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Kobe Bryant had 18 points and eight rebounds before sitting out the fourth quarter and Lamar Odom teamed with four Los Angeles Lakers reserves to help preserve a 17-point lead and hold off the Denver Nuggets for a 102-95 exhibition victory Saturday night.
Pitcher Ted Lilly and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to terms on a new contract, according to the LA Times. Contract terms are not available, but the contract should be finalized after passing a physiscal.
C.J. Miles scored 20 points and the Utah Jazz wore down the Los Angeles Clippers in the fourth quarter in a 103-91 victory Saturday night.
Matt Barkley passed for 352 yards and a school record-tying five touchdowns, and Southern California roared to a 42-point halftime lead while snapping its first losing streak in nine years with a 48-14 victory against California on Saturday.
Jonathan Quick made 25 saves, captain Dustin Brown scored two third-period goals and the Los Angeles Kings avenged their first-round playoff loss for the second time in seven days, beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 Friday night.
Anthony Stewart scored his first three goals of the season, completing his first career hat trick with a tying power-play goal that was upheld by video replay late in the third period, and the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-4 in a shootout on Friday night.
Although he's a lifelong Trojans fan, Matt Barkley can't remember the last time Southern California had a losing streak. That's probably because it happened when he was 11 years old.
Scores from the top 10 high school football teams in the Los Angeles area.
He may be called boisterous. Enigmatic to some. Perhaps a real player's coach. He's never lost for words. He may be somewhat misunderstood, but Chaparral head coach Tom Leach calls it how he sees it.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Sasha Vujacic is out indefinitely with a concussion after teammate Lamar Odom's elbow inadvertently hit him in the face.
Blake Griffin, counting the days before his official NBA debut after a frustrating one-year wait, led the Clippers with 24 points and 14 rebounds in his fifth game of the preseason.
Tyler Trapani would always celebrate his great-grandfather's birthday with a family dinner for the man known to his loved ones as "Papa."
Former All-Star pitcher Matt Keough has been sentenced to a year in jail for driving drunk near his Orange County home.
A Mexican television reporter who said the New York Jets made her feel uncomfortable in their locker room is returning to work next week, but says she'll do her interviews outside the locker room.
Defenseman Toni Lydman has been cleared to make his debut for the Anaheim Ducks after sitting out the past month with a strange case of double vision.
