Kings goaltender David Rittich reacts during the second period of their game against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) The Kings’ Tanner Jeannot, left, and the New Jersey Devils’ Paul Cotter battle for the puck during the first period on Thursday night in Newark, N.J. (Photo by Luke…
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LOS ANGELES — At Elijah Paige’s lowest point, Jonah Monheim was there, just as he had always been. The shaggy-haired veteran sat with him, when Paige first got to USC as a freshman, poring over hours of film and pointing to techniques that could work for him at tackle. Monheim was there, too, when Paige…
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Ducks center Robby Fabbri, right, chases the puck behind the net while under pressure from Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Conor Timmins during the first period on Thursday night in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz, right, makes a save against Ducks center Mason McTavish, left, as Leafs defenseman…
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Rams place kicker Joshua Karty kicks a field goal from the hold of Ethan Evans during the first half of their game against the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday night in Santa Clara. Karty accounted for all of the Rams’ points in a 12-6 win. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Rams running back Kyren Williams, middle,…
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LOS ANGELES — He had felt his best, always, when the eyes of a stadium trained directly on him. And when the fourth quarter dawned in Pasadena in late November, USC’s offense stuck in the mud again, Eddie Czaplicki lined up in punt formation and fell into sheer Zen. He had prepared for this, since…
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ORANGE — Newport Harbor girls soccer coach Justin Schroeder and his staff introduced a new style of play this season and the Sailors implemented that style to near perfection in a 3-0 victory over Canyon in a nonleague game Thursday at El Modena High School. The key elements of the Sailors game plan involve more…
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On Dec. 13 Santiago Canyon College will host its 27th annual holiday party for students who are parents and are part of Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, a celebration that supports them by providing gifts for their children. The holiday party has been coordinated by Nena Baldizon-Rios, director of the program since it began in…
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Ducks forward Trevor Zegras will miss approximately six weeks of action due to a torn meniscus sustained in a Dec. 4 loss to Vegas, the club announced Thursday. On one hand, his diagnosis was on the lighter end in terms of potential severity, but on the other, there is a deepening trend of injuries to…
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If you had the power to save your son from 17 years of incarceration for crimes like lying on a gun purchase form and tax evasion, you would almost certainly wield that power. But, if there were a national election taking place where this could be a talking point used against your party, maybe you…
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The two basketball teams battled for 48 minutes and then went to In-N-Out together. It’s tournament time in Orange County basketball, the only time of the season when that sort of thing happens. The San Juan Hills Invitational is one of the boys basketball tournaments this week. It is being played at host schools Capistrano…
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