LOS ANGELES — A pair of Los Angeles Football Club players were called on to pitch last week – in a slightly different capacity than usual. Footballers Gareth Bale and Kellyn Acosta made the ceremonial pregame tosses before the Dodgers hosted the Minnesota Twins, turning the mound into an impromptu, de facto winner’s summit. Just…
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More than 100 wheelchair football athletes from around the United States competed in the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association’s home tournament Aug. 13 and 14 at the College of Lake County in Grayslake. Wheelchair football athletes strive to pursue “pushing what’s possible for people with disabilities and showing that football is for everyone,” said Karalyn…
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Sixth grade teacher Janelle Taha talks to her students during the first day of class at Melinda Heights Elementary School in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA on Monday, August 15, 2022. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) Teacher Christine Hay gets to know her students during the first day of class at Melinda Heights Elementary…
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Whether Kyle Hendricks will pitch again for the Chicago Cubs this season remains unknown. Hendricks, sidelined since July 6 with a right shoulder strain, has taken a step toward a potential return. He’s on his way to Arizona to start his rehab, though there’s no timetable for how long his throwing progression and buildup will…
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Opposing ends of the Major League Soccer points spectrum come into contact on Tuesday in a “Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch” match at Banc of California Stadium. After two dozen regular-season games, the surging Los Angeles Football Club, looking to extend its franchise record with a seventh consecutive league win, is 32 points…
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On a night that they celebrated Harry Potter in the Bronx, the Yankees proved once again to be mere Muggles. No wizardry, nor a return to their home, could break this Dark Arts spell they have been under for the last two weeks. The Rays, behind opener Jalen Beeks, handed the Bombers their second in…
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Growing up, Dylan Cease always looked forward to watching a Justin Verlander start. “Just the fact that, especially back in the day, he would start out at 92 (mph) and finish at 101,” Cease said Monday. “I remember watching him a lot as a kid and seeing that. The fact that I’m here now and…
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The fate of the Orioles’ season might well come down to how they perform against the Toronto Blue Jays. If the next two months are anything like the past week, they’ll do well in that regard. Coming off a disappointing series loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in which they nearly went without a baserunner…
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In the parlance of climate change, the phenomenon is known as “leakage.” Last month, Northview Dairy in Ontario sold nearly 3,000 cows to a farmer with properties in Kansas and Colorado. During a recent lunch break — after tearing down the rows of cow sheds that have paralleled a stretch of Haven Avenue for three…
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After some wrangling, the original domain for the online tribute to 1970s and ‘80s Mellow Rock station KNX-FM (now KCBS-FM, 93.1 FM) is back. This means that online listeners using a computer can find the tribute station at both TheMellowSound.Net and its original home of KNXFM93.com. Not that it’s a big deal — either one…
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