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LAFC playing with fire in CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal
The Black & Gold have an edge over Toluca FC on Wednesday, but must deal with the Red Devils’ famed stadium known as Hell at 8,750 feet above sea level.
LAFC eliminated by Toluca in CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals
The Mexican club pulls away for a 4-0 victory in the second leg of the series, winning 5-2 on aggregate to reach the title match against UANL Tigres and deny…
World, U.S. season leaders and crash jolt Mt. SAC Relays
Arizona State’s Jayden Davis runs a world-leading 44.29 in the 400 as a bizarre crash derails the men’s invitational 800.
Rudy Chapa and high school track’s oldest record
Fifty years ago this month, Chapa set the national high school record for 10,000 meters that still stands today.
Track legend Allyson Felix eyes comeback and spot in LA Olympics
The 11-time Olympic medalist and 40-year-old mother of two, who hasn’t competed since 2022, seeks to participate in her hometown in what would be her sixth Games.
United States wins 3rd Olympic gold in women’s hockey, beating Canada 2-1 on Megan Keller’s OT goal
Defender Megan Keller backhanded in a shot 4:07 into overtime and the United States won its third women’s hockey gold medal with a 2-1 victory over Canada at the Milan…
World’s tallest basketball player, 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux, signs with UC Irvine
Rioux played sparingly this year at Florida, where he was a walk-on for two seasons, including a redshirt year when Florida won a national title.
UC Irvine men’s volleyball stuns top seed UCLA to reach NCAA semifinals
Third-seeded Long Beach State sweeps Loyola of Chicago and No. 2 Hawaii outlasts USC in four sets to give the Big West three teams in the final four. No. 4…
Clippers face plenty of questions after a strange season
The Clippers did an admiral job of salvaging their abysmal start to the season before falling to the Warriors in a Play-In game. Extension-eligible again in June, Kawhi Leonard’s future…
Lawrence Frank wants to get Clippers back to ‘contender status’
A season filled with on- and off-court ups and downs ended with a frustrating Play-In loss, but the team’s president of basketball operations says they have several paths to improving…