LOS ANGELES — Just 36 hours before acquiring the player who the Lakers hope will be the big man of their present and future, General Manager Rob Pelinka described the type of center the organization was searching for after acknowledging it was the team’s biggest need. “Versatility, mobility, a vertical lob threat, I think that’s…
Read more
The Angels are now going to have two third basemen coming off injury-marred seasons. The Angels on Thursday agreed with Yoán Moncada on a one-year, $5 million deal, according to multiple reports. The team has not confirmed the signing. Moncada joins Anthony Rendon on the Angels’ third base depth chart. Rendon has missed most of…
Read more
The CIF Southern Section boys and girls basketball playoff brackets will be released Saturday at noon. There will be the usual wailing and gnashing of teeth. This time, the wailing and gnashing will not be because of human decisions. This year, for the first time, the creation of the basketball playoff brackets are being done…
Read more
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS — There were moments not long ago when Kareem Hunt wondered whether he’d ever carry a football in an NFL game again. There were times when Matt Araiza wondered whether he would ever punt one. Yet through a combination of need and want, the Chiefs provided both players with…
Read more
When firefighters told Officer Adrian Woolford of a woman trapped as the Eaton fire spread rapidly, he ran towards her home. Two of his fellow Pasadena Police Department officers, Chrystian Banuelos and Jonathan Bombardier, saw Woolford and quickly followed him in the smoke-choked darkness. “I know that, if he was running, he was running in…
Read more
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS — Jason Kelce stood on stage during a taping of his late-night talk show when he spotted his former boss and Eagles general manager Howie Roseman hanging out in the balcony. Kelce turned the cameo into a Q&A and asked what every fan in Philadelphia – heck,…
Read more
A homeless man and a 44-year-old man from Santa Ana were behind bars Thursday, Feb. 6 in connection with a man found dead inside a motel room in Anaheim. Officers dispatched about 10:15 a.m. Monday to the Akua Motor Inn, 1018 E. Orangethorpe Ave., near Raymond Avenue, regarding a person found dead inside a room,…
Read more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s army of wildfire cleanup crews has grown to nearly 1,200 workers as it races to meet a 30-day deadline set by the White House, but the rushed nature of the endeavor and the histories of the companies involved have sparked concerns. The operation underway in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades…
Read more
Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Thursday, Feb. 6 Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. The deadline for submitting information is 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday. THURSDAY’S SCORES GIRLS…
Read more
The last time the Rams picked a defensive player in the first round of the NFL draft, almost 11 years ago, he won Defensive Rookie of the Year, the first in a long list of hardware that he would add to his shelves. That defensive rookie a decade ago was Aaron Donald. On Thursday, the…
Read more
