BALTIMORE >> While those around the Angels clubhouse were using words like “incredible” and “unbelievable” to describe what Andrelton Simmons had done, he shrugged it off. “I’ve done a couple like that,” the two-time Gold Glove wi ing shortstop said. Simmons added the latest highlight to his resume ...

When Lydia Ko first came to a U.S. Women’s Open four years ago, her hands were shaking so much out of nerves. Now with two major titles under her belt by age 19, Ko is able to keep those emotions under control and project a picture of calmness on the golf course. Ko birdied the 18th hole to cap a 2-...

LAS VEGAS >> The offseason was three days away, tipoff was in an hour, and D’Angelo Russell sat at his locker in Oklahoma City on April 11, toying with his phone and describing his plans for the coming months. Yes, he said, he would play in the NBA Summer League. Without looking up, he added, “And I...

It’s been a 28-year give-and-take relationship that Boyd Robertson and Vin Scully have going on here. It’s also a given that neither of them take it for granted. Much of it works without a word spoken. At least, on Robertson’s part. Between hand signals, index cards, spotting boards or just a knowin...

More than two months ago it was first reported that there is a possibility that the Carolina League could expand from eight to 10 teams and the Califo ia League could contract from 10 to eight teams, with Bakersfield and High Desert the most likely franchises to shift. While the 2016 season is windi...

SEATTLE >> Robbie Keane won the game with his left foot. But A.J. DeLaGarza saved it with his chest. Keane scored in the 15th minute, and DeLaGarza blocked a shot in front of a wide-open net in the 53rd, leading the Galaxy to a 1-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders on Saturday. It was Keane’s sixth ...

LAS VEGAS >> No longer does Mitch Kupchak need to keep his ear glued to his phone at every single waking hour. The Lakers’ general manager spent most of his time last week filling out a roster that he believes will provide a much better product than last season’s finish that ended with a franchise-w...

LOS ANGELES — It must have been such a relief for Yasmani Grandal to get out of a crouch Friday night. When he wasn’t catching 177 pitches from six Dodgers pitchers, Grandal celebrated his brief interludes of standing erect by hitting three home runs – and bunting for a single against a defensive sh...

It hit close to home for Clayton Kershaw in every sense when shootings in Dallas on Thursday night claimed the lives of five police officers, wounded seven more and injured two civilians. The Dodgers pitcher is a Dallas native who still resides there in the offseason. He was a fearful spectator from...

Steven Gerrard has finally figured out the simple trick to solving L.A. traffic. “Just gotta get on to it,” the English midfielder said with a laugh Thursday, exactly one year after his first press conference at StubHub Center as a member of the Galaxy. With 12 months of his 18-month contract with t...

Some experienced help will now accompany John Gibson in the Ducks’ goal crease, while a once-projected star gets the chance to shine out of the white-hot spotlight. The Ducks on Friday acquired goalie Jonathan Be ier from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a 2017 conditional draft pick. Be ier fills a hole...

It hit close to home for Clayton Kershaw in every sense when shootings in Dallas on Thursday night claimed the lives of five police officers, wounded seven more and injured two civilians. The Dodgers pitcher is a Dallas native who still resides there in the offseason. He was a fearful spectator from...

Some experienced help will now accompany John Gibson in the Ducks’ goal crease, while a once-projected star gets the chance to shine out of the white-hot spotlight. The Ducks on Friday acquired goalie Jonathan Be ier from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a 2017 conditional draft pick. Be ier fills a hole...

Sport has broken language barriers, it’s to down racial barriers, and in many ways sport has been used as a vehicle to change society for the better. Jackie Robinson did it for baseball, Nelson Mandela boldly brought a nation together through rugby, and Muhammad Ali, well, his impact speaks for itse...

The incident seemed just as unexpected as achieving Metta World Peace’s last name. After growing up in Queens, N.Y. in an area stricken with poverty, drug abuse and violence, the former Ron Artest reflected on a childhood that entailed experiences with law enforcement that had little to do with raci...

LAS VEGAS — This just in: Brock Lesnar doesn’t care what you think. With all the turmoil that has surrounded UFC 200 this week, the one constant has been Lesnar’s bemused indifference. The WWE superstar and former UFC heavyweight champion, who will take on eighth-ranked Mark Hunt in the co-main even...

In case you weren’t scoring at home, here’s the chaotic buildup to Saturday’s epic and tumultuous UFC 200. On Wednesday night, the main event between light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was called off after Jones was notified of a potential anti...

Considering Saul “Canelo” Alvarez took so much heat for defending his middleweight title against a welterweight - Amir Khan - in May, it was surprising to hear Friday mo ing that middleweight champion Ge ady Golovkin will now do the same. Golovkin will defend his three belts against Kell Brook, who ...

LAS VEGAS — This just in: Brock Lesnar doesn’t care what you think. With all the turmoil that has surrounded UFC 200 this week, the one constant has been Lesnar’s bemused indifference. The WWE superstar and former UFC heavyweight champion, who will take on eighth-ranked Mark Hunt in the co-main even...

LAS VEGAS — Conor McGregor is in town to promote his fight with Nate Diaz at UFC 202 in August. The featherweight champion has been on the minds of a lot of fighters this week. Count Frankie Edgar as one of them. The former UFC lightweight champion will have a rematch with former featherweight champ...