WHITTIER – Two off-duty Los Angeles police officers were arrested Tuesday night after allegedly pistol-whipping and injuring a Whittier man during a fight.

WASHINGTON – This was an improvement, more like the Lakers hope to play. This was a more satisfying result because they sustained their effort and execution almost from start to finish Tuesday night. Maybe their trip Monday to the White House recharged their batteries. The Lakers certainly played with a heightened sense of purpose while defeating the Washington Wizards, 115-103, at the Verizon Center.

MELBOURNE, Australia – Defending champion Serena Williams survived against Victoria Azarenka in a classic comeback win today (Tuesday night PST), preventing back-to-back upsets after her sister Venus lost to Li Na. Venus Williams had a chance to serve for the match in the second set against Li but she went down in a flurry of errors. Serena Williams lost the first set and was down two breaks of serve against Azarenka until she rallied to win five straight games to get herself back on track for a 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2 win.

Leuzinger boys basketball coach Reggie Morris said his team is finally starting to come together after an injury-filled nonleague season. Morris also said Leuzinger’s quest for the ideal game continues, but it came awfully close to it on Tuesday night during an 81-67 Bay League victory at Peninsula High.
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It was supposed to be a Bay League girls basketball showdown. Instead, Mira Costa made it a mockery. Mira Costa scored the game’s first 10 points and simply pulverized Palos Verdes, 50-29, Tuesday night at Mira Costa in which even the lopsided score doesn’t demonstrate the Mustangs’ true dominance.

VALENCIA – An overflow crowd crammed into Santa Clarita City Hall Tuesday night, most to support a councilman who called himself a “proud racist” and others to condemn his words as hateful rhetoric.

Dustin Brown assisted on all three of Los Angeles’ second-period goals and Jonathan Quick made 25 saves.

Dustin Brown assisted on all three of Los Angeles’ second-period goals and Jonathan Quick made 25 saves to lead the Kings to a 5-3 victory against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night.

The Thrashers were 0 for 13 over a three-game stretch with a man advantage, but Maxim Afinogenov ended Atlanta’s power-play drought with the decisive third-period goal.

Maxim Afinogenov ended Atlanta’s power-play drought with a third-period goal to lift the Thrashers past the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 on Tuesday night.

The Thrashers were 0 for 13 over a three-game stretch with a man advantage, but Maxim Afinogenov ended Atlanta’s power-play drought with the decisive third-period goal.

Maxim Afinogenov ended Atlanta’s power-play drought with a third-period goal to lift the Thrashers past the Anaheim Ducks 2-1 on Tuesday night.

Conventional wisdom says it can’t happen here. Of course, until Tuesday night, conventional wisdom said it shouldn’t happen in Massachusetts.