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Editor’s note: The San Diego Union-Tribune’s Eddie Brown is breaking down prospects, position by position, leading up to the NFL draft (April 23-25). Here are his top 10 running backs, plus “bonus” players he ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Amid a glittering sports celebration, a team from Los Angeles dominated the WNBA draft.

But it wasn't Los Angeles' WNBA team.

The Sparks couldn't hold a candle to UCLA.

At a Monday event during which six...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers are too good, and too rich. If the owners of other major league teams ultimately deem that combination so objectionable that they shut down the sport this winter because of it, they ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As he exited the arena bowl into the unknown of the offseason late Tuesday night, it was as if Miami Heat president Pat Riley had been here before.

Because he had.

A quarter century ago.

Also in ...Read more

MIAMI — It’s the most predictable phrase uttered at every NFL team’s predraft news conference, before and after the team adds its bounty of new talent through the draft.

Both Jon-Eric Sullivan and Jeff Hafley, the ...Read more

Randy Vásquez stumbled Wednesday night. The Padres picked him up anyway.

Jackson Merrill robbed his second homer of the season in the third inning and capped a five-run rally in the ninth inning with a walk-off double in...Read more

Dodgers right-hander Shohei Ohtani’s spotless ERA finally got its first mark Wednesday. But in the Dodgers’ 8-2 victory on Wednesday, he held the Mets to just one run in six innings.

Ohtani’s streak of innings ...Read more

INGLEWOOD — Steph Curry had two defenders on him and a tie on the scoreboard as he faded away with 50 seconds remaining against the Clippers in a win-or-go-home game at Intuit Dome.

After burying the improbable 3-point ...Read more

Defenseman Mario Ferraro and center Michael Misa each scored before everything went off the rails for the San Jose Sharks, who allowed five unanswered goals in a 5-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday at the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Fans are frustrated with LA28. City Council members are battling over billions of dollars and overdue contracts. But in front of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee board of directors, LA28 found ...Read more

Running on empty. As in far too many empty at-bats.

It hurt the Colorado Rockies again on Wednesday night in a 3-1 loss to the Houston Astros at Dalkin Park. It was the Rockies’ sixth consecutive loss as they slid 6-12 ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Barely 24 hours after LaMelo Ball’s play on Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo, the NBA handed out its discipline for the act.

Upon review, the Charlotte Hornets’ star point guard was hit with a Flagrant ...Read more

SUNRISE, Fla. — Not a pleasant way for the Detroit Red Wings to end this season.

Having been eliminated from playoff contention last weekend and seeing their playoff drought reach an NHL-high 10 consecutive years, the ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — There wasn’t anything on the line for the Lightning in their regular-season finale against the Rangers Wednesday night at Benchmark International Arena. Going into Game 82, Tampa Bay’s first-round ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Magic will have one last chance Friday to advance to the playoffs after falling to the 76ers in the Nos. 7 vs. 8 game of the NBA play-in tournament on Wednesday night.

In a tight, chippy contest that ...Read more

DETROIT — Wenceel Perez, inserted into the game in the top of the inning, led off the bottom of the inning with a home run to right field, sending the Tigers to their fifth straight win, 2-1 over the Kansas City Royals ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — In Tuesday’s loss, a gamble from Don Kelly backfired. In a win Wednesday at PNC Park, a different Kelly strategy worked to perfection.

Kelly used Mason Montgomery as an opener for Carmen Mlodzinsk, then ...Read more

CINCINNATI — Tyler Mahle has had much, much better days at Great American Ball Park.

In his first start against his former team, Mahle turned in arguably the worst start of his major league career as the Giants lost, 8-...Read more