The 2014 season was not a particularly memorable one in Chicago Cubs history. They were out of contention by the end of April, lost 89 games and finished last in the National League Central, 17 games behind the division-winning St. Louis Cardinals. But team President Jed Hoyer is hoping the 2022 Cubs can emulate the…
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Twenty-three years ago, when Matt Holliday was 19 years old, the future All-Star outfielder found himself at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium in Salisbury, playing for the Asheville Tourists. That was at the onset of Holliday’s career, and he marked that series against the Delmarva Shorebirds with a home run. Now there’s another Holliday beginning his…
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A San Bernardino man was sentenced Thursday, Aug. 25, to 65 years to life in prison for his role in an attempted robbery that led to the shooting death of a man at a Buena Park gas station in 2016, court records show. Dejon Vincent Griffin, 38, was not the shooter but conspired with two…
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OAKLAND — Just as the Yankees were about to be whole, they took another hit — a big one. Nestor Cortes is going on the injured list with a groin injury. The Yankees brought up Triple-A closer Greg Weissert to take his roster spot. Cortes said he has a grade 2 strain of his left…
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Rams guard Tremayne Anchrum was joking, but his facial expressions and deep breaths described the type of stress he and many other unproven players across the league are dealing with during the preseason. “You can’t think about … making the team,” Anchrum said last week after the Rams’ preseason loss against the Houston Texans. “That…
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Patrick Sharp and Troy Murray will split duties as analysts for Chicago Blackhawks games on NBC Sports Chicago next season, the team announced Thursday. Both had been floated as candidates — Sharp in particular — once longtime analyst Eddie Olczyk surprised the Hawks by rejecting a long-term offer to return to the booth. Sharp and…
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Workers at the famed Chateau Marmont hotel, many of whom who were laid off during the COVID-19 pandemic and lost their healthcare coverage, have voted to unionize. In a majority vote gathered last week, the hotel’s housekeepers, bellhops, maintenance employees and other service workers voted to join Unite Here Local 11. After a neutral arbitrator…
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Thursday it involved faith organizations, but the training police and fire personnel participated in throughout the day was preparing agencies for any number of scenarios that could put community members in harm’s way. “It could be anywhere, it could be Ralph’s, it could be a shopping mall,” Orange County Sheriff’s Commander Mike Peters said, “the…
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Gavin Sheets hit a grounder to short with the bases loaded in the seventh inning Wednesday against the Baltimore Orioles. Jorge Mateo ranged to his right, went to his backhand to field the ball, jumped and made an off-balance throw to first. Sheets raced down the line. If he’s out, the inning would be over.…
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Dr. Diana Ramos, the former Orange County Medical Association president, is set to oversee California’s public health efforts as the state’s newest surgeon general. Gov. Gavin Newsom, who created the role in 2019, announced the appointment on Thursday, Aug. 25. In a statement posted to the Office of the California Surgeon General’s website Thursday afternoon,…
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