PHILADELPHIA >> Rickard Rakell was so upset following his performance on Monday that he couldn’t sleep. Rest assured, he got some shut-eye after this one. Rakell had two goals, Chris Stewart scored on a penalty shot and Andrew Cogliano had an empty-netter to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-1 victory o...

Millikan High’s girls soccer team had a chance to shake up the Moore League standings a little bit with two games remaining on the regular season schedule and did just that with a 1-0 win at Wilson on Tuesday afte oon. The Rams (12-6-4, 8-2-1) leapfrogged the Bruins (8-8-5, 7-2-2) to take over secon...

Del Worsham joined very select company in 2015 when he roared to the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Fu y Car championship in the last six national events. Worsham, a second-generation racer, won four times in the Countdown for his second driving title. With the championship, the 45-year-old Wor...

BOSTON >> Milan Lucic looked as though he didn’t want the night to end, taking the ice after both teams left to thank the fans who showered him with cheers most of the game. It was a ba er night for his teammates, too. Lucic scored in his retu to Boston, Drew Doughty had a power-play goal for his 30...

BELLFLOWER >> Watch junior Christian Pinzon lead Bellflower to an eighth straight Suburban League victory. The dominant result means Bellflower, currently ranked No. 4 in Division 4, can clinch the Suburban League title with a win over Mayfair on Thursday. Advertisement This entry passed through the...

CLEVELAND >> The two stars laughed with each other as LeBron James bantered along with Kobe Bryant by the scorer’s table. Bryant later teased James at center-court moments after he bricked an alley oop. Once the buzzer sounded, Bryant and James hugged each other and offered encouraging words. The ma...

In a sport dominated by numbers, here’s a unique question that speaks of the diversity of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series: How many females have competed in 100 national events? The answer is three: Shirley Muldowney, Angelle Sampey and Erica Enders. Even more impressive is that all three ha...

BELLFLOWER >> Bellflower might be the hottest boys soccer team in the CIF Southe Section right now after the Buccaneers won their eighth straight game on Tuesday in dominant fashion, 5-0, over visiting La Mirada. The victory means Bellflower (16-4-1, 9-2-0), currently ranked No. 4 in Division 4, can...

LONG BEACH >> Two wins at home last week, mixed with a UCLA loss to Hawaii, has the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team ranked No. 1 in this latest AVCA Division 1 Top-15 poll. The 49ers (9-2, 6-2) rose from No. 2 to the top spot, getting nine first-pace votes. Long Beach State will hit the road ...

CLEVELAND >> The pouting Julius Randle showed as he went to bench left Lakers coach Byron Scott questioning the 21-year-old’s maturity. Randle’s inconsistency with his jump shot prompted Scott to express skepticism whether he could fix it before this summer. An injury to Larry Nance Jr. still left S...

The NFL is coming back to town. This is what it is bringing: • Von Miller was named MVP of the Super Bowl and deserved it. This is the same Von Miller who tested positive for amphetamines and marijuana and then, in 2013, got a six-game suspension for a drug violation. It wasn’t a positive test but a...

LOS ANGELES - More than 56,000 people placed deposits for Los Angeles Rams season tickets for the coming season at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the team a ounced today. The team began accepting $100 season-ticket deposits on Jan. 18, and more than 45,000 deposits were made in the first two days. T...

The Los Angeles Clippers suspended all-star forward Blake Griffin four games without pay for punching a team employee. The Clippers, who were assisted by the NBA in this process, will also withhold ea ings from an additional game for injuries he sustained during last month’s incident in Toronto. “We...

The NFL is coming back to town. This is what it is bringing: • Von Miller was named MVP of the Super Bowl and deserved it. This is the same Von Miller who tested positive for amphetamines and marijuana and then, in 2013, got a six-game suspension for a drug violation. It wasn’t a positive test but a...

The Los Angeles Clippers suspended all-star forward Blake Griffin four games without pay for punching a team employee. The Clippers will also withhold ea ings from an additional game for injuries he sustained during last month’s incident in Toronto. “We have made it clear that this conduct has no pl...

INDIANAPOLIS >> The news struck Byron Scott in multiple ways. The Lakers’ coach sounded incredulous over the New York Knicks firing Derek Fisher as head coach, both out of respect for the coaching field and because they played one season together nearly 20 years ago with the Lakers. “I just shook my...

INDIANAPOLIS >> His shot kept falling short over and over again. The Lakers played at a mind-numbing pace that would put most people to sleep. But as Kobe Bryant has done and lea ed throughout his 20-year career, he remains bound to accomplish three things. He still can end any shooting slump. He wi...

PITTSBURGH >> Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby felt Cam Fowler’s stick desperately tugging at his jersey and kept right on skating. Breaking in all alone against Anaheim goaltender John Gibson, Crosby kept Fowler at bay long enough to rip a wrist shot over Gibson’s glove and into the net, the ...

INDIANAPOLIS >> He studied the game endlessly. He demanded plenty from his teammates. He fought through every injury imaginable. He remained consumed with wi ing championships. That will mark the legacy of Lakers guard Kobe Bryant once he retires following his 20th NBA season and becomes a first-bal...

INDIANAPOLIS >> His shot kept falling short over and over again. The Lakers played at a mind-numbing pace that would put most people to sleep. But as Kobe Bryant has done and lea ed throughout his 20-year career, he remains bound to accomplish three things. He still can end any shooting slump. He wi...