Luka Doncic, with the eyes of five defenders fixed on him in the paint, faked a lob pass. He threatened to wrap a pass around Cleveland center Thomas Bryant’s back. Instead, the Lakers superstar pulled up straight over the top of Bryant’s outstretched arm, dropping a fadeaway jumper softly through the net. Doncic smiled slyly…
With Kendrick Lamar’s “tv off” blaring outside the Mo Ostin Basketball Center, a crowd of cheering fans gave the UCLA women’s basketball team a fitting sendoff Tuesday as they left Westwood for Phoenix. The Bruins are back in the Final Four, where they’ll play Texas — the only team that has beaten them this season…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> The Bulls did not elaborate, but the announcement that Ivey would be waived came soon after one of his videos on Instagram Live . “They proclaim Pride Month in the NBA. They proclaim it,” Ivey said in the video. “They show it to the world. They say, ‘Come join us for Pride,’ for…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> UCLA forward Angela Dugalic looks to pass around Minnesota guard Mara Braun during a Sweet 16 game on Friday in Sacramento. (Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times) UCLA has now survived two games when it didn’t shoot well from long range. The Bruins can get away with that when Lauren Betts and Angela Dugalic are…
PEORIA, Ariz. — Yes, Walker Buehler is on his third team since closing out the 2024 World Series for the Dodgers with a flourish, striking out the final two batters he faced and punctuating the last out by spreading his arms wide in triumph. But after signing with the San Diego Padres on a minor league deal…
SACRAMENTO — The team that can’t stop dancing won’t stop dancing. The top-seeded UCLA women’s basketball team beat Duke 70-58 in the Elite Eight. It wasn’t balletic, but beautiful. Sunday’s game at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento wasn’t a fun, free-flowing joy ride that so many of the Bruins’ wins have been this season. It was a…
A look at The Times’ top 25 high school baseball rankings for the Southland after the sixth week of the season: Rk. School (Rec.); Comment; ranking last week 1. ORANGE LUTHERAN (7-1): Gary Morse had 16-strikeout performance; 4 2. ST. JOHN BOSCO (9-2): Three-game series with Orange Lutheran this week; 1 3. NORCO (10-1): Three-game…
SACRAMENTO — While the UCLA women’s basketball team has a veteran roster that was in this exact position a season ago, the Bruins have an entirely different vibe during their current postseason run. The No. 1-seed Bruins (34-1) will face No. 3-seed Duke (27-8) in the Elite Eight on Sunday for the chance to go back to…
The NBA gave Luka Doncic one mulligan. The league wouldn’t grant the Lakers superstar a second. Doncic will serve a one-game suspension because of technical foul accumulation, the NBA announced Saturday, sidelining him for Monday’s game against the Washington Wizards after he picked up his 16th technical foul of the season in the Lakers’ win…
You used to root for Bronny James to come into games ironically. Or because you just wanted to see history. But now I bet you want to see Bronny come into the game to hoop. That’s a pretty cool plot twist. Especially because LeBron James’ son has had to develop his game with the weight…
