Luka Doncic, Lakers approaching opportunity to extend contract
The Lakers are on the precipice of an opportunity they’ve been anticipating for half a year. Saturday is the first day Luka Doncic is eligible to extend his contract with the Lakers, who acquired...
View ArticleInductees Marks, Dunn and Servais cement their place in Surfers’ Hall of Fame...
All three of the newly minted Surfers’ Hall of Fame inductees who put their hands and feet into cement Friday, Aug. 1, have made their marks in the surf world. The aloha-style celebration honored...
View ArticleAngels players relieved that GM Perry Minasian didn’t dismantle club
ANAHEIM — Taylor Ward was relieved to still have a locker in the Angels’ clubhouse on Friday. “I definitely feel much more comfortable,” the outfielder said a day after the trade deadline, which passed...
View ArticleDodgers welcome bullpen additions but move Kirby Yates to IL
TAMPA, Fla. — The Dodgers were accused of overkill last winter when they signed both Tanner Scott and Kirby Yates as free agents. Yates joined Scott on the injured list on Friday, officially with lower...
View ArticleDodgers’ Freddie Freeman drives in 3 runs to back Clayton Kershaw’s scoreless...
TAMPA, Fla. — It was meant as a joke, one of the seemingly millions of memes sparked by the Coldplay concert video. But the Dodgers might eventually vote a playoff share to the person who sent it to...
View ArticleBaffert-trained trio highlight Clement Hirsch Stakes; Speedy Wilson wins at...
DEL MAR — The second Grade I stakes of Del Mar’s summer season on Saturday shapes up as Kopion versus trainer Bob Baffert. And the Richard Mandella-trained Kopion is outnumbered 3-to-1. Baffert is...
View ArticleAngels drop opener of series against White Sox
ANAHEIM — The Angels’ 6-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Friday night provided the perfect example of why so many observers wondered why the Angels didn’t sell at the deadline. The White Sox are...
View ArticleLAFC edges Pachuca on PKs in 2nd Leagues Cup match
LOS ANGELES — The penalty kick shootout giveth and it taketh away. On Tuesday night, 12 rounds of PKs against Mazatlan went against the Los Angeles Football Club in its Leagues Cup opener. On Friday...
View ArticleAppeals court upholds restraining order on ‘roving’ Southern California ICE...
A federal appeals court panel on Friday, Aug. 1, upheld a temporary restraining order that halted the federal government’s month-long immigration crackdown across Southern California. In a 61-page...
View ArticleWarped Tour confirms 2026 return to Long Beach
After a sweaty, packed, and emotional return to Long Beach in 2025, Vans Warped Tour has announced it will be back in the city for a two-day event in 2026. The punk and emo festival will return to the...
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