1+ hour, 10+ min ago   (361+ words) A look at the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland after Week 3: Rk. School (record) result; Next game; last week’s ranking 1. SANTA MARGARITA (4-0) def. Sacramento Inderkum, 41-0; vs. Norco at Saddleback College, Friday; 1 2. ST. JOHN BOSCO (3-1) def. Kahuku (Hawaii),…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago   (304+ words) The trade for star edge rusher Myles Garrett was a blockbuster move that made the Rams the Super Bowl favorite. But Garrett missed most of training camp because of a knee issue that severely limited the two-time NFL defensive player…...

5+ hour, 40+ min ago   (756+ words) The menu options around game time at Long Beach’s Legends Sports Bar include robust choices from sandwiches to burgers, nachos to ahi tacos, fish and chips and ribs. Yet, with the kickoff of the first NFL Sunday this season, longtime…...

7+ hour, 40+ min ago   (657+ words) Jackson Renger, the star outside linebacker on Los Alamitos’ Southern Section Division 2 championship football team last season, packed his bags and boarded a flight on Aug. 14 to begin life as an Ivy Leaguer at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. Armed…...

8+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1790+ words) The 11th in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers. Curtis Pride was born deaf, and when he started playing baseball he was doing it mainly for himself. But the closer he…...

7+ hour, 55+ min ago   (311+ words) Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High has been known for years as the school for kickers, with the likes of kicking guru Chris Sailer and NFL kickers Nick Folk and Kai Forbath among a long list of standouts. Notre Dame coach…...

8+ hour, 10+ min ago   (704+ words) Taking your peers into battle every week requires leadership that inspires respect and admiration. Orange Lutheran High’s star offensive lineman Lucas Rhoa has figured out the perfect formula to achieve that. The senior Texas commit is easily noticeable before, during…...

8+ hour, 10+ min ago   (902+ words) (Games at 7 p.m. unless noted) Westminster La Quinta at Loara Arcadia at La Puente Bloomington at Rim of the World Chaffey at La Sierra Citrus Valley at Riverside King El Dorado at El Modena Grand Terrace at Perris Lakeside at Sierra…...

8+ hour, 10+ min ago   (926+ words) UCLA promoted Saturday’s 28-10 home-opening victory against San Diego State like a friend’s band does a local show — by telling all his friends to tell all their friends to come. By buying up tickets — 300 by UCLA CEO of Athletics Tim Harris…...

9+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1597+ words) As summer peaked, it felt like a good time to be a Southern California sports fan. The Dodgers had won back-to-back World Series championships. The Lakers had a new billionaire owner, Mark Walter, who promised to usher in a new…...