Q: OK Ira, how did the draft change the East? – Geoff. A: Unless a playoff team trades to the top of the selections, the draft rarely changes a conference playoff race. I would expect that to be the case, again. Yes, the Magic made an intriguing selection with Paolo Banchero, Detroit got considerable talent…
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CINCINNATI — As Freddie Freeman hit just four home runs in his first 260 plate appearances this season, he would tell you it didn’t worry him – and then recite the exit velocities and launch angles of the fly balls he felt deserved a better fate. “One-oh-three (mph) and 29 (degrees) used to be a…
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Living in California isn’t easy. Energy prices, housing costs and taxes are outrageously expensive. The roads are a shambles and traffic is miserable. A perpetual man-made drought, likely power blackouts this summer, and rising homelessness and crime are diminishing our quality of life. If all that isn’t enough, there is a swarm of smaller hassles,…
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A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Stanton and the other driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Tuesday night, June 21, authorities said. A woman on the motorcycle was traveling northbound on Beach Boulevard when a man driving a pickup truck made a U-turn along southbound Beach Boulevard at Starr…
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Former Angels outfielder Tim Salmon addresses Angels fans during a pregame ceremony celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 2002 World Series championship team on Wednesday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) Former Angels outfielder Tim Salmon speaks to Angels fans during a pregame ceremony celebrating the 20th anniversary of their…
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Relatives and police sought an autistic man in his 60s and the U-Haul box truck he was in, which was stolen in Anaheim on Wednesday, June 22. The 2011 GMC box truck with an Arizona license plate number of AE23468 was reported stolen at 2:20 p.m. on the 3100 block of West Lincoln Avenue, Anaheim…
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By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. — The Colorado Avalanche are on the brink of their first Stanley Cup title since 2001, thanks to Nazem Kadri’s overtime goal. Even if the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning don’t believe it should have counted. Kadri scored at 12:02 of the extra period to give…
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ST. PETERSBURG — The campaign has started. With Jose Trevino’s eighth-inning go-ahead home run Wednesday night to give the Yankees a 5-4 win over the Rays at Tropicana Field, Aaron Boone and Aaron Judge were beating the drum. Trevino should be one of the Yankees’ many All-Stars. “Oh, without a doubt. What he’s doing this year…
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David Robertson waited 14 years for this moment. The Chicago Cubs’ 37-year-old closer had been itching to step into the batter’s box just once during his major-league career. His time finally arrived Wednesday night at PNC Park in the Cubs’ 14-5 blowout win against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Robertson had not taken an official at-bat since…
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The rain picked up its intensity again as Austin Hays stepped to the plate in the sixth inning, as if the sprinkler system in the sky could tell the Orioles outfielder was on fire. Even that water suppression system couldn’t stifle Hays, who promptly lashed the last remaining item on his checklist into left-center field.…
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