Lakers
LeBron James finishes with 30 points, breaking Michael Jordan’s record for most career 30-point games in the Lakers’ 119-102 win over the Atlanta Hawks.
Dodgers
Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is the Associated Press’ male athlete of the year for a third time. He and Michael Jordan trail only LeBron James, Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods.
Ben Casparius, the Dodgers’ rookie reliever, is dating Erin Matson, the field hockey coach at the University of North Carolina who had a decorated career as a player.
Food
Chef Jordan Kahn of Vespertine, Meteora and Destroyer makes Cubano sandwiches with crispy-skin pork belly, mojo rub, pickles, mustard and Swiss cheese.
Clippers
The 6-foot-5 guard has been playing well in the G League, averaging 24.5 points and 5.2 rebounds in six games.
High School Sports
Norco freshman Jordan Ayala strikes out 11 in his high school debut against Orange Lutheran.
Senior guard Davon Jones leads L.A. Jordan in City Section basketball, averaging nearly 30.2 points and 14 rebounds a game.
World & Nation
Gazan refugees in Jordan say to their relatives: ‘Don’t come.’
Books
Susan Morrison’s biography of Lorne Michaels is indispensable, especially for ‘SNL’ completists.
The man who choked Jordan Neely was acquitted. “After all,” says a reader, Neely “was mentally ill and homeless, and he used synthetic marijuana.”