PHOENIX — This year’s women’s Final Four has everything. Influencer houses, swag bags, a Super Bowl-esque media day and an outside tournament village. That might not have ever happened if not for the inequities that blew up in the tournament five years ago. One of the flash points in women’s college basketball history unfolded during the 2021…
OKLAHOMA CITY — In the aftermath of their worst loss of the season, few Lakers players or coaches had spoken to Luka Doncic after he limped off the court in the third quarter Thursday against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Austin Reaves didn’t know the extent of Doncic’s hamstring injury, but he knew how the Lakers superstar would…
PHOENIX — You’d be forgiven if you thought this year’s Final Four was just a case of déjà vu. On paper, that seems true — four No. 1 seeds who have dominated every round of the NCAA tournament arrived in Phoenix this week and they are the same four teams who reached the Final Four last year…
Determined to avoid a three-game sweep at the hands of rival St. John Bosco on Thursday, No. 1-ranked Orange Lutheran turned to Texas-bound catcher Brady Murrietta, who came through with a memorable individual performance in a 5-4 road victory. Let’s count the ways Murrietta made an impact. In the top of the first inning, he…
UCLA football coach Bob Chesney wasn’t looking for star performances during the Bruins’ first spring practice on Thursday — instead, he wanted his players to focus on holding themselves accountable for putting in their best effort. “We talk about the mirror test. Don’t worry about what your coach says, don’t worry about what your other…
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…
Joey Browner, a star defensive back at USC and a six-time NFL Pro Bowl selection, has died. He was 65. “The Vikings are mourning the loss of Ring of Honor member Joey Browner,” the team said Sunday in a statement. “Browner will be deeply missed by former coaches and teammates, as well as many others…
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…
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…
