DETROIT — Apparently Patrick Sandoval didn’t get the memo that the Angels’ biggest headline on Friday was supposed to be Mike Trout’s return to the lineup. Sandoval threw the first shutout of his career and Jared Walsh homered in the Angels’ 1-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers, dominating on a day that began well as…
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The Association is taking Election Day off in 2022. This season’s upcoming NBA schedule will have an interesting wrinkle: no games on Nov. 8 — Election Day. The league will have all 30 teams in action the night before during “civic engagement night” and is encouraging teams to use the night before to remind fans…
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Although the 2022-23 NBA schedule will not be released until 3 p.m. Wednesday, several elements already have been leaked from the Miami Heat calendar. Among them: — Despite making it within one game of last season’s NBA Finals, the Heat will not be featured on opening night. The season-opening doubleheader on Oct. 18 will feature…
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The NBA star questioned the owner, called out his co-star, pressed to fire the coach and general manager he once helped hire and repeated a loud trade request to sweep everything into a messy public conversation. Kevin Durant in Brooklyn in the discontented summer of 2022? This was Shaquille O’Neal in 2004. It’s why Miami…
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Another offseason, another summer of trade rumors. That had Tyler Herro offering a resigned smile Tuesday at a Miami Heat back-to-school event at Target at Dadeland Station. “I mean, every summer, that’s just what it is,” Herro said after helping a group of youths fill their back-to-school carts. “I mean, ever since I’ve been here,…
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Two Orange County surfers came out on top with huge results during this week’s World Tour event in Tahiti, an event that brought big barrels and big victories. Santa Ana’s Courtney Conlogue on Friday, Aug. 19, won the women’s event of the Outerknown Tahiti Pro, her first big World Tour win since 2019. Huntington Beach’s…
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The OC Health Care Agency reported 2,076 more cases of the coronavirus from Tuesday, Aug. 16, to Thursday, Aug. 18, increasing the cumulative total since tracking began in the county to 653,562. There were 9,977 new cases reported in the last two-week period. The county is averaging at least 22.2 new cases a day per…
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Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from Aug. 11 to Aug. 18. Kitchen at Dana Point Yacht Club, 24399 Dana Drive, Dana Point Closed: Aug. 17 Reason: No reason provided Thanh Long Maria Market, 12451 Westminster Ave., Santa Ana Closed: Aug. 16 Reason: Cockroach…
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LOS ANGELES — Throughout his soccer-playing life, Cristian Arango saw himself reflected in the fictional exploits of Tsubasa Ozora. And for the past 12 months, Arango has repeatedly delivered his best Ozora impersonations while playing forward for the Los Angeles Football Club. Regardless of where in the world people have been exposed to Ozora, whose rise…
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DETROIT — One of the keys to unlocking Shohei Ohtani’s two-way excellence in the past two seasons was removing the restrictions on his play. So, could they remove even more next year? Could Ohtani pitch on four days of rest, as part of a traditional rotation, instead of working with at least five days? “I…
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