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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.
Angels catcher Logan O’Hoppe optimistic about progress toward return
Just about two weeks past suffering a fracture to a small bone in his left hand, O’Hoppe says he’s been taking batting practice and he was planning to catch pitches…
Blue Jays’ Dylan Cease sends Angels’ hitters back into a slump
After slumping for weeks, the Angels showed some positive signs in scoring 12 runs over two games earlier this week, only to get shut out by the Toronto ace in…
Angels’ Josh Lowe still searching for something to shake slump
The outfielder says he feels better than his batting average would indicate, but his timing is slightly off after missing time with an oblique injury.
Santa Margarita boys, girls sweep CIF-SS Division 1 swimming titles again
Santa Margarita's girls team wins its 12th consecutive Division 1 title while the boys team claimed its sixth straight Division 1 crown.
UC Irvine men’s volleyball beats Ball State to reach NCAA final
The unseeded Anteaters beat the fourth-seeded Cardinals, 25-19, 23-25, 27-25, 25-19, to advance to their first national championship match since 2013, when they won their fourth NCAA title.
Dodgers fall to Braves in Blake Snell’s shaky season debut
Snell allows five runs in three innings, while Spencer Strider holds the Dodgers scoreless for six innings. Andy Pages’ ninth-inning homer accounts for the Dodgers’ only runs in a 7-2…