The most anticipated fight of the year will be embarking on a world publicity tour, with the first stop here in Los Angeles. Undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor kick off a four-city inte ational press tour begi ing Tuesday at Staples Center.

LOS ANGELES >> You can check out any time you want, but you can never leave. Hotter than a guy in a Wookie suit (it was Star Wars Night), the Dodgers shouldn’t be in any hurry to leave Califo ia. They have won 16 of their past 17 games at Dodger Stadium after handing the Kansas City Royals a

Dion Waiters, 25, bet on himself last season, and it paid off. Waiters and the Miami Heat agreed on a four-year deal, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations. The deal is worth a maximum of $52 million, provided all incentives are met, said the person who spoke Wednesday to The Asso

MINNEAPOLIS >> After Parker Bridwell gave up five runs in his last outing, he was able to stand confidently before reporters and promise that he would be better. Because he knew exactly what he needed to do. After what Bridwell called “the hardest work week of my career,” he demonstrated that

LOS ANGELES >> There’s a difference between an excuse and an explanation. Logan Forsythe won’t make any of the first. But he does acknowledge that the toe and hamstring injuries that hit him early in his first season with the Dodgers might explain why he was sporting a .190 average in mid-June

DIAMONDBACKS at DODGERS When: Thursday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Dodger Stadium TV: SportsNet LA THE PITCHERS DODGERS LHP RICH HILL (5-4, 4.00) Vs. Diamondbacks: 1-3, 4.73 At Dodger Stadium: 5-4, 2.42 Hates to face: Paul Goldschmidt/Chris Owings, 2 for 5 (.400) Loves to face: Brandon Drury, 0 for 4, 2 strik

Derrick Rose is far from the player he was when he was wi ing the league’s Most Valuable Player award, starting in All-Star Games and establishing himself as one of the best point guards in the NBA. Injuries to both knees, and the subsequent surgeries, have made sure of that. However, he emerged to

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 B on

SAN BERNARDINO >> It is important, certainly, that Mike Trout demonstrate that his thumb is healed and his game is sound during his rehab stay in the Califo ia League. Hits and RBI, while nice, would be a bonus. But there is another impact Trout can have during his stint with the Inland Empir

SAN BERNARDINO >> Mike Trout didn’t have the results that fans wanted Wednesday night, but that wasn’t the most important thing for him. Playing for the Angels’ high Single-A affiliate, the Inland Empire 66ers as part of a rehabilitation assignment, Trout was 0-for-3. Trout batted third and se

LOS ANGELES >> Alex Wood sure looks like an All-Star. Unlike Justin Tu er, the Dodgers left-hander is not the subject of a campaign to rock the vote and erase the snub that left him out on Sunday. For now, Wood has to settle for the likelihood that performances like Wednesday’s will keep him

LOS ANGELES >> This was back in 1980, when Chrysler and Plymouth were putting out ground-breaking economy vehicles, or were trying to. Willie Wilson of the Kansas City Royals hit .154 with 12 strikeouts, and Bill Madden of the New York Daily News said that if Mike Schmidt deserved the luxury c

LOS ANGELES >> Sated by Clayton Kershaw’s mastery and Justin Tu er’s electability, most Dodger Stadium fans barely noticed it Tuesday night when Arizona gave Chris Taylor a 90-foot ramp and Taylor took it. It was the eighth i ing. Kershaw’s no-hitter through six-and-a-third i ings was gone.

CHAMPAGNEY, France>> After losing two of its biggest stars in one horror crash, the Tour de France needed a pick-me-up. Italy’s Fabio Aru answered the call. On the first mountain climb of this 104th Tour, after the lower altitudes where Mark Cavendish and Peter Sagan were forced out of the rac

LOS ANGELES >> Los Angeles and Paris, two cities with bold visions for hosting the 2024 Olympic Games as distinct as their iconic landscapes, could positively impact the Olympic movement for decades, according to a report released by the Inte ational Olympic Committee evaluation commission We

Even with a persona known for high-volume shooting, eclectic clothing and a taste for the spotlight, Nick Young has added a new wrinkle to the life of “Swaggy P.” He has a good chance to land his first NBA ring. Young agreed to a one-year deal worth $5.2 million with the Golden State Warriors with t

Cerritos College’s athletic program ea ed Califo ia’s No. 7 ranking for the 2016-17 athletic year, a year in which the Falcons won a national championship, three state championships and six conference championships. More than 100 of the Falcons’ student-athletes will continue their athletic and ac

EL SEGUNDO >> Lonzo Ball tries to keep the attention on his play instead of what is said about him, even if his father sometimes makes that task difficult. The rookie point guard has spent this week of summer-league practice impressing his teammates with his attitude, hustle and play while doi

Kevin Shattenkirk could’ve gotten more money but took less to join the New York Rangers. Joe Tho ton could’ve gotten a multiyear deal from someone but wanted to stay with the San Jose Sharks. Brian Campbell and Patrick Sharp could’ve gotten more money the past two summers but took the Chicago disco

The club throw. The body bump. Those are the indelible images from Jordan Spieth’s victory in the Travelers Championship, where he holed a 60-foot bunker shot in a playoff to defeat Daniel Berger and capture his 10th title on the PGA Tour a month before his 24th birthday. Not to be overlooked was a