For 40 years the Anaheim Angels were victims of late season collapses, post-season chokes, personal disasters, and ordinary teams, however the Anaheim Angels constantly proved entertaining, and at times attracted record crowds and fans. In 1958, the American League's answer to Walter O'Malley's shift of the Dodgers to Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Angels was born out of the horror that a rival third league would get to the West Coast before the Junior Circuit could.

The Los Angeles Clippers initially came into existence as the Buffalo Braves in 1970. The Braves were one of three growth franchises to join the NBA that year (the Portland Trail Blazers and the Cleveland Cavaliers were the other two), as the league dueled with the upstart American Basketball organization for prominence. After struggling through their first few campaigns, the Los Angeles Clippers soon found last game success under the coaching of the legendary Dr. Jack Ramsay and high score Bob McAdoo.

A decade of changes was noticeable by the Los Angeles Dodgers' move to a new home park, Ebbets Field, and the executive era of Wilbert Robinson. "Uncle Robbie" arrived on the sight in 1914 and would stay through 1931. He made such an crash on the team and the city, that the Brooklyn ballclub was known as the "Robins" during this period. The Los Angeles Dodger decade of the 1920s got off to a roaring begin with a National League pennant in 1920.

The Los Angeles Lakers franchise predates the NBA. The Minneapolis Lakers' initial season was 1947-1948, when the Los Angeles Lakers team went to the National Basketball League. A strange sequence of events early that year landed the Los Angeles Lakers the largest prize in the Basketball game at that time-center George Mikan. Mikan was a 6-10 huge man who had conquered college basketball in his four years at DePaul.

The University of California, Los Angeles, commonly well known as UCLA, is a public, coeducational university located in the neighborhood of Westwood within the city of Los Angeles. It is considered to be the second-oldest campus in the University of California system and the biggest university in the state of California. Since 1919, UCLA Athletics has been identical with tradition and pride. The UCLA Bruins presently boast a total of 111 collegiate championships and guide the nation with 90 NCAA team titles.

From four-sport letterman Jackie Robinson in the 1940s, to the 13 NCAA Football titles won by Los Angeles UCLA teams in the previous three academic years, UCLA flexed its athletic muscle in the 21st Century. In the previous 53 years, The Los Angeles UCLA has won an amazing total of 90 NCAA Football team titles, counting four in 2002-03: men's soccer (4th), women's gymnastics (4th).

The Los Angeles USC's nickname, "Trojans," created in 1912. Up to that time, teams from Los Angeles USC were called the Methodists or Wesleyans and neither nickname was seem upon with errand by university officials. Athletic Director Warren Bovard, son of university president Dr. George Bovard, asked Los Angeles Times sports editor Owen Bird to choose an appropriate nickname. "At this time, the athletes and coach of the university were under great handicaps," Bird recalled. "

The home of USC Trojan basketball is the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. USC men's basketball has made the Los Angeles Sports Arena its house since the facility was first built and the women's team played selected games there in1980s. The Los Angeles Sports Arena played host to the largest crowd to yet view a Pacific-10 Conference basketball game, when 15,517 fans watched the Trojans beat UCLA,, 83-79, in 1992.