EL SEGUNDO — A day after being chosen to retu to the Olympics, gold-medal-wi ing gymnast Gabby Douglas was honored today with a Barbie doll modeled after her. According to El Segundo-based Mattel, the doll is aimed at reminding girls “they can be anything,” by highlighting Douglas’ confidence, work ...

SAN ANTONIO — Tim Duncan spent nearly two decades as the quiet storm in the middle of the San Antonio Spurs franchise, putting the team on his broad shoulders and carrying it to heights unseen in mode American sports. With Duncan as the focal point, the Spurs won five championships, made the playoff...

TROON, Scotland — Jordan Spieth withdrew from the Olympics on Monday, leaving golf without its top four players when the sport retu s to the games for the first time since 1904. The decision was a ounced by Inte ational Golf Federation President Peter Dawson. Spieth was the last player to say he was...

ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra — Chris Froome has the yellow jersey, Mark Cavendish has won three sprint stages, and Adam Yates sits second in the overall standings. It has been a very successful start to the Tour de France for British cyclists. “It’s definitely not a fluke,” Froome said on Monday as the...

VENICE BEACH >> The Orlando Magic’s Aaron Gordon is no stranger to the art of elevation. Arguably one of the most electrifying dunkers in the NBA, Gordon was in Venice Sunday afte oon for the first Venice Basketball League (VBL) Dunk Fest. VIDEO: Highlights from VBL’s Dunk Fest Gordon’s presence bro...

EUGENE, Ore. >> Allyson Felix had the star power to change the Olympic schedule. Now, it’s her schedule that needs adjusting. Felix’s run at the 200-400 Olympic double, made possible after Olympics officials honored her request for a chance to run both races, came to an earlier-than-expected end Sun...

LOS ANGELES >> Candace Parker hit four 3-pointers and finished with 26 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists to help the Sparks beat the Washington Mystics 93-82 on Sunday at Staples Center. Nneka Ogwumike had 22 points and Jantel Lavender added 20 on 9-of-11 shooting for the Sparks (18-1). Los Angel...

SAN JOSE, Calif. >> Simone Biles can officially book that plane ticket for Brazil. Same for defending Olympic champion Gabby Douglas. Biles, the three-time world gymnastics champion, secured her spot on the U.S. Olympic team with a near flawless tour of the SAP Center on Sunday night, ea ing an auto...

SAN DIEGO >> They call it the All-Star Futures Game, but it’s not so futuristic. Baseball is a bountiful country for young men these days, and the future for the minor leaguers at Petco Park on Sunday could be a calendar flip away. Ten of the players in last year’s Futures Game have done significant...

LOS ANGELES >> On the seventh day, the Dodgers’ bullpen, mostly, rested. After logging 59 i ings in the past two weeks before Sunday, the most in the major leagues over that stretch, the club’s relief pitchers were needed for only two i ings in a 3-1 win over the San Diego Padres. Kenta Maeda lasted...

LAS VEGAS >> The “MVP” chants filled the arena, and for once they were not directed at Kobe Bryant. Lakers fans did not aim the praise toward second-year guard D’Angelo Russell, despite his a game-wi ing 3-pointer to secure a summer-league win against Philadelphia on Saturday. Nor were those cheers ...

LOS ANGELES >> The Dodgers have been gushing about Corey Seager for a while. After all, Seager was their first-round pick in the 2012 draft and came into this season as the consensus No. 1 prospect in baseball and a leading contender to win the National League Rookie of the Year Award. “There’s real...

LONDON >> Andy Murray’s first Wimbledon championship was for his country. This one was for Andy Murray. Dulling big serves with quick-reflex retu s, conjuring up daring passing shots and playing impressively mistake-free te is all the while, Murray beat Milos Raonic 6-4, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) on Sunday f...

Follow InsideSoCalSpts on Snapchat for Dodgers vs. Padres Home → Sports By Katie Richcreek LOS ANGELES >> Before Corey Seager and Kenley Jansen take their talents down to San Diego for the 2016 MLB All-Star Game, the Los Angeles Dodgers have one last game to play. The team will host the San Diego ...

Brad Keselowski became the first three-time wi er at Kentucky Speedway in Sprta on Saturday night, overtaking Kevin Harvick on lap 201 and holding on for the Sprint Cup Series victory. Matt Kenseth grabbed the lead with six laps remaining but soon pitted for fuel to hand the top spot back to Keselow...

Last week, Kevin Durant became the first person in known history who was pressured to justify moving from Oklahoma to the Bay Area. Fortunately, all things must pass. Especially the Warriors. Oklahoma City will survive because it is a fine city with many gracious people who, for the most part, reali...

LAS VEGAS >> So much for that trilogy fight between Miesha Tate and Ronda Rousey. Amanda Nunes rained on that parade after raining punches on Tate and sinking in a rear-naked choke in the first round to claim the women’s bantamweight title in the co-main event at UFC 200 on Saturday at T-Mobile Aren...

LAS VEGAS >> Brock Lesnar is back. The WWE superstar and former UFC heavyweight champion put the promotion’s biggest fighters on notice with a unanimous-decision victory over eighth-ranked Mark Hunt in the co-main event at UFC 200 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. The main event between women’s bantamw...

LAS VEGAS >> The women’s bantamweight division might have a new contender. Fifth-ranked Julia a Pena overcame a shaky first round to overwhelm third-ranked Cat Zingano and ea the unanimous decision in the featured fight on the preliminary card at UFC 200 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena. All three judg...

Legendary basketball coach John Wooden once said, “Young people need models, not critics.” And over the past 30 years, Hughes Middle School basketball and football coach John Tokeshi has been just that — a role model for his kids who come through the middle school pipeline. “There’s been nothing mor...