LONG BEACH >> There was some heavy star power in the Walter Pyramid at Long Beach State on Thursday night, as popular rapper Drake was on hand to see his goddaughter Ashley Murray play with the 49ers women’s volleyball team. The 49ers, buoyed more by a lineup change than by the multi-platinum record...

BEVERLY HILLS >> Ma y Pacquiao figures to go down as an all-time great prize-fighter, so it’s always a big deal when there is a news conference for one of his upcoming bouts. It was no different Thursday when Pacquiao and welterweight champion Jessie Vargas got together at the Beverly Hills Hotel to...

LONG BEACH >> The question for the Wilson Bruins football program before this season started was how to replace dynamic playmaker Josh Wise. Through two games and two convincing victories, they have their answer: Jacobi Hardy and Semaj Parker. The Bruins’ dynamic duo has combined for 628 of the 945 ...

All games at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. St. Anthony at Wilson: The Bruins (2-0) have a chance to show how good they really are against a tough St. Anthony (1-0) team in this 7th Street showdown. Wilson’s dynamic duo of Semaj Parker and Jacobi Hardy have accounted for 628 of the Bruins’ 945 all-p...

After falling out of the national Top-25 rankings because of two home losses last weekend, the Long Beach State women’s soccer team is back at George Allen Field on Sunday at noon to host DePaul. “Not every weekend is going to go perfectly,” LBSU coach Mauricio Ingrassia said of the 2-1 losses to Lo...

Long Beach Wilson High School water polo is synonymous with Moore League dynasty. Over the last 29 years, the Bruins have captured 27 league titles and have been crowned Long Beach’s kings of the pool the last nine consecutive seasons. “It’s a big thing for us,” said Wilson senior two-meter man Jack...

Three days after wi ing the Pasadena Poly High School tou ament, St. Anthony (6-0) rolled to a sweep of Mary Star on Tuesday. Saints freshman setter Misabella Bareford led the attack with 36 assists, six kills and two aces. Senior libero Maddie Mizraji was the Poly tou ament Most Valuable Player and...

ANAHEIM — Southe Califo ia dominates the history of American volleyball from a Golden State-loaded U.S. team at the first Olympic volleyball tou ament in 1964 to the Anaheim-based U.S. men’s and women’s teams capturing bronze medals last month at the Rio Games. “When you think about volleyball, you ...

QUARTERBACK This one already has been analyzed just a bit. The Rams have followed through on their promise not to rush No. 1 pick Jared Goff, and that was wise, so for now, the starting job remains in the hands of the capable but unspectacular Case Keenum. The Rams talked all offseason about an upgr...

LOS ANGELES >> Adarius Pickett likes to wear a dark visor in practice because Kam Chancellor wears it. The Seattle Seahawks’ All-Pro safety is known as one of the hardest hitters in the NFL, the enforcer on one of the league’s most feared defenses. Pickett wants to be that too. After bouncing from t...

Bobby Chacon had battled pugilistic dementia for some two decades, but he always found a way to make appearances at local boxing cards and was always smiling and cracking jokes. Chacon, the pride of Pacoima, lost his last fight Wednesday when he died at age 64. Details of his death are not clear. Ch...

Tanks for the memories, Eric Kush. Great little daughter you have there, Austin Hill. Now you’ve got more time to play. As much as we respect the heck out of your uncle, you just need to get stronger, Ian Seau. Stay in touch. And stay strong. By Saturday mo ing, most of the Rams’ final 22 cuts were ...

LOS ANGELES >> The Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks will play each other five more times after today. There’s still time for the Diamondbacks to change the trajectory of what’s become a predictable head-to-head narrative. Then again, Zack Greinke and Shelby Miller might have a lot of time before the...

The new CIF Southe Section playoff equity divisions have eight local high school football teams ranked in the polls released Tuesday. St. John Bosco is the highest ranked at No. 2 in Division 1, where Poly comes in at No. 7 after its loss to Narbo e. La Mirada fell from its top spot in Division 3 to...

George Van Zant, a longtime local sports figure who wrote a column on the outdoors for the Press-Telegram for 26 years, died Saturday. He was 84. VanZant was a Poly High School graduate and a member of the Long Beach City College Hall of Champions. After a successful career as an athlete and coach, ...

SoCal Prep Legends girls athlete of the week: Alexa Gallegos, St. Joseph volleyball By SOCAL PREP LEGENDS GIRLS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK NAME: Alexa Gallegos SCHOOL: St. Joseph SPORT: Volleyball YEAR: Senior Noteworthy: Gallegos had a fever of 102 degrees last weekend but still dug deep to lead the Jeste...

The coaches have decided and the players have voted. The Rams have a quarterback plan for the first week. It’s not one that most thought probable a few months ago, but it’s a plan nonetheless. Case Keenum will start, as had been all but assured throughout training camp, and on Tuesday, Coach Jeff Fi...

Middleweight champion Ge ady Golovkin, it seems, will be in the proverbial no-win situation when he defends his championship against Kell Brook on Saturday at O2 Arena in Brook’s native England (on HBO). Golovkin is a beast with 22 consecutive knockouts and Brook is a welterweight champion moving up...

LOS ANGELES >> Ke edy Polamalu handled his new position in an old, familiar place Saturday: on the sideline. The first-year offensive coordinator called plays from the field while coaching his ru ing backs against Texas A&M. Despite his new play-calling responsibilities, Polamalu wants to be on the ...

The Rams take an 0-0 record into Monday night’s game at San Francisco. Well, most of them do. Matt Longacre is 2-0. Longacre has been to two Rams’ camps. He held onto his parking pass both times. He did not have to take his playbook into Jeff Fisher’s office. He did not have to throw himself at the ...