High school basketball: Friday's playoff scores and updated pairings
<p>CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys' and girls' basketball playoff scores and playoff schedule.</p>
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Visualizing success: Why Olympic skiers mentally rehearse before every run
<p>Olympic skiers explain why many of them engage in a pre-race routine that includes visualizing the course in their mind as if they were skiing it in real time.</p>
Caribbean sprinters are hoping to transform Winter Olympic bobsledding
<p>Bobsled teams from Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica are hopeful they can lean on their rich sprinting culture and move closer to the European powers in the sport.</p>
Letters to Sports: Sam Darnold and his Super Bowl odyssey
<p>Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports Section give their thoughts about Sam Darnold leading the Seahawks to the Super Bowl win, Bad Bunny and more.</p>
Notoriously hazardous South L.A. oil wells finally plugged after decades of community pressure
<p>A two-acre Los Angeles oil drill site near the St. Vincent Elementary School in University Park, had been releasing noxious fumes for years. Finally, the wells have been shut down.</p>
Criticism by Winter Olympic athletes of Trump policies mirror reaction to iconic 1968 protest
<p>The director of "Fists of Freedom," a documentary about Olympic sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, says the reaction to Olympians speaking out has some similarities and differences to 1968.</p>
L.A.'s homeless: Nonprofit says lack of emergency housing is a major factor in San Fernando Valley
PACOIMA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- In the San Fernando Valley, the homeless crisis is an especially challenging problem. Camps, like one established in a Pacoima park, are common throughout the area. One ...
Speeding motorcyclist leads pursuit, flees into San Fernando Valley parking garage
The suspect rode into a parking structure underneath a San Fernando Valley apartment complex before they were detained at ...
Suspect booked in San Fernando Valley stabbing of 10-year-old girl, grandfather
A man suspected in the violent San Fernando Valley stabbing attack on a 10-year-old girl and her grandfather has been ...
Prep basketball roundup: La Mirada gets breakthrough win over St. John Bosco in Open Division
<p>La Mirada upsets St. John Bosco in the Southern Section Open Division first-round playoff game on Friday in Bellflower.</p>
NBA All-Star weekend: Team Vince wins the Rising Stars Challenge
<p>Philadelphia rookie VJ Edgecombe has 17 points in the semifinals and has the tying and winning free throws in the championship game on Friday at Intuit Dome.</p>
Rivian finds a way to shine even as the EV market struggles in the dark
<p>After multiple years of layoffs and negative profits, the electric vehicle maker Rivian reported promising earnings for 2025. The Irvine-based automaker is getting ready to release its cheapest vehicle yet.</p>
Why Dave Roberts expects Shohei Ohtani to be 'in the Cy Young conversation'
<p>The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani has hit the ground running in spring training in an effort to ramp up to pitch without restrictions before leaving camp for WBC obligations with Team Japan.</p>
USC coach Lincoln Riley completes staff featuring new defensive blood, continuity
<p>USC coach Lincoln Riley said staff change was inevitable, but he managed changes that he hopes will not blow up the team's progress on defense.</p>
Parents who blame Snapchat for their children's deaths protest outside company's headquarters
<p>Parents who say social media played a role in the death of their children are pushing for more safety features and disable its AI chatbot.</p>
Newsom tells world leaders Trump's retreat on the environment will mean economic harm
<p>newsom speaks at global security conference</p>
Ilia Malinin describes crippling anxiety that cost the favorite a Winter Olympics medal
<p>Ilia Malinin could not overcome negative thoughts and mistakes Friday, costing him a figure skating gold medal at the Winter Olympics.</p>
Plaschke: Alex Vesia opens up about unimaginable loss: 'Life can change in an instant'
<p>Dodgers left-hander Alex Vesia spoke publicly for the first time since he and his wife, Kayla, lost their newborn daughter in the middle of last year's World Series.</p>
Chris Paul, former Clippers star, announces retirement after being waived by Raptors
<p>Ex-Clippers star Chris Paul announces his retirement from the NBA after being waived by the Raptors. His 12,552 assists and 2,728 steals are second-best in league history.</p>
Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs pleads not guilty to felony strangulation charge
<p>Days after playing in the Super Bowl, Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs appears in court and pleads not guilty after his private chef accused him of attempting to choke her.</p>