Marcus Smart says Lakers must 'be willing to run through a wall' in Game 6
<p>Lakers guard Marcus Smart has been on a team that rallied from a playoff deficit and knows his team must dig deeper to fend off the Rockets' surge.</p>
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Prep talk: Freshman Mattias Di Maggio of Dos Pueblos is living up to famous last name
<p>Freshman Mattias Di Maggio of Dos Puebos has emerged as top baseball player this season</p>
Swanson: Lakers need another ageless LeBron James performance after Game 5 loss
<p>After his inspiring play on a Game 3 overtime win against the Rockets in Houston, the 41-year-old star has looked mortal.</p>
Amid backlash over World Cup parking and transportation, LA Metro offers a solution
<p>LA Metro plans to spend $9.3 million in federal funding to make attending the World Cup easy while also easing traffic around SoFi Stadium.</p>
'Off the charts exciting.' L.A. native Brian Kahn thrilled he bred a Kentucky Derby horse
<p>Venice resident Brian Kahn fell in love with horse racing during visits to Santa Anita as a kid and hopes a horse he bred, The Puma, wins the Kentucky Derby.</p>
Shaikin: The Dodger hosting a comedy show? Stoic Will Smith. No joke
<p>On May 7, Will Smith, the Dodgers' stoic All-Star catcher, hosts his third annual Dodgers Comedy Night, part of the Netflix is a Joke comedy festival.</p>
California billionaire tax proposal attracts 1.5 million signatures. Here's what happens next
<p>The battle over a proposal to tax billionaires to fund healthcare and other essential services is expected to intensify after supporters said they've gathered enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.</p>
Hiltzik: Resurrecting a discredited theory on COVID's origin, DOJ indicts an ex-Fauci aide over old emails
<p>David Morens tried to keep a scientific discussion under wraps. Trump's latest anti-science attack explains why</p>
Foreign investment in California rose last year despite trade disruption
<p>The number of foreign-owned business rose 4% last year in California despite the Trump administration's trade wars, with Japan taking the top spot in a report released this week.</p>
High school baseball and softball: Wednesday's scores
<p>Check out Wednesday's high school baseball and softball scores.</p>
High school boys' volleyball: Wednesday's playoff scores and Thursday's schedule
<p>CIF Southern Section high school boys' volleyball playoff scores and schedule.</p>
Prep baseball roundup: Birmingham hitters deliver in 10-2 win over El Camino Real
<p>Patriots move into a tie for first place in West Valley League with baseball win over El Camino Real</p>
Palisades boys win 17th consecutive City team tennis title
<p>The Dolphins defeat Taft to claim the championship again. The Toreadors were the last time to win the team title in 2008.</p>
Austin Reaves will play for the Lakers in Game 5 vs. Rockets
<p>The starting guard has been sidelined since April 2 because of a left oblique muscle strain but will now try to help the Lakers clinch the series.</p>
'A day off will help.' Dodgers can't produce enough offense again, drop second straight
<p>Tyler Glasnow pitches into the sixth inning but gives up two solo homers as the offense struggles for the second straight day in a 3-2 loss to the Miami Marlins.</p>
Josh Mauro, Stanford defensive end who spent most of his NFL career with Arizona, dies at 35
<p>Josh Mauro, a former NFL defensive end for the Cardinals, Giants and Raiders, has died at age 35. No cause of death has been given.</p>
More March Madness: NCAA basketball tournaments reportedly set to expand to 76 teams
<p>The NCAA and its media partners favor schools with large, established fan bases for viewership and revenue, so expect the new bids to go to power conference schools.</p>
Man gives home run ball back to young Guardians fan. Now her mom wants folks to leave him alone
<p>A mom is calling for folks on social media to back off a man who appeared to snatch a home run ball from her daughter at a Guardians game. He eventually gave the ball to the girl.</p>
Sparks to retire two-time WNBA champion DeLisha Milton-Jones' jersey
<p>DeLisha Milton-Jones, who played 11 of her 17 WNBA seasons with the Sparks, will have her number retired July 28 when the team faces the New York Liberty.</p>
Silent Tactic scratched from Kentucky Derby, moving Great White into field
<p>Churchill Downs announced Silent Tactic has been withdrawn from Saturday's race. The scratch moves Great White from the also-eligible list into the field of 20.</p>