Nicolas Almagro

ORANGE — Steve Johnson was affectionately known as "Stevie" when he ruled the tennis courts at Orange High for three years. Johnson returned to his alma mater Monday afternoon quite grown. He's a professional tennis player, one who is ranked No....

Rafael Nadal won the Barcelona Open for the eighth time Sunday, defeating Nicolas Almagro, 6-4, 6-3, in Spain for his fourth title of the year. This latest victory, with next month's French Open approaching, is a promising sign that Nadal is getting...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| Golf--Champions Tour, Legends of Golf, Noon (CBS); PGA Tour, Zurich Classic, 2 p.m. (CBS) NBA Basketball--Playoffs, New York Knicks at Boston Celtics, Noon (ABC); Miami Heat at Milwaukee Bucks, 2:30 p.m. (ABC); San Antonio Spurs...

8 a.m.    Tennis: Porsche Grand Prix final: Maria Sharapova vs. Na Li.--Tennis Ch. 8:25 a.m.    Soccer: Queens Park Rangers vs. Reading.--Fox Soccer Ch. 9 a.m.    Golf: Ballantine’s Championship final round (d. in Seoul, South Korea).--Golf 9 a.m.  ...

7:30 a.m.    Soccer: English Premier League: West Ham at Manchester City.--ESPN2 7:30 a.m.    Tennis: Barcelona semifinals: Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. Nicolas Almagro winner, then Rafael Nadal vs. Milos Raonic.--Tennis Ch. 9 a.m.    Golf: Ballantine’...

The time was right for Trey Burke. The Michigan star made it official Sunday: He's leaving the Wolverines to enter the NBA draft. The move came as no surprise after Burke was voted the Associated Press national player of the year and led Michigan to the...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NHL Hockey--Chicago Blackhawks at St. Louis Blues, 11:30 a.m. (NBC); Detroit Red Wings at Nashville Predators, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Soccer--Mexican Primera Division, Chiapas at Puebla, 11:55 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS, San Jose at Portland,...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Major League Baseball--Tampa Bay Rays at Boston Red Sox, San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs or Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals, 11:30 a.m. (FOX); New York Mets at Minnesota Twins, 3 p.m. (FXSP) PGA Golf--Masters...

Andrew Miller scored 6 minutes 59 seconds into overtime to lift Yale to a 3-2 victory over Massachusetts Lowell in the NCAA men's hockey semifinals at Pittsburgh. The senior captain raced around a pair of River Hawks defenders, then slipped a backhand...

|TV SPORTS| PGA Golf--Masters Tournament, 2 p.m. (ESPN) Auto Racing--NASCAR Nationwide Series, O3’Reilly Auto Parts 300 pole qualifying, 4 p.m. (ESPN2); NASCAR Nationwide Series, O’Reilly Auto Parts 300, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Formula One...

|TV SPORTS|  College Men’s Basketball -- Big East Conference tournament, games at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. (ESPN); 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. (ESPN2)  Soccer -- UEFA Champions League, Porto at Malaga, 2:30 p.m. (FSN); UEFA Champions League, Arsenal at Bayern...

Justin Gimelstob certainly is no Martin Luther King. But he has a dream. He is unhappy that professional tennis left Los Angeles and he wants it back. To that end, the first L.A. Tennis Challenge will be played Monday night at Pauley Pavilion. It is...