SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepe ick says he has been wearing socks depicting police officers as pigs in protest of “rogue cops” who put the community and other officers at risk. Kaepe ick issued a statement on Twitter on Thursday after photos began circulating on so...

In the wild world of college football, few things are constant. As dependable as Jim Harbaugh wearing khakis, the SEC will reign supreme in the hearts of voters, an upstart team from a non-power 5 conference will rise to only fall and the Pac-12 will eat itself alive. Parity rules the West. Four tea...

LOS ANGELES >> UCLA had four uninterrupted weeks of preparation for its season opener against Texas A&M. The Bruins have done every drill, watched every piece of tape and seen everything they can see from the Aggies. But there’s still lingering insecurity about Saturday’s season opener at 12:30 p.m....

Entering their first full season under Clay Helton, the Trojans face one of the nation’s toughest schedules, a slate that includes six teams ranked in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll. A closer look: Saturday vs. Alabama 5 p.m., AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas It marks the schools’ first me...

EL SEGUNDO — The Lakers on Wednesday a ounced a long-term partnership with UCLA Health that includes naming rights to their new practice facility, scheduled to open in the fall of 2017. The Lakers will pack up and move from the Toyota Sports Center, located two blocks from their new home in El Segun...

LOS ANGELES — A taxpayer lawsuit will be filed today against the city of Los Angeles alleging an unlawful “gift of public funds” to the Los Angeles Rams in the form of security at home games. The lawsuit will be filed by former Los Angeles City Councilmember De is Zine and Los Angeles resident James...

DENVER >> It’s no surprise that the Dodgers will give the ball to rookie left-hander Julio Urias for Friday’s start against the San Diego Padres. The 20-year-old left-hander is 5-2 with a 3.71 ea ed-run average in 14 games (12 starts) with the Dodgers. His last four outings, all victories, have seen...

ANAHEIM - This is the time of the baseball season teams not contending will start looking at the future, whether it be analyzing which players on the big-league roster figure into next season’s plans, or eyeballing the development of those players called up on Sept. 1, which is Thursday. The Angels ...

LOS ANGELES >> The latest road marker in Tim Tebow’s curious jou ey toward a Major League Baseball career came before more than 100 scouts and media members at USC’s Dedeaux Field on Tuesday afte oon. The reviews were uneven, but it wasn’t meant to be a make-or-break moment than it was a look-and-se...

Suspended USC linebacker Osa Masina is under investigation by the Cottonwood Heights police department in Utah for an alleged sexual assault, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday. The investigation was first reported by a Fox affiliate television station in Salt Lake City. The alleged incident occurred in ...

Josh Rosen is no stranger to high expectations. UCLA’s star sophomore is both the center of them and the setter of them. On the first day of training camp this summer, he boldly stated his goals for the year. “I want to win a national championship,” Rosen said flatly. With Rosen leading the way, No....

If anything, Tim Tebow’s hour-and-half baseball workout in front of about 45 scouts and an equal number of media members at Dedeaux Field on the USC campus Tuesday showed many that he’s taking serious this cross-sports transformation. Now it all depends on what information those MLB evaluators take ...

LOS ANGELES >> USC reserve inside linebacker Osa Masina will not travel with the team for the season opener against Alabama because of an unspecified violation of team rules, Coach Clay Helton a ounced Monday on the Trojans live weekly radio show. Masina, a sophomore, was co-listed with Quinton Powe...

It’s 33 steps to the top of the observation tower sitting by the football fields in Tuscaloosa, Ala. It long marked Bear Bryant’s perch. Bryant routinely gazed out from the tower to watch practices, images of him peering down serving as some of the lasting snapshots of a legendary coach who led the ...

ANAHEIM >> Sometimes it’s been too easy to forget, too simple to ignore the obvious during a lost season that’s been dominated almost from the start by a relentless string of injuries and defeats that have resulted in a last-place standing in the American League West. The plain fact is, Mike Trout a...

Former USC athletic director Mike Garrett was accused of sexual harassment by a Cal State Los Angeles administrator on Monday. Garrett, who was the athletic director at Cal State Los Angeles until June, called female employees “babe,” sweetheart,” “love” and “legs” according to Dr. Sheila Hudson, se...

For the first time since 1992, the United States women’s volleyball team competed in the Olympics earlier this month without Long Beach State product Danielle Scott-Arruda. Unfortunately for the 49er Hall of Famer and five-time Olympian, she wasn’t relaxing on a beach somewhere enjoying retirement —...

A Southe Califo ia bank you probably haven’t heard of will have its name slapped on a new soccer stadium in Los Angeles that will host a pro team that hasn’t played a game yet. Talk about a long shot. Banc of Califo ia, a banking brand started in 2013 after the merger of several small institutions, ...

PARIS — American businessman Frank McCourt is buying French soccer club Marseille from Russian-bo billionaire Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, heralding a new chapter for a team that has fallen into the shadow of bitter rival Paris Saint-Germain. At a news conference on Monday in Marseille’s city hall, Mayo...

Some of us remember when the words “respectfully disagree” worked together. Colin Kaepe ick shouldn’t get attached to that concept. Instead, he is immediately and maybe permanently known as the “guaranteed $61 million quarterback” who did not stand for the Star-Spangled Ba er or the flag before last...