HOMESTEAD, Fla. — NASCAR’s postseason landscape has been altered after just two Cup Series races.
Morikawa’s late stumble gives Workday contenders a chance
LOS ANGELES — LeBron James responded to Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s criticism of his political activism with a promise that he will never just shut up and dribble.
ANAHEIM — Albert Pujols woke up from a nap last Monday in Arizona to find several hundred messages and missed calls on his phone.
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Noah Gragson had close to a 9-second lead, the outside lane wide open and the white flag waiting for him ahead.
SALT LAKE CITY — Alphonso Plummer scored 19 points, Timmy Allen added 15 points and eight assists and Utah pulled away late in the second half to beat No. 19 USC 71-61 on Saturday.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Matt Dumba scored in the final second of overtime to give the Minnesota Wild to a 4-3 win over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night.
Cavaliers 112, 76ers 109, OT
BOULDER, Colo. — McKinley Wright IV had 26 points, six assists and five rebounds, and Colorado used a 15-1 run late to beat UCLA 70-61 on Saturday night for its third consecutive win.
Flames 6, Senators 3
ANAHEIM — William Karlsson continues to make Anaheim regret trading him away.
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NORMAN, Okla. — Division I softball is providing a training ground this season for players preparing for the 2021 Summer Olympics in Japan.
ANAHEIM — Jo Adell tore through the Los Angeles Angels’ minor league system with runaway momentum, and he cracked the big league roster last season just a few months after his 21st birthday.
Colorado Rockies infielder Ryan McMahon figures players can find plenty to do with any extra time they could get at the end of days if spring training games don’t go nine innings.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Los Angeles Clippers' poor shooting from a night earlier improved to gain a split in a two-game set with the Memphis Grizzlies.
Angels re-sign veteran Jesse Chavez to minor league deal
Rangers 6, Bruins 2
Celtics 118, Pacers 112
LOS ANGELES — LeBron James had 28 points, Dennis Schröder added 22 in his return to the Lakers' lineup, and Los Angeles snapped its four-game losing streak with a 102-93 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night.
LOS ANGELES — Charisma Osborne recorded the ninth triple-double in UCLA history, Michaela Onyenwere scored 30 points in her final home game and the 10th-ranked Bruins made a school-record 16 3-pointers in their 93-51 victory over Southern California on Friday night.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild blitzed the Los Angeles Kings with three goals in a span of just over three minutes in the first period and held on to win 3-1 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory.
LOS ANGELES — Sean McVay says he can’t talk about Matthew Stafford until the new league year begins in mid-March and the Los Angeles Rams’ blockbuster quarterback trade is official.
Turns out the top four teams left out of March Madness won’t have their bubbles burst quite yet.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies clamped down on the Los Angeles Clippers.
76ers 111, Mavericks 97
islanders 7, Bruins 2
SALT LAKE CITY — Jules Bernard scored 11 of his 19 points in the second half, making all four of his field goals, as UCLA broke away to defeat Utah 76-61 on Thursday night.
Barry Trotz tuned his television to the game between the New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers to do a little scouting, flipping around to others outside the East Division just to check some scores and move on.
BOULDER, Colo. — For the first time all season, McKinley Wright IV had his family in the building.
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County sheriff on Wednesday characterized the crash that seriously injured Tiger Woods as “purely an accident” and appeared to rule out any potential criminal charges even as authorities were still investigating.
Lakers waive 2-time champion guard Quinn Cook
Lightning 3, Hurricanes 0
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Conor Garland and Christian Dvorak each scored in a shootout, and the Arizona Coyotes rallied from a three-goal deficit for the second straight game to beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 Wednesday night.
Hawks 127, Celtics 112
SALT LAKE CITY — Rudy Gobert and Jordan Clarkson each scored 18 points and the Utah Jazz routed the Los Angeles Lakers 114-89 on Wednesday night.
ST. LOUIS — Alex Iafallo and Andreas Athanasiou scored in the second period to send the Los Angeles Kings past the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Wednesday night for their sixth consecutive victory.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Denny Hamlin is NASCAR’s current points leader and locked in at Joe Gibbs Racing with a contract extension inked at the start of his 17th season with the organization.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Annika Sorenstam smiled and began shaking her head before she heard the rest of the question, already aware what others might think about one of the LPGA Tour’s most dominant players returning to competition after 12 years.
The sheared-off front of the wrecked SUV told part of the story, and the officers on the scene filled in the rest. Tiger Woods was lucky to be alive, they said, thanks to modern safety technology and a big dose of good luck.
SAN DIEGO — Padres majority owner Peter Seidler couldn’t make it any clearer.
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