LOS ANGELES >> Luke Puskedra was not about to go to some exotic locale to train in heat or altitude. The Eugene, Oregon marathoner has a newbo to help raise. So to prepare for any type of condition for the U.S. Olympic Trials, the 26-year-old Puskedra would run fewer than 10 miles in the mo ing and ...

St. Joseph clinched its first-ever outright Del Rey League girls soccer championship Thursday afte oon with a 3-0 road win over La Salle. Jessica Johnson scored twice for the Jesters, while Nicole Bakar added the third goal. St. Joseph will lea its opening-round opponent when the CIF Southe Section ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH >> With the outright Sunset League championship already wrapped up, the only question left for the Los Alamitos boys basketball team was whether or not it could run the table. Marina put up little resistance Thursday night in the final game of the regular season, as the Griffins rol...

LONG BEACH >> The Long Beach State men’s basketball team held on to serve up a dish of revenge by beating Cal Poly, 73-70, on Thursday night in Walter Pyramid. The Mustangs won in double overtime last month when the 49ers visited San Luis Obispo. The Big West Conference victory keeps Long Beach Stat...

POMONA >> In my world, a Disneyland ride is too fast, but this week I was driven to 149 mph. An email from my colleague and sports columnist Louis Brewster came in last week, asking me if there was any interest in going on a dragster ride with former Top Fuel driver Doug Foley. The NHRA Winte ationa...

About 1,000 USC students were tu ed away from last week’s sold-out game against UCLA at the Galen Center, as the basketball team’s popularity reached a season high. While everyone agrees the No. 23-ranked Trojans (18-5, 7-3) are riding high, the primary reason for success could start a debate. USC i...

For György Golomán, attending UCLA was a no-brainer. A little over two years ago, the 6-foot-11 forward was a little-known prospect who had yet to play a minute of American high school basketball. Just months removed from his immigration, the Hungarian native wasn’t even sure he would stay in the Un...

The liftoff began from the ground. USC’s baseball team assembled in its Dedeaux Field basement locker room, in front of a television that blared the 2014 NCAA tou ament pairings. Coach Dan Hubbs and his staff didn’t know whether the Trojans were in or out. Youth, of course, isn’t as realistic. The 1...

WEST COVINA >> The last hurrah was supposed to be a half-marathon race nearly a year ago. Lenore Moreno entered the Disneyland Tinker Bell half-marathon last May just for a chance to run the distance. Little did the West Covina resident and former University of La Ve e standout know what was in stor...

A look at the U.S. Olympic Trials: When: >> Saturday Men’s race: >> 10:06 a.m. Women’s race: >> 10:22 a.m. Distance: >> 26.2 miles What’s at stake: >> The top three finishers in each race will ea berths on the U.S. Olympic team for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games Start/finish line: >> Gilbert Lindsay ...

Shawn Langdon, who grw up just miles from Auto Club Raceway in Mira Loma, will provide us his thoughts about the NHRA season-opening Winte ationals. He will be driving the Red Fuel/Sandvik Coromant Top Fuel dragster begi ing today in qualifying.) There are only a few times each season that I wish I ...

Drag racing fans in the Auto Club Raceway grandstand will be forgiven if they appear a bit confused when Pro Stock qualifying for the NHRA season-opening Winte ationals begin. It’ll be a new look for the class frequently referred to as the “Factory Hot Rods.” It’s the first major overhaul of the cla...

NEW YORK — Lamar Odom made his public retu at brother-in-law Kanye West’s New York Fashion Week show on Thursday. Odom’s appearance marked the first time he’d attended a public event since he was hospitalized in critical condition in Las Vegas in October 2015 after he was found unconscious at a Neva...

There will be plenty of changes when NASCAR begins its Sprint Cup season Saturday with the Sprint Unlimited at Daytona. The regular season will begin with the Daytona 500, the traditional opener, on Feb. 21. Of course the biggest change has been the adoption of the Charter system by the sanctioning ...

TORONTO – The noise became louder with every move Kobe Bryant made. He stood up from a press table and groaned. Bryant moved his feet and winced. Bryant then uttered “Oh God,” before stepping from the platform to the ground. He then walked gingerly after sitting for almost 12 minutes. Moments earlie...

LONDON — Seeking to allay fears over the Zika outbreak, the IOC medical director said “everything that can be done is being done” to combat the virus in Brazil and provide safe conditions for athletes at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In an interview with The Associated Press, Dr. Richard Budgett s...

Stan Kroenke’s other football team is coming L.A. On the heels of relocating his Rams to L.A., Kroenke, who is the controlling shareholder of Arsenal FC, will get to see his Gu ers in Califo ia this summer as well. Arsenal a ounced Thursday mo ing they will play against Liga MX’s Chivas de Guadalaja...

LONDON — Seeking to allay fears over the Zika outbreak, the IOC medical director said “everything that can be done is being done” to combat the virus in Brazil and provide safe conditions for athletes at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. In an interview with The Associated Press, Dr. Richard Budgett s...

Stan Kroenke’s other football team is coming L.A. On the heels of relocating his Rams to L.A., Kroenke, who is the controlling shareholder of Arsenal FC, will get to see his Gu ers in Califo ia this summer as well. Arsenal a ounced Thursday mo ing they will play against Liga MX’s Chivas de Guadalaja...

LONG BEACH >> Branford Jones was on the ground, writhing in obvious pain. The Walter Pyramid crowd was grimacing at the sight. It was a tight Big West Conference game against a gritty Cal State Northridge team, and with a pair of point guards already on the bench injured, Jones had stepped up as a l...