INDIANAPOLIS >> The smile has mostly stayed planted on Kobe Bryant’s face, even when experiencing shooting slumps and witnessing youthful mistakes. His laugh has become warm and infectious when he shares fu y stories of an accomplished 20-year NBA career. The losses pile up, but Bryant still sounds ...

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Los Angeles Rams 2015 record: 7-9 (.527) Top need: Quarterback, Wide receiver Other needs: defensive end, co erback, center Assuming the Rams work the free agent and salary cap angles to keep the key components of their current roster intact, they’ll approach the draft in April with two very specifi...

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It’s not like the easy part for the Rams was actually getting back to Los Angeles, but with that leg of their franchise trip officially completed, an even bigger objective comes into focus. And this one requires more than the $8 billion bankroll of owner Stan Kroenke and a coalition of fellow Nation...

LONG BEACH >> A devastating injury to an already depleted roster somehow sparked a game-wi ing run from Long Beach State as guard Nick Faust shined in an 81-76 victory over Cal State Northridge on Saturday at Walter Pyramid. With guards Justin Bibbins (hamstring) and Noah Blackwell (wrist) already o...

JJ Fiddler is a sportswriter and videographer who has been covering the Long Beach-area sports world for multiple newspapers since 2004. After attending Long Beach State and creating the first full sports page at the Union Weekly Newspaper, he adopted Long Beach as his home town and is a member of t...

SAN ANTONIO – The highlight reel played endlessly as Kobe Bryant made countless shots. The Spurs then gushed endlessly about his greatness amid a rivalry that won 10 of the last 17 NBA championships. “He’s obviously skilled, but his professionalism and being responsible enough to do that on a nightl...

SAN ANTONIO >> Even as he collected NBA championships and set endless records, Kobe Bryant viewed the Spurs from afar with some envy. Though Bryant won five of his NBA championships during a three-peat (2000-2002) and back-to-back run (2009, 2010), he also experienced three missed playoff appearance...

SAN FRANCISCO — Cam Newton is now a Super Bowl quarterback with an MVP award. Offensive Player of the Year, too. And his coach, Ron Rivera, owns a second NFL honor as well. Newton, the Carolina Panthers star, won The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year awards S...

SAN FRANCISCO — Brett Favre and the late Ken Stabler, a pair of kindred-spirit QBs who each won a Super Bowl, were elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday. Also voted in for the class of 2016 a day before the Super Bowl were mode -day players Kevin Greene, Marvin Harrison and Orlando Pa...

SoCal Prep Legends Boys Athlete of the Week Name: Roman Silva School: Diamond Ranch Year: Senior Position: Center Wi ing Numbers: The Diamond Ranch big man was voted the SoCal Prep Legends boys athlete of the week with 6,066 votes to finish ahead of Arrowhead Christian’s Brandon Castillo with 4,061 ...

ARCADIA >> Two of the best 3-year-old race horses on the grounds put on a show for the 14,285 that showed up Saturday on a picturesque afte oon at Santa Anita. Both horses’ co ections have Kentucky on their minds, but while one will be trying to give trainer Bob Baffert his fifth Kentucky Derby vict...

LONG BEACH >> Staying close to home was never in Jewelyn Sawyer’s plans. The versatile guard from Paramount who starred at Gahr High School was intent to go play college basketball somewhere far away. A jou alism major, Sawyer has an i ate curiosity in people and places other than Southe Califo ia. ...

As soon as we figure out a way to break down the media Xs and Os on Super Bowl 50 with an assortment of pertinent Qs and As, we’ll let you know. But until then: Q: Phil Simms stands to be sacked with the most trauma-related criticism before, during and after this Super Bowl telecast. Commercial brea...

SoCal Prep Legends Girls Athlete of the Week Name: Samantha Nieves School: Ontario Sport: Soccer Year: Junior Wi ing Numbers: With more than 24,000 votes registered, Nieves finished in front with a whopping 10,759 votes to be named the SoCal Prep Legends girls athlete of the week, finishing ahead of...

SAN FRANCISCO >> The best young ru ing back in the National Football League didn’t need a pulling guard to open a ru ing lane in the Radio Row maze at the Super Bowl 50 media center in downtown San Francisco on Friday. In fact, watching Todd Gurley smoothly move from one interview to the next – and ...

Mike Garrett made sure he was on the Coliseum field early. A 22-year-old ru ing back for the Kansas City Chiefs in 1967, Garrett was as eager as anyone in attendance for Super Bowl I to see the Green Bay Packers come out of the tu el. “I could have named you their entire starting lineup,” Garrett sa...

SANTA CLARA >> For a mere $3,000, you can attend the Super Bowl. That’s the lowest price of a ticket to the big game on Sunday, according to an executive from the online ticket marketplace StubHub. Prices are holding steady, said Jason Deppen, StubHub’s director of field operations. “We’re seeing pr...