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LeBron James makes NBA history on a star-filled night in LA
LOS ANGELES — Bronny James stepped over to his dad’s locker and played the phone video he had taken of Tuesday night’s biggest moment. The NBA’s new scoring king tipped his head back in a rich, full-throated laugh when the audio revealed Bronny had anticipated that the historic basket would...
What LeBron passing Kareem means to NBA, greatest debate
It has happened. LeBron James finally has passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the NBA’s career scoring record, the torch getting passed from one member of the Los Angeles Lakers to another. The record-breaker came Tuesday, when James scored 38 points to push his career total to 38,390 — three more than...
LeBron James becomes NBA’s all-time leading scorer
LeBron James is the NBA’s new career scoring leader. With a stepback jump shot with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night, James pushed his career total to 38,388 points and broke the record that Kareem...
Kyrie Irving has 1st practice with Mavericks, preps for debutVideo
Kyrie Irving had his first practice with Dallas on Tuesday, and he was asked if he envisioned any problems playing alongside Mavericks star Luka Doncic. Irving’s answer: “No.” The Mavs clearly see it the same way. Irving’s Dallas chapter has started, with a practice in Los Angeles preceding what’s expected...
Truex determined to rebound from winless season with GibbsVideo
LOS ANGELES — Martin Truex Jr. contemplated retirement during last year’s winless season and needed until June to decide to return in 2023. He announced his plans in his typically understated way, with a one-sentence statement: “I’m back in the 19 next year,” it read. Truex prefers to make his...
Column: Rose about majors over money heading into twilightVideo
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Justin Rose and Joaquin Niemann are at different stages of their careers, and their achievements in golf are nothing alike. Their words, while not verbatim and lacking context, felt familiar. They were spoken nearly a year apart, inspired by the joy of winning on the PGA...
Paris mayor: No Russian team at 2024 Games if war continues
PARIS — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says there should be no Russian delegation allowed at the Paris Olympics next year if Moscow continues its war against Ukraine. Hidalgo previously said Russian competitors could take part under a neutral flag but she backpedaled on Tuesday in an interview with French media...
Conor Daly to enter Daytona 500 with Floyd Mayweather’s team
IndyCar driver Conor Daly will attempt to qualify for the Daytona 500 with the NASCAR team owned by Floyd Mayweather. The Money Team Racing raced its way into the Daytona 500 last year with driver Kaz Grala; Daly made his Cup Series debut for the team in October on The...
Justin Rose wins at Pebble Beach to end 4-year drought
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Justin Rose took all the drama out of a long week with three quick birdies that sent him to a three-shot victory Monday in the wind-delayed AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, ending four years without winning and making him eligible for the Masters. Rose played it safe...
Purdue stays No. 1 in AP Top 25; NC State in at No. 22
Purdue’s unquestioned grip on No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll is gone after a weekend loss. That didn’t stop the Boilermakers from remaining at the top anyway. The Boilermakers earned 38 of 62 first-place votes in the poll released Monday to remain at No. 1 for...
What LeBron passing Kareem means to NBA, greatest debate
It’s about to happen. LeBron James is finally on the brink of passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the NBA’s career scoring record, the torch getting passed from one member of the Los Angeles Lakers to another. James is 35 points away from Abdul-Jabbar’s total of 38,387. The record-breaker could come as...
Martin Truex Jr. wins NASCAR’s sloppy return to Los Angeles Coliseum
LOS ANGELES — Martin Truex Jr. won NASCAR’s return to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for its season-opening exhibition race — a sloppy Sunday night extravaganza in which the Wiz Khalifa halftime show might have been the most entertaining part of the event. Truex took the lead with 25 laps...
Rose has 2-shot lead at Pebble going into a Monday finish; Todd among pursuersVideo
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Justin Rose was a steady presence on a day of weather that changed by the minute, playing 19 holes in 9-under-par and leaving the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in the dark Sunday with a two-shot lead. The final round of the wind-delayed tournament was to be...
Kevin Harvick to join Fox as NASCAR analyst in 2024Video
LOS ANGELES — Kevin Harvick won’t spend a single day in retirement when his NASCAR driving days are over: Fox said Sunday it has hired Harvick for its broadcast booth next season. Harvick announced last month that he will retire from NASCAR competition at the end of the 2023 season....
Warriors’ Stephen Curry sidelined with left leg injuryVideo
SAN FRANCISCO — Golden State All-Star guard Stephen Curry will be sidelined because of injuries to his left leg, the team said Sunday, and the Warriors aren’t sure how long he’ll be out. Curry was diagnosed with partial tears to his superior tibiofibular ligament and interosseous membrane in his left...
Reports: Kyrie Irving going to the Dallas MavericksVideo
DALLAS — Kyrie Irving is getting his wish. He’s getting traded. And Luka Doncic is getting another All-Star to help him in Dallas. The Mavericks and Brooklyn Nets agreed Sunday on a blockbuster trade: Irving — the super-talented and often-enigmatic eight-time All-Star point guard — heads to Dallas, ending the...
New-look Joey Logano leads NASCAR back to the L.A. ColiseumVideo
LOS ANGELES — Joey Logano arrived at the first event of the season with a jet black shock of thick hair and a banner in the grandstands advertising the company that treated NASCAR’s reigning champion for alopecia and early baldness. “Ask Joey!” the company Hairclub urged on a banner draped...
Strong wind suspends 3rd round at Pebble Beach
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — A strong wind was more than just a menace at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. It brought the tournament to a halt Saturday because of two holes on one of the courses and set up a Monday finish without the amateurs. Keith Mitchell made it through...
New bloods changing college hoops landscapeVideo
Perennial powers frontloaded the final poll of the 2012-13 college basketball season. The top 10 included Louisville, Kansas, Duke, Indiana and Georgetown. Gonzaga was No. 1, at the start of its rise to the sport’s upper echelon. Flash forward 10 years, and the AP Top 25 has a different look...
Nets’ Kyrie Irving requests trade, according to reportsVideo
NEW YORK — All-Star guard Kyrie Irving has asked the Brooklyn Nets for a trade, according to ESPN and The Athletic. Irving made the request after talks about a new contract did not go to his liking, the news outlets reported Friday. The NBA’s trade deadline is Thursday. The Nets,...
Max Duggan, Tyson Bagent among Senior Bowl QBs vying to improve stock
Quarterbacks Max Duggan and Tyson Bagent have turned the page on terrific seasons that ended badly with national championships in sight. TCU’s Duggan and Shepherd’s Bagent are trying to improve their NFL draft stock in a weeklong audition ending in Saturday’s Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. They are among a...
Olympic flame to take seaborne journey to 2024 Paris Games
MARSEILLE, France — The Olympic flame is going for a sail. Instead of arriving overland, the symbolic flame alighting the 2024 Paris Games will take to the seas from its birthplace in Greece, arriving aboard a three-mast tall ship in the French port of Marseille. Paris organizers announced the flame’s...
Olympic bans and boycotts go back a century
Ukraine and the three Baltic countries, all former Soviet republics, moved a step closer Friday to boycott next year’s Paris Olympics because of the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes. The International Olympic Committee plans to allow Russians and Belarusians to compete as “neutral athletes” despite their invasion of Ukraine,...
California weighs making flag football a school sport for girls
California officials are considering a plan to make flag football a girls high school sport amid soaring popularity of the game and a push to get more female athletes on the field. The federated council of the California Interscholastic Federation — the statewide body that governs high school athletics —...
Baltic leaders warn Olympic boycott possible if Russians compete
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries urged the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian athletes from next year’s Paris Games because of the war in Ukraine, saying Friday a boycott was a possibility. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said athletes from her country could be...
