to compete in this year’s iconic “Stadium to Sea” course from the ...

TORONTO >> The days for Clippers guard J.J. Redick entailed grueling workouts and number-crunching sessions centered maximizing his efficiency in a 3-point shootout. To Redick’s dismay, however, no one can do anything to stop Golden State’s Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry from splashing open 3-point...