Paige Nielsen’s debut with the Angel City Football Club hit an obstacle on the first day of preseason training in February. After being selected by Angel City in the expansion draft following three seasons with the Washington Spirit and being part of last season’s NWSL Championship squad, Nielsen was excited for her new future. “I…
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The Orlando Magic, owners of the Nos. 1, 32 and 35 picks in the NBA draft, will have multiple chances to add to their roster on June 23. After kicking off a rebuild in March 2021, the Magic already have significant young talent. Orlando has nine players who were drafted in the first round since…
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Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from May 27 to June 9. Hot Pot Family Restaurant, 12921 Magnolia St., Garden Grove Closed: June 7 Reason: Cockroach infestation Reopened: June 8 Mario’s, 15964 Springdale St., Huntington Beach Closed: May 31 Reason: Rodent infestation Reopened: June…
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The Miami Dolphins signed rookie wide receiver Erik Ezukanma on Friday to get the team’s entire four-member draft class under contract. Linebacker and third-round pick Channing Tindall was signed on May 25, and on May 13, the Dolphins inked outside linebacker Cameron Goode and quarterback Skylar Thompson, their two seventh-round picks. Last offseason, Miami went…
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Associated Press NEW YORK — An estimated 20 million people watched Thursday night’s hearing of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The figures released Friday by the Nielsen Company include viewers from 12 television networks that aired the rare primetime hearing, including ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, and FOX…
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In 2021, Dawnie Walton published her debut novel “The Final Revival of Opal & Nev.” The book not only received rave reviews, but it also drew praise from high-profile readers like former President Barack Obama, National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates and Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman, among them. After that kind of success, you…
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Former Cleveland President Gabe Paul once quipped that “a manager really gets paid for how much he suffers.” If that’s still the case, Tony La Russa deserves a raise. No one has suffered quite like the Chicago White Sox manager, who still was the talk of baseball Friday one day after “the walk.” Not since…
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By Denis Slattery | New York Daily News ALBANY — An upstate New York congressional candidate with a long history of controversial remarks is once again in hot water after saying that Adolph Hitler is “the kind of leader we need today.” In an audio clip unveiled Thursday by Media Matters for America, a left-leaning watchdog…
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By Amanda Seitz | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The social media posts are of a distinct type. They hint darkly that the CIA or the FBI are behind mass shootings. They traffic in racist, sexist and homophobic tropes. They revel in the prospect of a “white boy summer.” White nationalists and supremacists, on accounts often…
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If you didn’t know better, you would think Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra already has the answer. But as the Heat have learned over these past two seasons, assumptions are a tangled web with Victor Oladipo. As the team headed into its offseason, Spoelstra noted, “You’re going to see a totally different Vic next year…
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