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It was Taco Tuesday at the Crespi snack bar. Fans could munch on carne asada as the Southern California Regional baseball playoffs began under a cloudy sky in Encino. In the Division II opener, the host Celts fell behind 3-0 to City Section Open Division runner-up Carson, then rallied for …

Atlanta Rapper Gunna was on hand Saturday in Miami as the Celtics battled the Heat in Game 6 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals — his first public appearance since negotiating a guilty plea to a racketeering conspiracy charge involving the Young Slime Life gang. The musician and style icon, …

Kentucky considers itself the cradle of horse racing in the United States. It has the most important race and the largest breeding facilities but is dealing with an unwelcome crisis — the deaths of racing thoroughbreds. So, where does it look for advice? California. Jamie Eads, the newly appointed executive …

Struggling through the worst start to a season in team history, the Galaxy on Tuesday relieved embattled President Chris Klein of his duties. The Galaxy (2-9-3) are last in the 29-team MLS and have a losing record over the last seven seasons. The team hasn’t played in an MLS Cup …

Even after his health deteriorated, sidelining him for nearly half a season, Bill McGovern yearned to stay around the players who rejuvenated him and the game that had been a lifelong love. He returned from a five-game absence to coach UCLA’s defense in the Sun Bowl last December, eagerly announcing …

B.J. Callaghan will coach the men’s national team during this summer’s CONCACAF Nations League and Gold Cup tournaments, replacing Anthony Hudson, who has served as the team’s interim manager since January. Callaghan has served with the USMNT since 2019, joining the program as the strategy analyst before being elevated to …

A year ago, Brian Schmetzer solved the riddle that had bewildered MLS managers for more than two decades by leading Seattle to a CONCACAF Champions League title. The Sounders’ one-sided win over Pumas marked the first time this century an MLS team won the region’s most prestigious club competition — …

The Dodgers returned from a grueling 10-game trip with their rotation in tatters, the injuries to Dustin May and Julio Urías and the struggles of Noah Syndergaard, Clayton Kershaw and Gavin Stone stressing organizational pitching depth and an overworked bullpen. In rookie right-hander Bobby Miller, the Dodgers found some relief …

Clayton Kershaw said he disagreed with the Dodgers’ decision to honor the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence during the team’s upcoming Pride Night game, and that he approached the organization about expediting his announcement of the club’s relaunching of Christian Faith and Family Day as a response. In an interview with …

As horse racing wades through its most notable five-week period of the year, there is one name that, as usual, dominates the conversation, that of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. Even though Monday’s $400,000 Hollywood Gold Cup at Santa Anita wasn’t part of horse racing’s 3-year-old Triple Crown series, …