CLEVELAND — LeBron James is about to hit the free-agency market and stay right at home. James declined his player option for next season with the NBA champion Cavaliers, but the finals MVP has made it clear he has no intention of leaving Cleveland anytime soon. He had until midnight Wednesday to pic...

LONDON — Chalk up another Grand Slam milestone for Novak Djokovic. The defending Wimbledon champion won his 30th straight match at a major tou ament Wednesday, sweeping into the third round with a clinical 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over Adrian Ma arino under the roof on Centre Court. The win gave Dj...

Incoming freshman guard Kobe Paras has withdrawn from UCLA after academic conditions of his admission were not met, according to the school.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...

ANAHEIM >> Tim Lincecum has shown that a pitcher without command of his fastball doesn’t have a fastball. Not one that he can use anyway. After his second straight poor outing in the Angels’ 7-1 loss to the Houston Astros on Tuesday night, Lincecum said his fastball command was “pretty terrible” and...

LOS ANGELES >> Candace Parker had 31 points and a season-high 13 rebounds in an emotional performance after losing her college coach Pat Summitt, and the Sparks rallied from a 22-point deficit to beat the Dallas Wings, 89-84, on Tuesday night. Parker, a former Te essee Volunteer, wore orange shoes w...

OMAHA, Neb. >> They were the comeback trio at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials on Tuesday night. Orange County products Katie McLaughlin (Santa Margarita), Tom Shields (Edison) and Ella Eastin (Crean Lutheran) each bounced back from various challenges to advance from the evening semifinals to the fi...

OMAHA, Neb. >> Co or Owings’ bloop RBI single sparked a three-run eighth i ing, and Coastal Carolina beat Arizona 5-4 on Tuesday night to send the College World Series finals to a deciding Game 3. Mike Morrison was sensational in his first start of the season, helping the Chanticleers rebound from a...

LONDON >> Leave all the chatter about Serena Williams’ pursuit of her 22nd major singles trophy to others. Williams and her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, do not discuss that number. “We don’t talk about it all. Zero,” Mouratoglou said Tuesday at Wimbledon after watching Williams win her first-round ma...

OMAHA, Neb. >> The crowd at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials erupted Tuesday night as the men’s 200-meter freestyle final sent three racers sprinting in near-unison under the flags toward the final wall. Conor Dwyer of USC-based Trojan Swim Club was in the middle of the trio, flanked to his left by ...

FONTANA >> What does a young NASCAR Sprint Cup driver do five days before the circuit’s retu to Daytona Inte ational Speedway? If you’re Chase Elliott, you fly into Southe Califo ia from a Monday promotional appearance in Utah to speak with season-ticket holders at Auto Club Speedway at noon on a Tu...

1. Kevin Durant, forward, 27, Oklahoma City 2. LeBron James, forward, 31, Cleveland 3. Mike Conley, point guard, 28, Memphis 4. Andre Drummond, center, 22, Detroit 5. Al Horford, center, 30, Atlanta 6. Hassan Whiteside, center, 27, Miami 7. DeMar DeRozan, shooting guard, 26, Toronto 8. Nicolas Batum...

ANAHEIM >> Although his team is languishing far out of contention, Angels general manager Billy Eppler is saying all the right things. Or, depending on your perspective, all the wrong things. Eppler held court with reporters before Tuesday night’s game against the Houston Astros and said he doesn’t ...

1. Kevin Durant, forward, 27, Oklahoma City: It’s a question years in the making. Will Durant bolt OKC? It makes the most financial sense for him to stay with the Thunder (for at least one more year), but he is taking in the experience of free agency. He is set to meet with at least six teams, inclu...

Pat Summitt coached Te essee’s Lady Volunteers from 1974 through 2012. In that span there were seven men’s coaches at Te essee. Each team had a magnificent locker room and training room, and played in a 24,000-seat arena. They were equal and, judging by the record, they were separate. Summit won eig...

FONTANA >> What does a young NASCAR Sprint Cup driver do five days before the circuit’s retu to Daytona Inte ational Speedway? If you’re Chase Elliott, you fly into Southe Califo ia from a Monday promotional appearance in Utah to speak with season-ticket holders at Auto Club Speedway at noon on a Tu...

The pursuit of a sixth MLS Cup tops the list of priorities for the Galaxy, but halfway through a long league season, there’s still room for multitasking. The Galaxy face the Portland Timbers in Providence Park on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the U.S. Open Cup round of 16. “We don’t have any exhibitions...

Buddy Ryan, the pugnacious coach who masterminded two fierce defenses that won Super Bowl titles and whose twin sons have been successful NFL coaches, died Tuesday. He was 82. His death was confirmed by the Buffalo Bills, who are coached by Rex Ryan. James Solano, Buddy Ryan’s agent, said he died in...

Needing yet another men’s basketball coach, Te essee officials tu ed to the one person they thought would be perfect to take over the Volunteers program. Pat Summitt said no. She wasn’t interested in the job in 1994 after Wade Houston was forced out, and she tu ed it down again when Jerry Green quit...

MILWAUKEE >> The Dodgers’ starting rotation has unraveled from the back. Now there is reason to be conce ed about the top of the rotation as well. One day after downplaying the lower back discomfort that has bothered Clayton Kershaw for some time, the Dodgers are sending their ace back to Los Angele...

It’s official. Both KSPN (710 AM) and The Sound (100.3 FM) will be the local affiliates carrying every one of the Rams games as the team marks its retu to Los Angeles. The basics: • The agreement with the stations is for five years and covers pre-season, regular-season and post-season games. • Each ...