Michael C. Jones is a Southern California-based sports journalist, editor, and blogger covering professional and collegiate sports across the country. You can read his work at Yahoo! Sports and Examiner.com. He is the Editor of Sports Out West, a West Coast-centric sports hub. Follow Michael on Twitter @MikeJonesTweets for Tweets about a lot of things in addition to sports, but mostly sports.
UCLA LB Barr earns Pac-12 weekly honors
UCLA linebacker Anthony Barr was named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday.
McMillan tops among Lakers' prospective assistants
New Lakers head coach Mike D'Antoni is considering Nate McMillan and a host of others to join his staff.
Phil Jackson duped, assumed Monday deadline
Former Lakers head coach and NBA coaching legend Phil Jackson thought he had more time to accept the team's coaching offer following a discussion at his home.
Sans Mike Brown, Lakers bench comes alive
The Los Angeles Lakers' bench awakened after head coach Mike Brown was fired. What got into the second unit?
Frosh F Adams leads UCLA past Indiana St., 86-59
Jordan Adams scored a game-high 21 points in his college debut as UCLA opened up the new Pauley Pavilion with an 86-59 win vs. the Indiana State Sycamores.
Lakers respond to Brown firing, trounce GSW 101-77
The Los Angeles Lakers responded to the firing of Mike Brown by blowing out the Golden State Warriors at home, 101-77 behind 27 points by Kobe Bryant.
LMU trounces Pacifica in early tune-up, 108-49
Junior guard Ayodeji Egbeyemi scored 20 points and led the Lions past upstart Pacifica in a season-opening tune-up.
Eadington, Ynoa contribute to Mesa AFL win
Dodgers prospects Rafel Ynoa and Eric Eadington each played a role in the Mesa Solar Sox's 4-3 win on Wednesday.
Halos hire former D-backs exec to staff
Former Arizona Diamondbacks international scouting director Carlos Gomez has accepted the same position with the Halos.
Kershaw gets final look for NL Cy Young
Clayton Kershaw is the first Dodger since Fernando Valenzuela to be named a finalist for the Cy Young Award in consecutive seasons.