LOS ANGELES — UCLA coach Chip Kelly had six coaches, including four on defense, move on from the program and pursue other opportunities. The vacancies have allowed Kelly to overhaul the defensive staff with a vision in mind. The hiring of defensive coordinator Bill McGovern and inside linebackers coach Ken Norton Jr. have helped add…
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OAKLAND — Michael Lorenzen’s season with the Angels hasn’t gone quite as planned, but he’s eager to try again next year. “I want to keep coming back,” the right-hander said on Tuesday. “This is home for me and I love it here.” An Orange County native and product of Cal State Fullerton, Lorenzen signed a…
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A 32-year-old San Diego man drowned in Newport Harbor over the weekend after he tried to retrieve a cell phone that had tumbled into the water, authorities said. Mathew Morrow was with friends and family on Lido Isle, a manmade island in the middle of the harbor, Sunday afternoon, Aug. 7, when someone in the…
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We have reached the “I’m happy to get to hit guys in a different colored jersey” part of the NFL calendar. The Miami Dolphins have gone through two weeks of training camp where all they’ve seen and practiced against is themselves. This week, the Dolphins are in Tampa for joint practices with the Buccaneers on…
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The Irvine Co. has sold the shuttered 541-room Hotel Irvine to Hyatt for $135 million in a deal completing its exit from business hotels. Irvine Co. closed the hotel in the spring of 2020 amid coronavirus lockdowns and then decided to keep it shut as the big property owner rethought its ownership of two business…
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Mekhi Becton is facing a second lost season. The 11th overall draft pick in the 2020 draft suffered a serious knee injury — a chip fracture to his kneecap — during Monday’s practice and is expected to miss the season, Robert Saleh revealed Tuesday. “It’s probably the inevitable,” Saleh said of the severity of the…
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SEATTLE — Josh Donaldson was the spark the Yankees needed Monday night. After losing five straight and being swept in St. Louis, the veteran third baseman gave the Bombers three runs early to get their offense going against the Mariners on Monday and hopefully turn around a month-long skid. And the Yankees have to hope…
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Kevin Durant’s boundless love for basketball is not a reason to believe he’ll show up for training camp if the Nets don’t acknowledge his trade request. That has been the prevailing belief — that Durant, a 12-time All-Star and two-time NBA Finals MVP, is above the idea of holding out of camp because he is…
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For the Miami Heat, the Summer of FOMO continues. And when Kevin Durant and Donovan Mitchell are the potential prizes, the fear of missing out is understandable. But at some point, it also becomes a matter of getting your house in order. Yes, the Heat have it out there that they are content to move…
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A wide-ranging search continued Tuesday, Aug. 9, for the suspect who gunned down an off-duty Monterey Park Police Department officer outside a gym in Downey, as the tight-knit law enforcement agency mourned the loss of one of its own. The shooting was reported about 3:30 p.m. Monday in the 12700 block of Lakewood Boulevard, near…
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