LONG BEACH >> Playing on U.S. soil is something the women’s national volleyball team doesn’t get to do very often. So, with the chance to play in front of a home crowd, the top-ranked team did not disappoint in Long Beach State’s Walter Pyramid on Sunday, sweeping No. 10 Turkey 25-21, 25-20 and 25-1...

The Long Beach State men’s basketball program spent the weekend mou ing and remembering former assistant coach Vic Couch who passed away on Friday at the age of 53 after a long battle with illness. Head coach Dan Monson, who had Couch on his staff for 14 years, was remembering his friend and colleag...

Live updates for Game 7 of the NBA Finals The Golden State Warriors host the Cleveland Cavaliers in a wi er take all Game 7 in the 2016 NBA Finals series. Viewing on a mobile device? Click here for live updates Quick Hits: Heisler: Nothing better than Game 7 with no one suspended Sit back and enjoy ...

OAKLAND >> One game, one trophy. Nothing for the loser. It’s that cut and dry. Except it really isn’t. It’s not like this in sports. Not in the NBA. And, certainly, not in Game 7 of the Finals Sunday evening at Oracle Arena. Someone will win the title, either LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers...

CYPRESS >> This afte oon, back home at the fairgrounds track his dad so loved, Monty Arrossa will attempt to defend the championship his horse won last year in the very race named after his late father. And he’ll do so — in a sport where titles are frequently decided by nothing longer than a horse’s...

LOS ANGELES >> It was the Dodgers’ bullpen that needed some relief. The group began Saturday having thrown five i ings in each of the last two games. Plus, spa ing the last seven days, it was used for a total of 25 2/3 i ings, a workload that was the fourth largest in the National League. So it did ...

Drew Moor scored on a diving header in the 79th minute in Toronto FC’s 1-0 victory over Los Angeles on Saturday night, the Reds’ first win in 11 tries against the Galaxy. On a night that began with Moor cradling his newbo baby boy, clad in a No. 3 “Moor” sleeper, during the national anthems, the Tor...

LONG BEACH >> Long Beach State’s Walter Pyramid is a few thousand miles away from Rio and it’s still more than a month until Brazil will host the 2016 Olympic Summer Games, but Saturday night’s match between the USA and Japan women’s volleyball teams had the feel of an Olympic medal match. Before a ...

OAKMONT, Pa. >> Shane Lowry kept his calm when he had a careless penalty stroke and walked off Oakmont after a long day with a two-shot lead in the U.S. Open. Stalled by rain in the first round, the U.S. Open is nearly back on schedule and poised for a big finish. Lowry, looking to give Irish golf a...

Lionel Messi scored and added two assists in his first Copa America start this year to lead Argentina over Venezuela 4-1 on Saturday night in Foxborough, Mass., and into a semifinal against the host United States. Messi’s goal in the 60th minute gave Argentina a 3-0 lead and was his 54th in inte ati...

LOS ANGELES >> When the cords started feeling like handcuffs, Joe Blanton cut them. He retired from pitching in 2014. He was 2-14 for the Angels in 2013 with a 6.04 ERA, so maybe the decision really wasn’t his. But he had options to go through the Triple-A wringer, pitch on hot, dusty Pacific Coast ...

ARCADIA >> If Saturday’s $200,000 Grade II Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita was the last time Southe Califo ia racing fans are treated to watching Songbird run before the Breeders’ Cup in November, the brilliant 3-year-old daughter of Medaglia d’Oro gave ’em something to remember. Songbird, who missed...

Todd Gurley’s voice was cracking. Fourteen months ago, he stood in Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre as the Rams’ pick at No. 10 overall — the highest-drafted ru ing back in three years. He had recovered from a to ACL, from an NCAA suspension, and emotions gripped him. In that moment, he had climbed a mo...

Ethan Hanson has a pretty good grasp on the things he identifies to be his strengths and weaknesses. Having passion, resourcefulness, research ability and an understanding of sports history and culture is an impressive start for the 23-year-old from Chatsworth who plans to enter Cal State Northridge...

Cristiano Ronaldo experienced a night to forget on his record 128th Portugal appearance Saturday at Paris, missing a late penalty in a 0-0 draw against Austria that left his team winless after two matches at the European Championship. As goalkeeper Robert Almer dived to his left, Ronaldo struck the ...

For warm-ups, they run a layup line and shoot hoops on a portable basket they drag onto the sand. They call their tent the Forum Club. Under a cadet blue sky, the toned bronze renegades of Manhattan Beach volleyball draw the attention of thousands of onlookers as they rush onto the sand, bearing the...

LONG BEACH >> The top-ranked USA women’s volleyball team is in Southe Califo ia for the weekend as the Americans play host to the FIVB World Grand Prix, with Pool E matches against Japan today and Turkey on Sunday. Friday evening, the USA faced No. 11 Germany to start World Grand Prix action. The No...

LOS ANGELES >> Like leaving the last Oreo in the sleeve, this is not going to be easy. But the Dodgers remain committed to keeping a gove or on Julio Urias’ workload this season, a vow of abstinence that has become more difficult to stand by with each of his five big-league starts. Urias keeps getti...

LOS ANGELES >> Like leaving the last Oreo in the sleeve, this is not going to be easy. But the Dodgers remain committed to keeping a gove or on Julio Urias’ workload this season, a vow of abstinence that has become more difficult to stand by with each of his five big-league starts. Urias keeps getti...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. >> David Ospina made an outstanding flying kick save in a shootout, Christian Cueva sent Peru’s final attempt over the crossbar and Colombia reached the Copa America semifinals for the first time since 2004 with a 4-2 victory on penalty kicks after a 0-0 tie Friday night. James...