Michael Jordan was not ready to let Kobe Bryant upstage him in a fascinating 1998 NBA All-Star Game. A 19-year-old Bryant in his second season in the NBA took on the GOAT that he grew up admiring.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver had no idea 25 years ago that the Tech Summit would turn into much of anything, much less one of the hottest tickets at All-Star weekend.

Each time Kevin Durant comes back through Chase Center to face his former Warriors, he takes time to stop and enjoy seeing all of the old familiar faces.

The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner has ruled a car fire death a homicide. A teen has been tentatively identified.

A Fort Worth family is desperately searching for their 17-year-old daughter who went missing in late December. Her mother has ...

But Trayvon will forever remain 17 because he was a Black teenager — seen as a threat simply for existing — and gunned down by a man who decided he didn’t belong in his own neighborhood. “Happy ...

In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Bowers reflects on what the Oscar nomination means to him, the challenges of ...

In 2002, he returned to his old stomping grounds when the NBA All-Star Game was held in Philadelphia. In that contest, he ...

A young talent who never would have been moved in the past gets a new home with the Lakers (of course), and it raises a number of questions for the future.

Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports section give their thoughts and opinions on the NFL conspiracy theories, UCLA ...

Kobe Bryant was on top of the world, but it soon all came crashing down with a sexual assault allegation and court case. Amongst it all, Bryant looked to re-define himself and found inspiration in the ...