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LOS ANGELES –– The Kings started 2025 the way they spent most of 2024, staunchly defending home ice, as they won their eight straight match at Crypto.com Arena, a 3-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday.Their home points percentage moved to .844, improving upon what was already the best mark in the NHL. They’re 27-5-2 at home under Coach Jim Hiller dating back to last season, good for an .824 points percentage.“It’s a perfect way to start the New Year. I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t,” Hiller said.“It does not feel like we’re dominating. It doesn’t…
LOS ANGELES — Kiki Rice scored 16 points to lead five players in double figures and No. 1 UCLA defeated 24th-ranked Michigan 86-70 on Wednesday to complete a sweep of its first Big Ten homestand. Rice had 10 assists and Lauren Betts had 13 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the Bruins (14-0, 3-0 Big Ten), who led the entire game. Syla Swords led the Wolverines with a career-high 30 points in her return. The standout freshman from Canada didn’t play in a loss at No. 4 USC because of a lower left leg injury she sustained on Dec.…
EL SEGUNDO — The emergence of Derius Davis as a go-to target for quarterback Justin Herbert has had multiple benefits for the Chargers. After all, Davis isn’t just a punt and kickoff return specialist. He has caught touchdown passes in each of the past two games, the first two of his two-season career.Davis’ only other touchdown came on an 87-yard punt return during the Chargers’ victory Nov. 6, 2023 against the New York Jets, a sprint that propelled the team to a 27-6 blowout victory. He retained his job returning punts and kicks under a new coaching staff.But his role…
LOS ANGELES — Lakers coach JJ Redick acknowledged every NBA team – even the good to great ones – will cycle through multiple identities during the regular season.And his team is in the midst of another identity change – one that features fourth-year guard Austin Reaves even more as a ball-handler and on-ball playmaker than he was earlier in the season.Throughout the offseason and preseason, Redick and Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka spoke about Reaves getting more on-ball responsibilities.That came in doses in the first month of the season as the Lakers cycled through starting lineups and the offensive hierarchy.…
Texas wide receiver Silas Bolden (11) runs against Arizona State during the first half in the quarterfinals of a College Football Playoff, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham speaks with an oficial during the second half in the quarterfinals of a College Football Playoff against Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian watches play against Arizona State during the first half in the quarterfinals of a College Football Playoff, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Arizona State running back Cam…
After grinding hard in close quarters, the Ducks hit the open skies for a lightning round of a road trip that’ll take them to Winnipeg on Thursday and Edmonton on Friday.The Jets are the NHL’s most successful team this season by points total, while the Oilers lost in Game 7 of last year’s Stanley Cup Final. Yet the fledgling Ducks toughened up around their net and beat both teams in the course of 11 days last month.Their victory over Edmonton rolled into another win against a first-half A-lister, the New Jersey Devils. They were leading their conference Tuesday morning, as…
NEW ORLEANS — The College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame has been postponed after a truck plowed into a New Year’s crowd about a mile away early Wednesday, killing at least 10 people.The game, originally scheduled for Wednesday night at the 70,000-seat Superdome, has been pushed back 24 hours to Thursday night.“For now, that’s the plan,” Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley said.The Superdome was on lockdown for security sweeps on Wednesday morning, when people with offices in the Superdome — including officials with the Sugar Bowl and Sun Belt Conference — were told…
We’re professional critics on this page. A large part of our job is to find fault, to point out what’s wrong, to reveal follies and foibles. Consequently, we may appear cynical. If so, our apologies. We intend to be skeptical. There’s a world of difference.But at this time of year permit us not to dwell on the negative. There’s plenty of time for that in the next 12 months. Instead, please indulge us today to express a little optimism for the coming year, which offers grand opportunities for improvement, along with the customary snares for disaster.California has many faults, but…
For the first time since Proposition 36 passed overwhelmingly — 68% to 32% — in November, Gov. Gavin Newsom publicly addressed the matter.At a press conference in crime-racked Oakland, the governor reiterated some of the same concerns about the anti-crime measure that we made in our editorial opposing it.“Prop. 36 never included organized retail theft, it never addressed that issue,” Newsom said, per the Sacramento Bee. “It never addressed the issue of vehicle crimes. … (I)t “locks out money because at the same time it cuts drug treatment money for local governments. That’s a conundrum for local municipalities, and one…
By CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGANEW YORK (AP) — With the end of 2024 around the corner, you might be reflecting on financial goals for 2025.Whether you’re saving to move out of your parents’ house or pay off student loan debt, financial resolutions can help you stay motivated, said Courtney Alev, consumer advocate for Credit Karma.“Entering a new year doesn’t erase all our financial challenges from the prior year,” Alev said. “But it can really help to bring a fresh-start mentality to how you’re managing your finances.”If you’re planning to make financial resolutions for the new year, experts recommend that…