LOS ANGELES ― When Mookie Betts landed on the injured list in June with a cracked rib, the Dodgers chose a pair of journeymen – Eddy Alvarez and Trayce Thompson – to serve as a lefty/righty platoon tandem until Betts returned. Now that left fielder Chris Taylor is facing a similar road back from a…
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PITTSBURGH — The price just went up again Wednesday night. Hours after Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner said they are “hopeful” that Aaron Judge would be a Yankee for a long time, the slugger demonstrated once again why he should be. Judge hammered his third career grand slam as the Yankees blasted a season-high-tying six home…
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CINCINNATI — The Mets managed to dodge humiliation thanks to a rare feat that fans haven’t seen from them in recent weeks. Trailing by one run and down to their final two outs, Brandon Nimmo ripped a line drive to left field off former Met Hunter Strickland to spark a surge. Then Starling Marte cranked…
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SANTA ANA — Two men were charged Wednesday with leading police on a chase and carrying out a gang-related shooting in La Habra that left a man fighting for his life. Kareem Roman and Cesar Alatorre were charged in connection with the shooting Sunday night at Walnut Street and First Avenue. Police were called at…
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Kyle Hendricks was pulled after three innings Tuesday night in Milwaukee with right shoulder soreness, and the first question posed to Chicago Cubs manager David Ross was how Hendricks was feeling. “Uh, I mean, I think that’s a weird question to ask, right?” Ross replied. “We took him out. He’s just a little tender.” It…
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The last time Allie Quigley participated in the WNBA 3-point contest, she was booed. It wasn’t because of a poor performance last year. Quite the opposite. It was because she went in front of a raucous crowd at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas after winning the competition and declared she wasn’t going to compete…
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Brice Sensabaugh, this year’s Orlando Sentinel (and state) Lake Highland Prep senior top boys basketball All-Area star, made his senior-season 25.1 points per game average pale in comparison to the scoring show he put on against high-level competition on Sunday. Sensabaugh, a 6-foot-6, 230-pound bulldozer of a guard, has Ohio State fans giddy after pouring…
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“Justice, justice you shall pursue that you may live and inherit the land which the Lord has given you.” (Deuteronomy 16:20) So read the words chosen by Rabbi Joe Mendelsohn of the Reform Temple of Laguna Woods to honor his wife, Linda. They will be inserted into what will soon be a newly repaired Torah,…
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There’s about a seven-month gap between when the Orlando Magic’s 2021-22 season ended and when they’ll start the 2022-23 season. Luckily, summer league will help fill the void. Orlando won’t waste time in getting back on the court. With a roster headlined by Paolo Banchero, the No. 1 pick in the June 23 draft, the…
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Anaheim Police on Wednesday identified the 42-year-old man whose body was found in Ponderosa Park Tuesday morning. Michael Anthony Garcia was found unresponsive near a fence for the playground of Ponderosa Elementary School. Anaheim Police Department investigators launched a homicide investigation after trauma was found on Garcia consistent with homicide. Garcia was described as homeless,…
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