Rio Olympics 2016: Rudisha wins 800 meters; Clayton Murphy takes bronze for U.S. United States' Clayton Murphy, center, places third in the men's 800-meter final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 15, 2016. (AP...

Rio Olympics 2016: Allyson Felix edged by unreal diving finish in 400, takes silver Bahamas’ Shaunae Miller falls over the finish line to win gold ahead of United States’ Allyson Felix in the women’s 400-meter final Monday. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) RIO DE JANEIRO >> Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas, divi...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The German Olympic team says canoe slalom coach Stefan Henze has died from injuries sustained in a car crash last week. The German team says Henze, who was 35 and won a silver medal in canoe slalom at the 2004 Athens Games, died surrounded by his family. He underwent emergency surge...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Simone Biles’ run at Olympic history hit a roadblock on Monday when a mistake on balance beam kept the American gymnastics star from a record-tying fourth gold in Rio. The 19-year-old was in the middle of her routine when she landed awkwardly while completing a front somersault. Her...

SAN BERNARDINO — It was 88 degrees Saturday in Westwood for UCLA’s final on-campus football practice before heading to the wilds of the Inland Empire. When the Bruins finished their mo ing workout here about 10:45 Monday, it was already 93 degrees. The mercury was expected to hit a high of 105, then...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> It was the end of a tou ament, end of an Olympics and, quite possibly, the end of an era. When the U.S. men’s water polo team concluded its Rio 2016 schedule on Sunday, the reality that captain and five-time Olympian Tony Azevedo could be done was, in fact, very real. “It’s insane,...

The secret isn’t dirty, nor is it very little. But we’ll let you in on it anyway if you hadn’t noticed by now. The fact that about half of all the 6,700-plus hours generated by NBC and its platforms during its 19 days of Summer Olympics coverage are being delivered by broadcasters and technicians ba...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Ryan Lochte and three other American swimmers were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday by thieves posing as police officers who stopped their taxi and took their money and belongings, the U.S. Olympic Committee said. In the latest security incident to hit the Rio de Janeiro Games, Loch...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Simone Biles won her third gold medal of these Olympic Games with a blowout victory in the vault at Rio Olympic Arena Sunday afte oon. Biles average score of 15.966 was more than seven-tenths of a point greater than the score of ru er-up Maria Paseka of Russia (15.253). Biles, who ...

LOS ANGELES >> As long-awaited sequels go, “Episode 50: Retu of the Rams” opened in blockbuster fashion, even if the script didn’t quite go the way the live audience of nearly 90,000 probably anticipated. Moments after the stadium erupted in cheers as the Rams took the field in Southe Califo ia for ...

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CARSON >>It is never easy against the Colorado Rapids and the task is even more challenging when you’re missing a key piece to your attack as the Galaxy was Saturday night. The Galaxy went to work against the Rapids at StubHub Center without the services of forward Robbie Keane (seven goals). Keane ...

LOS ANGELES >> For the first time in nearly three decades, a member of the Hill family suited up for the Rams. Austin Hill stood in the Coliseum on Saturday, his No. 9 jersey hovering around the south sideline during a preseason opener against the Dallas Cowboys. He had joined the Rams just two week...

By Mark Whicker mwhicker@scng.com @MWhicker03LANG on Twitter LOS ANGELES >> The L.A. Rams fans who have quietly endured these 22 years are a forgiving sort. They’re also a forgetting sort. Somehow they blocked out the final, fruitless years that led up to the Rams’ move to St. Louis. They pretty muc...

LOS ANGELES >> In the shadow of the Coliseum, a reunion, 22 years in the making, is underway on the blacktop of Lot 2. Old friends pose for photos in matching blue and yellow jerseys, marveling at the path they took to get to this parking lot, toasting the occasion with cans of Bud Lite. So few here...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Olympic officials have given up on cleaning the green-tinged water in one of the pools at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center, so they’ll drain it and transfer nearly 1 million gallons of clear water from a nearby practice pool in time for the start of synchronized swimming. Mario Andra...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Sarah Hammer won another Olympic silver medal Saturday, her third overall and second in team pursuit. This one, however, felt awfully different than the one her U.S. cycling team claimed in London four years ago. This time, the Americans pushed Great Britain, even leading the final...

LOS ANGELES >> The Dodgers will use a couple familiar pieces to assemble their rotation puzzle this time around. After throwing two bullpen sessions this week, right-hander Brandon McCarthy will make his scheduled start on Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. And left-hander Brett Anderson will ...

As Kim Rhode took aim at another Olympic shooting medal in Rio de Janeiro on Friday mo ing, a roomful of friends and supporters miles away in Redlands hung on every shot. “I had chills the entire time,” said Allison Rangel, manager of the Redlands Shooting Park, which hosted a live stream viewing pa...

LOS ANGELES >> The Dodgers messed up the formula. They had been wi ing without their starting pitchers going long. But this time, the offense came up short. Rookie right-hander Ross Stripling gave the Dodgers just their third seven-i ing start in the past 43 games. But he also gave up five runs and ...