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SEATTLE — The UCLA men’s basketball team will take some momentum into its showdown with USC next week.Aday Mara had another strong game, Dylan Andrews hit another clutch shot in the Pacific Northwest and the Bruins held off Washington, 65-60, on Friday night for their third straight win.The Bruins (14-6 overall, 5-4 Big Ten), fresh off an 85-83 home win against No. 18 Wisconsin, climbed back above .500 in conference play heading into Monday night’s game at USC. Washington (10-10, 1-8) lost its sixth consecutive game.Washington led by as many as seven points in the first half, but Kobe Johnson…

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports WriterDALLAS — The Dallas Cowboys say offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer has agreed on a deal to become the storied franchise’s next coach.The somewhat surprising choice announced Friday night is a familiar one for star quarterback Dak Prescott, who worked closely with Schottenheimer the past two seasons when former coach Mike McCarthy was the play-caller.Prescott publicly supported the return of McCarthy, whose initial five-year contract with Dallas expired, but McCarthy and the Cowboys mutually parted ways last week.The 51-year-old Schottenheimer, son of the late NFL coach Marty Schottenheimer, has 25 years of NFL coaching experience – including 14…

Jim Alexander: Consider this: Two more completed passes, on that heroic last-ditch drive through the snow last week in Philadelphia, and Matthew Stafford and the Rams would be playing the NFC championship game on Sunday in SoFi Stadium against Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders.Instead, what turned out to be a pretty darned exciting Rams season is over, and now we’re wondering if not only Stafford but Cooper Kupp will be back with the team in 2025. And while that sounds drastic, it’s business as usual in the NFL, where careers are short, guaranteed money is rare and the salary…

President Trump visited fire-ravaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles late Friday, continuing to claim without evidence that California’s water polices led to the devastation and threatening to withhold federal aid to fire victims unless they are changed.“We’re going to go to Los Angeles and take a look at a fire that could have been put out if they let the water flow, but they didn’t let the water flow,” Trump said Friday morning in Washington D.C. “And they still haven’t for whatever reason.”During a news conference Tuesday, Trump made a related claim: “Los Angeles has massive amounts of water available to…

The LPGA canceled the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship in Palos Verdes Estates on Friday because the underwriter of the tournament failed on payments for the 2024 and 2025 tournaments. Nelly Korda was the defending champion at Palos Verdes Golf Club, which had been scheduled for March 20-23. The LPGA in a statement said canceling the tournament was unavoidable because the underwriter failed to fulfill “any portion of its payment obligations.” The tour said it would work with title partner Fir Hills and Pak, the Hall of Fame tournament host, to explore other options. “We are deeply disappointed to announce…

Despite intermittent power shutoffs, some Chino Valley schools have been staying open.Starting three weeks ago, Southern California Edison began power shutoffs across the Inland Empire as a fire-safety measure amid high winds reaching almost 80 mph in some places.RELATED: Long power outages lead to frustration for Inland Empire residentsThe Chino Valley Unified School District faced what school board President Sonja Shaw called “a new reality, with no prior notice.”Shaw said a high school with about 3,000 students and several elementary schools have endured six full days without power — along with many shorter outages lasting hours at a time. The…

By MICHELLE L. PRICEWASHINGTON (AP) — Those binders full of executive orders that President Donald Trump has been signing with a flourish and a wide-tipped Sharpie during his first week in office don’t just magically appear before him.White House staff secretary Will Scharf has been a prominent part of the tableau, standing at Trump’s side and teeing up the leather-bound folders, one by one, for the president. With the cameras rolling, Scharf provides running narration on what Trump is signing, at times leaning into a nearby microphone at the president’s direction.He was by Trump’s side Thursday as the president signed…

LOS ANGELES — Before the Lakers’ loss to the Clippers on Sunday night at Intuit Dome, Coach JJ Redick spoke about the team having a discussion about raising their collective standards and expectations.Four days later, they had a performance that could help reinforce those standards in the second half of the season.The Lakers had their best win of the season on Thursday night with a dominant 117-96 home victory over the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics.It was one of the Lakers’ rare performances of strong two-way play for nearly the entire game.“As much as this game could be about reinforcing…

President Donald Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom traded their war of words for a few handshakes Friday afternoon.The two leaders, both vociferous critics of each other, met on the tarmac at LAX around 3 p.m. Friday as Trump touched down to survey the catastrophic damage caused by the spate of wildfires in Southern California this year.Newsom, dressed in a casual button-up, was the first to greet a black MAGA hat-wearing Trump as he descended the stairs from this plane. The two clasped hands and exchanged some words — there were no microphones but Newsom often gesticulated at the president —…

LOS ANGELES — On Tuesday, in a public letter to the greater USC community, athletic director Jen Cohen made a simple admission about the past football season to legions of supporters: “I know that a 7-6 season at USC is not up to the Trojan standard, and we must work tirelessly and collectively to do better.”“I am fully committed to that work and entirely confident that, with our continued investments into the program, an aligned and modernized infrastructure, and your unwavering support,” Cohen wrote, in her State of Troy address, “our football program will be positioned to win championships.A modernized…