OMAHA, Neb. >> Katie McLaughlin picked herself up one more time Wednesday night, showing the tenacity that brought her to the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials. The 18-year-old from Dana Point recovered from an eighth-place finish in a blistering women’s 200-meter freestyle final by qualifying, just 23 m...

OMAHA, Neb. >> The College World Series championship game between Coastal Carolina and Arizona has been postponed until Thursday because of inclement weather in the Omaha, Nebraska area on Wednesday night. NCAA officials waited 2 hours, 23 minutes after the scheduled start time to postpone the game....

The length of the Lakers’ shopping list seems extensive. Fortunately for the Lakers, they have plenty of money for a spending spree. Once free agency begins at 9:01 p.m. PT Thursday, however, the Lakers could soon realize $60 million in purchasing power will not ensure maximum leverage. The top prio...

MILWAUKEE >> Four out of Brock Stewart’s five i ings in his major-league debut went very well. But things went horribly wrong in the second i ing. The Milwaukee Brewers scored five times in the second and went on to beat the Dodgers, 7-0, Wednesday night at Miller Park. Stewart’s rise from Class-A t...

The length of the Lakers’ shopping list seems extensive. Fortunately for the Lakers, they have plenty of money for a spending spree. Once free agency begins at 9:01 p.m. PT Thursday, however, the Lakers could soon realize $60 million in purchasing power will not ensure maximum leverage. The top prio...

ANAHEIM >> So, it’s not in the franchise’s DNA to rebuild. OK, fine, but it better be in the general manager’s plan to repair. Because the Angels aren’t just a little broken. They’re broken down, all the way down, stalled on the side of the road that leads to being one of the five worst teams in the...

Incoming freshman guard Kobe Paras has withdrawn from UCLA after academic conditions of his admission were not met, according to the school. Paras, a 6-foot-6 guard who was admitted to the school upon condition, was a three-star recruit. He grew up in the Philippines, but spent his final two years o...

LONDON >> Roger Federer was not about to let this feel-good story spoil his own Wimbledon. The seven-time champion — perhaps the greatest player of all time — showed little mercy Wednesday against Marcus Willis, a 772nd-ranked British qualifier who had never won a tour-level match until this week an...

LAKEWOOD >> Lakewood High School has put its football program back in the hands of Mike Cristensen, who was the Lancers’ coach from 1998 to 2005. Christensen will be the fourth coach in the last six years and will face many of the same challenges he did when he took the team over in 1998: rebuilding...

LAKEWOOD >> Lakewood High School has put its football program back in the hands of Mike Cristensen, who was the Lancers’ coach from 1998 to 2005. Christensen will be the fourth coach in the last six years and will face many of the same challenges he did when he took the team over in 1998: rebuilding...

PLAYER OF THE YEAR MONTANA DIXON Lakewood, senior, catcher In a season full of quality high school softball catchers in the greater Long Beach area, Lakewood senior Montana Dixon was by far the best. And if the Dream Team selections were awarded for a high school career, she’d win that as well. Dixo...

Austin Rivers probably never looked worse. His left eye was closed, purple swollen flesh surrounding it. His eyebrow was held together by 11 stitches, and his voice filled with disappointment. That was the last week in May. Now, the eye’s healed, the disappointment has been put in the rearview and R...

INDIANAPOLIS — Andrew Luck has signed the richest contract in NFL history, a deal worth up to $140 million with the Indianapolis Colts that covers the next six seasons through 2021. Colts owner Jim Irsay revealed the contract’s maximum value on Wednesday for Luck, the No. 1 pick in the 2012 draft wh...

View the U.S. national team performance at Copa America through the prism of the catastrophic Mexican, Argentine and English experiences this summer at that tou ament and Euro 2016, and it’s hard not to conclude the Americans managed a Goldilocks-like “just right” run before losing to Argentina. Thi...

INDIANAPOLIS — Andrew Luck has signed the richest contract in NFL history, a deal worth up to $140 million with the Indianapolis Colts that covers the next six seasons through 2021. Colts owner Jim Irsay revealed the contract’s maximum value on Wednesday for Luck, the No. 1 pick in the 2012 draft wh...

The Nashville Predators pulled off a blockbuster before the start of free agency Wednesday by acquiring P.K. Subban from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Shea Weber, a swap of All-Star defensemen. Subban won the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s top defenseman in 2013 and had six goals and 45 assists...

How can the Lakers make it up to Kevin Durant? A few uncontested 3-point attempts the next time his team — whichever one that is — comes to town? Di er out at one of L.A.’s five-star restaurants? A date with a Kardashian? Believe it or not, Durant just might have done the Lakers a favor by reportedl...

LONDON — Roger Federer was not about to let this feel-good story spoil his own Wimbledon. The seven-time champion — perhaps the greatest player of all time — showed little mercy Wednesday against Marcus Willis, a 772nd-ranked British qualifier who had never won a tour-level match until this week and...

The length of the Lakers’ shopping list seems extensive. Fortunately for the Lakers, they have plenty of money for a spending spree. Once free agency begins at 9:01 p.m. PT Thursday, however, the Lakers could soon realize $60 million in purchasing power will not ensure maximum leverage. The top prio...

How can the Lakers make it up to Kevin Durant? A few uncontested 3-point attempts the next time his team — whichever one that is — comes to town? Di er out at one of L.A.’s five-star restaurants? A date with a Kardashian? Believe it or not, Durant just might have done the Lakers a favor by reportedl...