Legendary boxer Oscar De La Hoya, who grew up in Los Angeles as the son of Mexican immigrants, addressed the ongoing protests in his hometown sparked by immigration raids being carried out by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). De La Hoya, who became a dual citizen in 2002, paid tribute to immigrants. At times, the protests have turned ...
The NASCAR Cup Series grid is going international for the first time in decades this weekend. Cup Series drivers will take to the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City in the second road course event of the 2025 season. This is the first international Cup Series race in 25 years and the first points race outside the U.S. since 1958. ...
INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark’s absence due to a strained left quad has had a significant impact on WNBA TV ratings. The league’s TV ratings have declined with Clark sidelined. Nationally televised WNBA viewership is down 55% since her injury, according to Nielsen. Fever national TV games are down 53% since Clark’s injury – 1,810,000 average viewers before ...
The NHL will announce the winner of the Hart Trophy (MVP) and Vezina Trophy (top goaltender) during an hourlong televised program on TNT, starting at 6 p.m. ET on June 12. Could the same person win both awards? Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl and Tampa Bay Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov are the other Hart finalists. The Los Angeles Kings’ Darcy ...
SAN DIEGO — Everyone in Southern California has driven on the dreadful Interstate 5 with its consistent traffic and it isn’t just the highway that connects the West Coast from America’s northern and southern borders: it’s where baseball’s hottest rivalry resides. Dodger Stadium and Petco Park are connected by the highway, and to the south is where one of the ...
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Pacers played their best game of the NBA Finals in Game 3. Tyrese Haliburton delivered his best overall performance of the series, and Bennedict Mathurin emerged as the Pacers’ unexpected hero. Playing in front of their revved-up home crowd in a Finals game for the first time since 2000, the Pacers defeated Oklahoma City 116-107 Wednesday, ...
Colorado football coach Deion Sanders addressed his health situation Wednesday on social media, saying that “everything is OKAY” and that he would provide a full update upon his return to campus in Boulder. Sanders, 57, has been at his estate in Texas for weeks while dealing with an unspecified health issue. Last week, CU’s annual slate of summer football camps ...
The Indiana Pacers are now up 2-1 in the 2025 NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, thanks to a monster performance by Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin. Mathurin scored a game-high 27 points off the bench in the Pacers’ 116-107 win over the Thunder in Game 3 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. He shot 9-of-12 from the field, 2-of-3 from 3 and ...
PITTSBURGH — A few hours after Aaron Rodgers signed the contract at team headquarters on Saturday that made it official, the new Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback showed up at a backyard cookout. As Rodgers arrived, the host jumped out of his seat at the end of the driveway and greeted his high-profile visitor with a bro-hug. Rodgers, in turn, came bearing ...
Ryan Garcia, the Mexican-American boxer who had been an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, created distance from the president amid protests in Los Angeles triggered by ICE raids. “I may have voted for Trump, but I can’t stay silent about what’s happening with ICE in LA,’’ Garcia, 26, wrote on X June 11. “These aren’t just ‘illegals’ or statistics ...