Новости за 24.01.2016

When actor John Mahoney sat down to fill out his ballot for this year's Oscar nominations, he did what he always does. The 75-year-old longtime academy member, known for his work in films such as "Say Anything..." and as the lovably gruff dad on the sitcom "Frasier," said he simply chose what he...

Danny Garcia's ability to figure things out during the endurance test of a boxing match made him welterweight world champion Saturday at Staples Center.

Fans leaning over the railing at StubHub Center on Saturday recognized the face of the running back and pleaded for an autograph.

Before the Lakers played Portland on Saturday night, Trail Blazers Coach Terry Stotts spent his two-minute pre-game press session talking about Lakers guard Kobe Bryant.

The NFLPA Collegiate Bowl wound up being a personal showcase for former Missouri kicker Andrew Baggett.

Crystal Dunn's life changed with a phone call.

Jill Ellis, coach of the U.S. national team, was ringing Dunn to tell her she hadn't made the team for the Women's World Cup. And although Dunn understood the words, she had trouble grasping their meaning.

"I can't even tell you the last time I didn't...

Ken Holland, general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, said during league meetings in June that he thought a three-on-three overtime format could be more entertaining than the fan-friendly, crowd-pleasing shootout.

Jason Dufner was minding his own business, being a normal sports fan on Twitter in late December, when he made an innocuous comment about the NFL.

Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) used a pair of appearances in Los Angeles on Saturday to urge young student activists to continue to fight for equality in the United States, warning that Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump could set the country back with his divisive rhetoric...

USC AT OREGON STATE

When: Sunday, noon.

Where: Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Ore.

On the air: TV: Pac-12 Networks; Radio: 710.

Update: No. 21 USC's first stint as a ranked team since 2008 could be a short one. The Trojans (15-4, 4-2) lost at Oregon on Thursday and now travel to play Oregon State (11-6,...

Woodland Hills Taft took a quick trip to Las Vegas on Saturday and came away with a 59-54 victory over Las Vegas Centennial for its seventh consecutive victory.

Most wakeup calls aren't pleasant. Jeff Ayres didn't mind his Friday.

"It was awesome," Ayres said Saturday by telephone. "It was great news to wake up to."

His agent, Mitch Frankel, was on the line, informing Ayres that the Clippers were signing him to a 10-day contract. Ayres packed his bags,...

EUGENE, Ore. — UCLA did not have much hope remaining with about two minutes left against Oregon on Saturday. Jordan Bell extinguished any that might have lingered.

News and notes from around the NBA:

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Blatt out, Lue in

Despite sitting atop the Eastern Conference in first place, the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday fired coach David Blatt. General Manager David Griffin said "decisions often make themselves" in the team's announcement. Perhaps the...

The welterweight division’s new look after last year's retirement of Floyd Mayweather Jr. took shape Saturday with the announcement that unbeaten Keith Thurman will fight former champion Shawn Porter on March 12.

Hillary Clinton did her homework before campaigning here Saturday, opening her stump speech with an ode to DeWitt Clinton, the former New York governor who championed the Erie Canal and became the town’s namesake.

A hit-and-run driver struck two pedestrians in Koreatown early Saturday morning and remains at large, Los Angeles police said.

“The Eagle Huntress,” a documentary that’s as unlikely as it is enchanting, has landed in Sundance, and falling under its sway is inevitable.

It is like no film about the Amazon that has ever been made — an elegant black-and-white exploration of a fabled landscape that is often shown in lush shades of green. "Embrace of the Serpent," Colombian director Ciro Guerra's third feature film, explores the life of a single indigenous man at...

After a long absence, the veteran Spanish conductor Jesús López-Cobos returned to the Los Angeles Philharmonic podium Friday night. He had not appeared with the Phil since November of 1999, well before Walt Disney Concert Hall opened, so he was facing a different hall and in some respects, a different...

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo imposed a travel ban on the nation’s largest city as a snowstorm packing hurricane-force winds climbed up the East Coast on Saturday, dumping as much as three feet of snow in some areas and stranding motorists for hours on icy interstates.

Thousands are expected to participate in a celebration of life Saturday that will be led by Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez.

Maria Aguilar approached Los Angeles City Councilman Marqueece Harris-Dawson to complain about what her children see as they walk to school in South Los Angeles.