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Victor Wembanyama, Spurs dethrone Thunder to reach NBA Finals
Victor Wembanyama and San Antonio win Game 7 on the road, 111-103, to reach the Finals for the first time since 2014. They will host the Knicks in Game 1…
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Mexico beats Australia at Rose Bowl in World Cup warmup
Johan Vázquez’s first-half header gives El Tri a 1-0 win in Pasadena as both teams continue preparations for the World Cup.
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Laguna Beach baseball loses a tough one in CIF-SS Division 4 final
Laguna Beach battles Glendora for nine innings before falling in its first CIF-SS championship game appearance since 2016.
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Om N Joy, Kent Desormeaux rally for Santa Anita upset
The Cal-bred filly wins the Santa Margarita Stakes at 8-1 as odds-on Seismic Beauty fades.
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Sparks go cold in 4th quarter against Sun
The Sparks go nearly six minutes without a field goal in the fourth quarter of an 84-81 loss to Connecticut.
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Luis García leads Toluca past Tigres to CONCACAF Champions Cup title
The goalkeeper makes two saves in the penalty shootout as Toluca wins its first CONCACAF title since 2003.
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Dodgers’ Teoscar Hernandez expected to miss a month with hamstring injury
Hernandez called his Grade 1 strain the “best-case scenario” and hopes to return sooner than a month. The Dodgers plan to be cautious after last year’s groin injury lingered when…
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Rancho Alamitos baseball roughed up by Schurr in Division 8 title game
Rancho Alamitos loses in the CIF-SS championship game as Schurr pulls away with a six-run fifth inning while its pitcher nearly tosses a no-hitter.
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No. 1 UCLA baseball saves season with 3-run rally in the 9th
Mulivai Levu and Roman Martin slug back-to-back homers before Phoenix Call's single wins it in the Bruins' 6-5 stunner over Virginia Tech in an NCAA Los Angeles Regional elimination game.
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USC baseball powers past Lamar to stay alive in NCAA regional
The Trojans score a season-high 19 runs, their most in a postseason game since 1998, to advance to another elimination game Sunday.