When the first Super Bowl was played 50 years ago, the city of Long Beach already had a deep role in the game, which at that time was simply called the NFL-AFL World Championship Game. It was the Packers that went on to win that first game, but the Chiefs were the hometown favorites in Long Beach. T...

HUNTINGTON BEACH >> The road to finishing undefeated in the Sunset League has been relatively smooth for the Los Alamitos girls basketball team. That was until it played on the road at Huntington Beach on Monday, in a game that ended up being its first test. The Griffins passed in a 56-48 victory. S...

The 50-yard line is still dirt and weeds around a protruding yellow pipe used for water table measurement. There isn’t much more than vacant space and idle construction equipment within a few minutes’ walk in any direction. Only birds and far-away jet engines disturb the quiet on a su y winter weekd...

NAME: ZAFIR WILLIAMS SCHOOL: LONG BEACH POLY SPORT: BASKETBALL YEAR: JUNIOR Noteworthy: The Jackrabbits had something to prove as they looked to avenge their only Moore League loss of the season and the Junior forward dominated while notching a career-high 37 points to go along with 13 rebounds in a...

SoCal Prep Legends girls athlete of the week NAME: CAILYN CROCKER SCHOOL: LOS ALAMITOS SPORT: BASKETBALL YEAR: FRESHMAN Noteworthy: The freshman guard is continuing to come in to her own as part of a balanced Griffin scoring attack. She dropped 22 points Tuesday in an 82-16 win at Fountain Valley an...

SEATTLE — When Marshawn Lynch was brought to Seattle early in the 2010 season, he was acquired because the Seahawks desperately needed a ru ing back. What he ended up providing was an attitude and style that became the foundation for bringing the first Super Bowl title to the Pacific Northwest. And ...

SAN FRANCISCO — It’s fu y how far a little bit of disrespect can get a team. Or the hand the rest of the world can play in lifting a dominant defense to levels rarely before seen in Super Bowl history. Looking back now, it’s crazy to think how naive we all were to look right through the Denver Bronc...

DALLAS — Joh y Manziel’s ex-girlfriend says in an affidavit that he hit her so hard during a late-night confrontation that she lost hearing in one ear. Colleen Crowley’s affidavit was obtained by KXAS-TV and published online Monday. Crowley suffered a ruptured eardrum, which is expected to eventuall...

NEW YORK — Derek Fisher was fired as New York Knicks coach Monday, with his team having lost five straight and nine of 10 to fall well back in the Easte Conference playoff race. Associate head coach Kurt Rambis was promoted to interim head coach at least through the rest of the season. Rambis, like ...

SAN FRANCISCO — It’s fu y how far a little bit of disrespect can get a team. Or the hand the rest of the world can play in lifting a dominant defense to levels rarely before seen in Super Bowl history. Looking back now, it’s crazy to think how naive we all were to look right through the Denver Bronc...

Drag racing opens another season this week in Pomona with the NHRA Circle K Winte ationals competing at Auto Club Dragway on the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds. It will be the debut of so many new items that even hardcore fans may not know which way to tu . Among the first-time attractions to the tr...

SoCal Prep Legends girls athlete of the week NAME: CAILYN CROCKER SCHOOL: LOS ALAMITOS POSITION: GUARD YEAR: FRESHMAN Noteworthy: The freshman guard is continuing to come in to her own as part of a balanced Griffin scoring attack. She dropped 22 points Tuesday in an 82-16 win at Fountain Valley and ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — Derek Fisher was fired as New York Knicks coach Monday, with his team having lost five straight and nine of 10 to fall well back in the Easte Conference playoff race. Associate head coach Kurt Rambis was promoted to interim head coach. He went 56-145 in two seasons as Mi esota’s coach. Fi...

DUCKS AT PENGUINS Faceoff: 4 p.m. TV/Radio: FSW / 830-AM Update: The Ducks have won six consecutive games, eight of their last nine and are 13-3-1 since the Christmas break. The third-place Ducks (25-18-7) swept three pivotal games against Pacific Division rivals last week, including a 5-2 victory F...

MIAMI >> Chris Paul had the worst possible start to his shooting day. His finish, however, was perfect. Paul’s consecutive 3-pointers in the final minutes were daggers to a Miami comeback, and his game-high 22 points helped the Los Angeles Clippers hang on to beat the Heat 100-93 on Sunday. “I kept ...

SANTA CLARA >> Von Miller was second-to-none in the Super Bowl. Five years after being drafted No. 2 behind Cam Newton, Denver linebacker Miller harassed Carolina’s quarterback from start to finish Sunday, forcing two fumbles, compiling 2 1/2 sacks and ea ing MVP honors while helping the Broncos bea...

There’s a not-so-peculiar rumor percolating in NFL TV business circles that as soon as Peyton Ma ing says he’s retiring from the game – which could have happened by now – CBS will have a contract ready to go for him to sign up as its A-team game analyst, the new partner for Jim Nantz. Which would me...

INDIANAPOLIS >> The endless travel itinerary left Roy Hibbert initially unaware on the timing of his homecoming. But Hibbert insisted he does not make much of it, anyway. Unlike Kobe Bryant’s season-long farewell tour, Hibbert does not expect much fanfare for him when the Lakers (11-42) visit the In...

Ranking top 10 sports events Feb. 8-14 you won’t want to miss: NO. 1: 65th NBA ALL-STAR GAME Details/TV: At Toronto, Sunday at 5 p.m., TNT For Kobe Bryant’s 18th and final All-Star appearance, we envision a best-case scenario: The other players rig it so that he can go off for 20-plus points and tak...