These have been tense times for Udonis Haslem, sweating out these playoffs, stakes raised, clock ticking. Oh, and he’s been involved with the Miami Heat’s championship chase, as well. Consider it playoffs squared for the South Florida icon, because the veteran Heat captain also can’t get enough of his Florida Panthers. “It’s exciting, really exciting,”…
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Drew Smyly pondered the question, thinking back 10 years ago to his rookie season in Detroit. What is the biggest difference in you as a pitcher from your first big-league season to now? The left-hander, then 23 years old, advanced to the 2012 World Series while learning his craft as part of a Tigers rotation…
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When Giancarlo Stanton hits one, and that doesn’t mean one of those cheapies to right, they stay hit. There was a time when Alex Rodriguez, in his prime, hit balls out of sight for the Yankees, though we’ll never know how many of those home runs were chemically aided. And we had Godzilla, Hideki Matsui,…
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SACRAMENTO – Are California’s reservoirs half-full or half-empty? The state’s largest reservoirs — Lake Oroville and Lake Shasta — are exceedingly low for this time of year, with the former at 55% of capacity and the latter at 40% of capacity. However, my snarky question isn’t about water levels, but about policy makers’ attitudes toward…
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When he was still in school, Alex Vassar lost his driver’s license while traveling, and says that when asked to produce ID he only had a shopper’s club card. Sensing that wasn’t going to cut it, he offered that he also had a library card. Or two. Wait, four. Four library cards. “I’m like, Yeah,…
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1. It’s getting late to plant vegetables for summer harvest so do it now whether from seeds or containerized starts. That includes melons, squash, cucumber, eggplant, peppers, lima beans, green beans, kidney beans, leaf lettuce, radishes, beets, tomatoes and corn. Planting herbs and flowers such as marigolds can attract beneficial insects that will help keep…
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Ryan Fuller sees the incremental changes every day in the batting cage, the subtle tweaks to shortstop Jorge Mateo’s hand positioning, his load and his stance. They add up to a larger overhaul, but in small doses, the alterations aren’t as jarring to the Orioles’ co-hitting coach. But to Darren Holmes, the assistant pitching coach…
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Q: We’re playing the Celtics, aren’t we? – Stan. A: Based on the way that the Celtics went into Milwaukee and took care of business on Friday night, it seemingly would appear that way. But it’s also not as if there hasn’t been road success in that series. It well could come down to the…
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There are 50 shades of Tony LaRussa, and we saw a few this week. There was Happy Tony before his Chicago White Sox opened a homestand Monday on the first summerlike night on the South Side, with Yoán Moncada and Joe Kelly back and his team riding a six-game winning streak. Their eight-game skid was…
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The Dodgers’ Justin Turner watches the flight of his game-tying two-run home run as Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Jeurys Familia, left, shows his frustration during the ninth inning on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler throws to the plate during the first inning of their game against…
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