L.A. Times - Sports

Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman played in his first Cactus League game of the season, hitting a two-run double against the Cleveland Guardians.

The U.S. men's hockey team visited President Trump at the White House and planned to attend his State of the Union address. The U.S. women's hockey team declined the same invitation.

Former NBA star Patrick Beverley will no longer face a felony assault charge after his teenage sister alleged last year that he grabbed her by the neck and punched her in the eye.

Why did Cubs star and Harvard-Westlake High product Pete Crow-Armstrong shade Dodgers fans? Maybe it's the fault of his father, who forbade him to root for the Blue.

Sacramento State is joining the Mid-American Conference in football with hopes of an economic windfall. But does the projected financial impact make sense?

Twice in the last four seasons an LAFC game produced an attendance record. Saturday's attendance of 75,673 was the largest for a season opener and second-largest ever.

Junior Abbigail Gomez helped Kennedy advance to play El Camino Real for City Section Division I girls' title.

Chinese sportswear giant Anta has opened its first U.S. store, with plans for a nationwide expansion.

Here are 10 more notes, quotes and things you ought to know about ahead of USC Trojans spring football.

New Dodgers right fielder Kyle Tucker is settling in with his new teammates after signing a four-year, $240-million contract in the offseason.

More than a decade after their record-setting 'Fight of the Century,' Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will fight again Sept. 19 at the Las Vegas Sphere.

U.S. ski racer Lindsey Vonn says her left leg was saved by a doctor who 'wouldn't have been there' had she not ruptured her ACL a week before the Milan-Cortina Olympics began.

Two-time WNBA champion Kara Braxton has died at age 43, the league said Sunday. The former All-Star won her titles with the Detroit Shock and also played for Phoenix and New York.