The Latest Breaking News from Utah

Pac-12 schedule and previews for the Week 11 games: Washington at Oregon, Arizona at UCLA, Colorado at USC, Arizona State at Washington State, Cal at Oregon State

The Jazz, Blazers and Spurs are exceeding expectations. Can they stay in the playoff mix?

Utah’s CEO addresses tanking talk and trying to build a team for the present and the future.

LOS ANGELES — USC and UCLA will settle the debate on the field Nov. 19 in the Rose Bowl, but until that fateful Saturday in Pasadena, the weekly College Football Playoff rankings' unveiling will have to suffice fanning the flames between the crosstown rivals.

Time is already ticking for Los Angeles after three weeks into the season.

The Lakers will be significantly shorthanded on Monday night when they take on the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City.

Some, like Georgia, have a clear way in. Others, like Oregon and LSU, could see things get complicated.

LOS ANGELES — Midway through the fourth quarter Sunday afternoon, Lakers coach Darvin Ham stood near midcourt, slumped slightly to his left with both of his hands in pockets.

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James condemned hate speech of any kind — including antisemitism — following the Lakers' 130-116 loss to Utah, saying he has "love" for Kyrie Irving but the Nets guard "caused some harm to a lot of people."

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 6,000 miles from the Crypto.com Arena in Limoges, France, a 7-foot-4 basketball prospect pushed the ball between his skyscraper legs before taking a one-footed three-point shot that swished through the rim, evoking some ungodly mix of Kevin Durant and Dirk Nowitzki.

LOS ANGELES — Almost every defense has the same goal: cut off the head of the snake.