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LOS ANGELES –– ‘Twas the season for mirth, merriment and grudge matches as the Kings prevailed over the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 at Crypto.com Arena in overtime Saturday afternoon in their first game after the holiday break.Edmonton eliminated the Kings in each of the past three postseasons, all in the first round, but the Kings won the first of their four scheduled clashes in 2024-25 behind Quinton Byfield’s game-winning snipe in overtime.In regulation, Warren Foegele scored a goal and assisted on tallies by Byfield and Tanner Jeannot. Jordan Spence also contributed two helpers. Darcy Kuemper made 25 saves.Kasperi Kapanen and Ryan…

Add the Dodgers to the list of teams with confirmed in-person meetings with highly sought-after international free agent Roki Sasaki.The meeting is not a surprise – the Dodgers are considered the favorite to sign the 23-year-old Japanese right-hander. When Sasaki was officially posted by his Nippon Professional Baseball team, the Chiba Lotte Marines, on Dec. 11, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman called it a “major priority” for the Dodgers to sign him.The Dodgers are the sixth team known to have had meetings with Sasaki and his agent, Joel Wolfe.Texas Rangers president of baseball operations Chris Young confirmed in…

Shohei Ohtani is a three-time MVP and a World Series champion. Now he’s about to add another title.Daddy.Ohtani posted to his Instagram account Saturday, announcing the upcoming birth of his and wife Mamiko’s first child.“Can’t wait for the little rookie to join our family soon!” he posted under a photo of a pink onesie and baby shoes – with the family dog, Decoy, lying next to the baby gear. Ohtani offered no more details about the baby’s expected arrival – in keeping with the way he guards his private life. In February, Ohtani announced his marriage on Instagram without including…

LAS VEGAS — He pumped his fist so violently his mouthpiece came askew, a split second after securing the Las Vegas Bowl in his well-weathered hands. And then, as if struck from the heavens, Kyle Ford fell to his knees.The emotions, from six grueling years in this life, came bubbling to the surface. And USC’s eldest statesman, bowing in a child’s pose, let himself feel.The two knee surgeries.The years watching fellow receivers – watching his friends – pass him by.The ill-fated transfer to UCLA, and the transfer back to USC, and the moments he questioned whether he even wanted to…

INGLEWOOD — The Clippers haven’t gotten off to a bad start this season, at all, and in fact they’ve pretty well exceeded expectations. They’re 18-13, they’ve won 11 of their first 17 in the gleaming new Intuit Dome, and they’re fifth in the NBA in scoring defense.All of that while down a superstar. And Kawhi Leonard does cast a large shadow.The six-time All-Star and two-time NBA champion was supposed to team with Paul George and lead this franchise into serious competition for the championship trophy – the “Larry O’B,” as team owner Steve Ballmer memorably bellowed into a microphone on the…

After 125 years or so of being the most collectively Joe College nation on Earth, many Americans have turned sour on the idea that a higher education — or at least the four years we have traditionally set aside for young adults to get a bachelor’s degree — is key to an informed, successful life.Not me.But the varsity blues are otherwise rampant.Perhaps our culture had gone a little bit too all-in on the tradition, and this is just a course correction. I have noted before in this space that in my observations of car rear windshields in dozens of countries…

Did you ever wonder why California is always in an emergency? Bird flu is the latest one. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a declaration of emergency on Dec. 18 after a severe case in a human was documented. In Louisiana. But Louisiana didn’t declare an emergency. According to the news release from Newsom’s office, “the virus has spread in 16 states,” but a week later, no other state had called it an emergency. The Centers for Disease Control said the “current public health risk is low,” but it is “using its flu surveillance systems to monitor for H5 bird flu activity…

Two and a half years ago I wrote that I was racing my brother to a lifetime achievement of reading 1,000 books.Since my brother is eight years younger than me, meaning I have a near decade-long headstart, it’s imperative that I beat him.I now have a lead of around 80 books, thanks to an obsession with winning and two years of sleepless nights provided by my two toddlers (who are apparently just as committed to my victory as I am).Here’s the best of what I read in 2024.“A Moveable Feast” by Ernest Hemingway: I read Hemingway mostly because I’m supposed…

LAS VEGAS — Four months ago, they rode into Las Vegas imbued with vigor and a refreshed culture, set for a landmark game in Lincoln Riley’s tenure at USC. Four months later, they rode into the same city depleted in numbers and spirit, slumping for 2½ quarters on the same desert turf where they had so gloriously knocked off LSU.USC had fought, for grueling week upon grueling week, and lost. The Trojans lost a slew of fourth-quarter leads. They lost three big-time receivers, and two former five-star recruits, to the transfer portal. They returned to Allegiant Stadium rudderless on Friday…

By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports WriterSAN DIEGO — Kyle McCord threw for 453 yards and five touchdowns to break Deshaun Watson’s Atlantic Coast Conference season passing record and lead No. 22 Syracuse to a 52-35 victory over depleted-yet-scrappy Washington State in the Holiday Bowl on Friday night.LeQuint Allen rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns for his second straight 1,000-yard season for the Orange (10-3), who had their first 10-win season since 2018. Fran Brown joined Paul Pasqualoni (1991) as the only Orange coaches since World War II to win 10 game in their first season.McCord, the national passing leader, came…