Author name: Martha Law

Two of the best teams in baseball convened at Chavez Ravine on Friday night, the National League West-leading Dodgers and NL East-leading Atlanta Braves opening a three-game series that Dodgers manager Dave Roberts promised would be “a good matchup, exciting for our fans and players.” The clubs did not disappoint, entertaining a crowd of 50,859 […]

DALLAS —  At 10:51 p.m. Central time, the Clippers could see their season slipping away. They were down by 20 points when coach Tyronn Lue called a timeout with 9:24 left in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks. He grabbed his clipboard to draw up a play with his coaching staff

Friday’s High School Scores CITY SECTION BASEBALL Central City Value 14, Downtown Magnets 4 Granada Hills 5, Cleveland 0 LA Jordan 7, University Pathways 0 North Hollywood 10, Grant 0 Palisades 11, Westchester 1 Roybal 11, Contreras 1 SOCES 4, VAAS 4 Taft 1, El Camino Real 0 University Prep Value 10, Smidt Tech 1

High school baseball in Southern California is second to none. You never know when you might be facing a future major league pitcher. Scouts were out en force in West Hills on Friday to watch Chaparral senior pitcher Braylon Doughty take on Chaminade in a Southern Section Division 3 playoff opener. Doughty, an Oklahoma State

The Clippers expect Tyronn Lue to be the coach of the team for a “long time” and the plan is to offer him a contact extension so he’s not coaching the 2024-25 season in the final year of his deal, according to a person with knowledge of the situation not authorized to speak publicly on

The Lakers have fired coach Darvin Ham after two seasons, both of which had some unarguable successes and both of which ended with the Lakers losing to Denver in the playoffs. The team reached the Western Conference finals in Ham’s first season and won the in-season tournament in the second. But inconsistent lineups and too

Less than two years ago, LeBron James loved Darvin Ham. “So damn excited,” he tweeted when the Lakers hired their rookie coach. Less than a year ago, Rob Pelinka was thankful for Darvin Ham. “I’m incredibly grateful for Darvin, mostly because of just his character and makeup,” Pelinka said to reporters, later adding, “And it’s

An ESPN producer says she has received an apology from Patrick Beverley and the Milwaukee Bucks a day after the player told her she could not take part in a group interview because she does not subscribe to his podcast. In another incident earlier in the evening, Beverley twice threw the ball into the stands

Jevon Porter, 20, has three older brothers, three potential role models. Like him, all three are basketball players. Michael Porter Jr., 25, is locked in, pursuing a second consecutive NBA championship with the Denver Nuggets. He’s in the second year of a five-year, $179.3-million contract, a key cog on arguably the best team in the