Analysis
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UCLA to face Stanford in pursuit of its 3rd NCAA beach volleyball title
The third-seeded Bruins will take on the top-seeded Cardinal on Sunday after the lone Southern California team in the semifinals edges second-seeded Texas.
NCAA basketball tournaments will expand to 76 teams next season
The March Madness men's and women's brackets will grow by eight teams next season in a move that is expected to reward more power conference teams.
Dodgers’ Blake Snell will make 2026 debut on Saturday; Tyler Glasnow to IL
Snell, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, is set to rejoin the rotation sooner than anticipated after Glasnow left a start early this week because of back spasms. The Dodgers…
Dodgers top Chris Sale, Braves in series opener
Freddie Freeman homers for the first time in a month, Shohei Ohtani has a go-ahead RBI single and Emmet Sheehan sees a slight uptick in velocity in 4⅔ strong innings…
Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman carries Bobby Cox’s lessons with him
The Dodgers first baseman remembers the Hall of Fame Braves manager, who died Saturday at 84, as a loyal leader who helped shape the way Freeman still carries himself today.…
Longtime Ducks fans enjoying rewards for being patient
Supporters' faith in the team, even through many seasons of struggles, pays off with some postseason fun.
Ducks can’t slow Mitch Marner, Golden Knights in Game 3 loss
Marner has three goals and an assist for his first career playoff hat trick, as Vegas builds a five-goal lead after two periods and rolls to a 6-2 win for…
Alexander: It’s time for the Ducks to demonstrate some desperation
An awful start for the hosts led to a 6-2 Vegas victory on Friday night and a 2-1 lead for the Golden Knights in the second-round series, so how do…
Lakers have contained Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, but it hasn’t been enough
The Lakers have limited the reigning league MVP to 40 points through the first two games of their second-round playoff series, but they still lost each game by 18 points.
Jarred Vanderbilt available for Game 3; Lakers hope to get more out of Ayton
The defensive-oriented forward returns to the Lakers’ rotations just four days after suffering a full right finger dislocation in the series opener against the Thunder.