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Flavien Prat’s plane is late but horses are on time at Santa Anita
After missing his first scheduled mount, Plat rode winners in the Hollywood Gold Cup and the Shoemaker Mile.
Kelsey Plum powers Sparks past Aces
Plum scores 38 points and Erica Wheeler hits a clutch 3-pointer late as the Sparks defeat Las Vegas, 101-95.
Oleksandr Usyk stops kickboxer Rico Verhoeven in 11th round of heavyweight title fight in Egypt
The unbeaten Ukrainian champion survives a scare near the Pyramids of Giza as Verhoeven, boxing for just the second time, pushes him into the 11th round.
Mexico’s president sees ‘no issue’ with her country hosting Iran’s World Cup team during tournament
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she has “no issue” hosting Iran’s World Cup team after its training base was moved from the US.
Reyna, Berhalter, Zendejas on US World Cup roster, while Luna and Tessmann left off by Pochettino
U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino has announced his 26-man World Cup roster. It includes Gio Reyna and Sebastian Berhalter. Alejandro Zendejas also made the squad, while Diego Luna and Tanner Tessmann…
Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard named to All-NBA Second Team after resurgent season
The Clippers star, an All-NBA selection for the seventh time, averaged a career-best 27.9 points while playing the 65 games needed to qualify for the honor.
Aleena Garcia powers UCLA softball back to Women’s College World Series
Garcia hits two home runs and sets a UCLA postseason record with seven RBIs as the Bruins beat UCF, 14-4, to sweep the NCAA Los Angeles Super Regional.
UCLA baseball walks off Oregon to win Big Ten tournament title
Phoenix Call is hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the 11th inning, giving the Bruins their third walk-off win in as many days.
Big Ten Tournament: Mulivai Levu plays hero again as UCLA baseball stuns USC
One day after driving in the winning run against Purdue, Levu launches a 3-run homer in the bottom of the ninth for a 7-5 semifinal victory over the Trojans.
UCLA earns No. 1 seed for NCAA baseball tournament
UCLA was rewarded Monday for its dominant wire-to-wire run through the regular season and will host St. Mary’s, Cal Poly (SLO) and Virginia Tech in a four-team, double-elimination regional beginning…