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LOS ANGELES — Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw will start a do-or-die Game 4 of the National League Division Series today against the Washington Nationals. Right-hander Joe Ross starts for Washington. The game begins at 2 p.m. at Dodger Stadium by virtue of the Chicago Cubs’ loss to the San Francisco Gia...

EL SEGUNDO >> Left wing Devin Setoguchi skated with center Anze Kopitar and right wing Dustin Brown on Monday, which indicated he made the Kings’ opening-night roster as the longest of long shots after arriving at their training camp last month on a pro tryout basis. Opening-night rosters must be se...

The joyful man sat by his locker as he scrolled through his phone and bantered with a reporter. That pregame routine stopped abruptly. Lakers coach Luke Walton indicated he would like to speak with Nick Young privately. Walton hardly berated Young, though. With Walton pla ing to start Young in place...

LOS ANGELES >> The Dodgers have been pushed to the brink of elimination in the first round of the playoffs for the third consecutive year. The Nationals scored four times in the third i ing Monday afte oon then tu ed it over to their bullpen which preserved an 8-3 victory in Game 2 of the National L...

SALINAS >> Six tu s from the end of the Pirelli World Challenge Championships Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Sunday, Patrick Long of Manhattan Beach went off the pavement in a battle with Joh y O’Co ell for the checkered flag. Soon after the finish, PWC officials deemed O’Co ell for an o...

The opportunity was there. USC quarterback Sam Da old spotted an opening. After marching the Trojans into the red zone on the first series Saturday against Colorado, Da old dropped to pass. Receivers were draped when the play began. He saw a gap open in front of him. So the redshirt freshman quarter...

LOS ANGELES >> From the sideline, the three missing members of the Rams starting defensive line could only watch in street clothes, as one of the NFL’s most vaunted fronts came apart at the seams. The possibility loomed as a worst-case scenario for the Rams most dominant position group in the week l...

Ru ers along Shoreline Drive, during 30th A ual Long Beach Inte ational City Bank Marathon Long Beach Calif., Sunday October 12, 2014. (Photo by Stephen Carr / Daily Breeze) Live updates from the 2016 Long Beach Marathon, Sunday, Oct. 9. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See full stream. Advertiseme...

The official wi er of the JetBlue Long Beach Marathon crossed the finish line around 8:30 a.m. this mo ing. Chip Jordan of Flagstaff finished first in the men’s category with a time of 2:24:27. More than 22,000 ru ers participated in the marathon, half-marathon and bike events at the Long Beach even...

On a cool fall mo ing of the 2016 JetBlue Long Beach Marathon, Mary Akor, 40, came home victorious in the women’s race with a time of 2:46:49. Three days ago, however, Akor was not an entry as she continued her training for the Philadelphia Marathon next month. Akor, who has won multiple marathons b...

THOUSAND OAKS >> When Rams safety T.J. McDonald looks across the Coliseum this weekend, he’ll see some familiar faces. There will be fellow USC alums such as former Heisman wi er Reggie Bush — who left the school a few years before he arrived — and co erback Kevon Seymour, who played the bulk of his...

ANAHEIM >> Shea Theodore and Brandon Montour came before him, but Jacob Larsson has thus far been the one to last. Out of the Ducks’ talented trio of high-end defense prospects, Theodore and Montour were seen as the ones that were more advanced and would challenge for a roster spot. Hampus Lindholm’...

Of the 12 drivers remaining in NASCAR’s playoffs, the odds makers have ranked Austin Dillon last in the championship race. Very few expected him to make it out of the first round. Only he did make the cut, and now Dillon intends to creep even further into the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. “...

IRWINDALE >> Chris Forsberg has been Mr. Consistency this season. The Baltimore resident has always been one of the most consistent drivers in the Formula Drift series; he’s a two-time champion, has more podium finishes than any other driver and is second-most in victories, with eight. But in the 20...

LONG BEACH >> After giving up a cheap game-tying goal minutes before halftime, the Long Beach State women’s soccer team continued to dominate the second half on Thursday night at George Allen Field to beat Cal Poly 2-1 in Big West Conference play. Senior Mimi Rangel put LBSU ahead for good in the 59...

Dodgers special advisor Ned Colletti is among a growing list of candidates for the Arizona Diamondbacks’ general manager vacancy, according to multiple sources. Colletti, 62, has served in his current role since October 2014, when Andrew Friedman was named president of baseball operations. He was th...

PHOENIX >> What would you have said if someone told you before the season Todd Gurley would not have a 100-yard performance four games in, Brian Quick would be the Rams top wide receiver and Aaron Donald’s first sack wouldn’t happen until the fourth game of the season? Same old Rams, right? RELATED ...

SAN FRANCISCO >> Andre Ethier figured he would be watching games in October. Just not playoff games from a major-league dugout. “Five weeks, six weeks ago I was sitting and watching my kids play flag football every afte oon and going to Camelback Ranch from 8 to 1 every day doing rehab,” the Dodgers...

Dodgers playoff game times a ounced; NLDS Game 1 at 2:38 p.m. The Dodgers will play at 2:38 p.m. at the Washington Nationals on Friday in Game 1 of the National League Division Series, according to MLB.com. Game 2 Saturday is scheduled to start at 1:08 p.m. In the NLDS opener Clayton Kershaw is expe...