High school boys’ water polo: Southern California Regional playoff pairings. Los Angeles Times high school columnist Eric Sondheimer begins a daily journey focusing on positives in prep sports.

Shohei Ohtani won his third Most Valuable Player Award and first in the National League, and Aaron Judge earned his second American League honour on Thursday.

A lot of people remember the good old days of driving downtown without hassle, but that’s no longer realistic. Nobody drives into Manhattan or Paris or London anymore. Like those cities ...