Author name: Beth Orozco

The state basketball championships are set for Friday and Saturday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. Here’s a look at matchups involving Southern Section and City Section teams. Friday BOYS Division I: Sierra Canyon (26-7) vs. Stockton Lincoln (31-4), 8 p.m.: The Trailblazers didn’t get to play in Sacramento in 2020 after qualifying for the […]

After he threw just 11 innings last season while coming back from an injury, Jackson Eisenhauer’s improvement this season has been stunning. The Crespi High right-hander is 3-0 without giving up any runs in 19 innings. “I spent a lot of time in the weight room,” he said. “Putting on strength has been a big

In 2019, Mookie Betts, then an outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, refused President Trump’s invitation to visit the White House, along with eight of his teammates and the Red Sox manager, Alex Cora. The Red Sox were the World Series champs and the invite was standard presidential photo-op protocol. Betts, the American League’s Most

The Galaxy made history last season, winning a record sixth MLS Cup, going unbeaten in 21 matches at Dignity Health Sports Park and becoming the first team to have four players reach double digits in both goals and assists. Less than a month into this season the team made history of a different sort by

INDIANAPOLIS — They’d withstood one wave after another, their season hanging in the balance with seemingly every possession. Nothing had come simply for USC through this frustrating first campaign under Eric Musselman, and here was one last stand, stretching fittingly into one overtime, then another. So many chances had been squandered by that point in the Trojans’

It was time for Chatsworth’s volleyball team to deploy its “secret weapon” Wednesday in a key West Valley League match against El Camino Real. The first set was tied 23-23 when 6-foot-8 Taj Unuakhalu was finally inserted into the lineup. Teammates chanted, “Secret weapon.” Unuakhalu has been busy starting at center for Chatsworth’s basketball team

Mike Williams is running a comeback route. A year after being released by the Chargers, the team announced Wednesday it agreed to terms with the wide receiver. Williams will return on a one-year deal worth up to $6 million, according to FOX Sports. A first-round pick in 2017, Williams caught 309 passes for 4,806 yards

Zack Baun’s last name rhymes with yawn, and that was pretty much the reaction a year ago when the Philadelphia Eagles signed him as a free agent out of New Orleans. The guy was a special-teamer with the Saints who agreed to a one-year deal to play linebacker for the Eagles, and he quickly transitioned