Select Images from the LA Times Photo Collection — Sports
UCLA Football
Stanford vs UCLA football game, 1986
UCLA Bruins
Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley cheering with UCLA Bruins cheerleaders during game against USC, 1973-11-25
Super Bowl XXI
Aerial view of Super Bowl XXI game at the Rose Bowl, Calif., 1987-01-26
Dodger fans
Dodger fans at Dodger Stadium box office, Calif., 1977-10-10
Filipino Boxers
Trainer Louis Ficorilli coaching two Filipino boxers in Los Angeles, Calif., 1949-02-01
Los Angeles Marathon
Bob Weiland, disabled veteran, participating in Los Angeles Marathon, 1987-02-26
Javelin
Alda Silva, holder of the woman's world record for the javelin throw. 1927
Yoga
Bikram Choudray teaches Hatha yoga. Students try pretzel pose. 1974-11-29
Track and Field
Five women athletes in bloomers and middy blouses running hurdles in Los Angeles, Calif., circa 1920.
UCLA Football
Bruins football player Homer Oliver at Spaulding Field at U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, 1932.
Los Angeles Dodgers
17 years old Willie Crawford, signing his baseball contract with Los Angeles Dodger scout Al Campanis. 1964-06-23
Los Angeles Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Bill Sharman, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jack Kent Cooke at press conference announcing Lakers' signing Kareem. 1975-06-17.
Wrigley Field
Children play among the ruins of Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. 1969-03-21
Olympic Club
Russell Sweet (right) wins a race with Phil Barber 2nd (left) and Charles Borah 3rd (2nd from right) at an Olympic Club track team event at the Coliseum. 1928-03-17
Davis Cup
Helen Jacobs playing at the Davis Cup held at the Los Angeles Tennis Club, Los Angeles. 1928-04-21
Golf Class
Girls in a golf class at the Wilshire Country Club with their instructor Howard Beall. 1927-03
Darryl Strawberry
Darryl Strawberry at bat during Crenshaw High School game in Los Angeles. 1980-06-06
USC Football
USC head football coach Howard Jones, instructing his team at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. 1925-1939
One-Mile Ocean Swim
Swimming race start, Cabrillo Beach, Los Angeles. 1933-08-13
Santa Anita Park
Horses racing at Santa Anita Park the month it opened, Arcadia. 1934-12
Hollywood Stars
Baseball Managers Fred Haney and Branch Rickey at Hollywood Stars baseball game. 1950-09-03
USC Football
Football Game between the UC Berkeley Golden Bears and USC Trojans at the Coliseum. 1934-11-10
USC Women's Basketball
Basketball player Cheryl Miller in Final Four game against Tennessee. 1986-03-30
Satchel Paige
Baseball pitcher Satchel Paige after a pitch, Los Angeles, circa 1933.
Caltech Football
California Institute of Technology football team posing, Pasadena. 1933
Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson grimaces as he's jostled by the Trail Blazer's Sam Bowie Tuesday night at the Forum, where Lakers eliminated Portland from NBA playoffs. 1985-05-08
Carl Lewis
Carl Lewis mid-leap at the 1984 U.S. Olympic trials in Los Angeles. 1984-06-19