Q: Names like Donovan Mitchell and Bradley Beal keep getting thrown out there as players the Heat should get this offseason. In the case of Mitchell, why would the Jazz take on a contract like Duncan Robinson’s and what else would we need to throw in there to entice them? In the case of Beal,…
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As I’m writing this, it’s nine days since my daughter’s wedding, and I have finally managed to get dressed and stagger around like a normal human being. Well, OK, I’ll never be normal, but you get the idea. Our house was tuned to the “All wedding, all the time” channel for so long, I don’t…
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By Jessica Damiano Gardening in the shade is often thought of as a Sisyphean endeavor, swimming upstream against all odds with limited plant choices and no hope for color. But that notion couldn’t be further from the truth. Learning how to work with — not necessarily around — shady conditions, and finding the right plants…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom easily won this month’s California primary election. But no matter, he will still have to run this fall. After demonstrating overwhelming vote-getting power both in this balloting and last fall’s abortive, Republican-led recall election, is it possible he might somehow contrive to lose in November’s runoff election? The easy and very likely…
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Shortly after the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal broke in September 2016, W. Jay Abbott, the Special agent in charge of the FBI’s Indianapolis, reached out to USA Gymnastics CEO Steve Penny. “Hang in there,” Abbott wrote in an email to Penny. “You’ll be all right.” The email was among dozens of exchanges between the…
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Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa had a long talk during batting practice Tuesday with the man who controls his fate. General manager Rick Hahn was there too. The strange dynamic that brought La Russa back to the Sox after 34 years is the same reason he doesn’t have to worry about being fired,…
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Keegan Thompson knows over the course of a season a pitcher will get roughed up at times. His time came Tuesday night at Camden Yards. Thompson’s start against the Baltimore Orioles was, remarkably, his first outing in 13 appearances this season in which he struggled. It was apparent early Thompson wasn’t fooling the Orioles hitters…
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Q: Is Bam Adebayo getting to the next level on offense as easy as Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra getting him 15 shots a game, or more about Bam busting his butt this summer in the gym honing his offensive skills? Assuming Bam became an offensive juggernaut, could he co-exist with Jimmy Butler? – Stuart.…
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It was more of a golf swing than anything else, digging out a curveball just below the strike zone. But the result Tuesday night led to a trip around the base paths for Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins — something he hadn’t done since May 10 — and perhaps something more, something not as visible…
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