LAS VEGAS >> The work routine shifted in recent days for Lakers president of basketball operations Magic Johnson and General Manager Rob Pelinka. After spending the past weekend watching the Lakers’ NBA Summer League team while fielding phone calls about prospective free agents, the front offi

The applause was still echoing through Auditorium A in Lausa e’s SwissTech Convention Centre on Tuesday afte oon in the wake of the Inte ational Olympic Committee’s historic decision to award both the 2024 and 2028 Games this year as Los Angeles and Paris mayors Eric Garcetti and A e Hidalgo une

Floyd Mayweather’s boxing match against Conor McGregor will be held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas after promoters reached an agreement with Ice Cube to move the championship game of his Big3 basketball league. The final game of the 3-on-3 season of former NBA players will now be held at the MGM Gra

BERGERAC, France — Marcel Kittel has no serious challenger for the King of the Sprint title at this year’s Tour de France. The German sprinter won the 10th stage with remarkable ease on Tuesday, while Chris Froome stayed safely in the main pack to retain the race leader’s yellow jersey. Kittel perfe

LOS ANGELES — Jim Bush, who guided UCLA to five NCAA track and field championships during his 20 years coaching the Bruins, has died. He was 90. The university said Bush died Monday. No cause was given. Bush coached the Bruins from 1965-84, wi ing seven conference titles along the way. Among his st

LONDON — Venus Williams’ mother could not stop smiling and laughing. She had just watched her 37-year-old daughter reach the Wimbledon semifinals for the 10th time and, well, the whole thing was just a bit hard to believe. “She says, `I love my job!’ and she means it. I guess she’s kind of like a bo

ANAHEIM — A year can make a difference. That is apparent when it comes to Marcus Pettersson. The scruffy facial hair covering his cheeks and chin has rendered his once teenage-boyish appearance obsolete. “Growing up,” Pettersson said, smiling. The same could be said about his game. Amid all the hoop

LAS VEGAS >> The IRS says boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. still owes $22.2 million in taxes from 2015, the year he ea ed his biggest payday with a blockbuster fight against Ma y Pacquiao. A notice of a federal tax lien filed against the undefeated fighter nicknamed “Money” shows the balance as un

Seattle Seahawks co erback Richard Sherman has gone toe-to-toe with some of the best quarterbacks in the NFL such as New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. On Tuesday, Sherman, in partnership with “The Jerky Challenge” presented by Oberto Beef Je

The Nike Real Run summer basketball league, which attracts some of the top high school and college players as well as NBA players looking to stay sharp, has tipped off once again. Games are played at Lynwood High at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Players from Lon

Olympic events will retu to Long Beach for the third time after the Inte ational Olympic Committee a ounced Tuesday that either the 2024 or 2028 Olympic Games will be awarded to Los Angeles or Paris later this year. Although the IOC is not scheduled to select the 2024 host city until Sept. 13 in

Los Angeles will play host to the Olympics in either 2024 or 2028. This is going right over the heads of us who can’t retu their library books on time. Michael Nelson Trout will be 33 years old in 2024. Tiger Woods will tu 53 in 2028. By then Califo ia might have seceded, the Daytona 500 might

LOS ANGELES >> All in all, you’d have to say that went pretty well. Justin Tu er hit two home runs and Clayton Kershaw threw a complete game as the Dodgers reached the All-Star break with a 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afte oon. The win completed a sweep of the interleag

ARLINGTON, Texas >> JC Ramirez delivered just what he and the Angels needed before the All-Star break. Ramirez pitched six i ings in the Angels’ 3-0 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday afte oon. The Angels avoided a sweep in the final series before the break, and Ramirez had a strong ou

ARLINGTON, Texas >> There is nowhere to go but up for the Angels’ offense. The Angels reached the All-Star break averaging 4.10 runs per game, the worst in the American League. Certainly, they figure to get help in that area when Mike Trout retu s, likely on Friday. They also are counting on

LOS ANGELES >> Jeren Kendall’s parents were proud for the same reason most parents of college students are proud. “I got home and my parents told me I finally got a job,” Kendall joked about agreeing to sign with the Dodgers on Friday. “It’s a pretty good job.” Indeed, it is – and it came with

The first steps toward putting last week’s embarrassing 6-2 loss in the rearview mirror for the Galaxy was to actually get away. After a hectic stretch of seven games in 21 days, the Galaxy stepped away from for a couple of days, retu ing late in the week to begin preparation for Monday night’s 7:3

LAS VEGAS >> The Lakers have experienced issues far more serious than Lonzo Ball’s shooting accuracy. The Lakers (0-2) enter their summer-league game against the Sacramento Kings (0-1) on Monday at Thomas & Mack Center struggling to stop teams in different ways. After allowing the Clippers

At 9 a.m. Central European Summer Time on Tuesday (midnight PDT), Los Angeles officials will formally present to the Inte ational Olympic Committee their vision for hosting a third Olympic Games. “An opportunity to tell our story in a unique and creative and i ovative way,” said Los Angeles 2024 b

ANAHEIM >> The jou ey from prospect to player in the NHL often can be a winding one, few paths remaining as straight and uninterrupted as the blue line. For every Cam Fowler, who was a draftee one day and - three months later - a Duck, there are scores of players who go from Point A to Point