It’s been all or nothing lately for Angel City FC, which lost to the Portland Thorns, 3-0, on Friday night at Providence Park in Portland. It was the second straight shutout loss for Angel City following a pair of shutout wins. Christine Sinclair scored two goals and Kelli Hubly scored her first NWSL goal to…
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Manny Banuelos wasn’t shy about the moment. It took him 14 years to get to that mound, he stood there and took it all in. Jose Trevino met him there, in the middle of Yankee Stadium, and recognized what this meant to the lefty, with his wife and daughters in the stands, and everyone else…
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LOS ANGELES — Francisco Lindor is not touching the sliding double doors in his West Hollywood hotel room again. Lindor returned to the lineup and played shortstop against the Dodgers on Friday night at Dodger Stadium, even though he received bad news about his injury just the day prior. The shortstop underwent X-rays on his…
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Josh Donaldson is back in the Yankees clubhouse and lineup. The infielder came off the injured list Friday in time to be back in the lineup for the series-opener against the Tigers at Yankee Stadium. He brings a potentially dangerous bat, and since he is appealing the one-game suspension, the spotlight is back on his…
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Davis Martin got a call around 2 p.m. Thursday. He wouldn’t be starting that evening for the Charlotte Knights, the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. He would be rejoining the big-league club. Martin started Friday after the Sox placed Vince Velasquez on the injured list with a left groin strain. The right-hander recovered…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for races on Saturday June 4, 2022. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter and get the…
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LOS ANGELES ― Zach McKinstry kept both of his feet in the batter’s box, barely taking a second to take his eyes off the pitcher’s mound. He had just seen his first major league pitch since April 24. His previous 119 plate appearances had been with Triple-A Oklahoma City, where a pitch clock is being…
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LOS ANGELES – At this point, it would be a surprise if the Mets are able to flee town with a series split. For the second straight night, Mets bats went ice cold against yet another powerful Dodgers starting pitcher, resulting in a 6-1 loss on Friday at Dodger Stadium. Tyler Anderson did to the…
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Back when conflict was just one of many elements of American politics, not the dominant one, Lois Lundberg, chairwoman of the Republican Party of Orange County, had a weekly ritual – lunch with Bill Thon. At the time, the late 1970s and early 1980s, Thon was Lundberg’s political opponent, chairman of the Democratic Party of…
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UCLA’s Megan Faraimo pitches during the first inning of their elimination game against Northwestern at the Women’s College World Series on Friday in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Alonzo Adams) Northwestern’s Skyler Shellmyer celebrates following a base hit, next to UCLA’s Kinsley Washington during the first inning of their elimination game at the Women’s College World Series…
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