NEW YORK — As the New York Yankees continued to get their bats on just about everything that Shohei Ohtani threw, Joe Maddon figured that something was wrong. After Ohtani gave up four runs in the Angels’ 6-1 loss to the Yankees in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday, stretching their losing streak…
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The thinnest ice cracks dangerously when you tell people that a movie they love has been changed and that they might enjoy the new version as much or even more. With crushed ice on hand, here goes: the musical version of “Tootsie,” which opened Wednesday, June 1 in Costa Mesa, stacks up very well with…
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By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless |Associated Press LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II stepped gingerly onto the Buckingham Palace balcony Thursday, drawing wild cheers from the tens of thousands who came to join her at the start of four days of celebrations of her 70 years on the throne. Her fans sported Union Jack flags,…
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It’s ideal to see Tua Tagovailoa connect on a couple deep throws to Tyreek Hill. Touchdowns, like the two Hill caught from his new quarterback during Thursday’s final minicamp practice, sell tickets. That’s what the media wants to see during these pad-less practices, and what the fans want to hear about in the dog days…
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Pastor Rick Warren, who ministers weekly to a global audience of more than 40,000 people and has offered spiritual guidance to multiple American presidents, announced on Thursday, June 2, the successor who will lead the Saddleback Church he founded nearly 43 years ago. Taking the helm in September when Warren and his wife, Kay, expect…
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The Ravens announced Thursday that they’ve signed rookie center Tyler Linderbaum, their second first-round pick in the 2022 NFL draft. Linderbaum is the third Ravens draft pick to sign his rookie deal, joining sixth-round running back Tyler Badie and third-round defensive tackle Travis Jones. Fellow first-round pick Kyle Hamilton, a safety, is one of eight…
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The Orioles will acknowledge National Gun Violence Awareness Day on Friday and throughout the weekend following recent gun-violence tragedies in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, the team announced in a news release Thursday. The Orioles will hold a moment of silence before Friday’s game against the Cleveland Guardians in memory of those who have…
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Jimmy Boeheim is tabling his Ivy League degree and future in finance for his dream of professional basketball. That dream brought him Thursday to Tarrytown, where Boeheim, the son of legendary Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, worked out for the Knicks at their practice facility with a group of five other draft-eligible prospects. Boeheim, who played…
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It wasn’t much of a Sho-down. The much anticipated return of global star Shohei Ohtani to the Bronx against the Yankees unassuming ace, Nestor Cortes, lasted just three innings. Cortes cruised through seven scoreless innings, while the Bombers chased the Angels two-way star off the mound in a rain-delayed 6-1 win of the first game…
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Grayson Rodriguez, the Orioles’ top pitching prospect, has been diagnosed with a lat muscle strain, executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias announced Thursday after Rodriguez underwent an MRI in Baltimore. The exact severity of the strain has not yet been determined, nor has any timeline for Rodriguez’s recovery. The only certainty at this…
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