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The Rams roster, once a veritable Who’s Who of NFL stars, is now a “Who’s That?” compilation. After an offseason of releases, trades and thanks-for-the-memories goodbyes to key players from the Super Bowl championship team of two seasons ago and last season’s disaster, the Rams are attempting to begin anew. …

As Darvin Ham and Rob Pelinka walked to their seats to wrap up the Lakers’ season that ended the night before, Pelinka turned to his team’s coach and looked to the future. “Campaign No. 2 starts today,” he told Ham on Tuesday minutes before making clear that his vision for …

There’s no hiding the joy and elation when a high school baseball player realizes he’s going to get to play at Dodger Stadium. It happened Tuesday at USC, where Granada Hills Kennedy earned a spot in Saturday’s 10 a.m. City Section Division I championship with a 2-0 semifinal win over …

While LeBron James was sidelined because of a torn tendon in his right foot, some of the medical experts he consulted doubted whether he would play again this season. “It was a significant injury,” Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka recalled Tuesday at the team’s practice facility in El Segundo. James …

UCLA’s basketball roster is starting to develop a distinctly European flavor. A verbal commitment from Jan Vide, a Slovenian guard known for his natural scoring instincts, is the latest sign of the Bruins’ overseas shift in their recruiting efforts. Should he sign with the Bruins, Vide would become the fourth …

Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka said Tuesday that LeBron James has earned the right to take some time to consider his options this offseason, including retirement. James hinted on Monday night following the Lakers’ elimination from the playoffs that “I’ve got a lot to think about” when it comes to …

The Chargers have added $1.75 million in incentives to the contract of Austin Ekeler, according to a source not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. The development represents a truce in the running back’s dissatisfaction with the team over his current deal. Ekeler is entering the final season of …

ATLANTA —  This certainly isn’t what the Dodgers had in mind for Bobby Miller’s big-league debut. The club’s top pitching prospect has only eight career triple A outings, including just four this season after starting his season late. His stuff is still somewhat a work in progress, too, trying to find …

After a vintage, 40-point performance Monday in which he played all but 4.3 seconds of the Lakers’ season-ending loss to Denver, it turned out that LeBron James had one more sizzling shot left to unleash. Asked to evaluate his season and look to the future after the Nuggets had completed …

Lakers star LeBron James surprised people with his comments at the end of his postgame news conference Monday, hinting at an uncertain basketball future that could include a surprise retirement despite being under contract with the Lakers for at least the 2023-24 season. Asked how he would evaluate his 20th …