SANTA MONICA >> Weldon Kirui waited patiently as Willy Koitile tried to convince his fellow Kenyan to take to the lead down the stretch in the 31st a ual Skechers Performance L.A. Marathon. Kirui, who has raced the Stadium-to-the-Sea route several times, broke away with less than a mile to go en rou...

SANTA MONICA >> Weldon Kirui waited patiently as Willy Koitile tried to convince his fellow Kenyan to take to the lead down the stretch in the 31st a ual Skechers Performance L.A. Marathon. Kirui, who has raced the Stadium-to-the-Sea route several times, broke away with less than a mile to go en rou...

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 ...

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.) Live updates and posts from the Los Angeles Marathon, Sunday, Feb. 14. Trouble viewing on mobile? See full stream. Advertisement This entry passed throug...

SANTA MONICA >> Weldon Kirui waited patiently as Willy Koitile tried to convince his fellow Kenyan to take to the lead down the stretch in the 31st a ual Skechers Performance L.A. Marathon. Kirui, who has raced the Stadium-to-the-Sea route several times, broke away with less than a mile to go en rou...

SANTA MONICA Nataliya Lehonkova did not appear at first to be content to lead the entire 31st a ual Skechers Performance L.A. Marathon, but the 33-year-old ru er from Ukraine managed to somehow lead the entire Stadium-to-the-Sea route to win in a personal best time of 2:30:42 on Sunday mo ing. Ethop...

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...

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 ...

The LA Marathon starts at Dodger Stadium. File photo by David Crane/Staff Live updates and posts from the Los Angeles Marathon, Sunday, Feb. 14.Trouble viewing on mobile? See full stream. Advertisement This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading i...

The CIF Southe Section Open Division basketball playoff brackets were released Saturday mo ing, with the three local teams in the powerhouse playoffs lea ing their first-round games. Los Alamitos’ boys basketball team will travel to face Sierra Canyon in a first-round game on Friday, while Compton w...

LONG BEACH >> Seven Long Beach girls water polo teams were included in the CIF Southe Section playoff pairings released on Saturday. Los Alamitos is the only local team in the CIF-SS Division 1 bracket. The Griffins (17-12, 5-0) went undefeated in the Sunset League to take the championship and score...

UCLA (13-11, 4-7) at Arizona State (14-11, 4-8) Sunday, Feb. 14, 5:30 p.m. PT, Wells Fargo Arena (Tempe, Ariz.) TV: ESPNU (Roxy Be stein, Corey Williams) Radio: AM 570 (Bill Roth, Darrick Martin) Outlook: UCLA is ru ing out of time. With just seven games left in the regular season, the Bruins are st...

LONG BEACH >> Lakewood High and Millikan have built quite the tradition of tu ing in close battles against one another, while raising the level of competition across the Moore League along the way and that certainly didn’t change during Saturday’s individual league finals at Wilson. The Lancers and ...

TORONTO Klay Thompson did what barely any team has done this year. He beat Stephen Curry. The 3-point contest championship has gone from one “Splash Brother” to another, as Thompson beat his Golden State teammate and defending champion with a dazzling display at All-Star Saturday night. Thompson fin...

For the past few days, this newspaper has been so nice to let me reco ect with some of my friends from when I lived in Mira Loma and went to Jurupa Valley High School. I’ve told you how important my dad, Chad, and mom, Debbie, have been to helping me to get to where I am today and that’s someone who...

TORONTO — Mi esota Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine outlasted Orlando’s Aaron Gordon in an epic final round of the dunk contest, posting four straight perfect 50s to win for the second straight year. LaVine and Gordon matched each other dunk for dunk for the first two tries in the final round. Then ne...

The Kings placed winger Marian Gaborik on injured reserve Saturday after he suffered what the team called a lower-body injury during a 5-4 overtime victory Friday over the Rangers in New York. Gaborik was hurt during a first-period collision with the Rangers’ Dominic Moore and needed help getting to...

Note: A group of 30 people who are associated with NHRA or cover the sport were polled on who would win the 2016 season title in each class TOP FUEL Tony Schumacher 156 (14 first-place votes) Antron Brown 124 (8) Brittany Force 118 T. Doug Kaliita 103 (2) Shawn Langdon 103 (2) Richie Crampton 94 (2)...

Lomita independent filmmaker Jonathan Moore grew up the son of a coach’s wife, so he knows a thing or two about what life is like in such households. So perhaps it was a natural progression to one day make a documentary about the women who selflessly support their husbands’ careers, holding families...

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has come out even more strongly against the so-called “Hack-a-Shaq” rule. Silver has long made it clear that he doesn’t like the strategy that calls for the intentional fouling of poor foul shooters, reducing games to free-throw-shooting contests. Silver says he’s “begi ...