DENVER — Before Anze Kopitar left the ice after the final regular-season home game of his NHL career, he told the fans he was saying good-bye, not farewell. He would return, he promised, in the playoffs. He’ll make good on that pledge Thursday when his Kings and the Colorado Avalanche face off in Game 3 of their…
Anyone who has jumped out of a plane with a parachute deserves respect, but to do it 36 times, that’s worthy of a salute. Saul Pacheco, who turns 88 in November, is sitting in a lawn chair at the Arcadia Invitational with his friends, the starters dressed in red suits who fire pistols to begin…
The NBA regular season ended Sunday and the first order of business for teams that fell short of making the playoffs was to evaluate their head coach. Hall of Famer Doc Rivers wasn’t spared the scrutiny. He agreed to depart from the Milwaukee Bucks after winning 16 fewer games this season than last. Rivers has…
This is the golden age of baseball in Southern California. The Angels heralded its dawn. In 2002, the Angels won the World Series, the first of six postseason appearances within eight years. The Dodgers had played pretty good ball for more than a century, but they never had done that. Angel Stadium was the place…
Anze Kopitar became the Kings’ all-time leading scorer on Saturday, passing Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne with a third-period goal in a 6-4 loss to the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center. Kopitar, who said he will retire at the end of the season, has 1,308 points — one better than the 1,307 points Dionne…
Hall of Fame high school football coach Bob Johnson, who turned El Toro and Mission Viejo into powerhouse high school football programs and became one of the winningest coaches in state history, has died. He was 80. He had been battling Alzheimer’s. “I feel for the family,” Mission Viejo football coach Chad Johnson (no relation)…
