The two coaches atop the Jazz's list to replace Tyrone Corbin couldn't have much more different résumés. Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach Alvin Gentry and Chicago Bulls assistant coach Adrian Griffin are among two of the leading candidates for the Utah Jazz's vacant head coaching position, according to Aaron Falk of the Salt Lake Tribune . Gentry has 705 career games as an NBA head coach, whereas...
Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach Tyronn Lue will interview for the Cleveland Cavaliers head-coaching job by the end of the week, according to Yahoo! Sports. Lue, 37, is considered one of the top coaching prospects in the NBA. He helped get the Clippers to the NBA playoffs this season under head coach Doc Rivers. He was an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics from 2009 to 2013. He also played...
Donald Sterling decided to give control of the Los Angeles Clippers to wife Shelly Sterling to negotiate a sale of the team, however, the NBA has decided to nix the move and focus on ridding the league of both Sterlings. There is concern that Sterling’s latest move could be a ploy to stall or halt the selling process. Selling the Clippers would cost the Sterling family hundreds of millions in taxes,...
The home run that flies deep into the night. The fastball that triggers a 100-mph reading on the radar gun. The throw that nails a runner trying to take the extra base. ...
Hockey isn't basketball or badminton or golf but perhaps the ultimate team sport in which everybody dressed for games typically contributes as the coach rolls four offensive lines and rotates three defensive pairs. ...
Jonathan Toews let it be known before the puck dropped that his Chicago Blackhawks needed to play ticked off Saturday at Staples Center, then backed his words with two first-period goals. ...
The knock on Tyler Toffoli was that he couldn't skate, that even though he had a goal scorer's instincts and twice recorded 100 points in the junior-level Ontario Hockey League, his NHL prospects weren't considered great. ...
He had already rolled across the stage to accept his degree, the graduation ceremony halted to create a safe path for his wheelchair, wild cheering everywhere. ...
You suspect the Kings' thank-you notes to the Columbus Blue Jackets might be getting too long and too wordy right now. ...
The forced sale of the Los Angeles Clippers could bring a sale price of $1 billion in an overheated market for N.B.A. teams....
Current Clippers owner Donald Sterling agreed to let his wife negotiate the sale of the team on his behalf, and that will ultimately send some of the richest people in the world into a bidding war for the team. Since Adam Silver handed out a lifetime ban to Sterling and put pressure on the owners to force the sale of his team, rumors have spread rampant about who will be the future majority owner of...
The high temperature peaked at 73 degrees Saturday at Vale do Lobo, Portugal, where England has been training for the World Cup. But chances are it will be above 90 degrees with even higher humidity when the English open World Cup play next month in the jungle city of Manaus. ...
What: The 113th French Open, second leg of the tennis Grand Slam, starts Sunday. ...
- Los Angeles Times Sports Up next for the Sparks: Sunday vs. San Antonio Carol Ross Elaine Thompson / Associated Press Sparks Coach Carol Ross smiles during a game against the Seattle Storm on Tuesday. Sparks Coach Carol Ross smiles during a game against the Seattle Storm on Tuesday. (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press) James Barragan contact the reporter Sports Sparks look to improve to 2-1 on the...
The Colorado Rockies placed Nolan Arenado on the 15-day disabled list Saturday, one day after he broke his left middle finger on a head-first slide into second base in Atlanta. The team recalled infielder Josh Rutledge from triple-A Colorado Springs (Colo.). ...
PHILADELPHIA — Hanley Ramirez didn't play Saturday in the Dodgers' 5-3 defeat to the Philadelphia Phillies, as he was a late scratch from the lineup with what was said to be sore left calf muscle. ...
Dodgers' Yasiel Puig, man of feats and foibles, is master of suspense - Los Angeles Times Sports Dodgers Column Dodgers' Yasiel Puig, man of feats and foibles, is master of suspense Yasiel Puig Julie Jacobson / Associated Press Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig points to a teammate in the dugout during Tuesday's game against the New York Mets. Puig continues to build upon his reputation for being a...
Serena Williams was wrapping up her pre-French Open news conference when someone seated in the front row wanted to know whether she would take one question in the local language. ...
Surprisingly, J.R. Hildebrand isn't sick of talking about it. ...
An African nation has advanced to the quarterfinals twice in the last three World Cups, with Senegal reaching the final eight in 2002 and Ghana doing the same in 2010. And if the continent is quickly catching up to the rest of the world, the credit goes to a growing crop of great players. Here'... ...