What Darvin Ham accomplished in the last month should not be short-changed: The 48-year-old parlayed more than a decade of NBA assistant experience to earn a high-profile job by beat out two other former head coaches. Still, Ham is likely to find that, on a relative scale, getting the job was the easy part. The…
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Injury issues are not going away for the Chicago Cubs. Some players are moving in the right direction. Right-hander Alec Mills and left-hander Sean Newcomb made rehab appearances at Triple-A Iowa on Friday while Clint Frazier was activated from the injured list Saturday before the City Series opener against the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate…
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PHOENIX — Almost eight months after Jace Peterson ran into his left arm on a play at first base, Max Muncy will take a break from trying to play through the damage that was done. Muncy was placed on the injured list Saturday – officially for left elbow inflammation – receiving a mental and physical…
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ST. PETERSBURG — DJ LeMahieu was back in the lineup Saturday. It was the first time he has played since Monday because of discomfort in his left wrist. The infielder had a cortisone shot on Tuesday and as late as Thursday evening there was a fear he may have to go on the injured list.…
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No sooner had the Miami Heat completed Friday night’s 111-103 victory at TD Garden then teammates praised the bench players for being engaged throughout the win over the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals. Turned out they were a bit too involved. Saturday, the NBA issued the Heat a $25,000 fine…
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Brandon Nimmo has been left out of Saturday’s lineup against the Phillies both for rest and because he’s been dealing with a sore right wrist, Mets manager Buck Showalter said before the game. Nimmo was sent for imaging to make sure nothing was structurally wrong. He’s also expected to get a cortisone shot to help…
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For $29.99 a month, a website called PimEyes offers a potentially dangerous superpower from the world of science fiction: the ability to search for a face, finding obscure photos that would otherwise have been as safe as the proverbial needle in the vast digital haystack of the internet. A search takes mere seconds. You upload…
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A prevailing thought across sports is that a team takes on the personality of its coach. It sure seems to be the case with the 2022 Miami Dolphins through their offseason and organized team activities. There’s a noticeable difference in the vibes around Dolphins players in new coach Mike McDaniel’s first several practices led than…
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A wave of flight cancellations over the Memorial Day weekend was having some effect at Los Angeles International Airport Saturday, May 28. According to the tracking site FlightAware.com, 32 flights were canceled at LAX in a 24-hour period ending at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. FlightAware said more than 3,500 flights have been canceled throughout the country…
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By STEFANIE DAZIO | Associated Press The actions — or more notably, the inaction — of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers have become the center of the investigation into this week’s shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The delay in confronting the shooter — who was inside the school for…
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