The Orioles lost their starter, then lost the game with their closer. Orioles starting pitcher Tyler Wells exited Wednesday night’s 6-4 loss against the Tampa Bay Rays with lower back discomfort, the team said. The decisive runs came in the 10th inning off All-Star Jorge López, with Randy Arozarena continuing to haunt the Orioles with…
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Walk-offs are more fun, right? The Mets will certainly take their 3-2, last-minute win over the Yankees on Wednesday, but the events that led up to it were less than ideal. A deeply strange managerial decision in the top of the eighth, a blown chance in the bottom of the eighth and a two-out single…
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The premier of the documentary ‘NYC Point Gods’ brought an NBA crowd Tuesday night to the Midnight Theatre in Manhattan, and the red carpet provided some interesting notes that we’ll detail below. The producer of the film, Kevin Durant, didn’t speak amid his trade request, and his agent, Rich Kleiman, declined to address why his…
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Family members of a man shot and killed at the end of a pursuit and standoff in Santa Ana last year have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the cities of Anaheim and Santa Ana, with claims of excessive force and negligence, among others. The federal lawsuit, filed July 21 on behalf of the parents…
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Fourteen years ago, at the first training camp practice of his NFL career, Calais Campbell remembers walking out onto the Cardinals’ fields under the late-morning Arizona sun, full pads on. A few hours later, he’d do it all over again: more hitting, more sweat, more toil. “The times have changed a lot over the years,”…
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For the next few months, Orange County supervisors can spend their offices’ funding and represent residents in the districts that elected them — as well as their redrawn districts created late last year. That leeway is the result of a months-long kerfuffle between a majority of the five-member board and District 2 Supervisor Katrina Foley,…
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The consensus box of Del Mar picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Thursday July 28, 2022. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter and get…
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The Primavera Sound Festival, which comes to downtown Los Angeles for three days in September, announced plans for Primavera In The City, a series of standalone shows by festival artists before and after the main event. The shows include such acts as Giveon, Stereolab and Darkside and will take place in venues including the Wiltern,…
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A 30-year-old man was convicted Wednesday of fatally shooting his father, his father’s girlfriend and wounding two others in an Aliso Viejo home after an argument stemming from the father telling his son to stop drinking beer and to get a job, officials said. Following a weeklong trial, jurors found Luke Ferguson, 30, guilty of…
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As Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias said at a table in Camden Yards’ auxiliary clubhouse with a first overall pick beside him, he couldn’t help but reflect on the previous time he had done so. Three years ago, the Orioles introduced Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman as effectively the face of…
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