BIRMINGHAM, Ala. >> Despite fighting mostly one-armed for half the fight, Deontay Wilder remained in control in the ring before quickly heading to the hospital. Wilder retained his WBC heavyweight title with a technical knockout when Chris Arreola’s co er stopped the fight after the eighth round Sat...

Laurie He andez keeps insisting she’s too young to know better. That she’s so new to this whole Olympics thing, she doesn’t know she’s supposed to be scared. “You just kind of have to act naive to it,” the 16-year-old said with a shrug. “It’s just another meet. The arena is just a little bigger than...

SAN FRANCISCO >> Former NBA great Nate Thurmond, a tenacious defensive center who played with Wilt Chamberlain and was an iconic sports figure in two cities, died Saturday after a short battle with leukemia. He was 74. The Golden State Warriors a ounced the death of one of the team’s most iconic pla...

TROON, Scotland >> Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson delivered what everyone expects out of a major championship. They matched birdies and improbable par saves. Momentum could change with any shot. The lead changed four times over four hours of golf at its highest level, played in the cold wind and ...

TROON, Scotland >> Even with six PGA Tour victories, Bill Haas knew his record in the majors was lacking. He had never contended. He never even had a top 10. Hass finally put together three solid rounds at Royal Troon, including a 2-under 69 on Saturday, and was in third place going into the final r...

MIAMI >> A contrite Pat Riley revealed Saturday that he blames himself for Dwyane Wade’s decision to leave the Miami Heat, adding that he wishes he could have done more to keep the three-time champion. Riley, the Heat’s president, said if he had the chance, he would have handled Wade’s free agency d...

LAS VEGAS >> Everywhere Brandon Ingram tu ed, he could have easily noticed the finality approaching. The passionate Lakers crowd that dominated these Summer League games appeared smaller. After exerting his scoring superiority, Lakers second-year guard D’Angelo Russell dressed in street clothes and ...

BEVERLY HILLS >> It is the perfect scenario. Tony Azevedo retu s to his place of birth for what could be his final Olympic appearance and wins that elusive gold medal. The American plays professional water polo for SESI, a team in Sao Paulo, the Brazilian capital. His father, Ricardo, played for the...

SAN FRANCISCO >> Nate Thurmond, a Hall of Fame center and longtime Golden State Warrior, died Saturday after a short battle with leukemia. He was 74. The Golden State Warriors a ounced his death. In 1996, Thurmond was voted as one of the best 50 players in NBA history and is considered among the mos...

The 2016 Moore League baseball race was filled with seniors. Millikan, which won its first outright Moore League title since 2009, had 20 seniors on its roster. Wilson, the second-place finisher, had 16. Because of the huge roster tu over, it would be reasonable to expect that the Rams and Bruins wo...

ANAHEIM >> Left-hander Hector Santiago struck out the first batter he faced Friday at Angel Stadium, gave up a double and then struck out the next two. Then he struck out the leadoff hitter in the second, retired the next one on a popup and struck out the next one. And so it went for Santiago during...

PHOENIX >> Just short of four months after he fouled a ball off his right shin during a spring training game, the spiral fracture in Andre Ethier’s tibia is still not fully healed. Ethier underwent another scan on the injured tibia Friday in hopes of getting clearance to increase his workout activit...

LAS VEGAS >> Like the end of any trip here, sometimes it becomes a better idea just to rest. This did not entail abstaining from prolonging any fun at the casinos or nightclubs. Instead, Lakers second-year guard D’Angelo Russell sat out of the team’s 92-88 consolation loss to the Utah Jazz on Friday...

MANHATTAN BEACH >> Their growing popularity is marked by the number of fans — old and young alike — sitting around the outside court Friday at the Manhattan Beach Open. Their youth is found in their sun-kissed faces and board shorts ado ed with red and coral-colored crabs. Their talent is confirmed ...

ANAHEIM >> Left-hander Tyler Skaggs didn’t get the call from the Angels after he tied Jered Weaver’s club record of 14 strikeouts while pitching for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. It could come as soon as next week, after Skaggs makes his next start Tuesday for the Bees, however. Skaggs certainly s...

ANAHEIM >> Left-hander Tyler Skaggs didn’t get the call from the Angels after he tied Jered Weaver’s club record of 14 strikeouts while pitching for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. It could come as soon as next week, after Skaggs makes his next start Tuesday for the Bees, however. Skaggs certainly s...

Trumaine Johnson’s first season in Los Angeles also might be his last. The Rams failed to reach agreement with Johnson, their top co erback, on a long-term contract extension, so on Friday afte oon, the team officially applied its franchise-player tag to Johnson for the 2016 season. Johnson will rec...

HOLLYWOOD >> Victor Bolden Jr. put his name in Oregon State football’s record book last fall, as the first Beaver player ever to retu both a kickoff and a punt for a touchdown. And the former star at Los Osos High School also added to his receiving bona fides in his junior year, leading Oregon State...

HOLLYWOOD >> UCLA football will retu to Cal State San Be ardino for training camp next month for the fifth consecutive year, but there will be some changes. It will be shorter, for one thing. More intense, presumably. The Bruins, who in the past have spent 10 days to two weeks staying in Cal State’s...

LA CAVERNE DU PONT-D’ARC, France >> Chris Froome and the other Tour de France leaders laid bouquets on the podium in a solemn ceremony. There were no kisses, and the usual podium celebrations. The publicity caravan which precedes the riders and blasts music, rode silently. A day after the deadly att...