L.A. Times - Sports

The superstar guard has missed the last four Lakers games because of a strained hamstring. Clippers star Kawhi Leonard is making his seventh appearance.

New Dodgers closer Edwin Díaz threw a clean bullpen session without any hiccups on Friday. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has liked what he has seen thus far.

Ilia Malinin was supposed to dominate and win gold. Instead he struggled like some other prolific figure skaters did during their Olympic debuts.

American speedskater Jordan Stolz sets an Olympic record in the 500 meters to capture his second gold medal of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics.

CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys' and girls' basketball playoff scores and playoff schedule.

The Patriots have two other boys and one girl seeking third titles at the City Section wrestling championships on Saturday.

Olympic skiers explain why many of them engage in a pre-race routine that includes visualizing the course in their mind as if they were skiing it in real time.

Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports Section give their thoughts about Sam Darnold leading the Seahawks to the Super Bowl win, Bad Bunny and more.

Bobsled teams from Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica are hopeful they can lean on their rich sprinting culture and move closer to the European powers in the sport.

LeBron James' unprecedented 23-year career and 22 All-Star selections were only possible by an ever-improving regimen of diet, exercise and cutting-edge technology.

The director of "Fists of Freedom," a documentary about Olympic sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, says the reaction to Olympians speaking out has some similarities and differences to 1968.

Brittany Bowe and Hilary Knight have been dating since 2022 and both are looking to cap their prolific Winter Olympic careers by winning gold in Milan.

Kellie Delka is the only athlete from Puerto Rico competing in the Winter Olympic Games, but she hopes that won't be the only one representing the island in 2030.

U.S. skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin is determined not to let her struggles in Beijing four years ago hamper her efforts for gold at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.