L.A. Times - Sports

Lakers guard Marcus Smart has been on a team that rallied from a playoff deficit and knows his team must dig deeper to fend off the Rockets' surge.

After his inspiring play on a Game 3 overtime win against the Rockets in Houston, the 41-year-old star has looked mortal.

LA Metro plans to spend $9.3 million in federal funding to make attending the World Cup easy while also easing traffic around SoFi Stadium.

On May 7, Will Smith, the Dodgers' stoic All-Star catcher, hosts his third annual Dodgers Comedy Night, part of the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival.

Venice resident Brian Kahn fell in love with horse racing during visits to Santa Anita as a kid and hopes a horse he bred, The Puma, wins the Kentucky Derby.

Patriots move into a tie for first place in West Valley League with baseball win over El Camino Real

The Dolphins defeat Taft to claim the championship again. The Toreadors were the last time to win the team title in 2008.

The starting guard has been sidelined since April 2 because of a left oblique muscle strain but will now try to help the Lakers clinch the series.

Tyler Glasnow pitches into the sixth inning but gives up two solo homers as the offense struggles for the second straight day in a 3-2 loss to the Miami Marlins.

Josh Mauro, a former NFL defensive end for the Cardinals, Giants and Raiders, has died at age 35. No cause of death has been given.

The NCAA and its media partners favor schools with large, established fan bases for viewership and revenue, so expect the new bids to go to power conference schools.

A mom is calling for folks on social media to back off a man who appeared to snatch a home run ball from her daughter at a Guardians game. He eventually gave the ball to the girl.