The Ravens wrapped up organized team activities last week, a series of nine voluntary workouts more notable for who wasn’t in attendance than who was. This week, the team will turn its focus to mandatory minicamp, three days of practices that will set the stage for the start of training camp in late July. Here…
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In little more than a month, the Orioles will replace Adley Rutschman in their farm system with another first overall draft pick. With the new collective bargaining agreement’s draft lottery system not going into effect until next summer, Baltimore’s 52-110 record last year, paired with a tiebreaker against the Arizona Diamondbacks, secured the organization’s second…
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SANTA ANA — A 24-year-old Oakland man pleaded guilty Friday and was immediately sentenced to 16 years in prison for pimping three underage girls in Santa Ana. Malik Omar Malveaux pleaded guilty to four counts each of human trafficking a minor and pandering with a minor, three counts of attempting to pimp a minor and…
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California’s universities once required faculty to sign an anti-Communist oath. Many faculty resigned or refused to sign on principle, and no one looks back on that history with fondness. Yet California’s community colleges are on the brink of embracing a new loyalty oath. Rather than force faculty to denounce communism, a new policy will force…
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I don’t vote. Never have, in fact. My reasoning is fairly simple and best put by the great American philosopher George Dennis Patrick Carlin: “If you vote, and you elect dishonest, incompetent politicians, and they get into office and screw everything up, you are responsible for what they have done. You voted them in. You…
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Gonzaga big man Chet Holmgren, considered a top-three prospect in the June 23 draft and the likely No. 1 choice, will work out for the Orlando Magic next week, multiple league sources told the Orlando Sentinel on Thursday. His arrival would follow Thursday’s workout by Jabari Smith, who is widely considered the No. 2 pick…
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A 59-year-old Chino Hills man suspected of kidnapping, torturing and holding a woman against her will at his home for months was arrested, authorities announced over the weekend. On Thursday, June 9, deputies responded to Alterra Park, at 4921 Soquel Canyon Parkway, to a woman who said that Peter McGuire had been holding her against…
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Ravens rookie tight end Charlie Kolar finalized his rookie contract Thursday, leaving the team with just four unsigned players from its 2022 draft class. Kolar, a fourth-rounder from Iowa State, is the fourth Ravens draft pick to sign this week and the seventh overall. Outside linebacker David Ojabo (second round), offensive tackle Daniel Faalele (third),…
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Over the past decade, the Jets have turned into a laughingstock around the NFL because they’ve produced one winning season since 2011 and finished in the basement of the AFC East six times over that time span. The losing has produced the punchline: same old Jets. But last season’s team MVP C.J. Mosley sees something…
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As the losses mounted, at a rate that would strain any person’s patience or capacity for self-effacing humor, Andrew Berry finally understood the measure of his boss’ character. Berry was vice president of player personnel for the Cleveland Browns, and he worked for Sashi Brown, an unorthodox football executive doing his best to tear a…
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