LOS ANGELES — Brittney Sykes’ eyes grew wide as she fixated on the stat sheet. “Oh, she had a triple-double,” the Sparks guard said to herself as she looked at Candace Parker’s stat line during the postgame press conference. “Candace is going to do what Candace does,” Sykes said after she gathered her thoughts, and…
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The Knicks ditched their first-round pick and ditched Kemba Walker. It was a confusing and hectic first two hours of the draft for the Knicks, with little to show for it in the shortterm but more cap space for their Jalen Brunson quest. They failed to trade for Jaden Ivey, who was picked fifth by…
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Thursday night’s start was the kind of outing that might have slipped away for the 2021 version of Dean Kremer. Instead, it showed that, perhaps, the Orioles’ haul from their 2018 sell-off might not fully slip away from them. Against a Chicago White Sox team that was able to jump-start a rebuild thanks to the…
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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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