Ross McMains, who has served in varied roles in coaching and player development in the NBA, G League and international basketball for the past 14 years, has been named an assistant basketball coach at the University of Louisville under head coach Chris Mack.

The Trinity League, which was created in 2005, has never hired a Black head football coach at a time when its top football players are Black and there are no signs of progress.

Find out where the local teams are playing Thursday in the first round of the CIF-SS boys soccer playoffs.

San Dimas, Arrowhead Christian and Linfield Christian also receive top seeds in the respective playoff divisions

Frank McRae, a National Football League player turned actor, died in Santa Monica, Calif. on April 29 from a heart attack. He was 80 and his death was confirmed by his daughter-in-law, Suzanne

Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth) extended its league win streak to 58 games Thursday night, defeating Windward (Los Angeles) 70-54 in a battle of short-handed California powers. Multiple scratches put a damper on the anticipated conference battle as Chance Westry and Shy Odom joined an injured Bronny James on the bench while while Windward was without star duo Dylan Andrews and Kijani Wright.

It is disturbing, indeed, to ponder the fate of Pac-12 football. A Thursday night’s draft unfolded, not a single Pac-12 skill player was chosen. The conference of Aaron Rodgers, John Elway and Andrew Luck came up empty — and only three conference players were chosen in that round,

The idea of a lively, compelling summer seems entirely possible, and that’s all any baseball fan can ask. While the Dodgers and Padres staged two of the most engaging series in recent regular-season memory,

including the Super Bowl, World Cup soccer, NBA Finals, four major golf tournaments and U.S. Open tennis championships. He graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1966 and UC Berkeley with a B.A. in journalistic studies in 1971.

Now comes a new wave of radical concepts, including the disappearance of “60 feet, 6 inches” — a fixture of the game since 1893. In the Atlantic League, starting Aug. 3 with the second half of its season,