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PHOENIX — There’s something about this arena for Jalen Brunson.  A year after he dropped his first 50-bomb in Phoenix, the Knicks point guard pulled off his best performance of the young season with 36 points and 10 assists to bury the Suns in a 138-122 Wednesday cruise.  Brunson shot 12-for-21, including 7 of 11 … Read more

Etiwanda’s Grace Knox goes up for a shot against Corona Centennial in Wednesday’s season-opening win. (Craig Weston) If you sit close enough to Etiwanda girls basketball coach Stan Delus, you will hear a running commentary of likes and dislikes. “Bang,” he yells out when he thinks one of his players is going to make an … Read more

USC coach Eric Musselman, shown on the sideline earlier this season, got a boost from his bench during a win over San José State Wednesday. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) As the game dwindled down in its final minutes, USC’s Chibuzo Agbo held the ball in the post under the basket with a player … Read more

It is not the same. “Yeah, I think just the opportunity I had last year to be able to play in games was all the difference it was to now,” Tommy DeVito said. “I have a year under my belt. I’ve played in preseason games, practice and real games, so it’s a little different this … Read more

NASSAU, Bahamas — Freshman guard Jaiden Glover has yet to play significant minutes, but that could change on Thursday against No. 13 Baylor. Unprompted, coach Rick Pitino said the highly regarded, four-star prospect could have a role in the 22nd-ranked Johnnies’ opener in the Baha Mar Hoops Championship. “This is a game of athletes and … Read more

DETROIT — A hint of a smile crossed Pierre Engvall’s face Tuesday night as he was asked whether his mindset had changed since being called back up to the Islanders. “I’m trying not to think about it too much,” Engvall said. “Every day I’m just trying to do my best and control what you can … Read more

(Getty Images) CITY SECTION PLAYOFFSWEDNESDAY’S RESULTS SEMIFINALS OPEN DIVISION San Pedro 33, Verdugo Hills 7Banning 33, Eagle Rock 25 DIVISION I King/Drew 6, Jefferson 0Narbonne 7, Panorama 6 DIVISION II El Camino Real 41, San Fernando 18Cleveland 24, WISH Academy 8 SATURDAY’S SCHEDULEAt Crenshaw High FINALS OPEN DIVISION#7 Banning (15-6) vs. #1 San Pedro (25-2-1), … Read more

Alina Argueta is quite a renaissance girl at Banning High. She plays point guard on the basketball team, catcher and shortstop on the softball team and Wednesday afternoon she quarterbacked the school’s first flag football squad into the City Open Division championship game. The senior captain threw four touchdown passes — two each to Adelaida … Read more

DETROIT — The Islanders started Wednesday tenuously hanging onto the last playoff spot in the East. If they could fly home Thursday night on the right side of the playoff cutline and over NHL-.500 for the first time in nearly a month, that would make for a decent payoff after nearly two straight weeks on … Read more

The Yankees publicly are on the same page: Hal Steinbrenner, like Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone before him, said that issues with the club’s fundamentals did not hover over the team all season. The 2024 Yankees were undone in a sloppy World Series with both baserunning mistakes and, most notably, three defensive miscues in the … Read more