LOS ANGELES — The Kings spent 80 of 82 regular-season games walking along the razor’s edge, constantly competing in one-goal games in the process, so it seems fitting that they are headed for a do-or-die situation on Saturday in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series. Their hosts will be the Edmonton Oilers, who forced a…
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CHICAGO — Giancarlo Stanton thinks it’s fun to watch. In the hole behind Anthony Rizzo on deck, the slugger watches as opposing pitchers have to face Aaron Judge. “It’s awesome to watch. I get the second best view of it, Rizzo gets the best. Yeah, it’s fun to watch. It’s fun to watch them try to get…
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The schedule is set for the Miami Heat when it comes to the NBA Eastern Conference finals. The opponent, though, remains to be determined. With the Dallas Mavericks forcing a Sunday Game 7 of that Western Conference semifinal series with their Thursday night victory over the visiting Phoenix Suns, it means the Heat will definitively…
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There was a moment in the second half of this signature Miami Heat night, this beautiful Thursday night, when the television camera swung to a seated Pat Riley, who arched his neck and lifted his chin and offered the angular idea of an eagle surveying his constructed world. What was it the poet wrote, about…
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Two suspects tried to rob a T-Mobile store in Seal Beach earlier this week, but were stopped by an employee who fought with one of them, officials said Thursday. Seal Beach police received a call about a robbery at the store located at 12800 Seal Beach Boulevard just before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10.…
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LOS ANGELES ― There were two kinds of fans among the announced crowd of 46,539 at Dodger Stadium on Thursday night: those who beat traffic, and those who witnessed first-hand that no lead is safe. The Dodgers rallied from a six-run deficit to tie the Philadelphia Phillies in the eighth inning, only to allow two…
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A long-running, controversial bid to transform ocean water into for-profit tap water for central and north Orange County died late Thursday, May 12, when the California Coastal Commission unanimously turned down a permit application from Poseidon Water, the company behind the proposal. Supporters of the 50-million-gallon-a-day desalination plant, to be built near the coast in…
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LA VERNE – Big hitting and big pitching did it again for the Bonita softball team. Sophomore shortstop Alyssa Doucette belted a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning as Bonita pulled off a come-from-behind, 2-1 victory over Sunny Hills in the CIF Southern Section Division 3 quarterfinals on Thursday afternoon. The…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now SANTA ANA — Gahr’s softball team felt at home on the road Thursday against Orange Lutheran in the CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinals. The Gladiators found support from their early-arriving and boisterous student section that consisted of softball and baseball players wearing royal-colored jerseys…
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LOS ANGELES — The longer their first-round playoff series has gone, the lower the sword of Damocles has dangled above the heads of the Edmonton Oilers, who faced elimination against the Kings on Thursday night at Staples Center. Few prognosticators picked the Kings to make the playoffs entering the season. Even after a successful campaign,…
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