Новости за 12.06.2016

With every step forward the Sharks have taken during the playoffs, with each extraordinary performance by a member of their surprisingly resilient cast, they’ve chipped away at their reputation of being the biggest postseason underachievers in recent NHL history.

Kenley Jansen tucked his chin to his chest as AT&T Park crackled with life around him. He had just blown his third save of the season when Giants catcher Buster Posey hit a walk-off single to send the Dodgers to a 5-4 defeat in 10 innings, and Jansen made a brisk departure from the diamond. 

Three people were killed and two were wounded in Panorama City on Saturday night in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide, authorities said.

Magic Johnson, an unpaid Lakers vice president for several years, had his ceremonial title removed by the Lakers, the team announced Saturday.

The USC women’s team dropped the ball – the baton, to be more precise – in the final event of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, but a strong showing in the sprints carried the Trojans to a second consecutive top-10 finish in the team standings Saturday afternoon.

Johan Venegas and Celso Borges each scored and Costa Rica benefited from an own goal by Colombia in a 3-2 upset victory to wrap up Group A play in the Copa America on Saturday night. 

Nneka Ogwumike scored 32 points, hitting all 12 of her shots, and the Los Angeles Sparks remained unbeaten with a 97-73 win over the Dallas Wings on Saturday night. 

The news that Christina Grimmie -- the 22-year-old singer who, as a New Jersey teen, made a name for herself on YouTube before broadening her fame in 2014 on Season 6 of “The Voice” – was shot and killed Friday while signing autographs for fans after a concert in Orlando, Fla., is tragic. But for...

A team of high school students from Edison, N.J., won a $50,000 donation to their school’s arts education program from the Vans action sports brand thanks to a series of food-themed footwear designs that included burgers, fries and a milkshake in a shoe.

National parks book: In the Arts & Books section elsewhere in this edition, an article about author Terry Tempest Williams and his new book, “The Hour of Land,” says that with a total of 58 national parks in the U.S., “there is at least one in every state.” It should say: There are a total of 58...

Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux appeared to have Exaggerator perfectly positioned as he sat mid-pack in a field of 13 in the 148th Belmont Stakes on Saturday. But when he asked for the tremendous late kick that allowed his mount to rally for second in the Kentucky Derby and to win the Preakness...

Oakland officials expressed outrage Saturday over news reports detailing allegations of misconduct by officers of the city’s long-troubled Police Department, whose chief abruptly resigned this week. 

At least one broken bolt holding the rail in place caused the fiery derailment of a Union Pacific train moving volatile crude oil through the Columbia River Gorge on the Oregon-Washington border, railroad officials say.

There was a very familiar name and a somewhat notorious one among the Angels’ picks Saturday, the third and final day of the draft.

A spate of violence in Los Angeles County over a 24-hour period left at least seven people dead and at least five others injured, authorities said Saturday.

Coming into the year, Clint Dempsey admitted he didn’t know where he fit in with the U.S. national team. The team’s active scoring leader, he was left off the roster for last fall’s World Cup qualifiers. And after turning 33 in March, he seemed lost behind a parade of talented twentysomething strikers.

Road, sweet road? It has been for the Dodgers offense, which entered the weekend averaging 4.87 runs a game and hitting .246 with a .700 on-base-plus-slugging percentage in 30 road games and 3.58 runs a game with a .217 average and .662 OPS in 31 home games.

Their eyes shimmered with tears when embracing the "others." 

But this gathering -- the nation's largest for multiracial people held Friday and Saturday in downtown’s Little Tokyo -- would not be graced with sadness. 

"We're here to celebrate. You look around you, you see not only your identity,...

Outfielder Josh Stephen of Santa Ana Mater Dei led a large contingent of Southern California products taken on the third and final day of baseball's amateur draft.

The San Diego Padres placed right-hander Andrew Cashner on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained neck and recalled right-hander Erik Johnson from Class-A Lake Elsinore. 

Fighting fans, tear gas and riot police returned to the streets of Marseille on Saturday, before and after England's 1-1 draw with Russia at the European Championship. 

Montclair Prep in Van Nuys used to have one of the best baseball programs in the San Fernando Valley. It produced the likes of Torey Lovullo, Brad Fullmer and Russ Ortiz until it closed down its sports program in 2011 and shut it school the next year.

Hillary Clinton isn't usually one for jaw-dropping insults. But when Donald Trump insulted her on Twitter, calling her "crooked" after Obama endorsed her, she had a few - three, to be precise - words for him. https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/740973710593654784 Cue the schoolyard cries...

Top-ranked Lydia Ko bogeyed the 18th hole Saturday to cut her lead to one stroke heading into the final round of the KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Sammamish, Wash. 

After resting his sore, surgically repaired left shoulder for two weeks, Hyun-Jin Ryu will retake the mound for the Dodgers in a rehabilitation assignment Sunday.