Depending on who you ask in the Lakers’ front office, they traded D’Angelo Russell to the Brooklyn Nets for varying reasons. Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka called Russell a “special player” and stressed he was not considered expendable because of the team’s plans to draft UCLA guard Lonzo Ball.

BOSTON >> When Mike Scioscia was asked about the setback Tyler Skaggs suffered in his rehab from a strained oblique, the Angels manager’s answers were short, and ominous. “It’s disturbing,” Scioscia said. Pressed further, he added: “Frustrating.” Skaggs has been out eight weeks, still short of

LOS ANGELES >> The Dodgers recalled utility player Mike Freeman from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sunday and placed outfielder Franklin Gutierrez on the 10-day disabled list with symptoms of ankylosing spondylitis. Gutierrez has been dealing with the autoimmune disease, which affects his gastroin

The deal was gargantuan enough to reshape the futures of two franchises, Albert Pujols bringing strength to the Angels’ lineup while weakening the Dodgers’ everything else. One Southe Califo ia columnist wrote the free-agent signing “could change the local sports landscape forever.” A commentator

EL SEGUNDO >> The crowd hovered around LaVar Ball, reporters and cameramen eager to document what Lonzo Ball’s outspoken father might say next. LaVar Ball never has shied away from his bold proclamations. So he wrote everyone’s headline for them. “I don’t think the Lakers are going to make the

LOS ANGELES >> The Dodgers can’t lose for wi ing. On Sunday they fell behind 5-0, largely thanks to Brandon McCarthy’s three wild pitches. They were playing their second baseman (Logan Forsythe) at first, their first baseman (Cody Bellinger) in right, their super-utility man (Kiké He andez)

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CROMWELL, Co . >> Jordan Spieth needed an extra hole, a little bit of luck and an amazing final shot to finish off a wire-to-wire victory in the Travelers Championship. The two-time major champion holed out from 60 feet for birdie from a greenside bunker on the first hole of a playoff with Da

SONOmA, Calif. >> Kevin Harvick retu ed to victory lane for the first time this season with a dominating run Sunday on the road course at Sonoma Raceway. The former NASCAR champion came to Sonoma winless in 20 races since Kansas last fall and has been overshadowed in this season of NASCAR’s y

LOS ANGELES >> For the better part of four hours Sunday, the Dodgers and Rockies looked like two teams that couldn’t get out of their own way. More than a battle for first place, it was a battle of which catcher could keep the most baseballs from trickling to the backstop. One wild pitch at a

SANTA ANA — A friendly game between two professional Mexican soccer clubs on Sunday afte oon, June 25, tu ed violent when dozens of fans rushed the field and began beating each other, forcing authorities to suspend the match. The “game of legends” between former Club America and Pumas players at E

EL SEGUNDO >> So, despite repeated claims to the contrary, LaVar Ball did have an impact on where his son was drafted. He helped Lonzo go higher. You know, maybe this one-man Mardi Gras parade, this boastful bag of gas, this big mouth everyone keeps telling to clam up, is more than just a burd

INDIANAPOLIS >> Tamika Catchings was known as a hard worker during her playing career. But as hard as she worked in 16 seasons for the Indiana Fever, she had a tough time keeping up with her dad on Saturday night. Former NBA player Harvey Catchings helped his daughter raise a ba er with her N

How long is too long to be playing at the high Class A level? Trevor Frank, as you might imagine, has feelings about the subject. The former UC Riverside closer tu ed 26 Friday. And he is in the midst of his third season in high A, one in which he is posting impressive numbers for the Lake Elsinore

As someone who cherishes his first-round draft picks, Ducks coach Bob Murray was in a unique place and not all that comfortable with it. The Ducks didn’t have one to use on the first night of the NHL entry draft at Chicago’s United Center and so they had to do all their heavy lifting Saturday, tryin

Jaret Anderson-Dolan grew up on skates, which doesn’t make him all that different from most of Canada’s 35 million citizens. But he scored a hat trick in his first game as a 15-year-old with the junior-level Spokane (Wash.) Chiefs of the Weste Hockey League, a sign he was extraordinary. Anderson-D

CARSON >> For a brief moment in the second half, the Galaxy had hope of another batch of late-game heroics. Dave Romney’s 77th minute goal cut Sporting Kansas City’s lead in half, leaving the Galaxy with a chance to steal a point. Unfortunately, there would be no such delight this time around

LOS ANGELES >> For now, Corey Seager will avoid a trip to the disabled list. An MRI of Seager’s right hamstring on Saturday revealed he had suffered only a grade I strain, a positive development for the Dodgers’ star shortstop who was pulled from a 6-1 victory over Colorado the previous day af

OMAHA, Neb. >> Nothing LSU encounters in the College World Series championship series will be any more daunting than the task the Tigers had to complete to get there. The Tigers had to beat an Oregon State team that owned the most formidable record of any team in four decades, and they had to

Chip Ganassi likes wi ers, and his drivers have him in prime position to celebrate another victory. Kyle Larson and Jamie McMurray swept the front row in Saturday qualifying at Sonoma Raceway to give Chip Ganassi Racing a 1-2 start for today’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race on the wine country road