Follow along on Snapchat for a day at Santa Anita Race Track To follow along, simply open the app on your smartphone and search for katierichcreek or by pointing your camera over the ghost in the above image. And we’re off to the races! Reporter Katie Richcreek will be out at Santa Anita Park on Sat...

LOS ANGELES >> Pitcher Bud Norris doesn’t own any Cy Young Awards, much less three. But the veteran right-hander did his best imitation of the Dodgers’ absent three-time Cy Young wi er Friday, expertly handling one of the league’s hottest offenses in a 5-0 series-opening victory over the Colorado Ro...

BOSTON >> Jhoulys Chacin put the Angels in a hole and then, in Mike Scioscia’s eyes, a replay official buried them. The Angels lost 5-4 to the Boston Red Sox on Friday night, their 10th loss in the last 11 games, because of another rough start from Chacin, whose status in the rotation is now tenuous...

For high school athletes who participate on teams gove ed by the Califo ia Interscholastic Federation, there is one set of rules for coping with suspected concussions. Here’s what CIF requires for water polo and all sports: •The waiting: An athlete ca ot retu to practice or competition sooner than s...

OMAHA, Neb. >> Tyler Clary pounded his chest with both arms before the men’s 200-meter backstroke final Friday night at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials. With potentially his last race moments away, he then remembered the coach and father-figure with a special place below those blows, in his heart. ...

LOS ANGELES >> Pitcher Bud Norris doesn’t own any Cy Young Awards, much less three. But the veteran right-hander did his best imitation of the Dodgers’ absent three-time Cy Young wi er Friday, expertly handling one of the league’s hottest offenses in a 5-0 series-opening victory over the Colorado Ro...

The Lakers may have struck out on landing a marquee free agent. But they managed to keep one of their rising stars from leaving. The Lakers and second-year guard Jordan Clarkson agreed to a four-year deal worth $50 million, according to league sources. The deal ca ot be signed until the NBA moratori...

Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, Coach Doc Rivers, forward Blake Griffin and center DeAndre Jordan were in the room Friday night in the Hamptons on Long Island, N.Y., helping try and pitch the NBA’s top free agent on a notion that would have been ridiculous a decade ago. “Come to the Clippers. It’s goo...

OMAHA, Neb. >> Abbey Weitzeil arrived for the women’s 100-meter freestyle final Friday night with the dark hood from her sweatshirt pulled over her head. It tu ed out to be the cloak of a young Olympic master. The 19-year-old from Canyons Aquatic Club in Santa Clarita qualified for the Rio Games by ...

It was a day of distinction for the Ducks when it came to the 2016 grand opening of NHL free agency. They did nothing. The only team across the league that made no moves at all. None. Nada. Zilch. If it was a head-scratching Friday for fans of a team that still harbors its own championship viewpoint...

The Golden State Warriors want to lure Kevin Durant and put even more offensive firepower on the floor. Durant, the top prize in this year’s free-agent class, met with the Warriors on Friday in The Hamptons. A person close to the situation said Warriors owner Joe Lacob, general manager Bob Myers, co...

SAINT-LO, France >> The landing beaches. The war cemeteries. The museums. The first towns that were liberated more than 70 years ago. The D-Day and World War II history that is embedded in the culture of Normandy is ea ing extra spotlight this weekend when the Tour de France opens with two stages in...

The biggest question circling around the city last week after the blockbuster a ouncement that Misty May-Treanor was going to be coaching at Long Beach City College was also one of the shortest questions possible: Why? Why was a three-time Olympic gold medalist, the most famous female volleyball pla...

BOSTON >> Third baseman Yunel Escobar was still not ready to play Friday night, making the disabled list look like more of a possibility. Escobar has been out since last Friday with a sore left knee. At no point in the past week have the Angels said he’s more than a day or two away, but that day has...

NEW YORK >> O.J. Mayo was dismissed and disqualified from the NBA on Friday for violating the terms of the league’s anti-drug program, the first player to receive that punishment in a decade. The league said the No. 3 overall pick in the 2008 draft out of USC is eligible to apply for reinstatement i...

The Lakers did not waste any time addressing the biggest hole on their roster. Even if it cost the Lakers plenty of money. Even if it involved pursuing a player that had a recently limited role. In a move that reflected the Lakers’ urgent need at center and a rising NBA salary cap, the Lakers agreed...

The Lakers may have struck out on landing a marquee free agent. But they managed to keep one of their rising stars from leaving. The Lakers and second-year guard Jordan Clarkson agreed to a four-year deal worth $50 million, according to league sources. The deal ca ot be signed until the NBA moratori...

The Lakers may have struck out on landing a marquee free agent. But they managed to keep one of their rising stars from leaving. The Lakers and second-year guard Jordan Clarkson agreed to a four-year deal worth $50 million, according to league sources. The deal ca ot be signed until the NBA moratori...

LOS ANGELES >> Candace Parker cut through the lane to kiss the ball off the glass with her left hand for the Los Angeles Sparks first basket of the night in their 89-84 win over the Dallas Wings on Tuesday. Then, she pointed to the sky. Pat Summitt, the coach with whom she had won two national title...

The biggest question circling around the city last week after the blockbuster a ouncement that Misty May-Treanor was going to be coaching at Long Beach City College was also one of the shortest questions possible: Why? Why was a three-time Olympic gold medalist, the most famous female volleyball pla...