LOS ANGELES — The Sparks experienced an ebb and flow in the second half to match the first half on Monday night as they went toe to toe with the WNBA’s first-place team, nearly upsetting the squad that had beaten them by a combined 45 points in their first two meetings. But Coach Fred Williams’…
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Chicago White Sox starter Lucas Giolito’s best outing in a month — including back-to-back strikeouts of Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani in the fifth inning — went to waste in a 4-3 loss to the Los Angeles Angels in front of 21,973 on Monday at Angel Stadium. The Sox took the lead in the top…
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Adley Rutschman is a master of the moment. He’s done it throughout his career, from the state-record field goal he hit in a high school playoff game in Oregon to the triple he recorded during his major league debut with the Orioles. So it wasn’t a shock to see him round the bases Monday night…
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By ERIC GAY and ELLIOT SPAGAT SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Forty-six people were found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer on a remote back road in San Antonio in what marked the latest tragedy to claim the lives of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico to the U.S. Sixteen people were hospitalized, including…
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It nearly happened again. The Yankees were no-hit on Saturday, and they didn’t get their first hit on Sunday until the seventh inning, when a fed up Giancarlo Stanton turned a middle-middle fastball into his 17th homer of the year. Those struggles were all easily forgotten when Aaron Judge laced a walk-off homer into the…
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Seattle Mariners’ Julio Rodriguez (44) is held back as Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani (17) watches while several members of the Mariners and the Angels scuffle after Mariners’ Jesse Winker was hit by a pitch during the second inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 26, 2022, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Los…
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Dylan Cease made it to the Chicago White Sox dugout, where catcher Seby Zavala was waiting to deliver a huge hug. Cease gave the Sox a boost the team desperately needed, allowing one run while striking out a career-high 13 during seven tremendous innings in a 4-3 victory against the Baltimore Orioles Sunday at Guaranteed…
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Jeff Weltman had a point to make. The point wasn’t defending the Magic’s picking of Paolo Banchero at No. 1 in last Thursday’s NBA draft. That wasn’t necessary. Banchero entered the draft viewed as a top-three prospect. Most well-respected media mock draft boards had him being drafted at No. 3 by the Houston Rockets, who…
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The United Laguna Woods Mutual board will continue to hold meetings in a hybrid format, which allows directors to participate in-person or via Zoom. As indicated in a Village Management Services staff report, the hybrid format is a legacy of the pandemic, largely dictated by state and county health and safety requirements that have now…
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ATLANTA – Something looked different about Kenley Jansen this weekend. And it wasn’t just the Braves uniform he now wears. “I don’t remember seeing a 97 (mph) — and multiples,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after Jansen closed out the Braves win Saturday night, striking out the side in the ninth inning with more velocity…
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