NBC 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Track & Field – Qualifying Rounds (LIVE) Men’s Discus – Gold Medal Final Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Hungary (LIVE) 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Beach Volleyball – Round of 16 (LIVE) Rowing – Gold Medal Finals Men’s Trampoline – Gold Medal Finals (LIVE) 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Men’s Volleyball – U...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> There was a moment during a U.S. Olympic track and field team meeting Thursday where it hit Boris Berian just how far he had traveled from working at a Colorado Springs McDonald’s less than two years ago, to being rescued by a couple he didn’t know, to prevailing in a legal battle ...

LOS ANGELES >> In the early-evening hours Saturday, when Rams starters relax on the sideline during the second half and even diehard fans reach for the remote control, Aaron Green will be ru ing for his football life. The Rams’ preseason opener, against Dallas, doesn’t mean the same to everyone. For...

BRASILIA, Brazil >> The three-time defending champion U.S. women’s national team will miss the Olympic final for the first time after being ousted by Sweden on penalties following a 1-1 draw in the quarterfinals on Friday. Tied after three rounds in the shootout, Sweden captain Caroline Seger beat H...

The information seemed like an in-depth scouting report. This time, the material did not involve how Lakers rookie forward Brandon Ingram can add muscle to his rail-thin frame. Nor did it address how Ingram can improve the inconsistent shooting percentages he posted in Summer League play. Instead, I...

The gold, silver and iron-clad questions we continue to have while ultimately blaming everything else on Rio: • Spooning. All for it. Mugging. Only for a camera. Cupping? Stick a fork in it. Sir Michael Phelps may endorse this ancient form of suction therapy – which also seems to have inspired some ...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> He won his first gold medal in 2000 in Sydney and won his second here Sunday. Gaps of 16 years aren’t standard among Olympic athletes, especially swimmers, especially swimmers whose speciality is the shortest and fastest of all the races. Sixteen years is more than a career; it’s a...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Simone Biles seemed to come out of nowhere three years ago, this teenage gymnastics superhero built in a Texas gym or maybe another planet, a fearless 4-feet-9 package brimming with explosive power, like Gretzky or Jordan reinventing her sport, defying gravity and the imagination i...

What to watch: After wi ing his 22nd Olympic gold medal, Michael Phelps will look to ea his fourth consecutive gold medal in the 100 meter butterfly finals. He will also compete in the 50 meter freestyle event. Katie Ledecky will defend her title in the 800 meter freestyle event, while Missy Frankli...

CLEVELAND >> Jhoulys Chacin waited more than a month … for this. Just a day after Chacin said he was eager to get back into the Angels rotation to show he had fixed what had going wrong, he endured a miserable performance. Chacin gave up seven runs and recorded just four outs in the Angels’ 14-4 los...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Another Simone from suburban Houston made history in the Olympic pool Thursday night. Simone Manuel, pride of Sugar Land, Texas became the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic title in swimming, tying Canadian teenager Pe y Olesiak for the 100-meter freestyle g...

Los Angeles Rams live chat with Vincent Bonsignore on August 13 Home → Sports The Rams’ Aaron Green #36 during practice in Oxnard, CA, Tuesday, June 14, 2016. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht/Los Angeles Daily News) NFL columnist Vincent Bonsignore, of the Southe Califo ia News Group, will have his first ...

IRVINE >> Take one look at Tyler Higbee as he settles into the slot, his hulking, 6-foot-6, 250-pound frame towering over 5-foot-8 nickel co er LaMarcus Joyner, and you’ll have at least some notion as to why a fourth-round rookie tight end from Weste Kentucky has already become the most buzzed-about...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Marcus Fraser shot a 63, Justin Rose had a hole-in-one and Matt Kuchar saw a rat large enough to ride in a derby - soapbox or Kentucky. Golf made its historic retu to the Olympics on Thursday, while the capybara made its celebrated Games debut. Capybaras are rodents that can reach ...

By Ryan Kartje rkartje@scgn.com IRVINE >> Take one look at Tyler Higbee as he settles into the slot, his hulking, 6-foot-6, 250-pound frame towering over 5-foot-8 nickel co er LaMarcus Joyner, and you’ll have at least some notion as to why a fourth-round rookie tight end from Weste Kentucky has alre...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Simone Biles won the Olympic Games all-around gold medal Thursday, extending the U.S. hold on one of the most prestigious prizes in women’s sports to a fourth Olympics. Biles, the 19-year-old from Spring, Texas, recovering from a slow start on the vault, seemed to be only competing...

LOS ANGELES >> The pass from Sam Da old fluttered in the late Wednesday afte oon sunshine. Da old spotted JuJu Smith-Schuster ru ing untouched along the west sideline of Howard Jones Field and threw the ball downfield about 35 yards. Smith-Schuster waited, corralled it and barreled through a defensi...

The English Premier League kicks off this weekend with new Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho serving notice the revamped Red Devils are title contenders once more after defeating defending champion Leicester City a week earlier in the a ual Charity Shield game. Whether it was the Foxes’ fairy-...

LOS ANGELES >> On their first day in pads, the UCLA football team had its first fight of training camp. During the team’s daily 9-on-7 drill, safety Tahaan Goodman and linebacker Mique Juarez put a big hit on ru ing back Jalen Starks. In the aftermath of the hit, defensive end Takkarist McKinley and...

Rio de Janeiro >> One step. One little hop at the end of the final routine of the final rotation at the end of more than two hours of an edge-of-your-seat breathtaking Olympic Games men’s all around final decided the gold medal. One step on Oleg Ve iaiev of the Ukraine’s dismount on the high bar was...