Editor’s note: This is the Tuesday Aug. 23 edition of the “Game Day with Kevin Modesti” newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Good morning. That sound you hear is the National League Cy Young Award race roaring through L.A. There’s other news: The Dodgers showed confidence in Max Muncy, $13.5…
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Suddenly, the dust settled and the drama came to an end, and the Nets returned to their post as championship contenders — if not favorites. The Nets announced in a joint statement with Kevin Durant’s media company Boardroom that the superstar forward and his agent, Rich Kleiman, sat down and came to an agreement with…
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The Manager of the Year award is more about narrative than anything else. Outside of wins and losses, there aren’t really statistics to gauge how well a manager is doing in a given season. It’s more about feeling, guidance and the environment they foster over the course of 162 games, a period when players and…
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Arte Moreno, who has owned the Angels through 20 years that included significant highs and more recent lows, announced on Tuesday that he has begun the process of exploring a sale of the franchise. Moreno purchased the Angels for $184 million in 2003. The franchise is now worth more than $2 billion, according to an…
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By Kimberlee Kruesi and Jonathan Mattise | Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s disgraced former House Speaker Glen Casada and his top aide were arrested Tuesday on federal charges including bribery, kickbacks and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Their indictments follow the abrupt resignation in March of Republican Rep. Robin Smith, who pleaded guilty to…
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For the past two months the Miami Heat have gone from a destination of choice for Kevin Durant, to a team on the outside looking in when it came to a potential trade, to the Heat themselves making it known they were prepared to move forward with the roster in place. Now it appears the…
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I wrote about these luscious sheet-pan potatoes six years ago. I seldom repeat recipes, but this dish pairs so well with grilled meat, fish, and poultry, I wanted to share it again. Grilling season lasts all year in Southern California, but the coming weeks are often the hottest and call out for grilling meat outdoors.…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Buena Park’s football team lugged a 22-game losing streak into its season-opening contest but second-year coach David Prieto focused on a few different trends. The 36-year-old found hope in the number of players who stuck with the Coyotes following their 0-10 finish last…
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The Miami Dolphins took the second of three steps to ultimately get down to their 53-player active roster for the regular season on Tuesday. Former Miami Hurricanes standout Sheldrick Redwine, a member of the Dolphins’ active roster for much of last season, was among those waived. The team announced four other roster moves on Tuesday…
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As the Miami Dolphins get set to host a pair of joint practices with the Philadelphia Eagles on Wednesday and Thursday ahead of Saturday’s preseason finale, they held their final intrasquad practice of training camp on Tuesday. It was a shortened session with players inside for stretch and positional drills before heading outside for team…
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