ANAHEIM ― When the Toronto Blue Jays take the field against the Angels this week, shift your focus to the infield. The Blue Jays rarely position their fielders in the standard defensive alignment. Through the first seven weeks of the season, Toronto is on pace to shift more than any team ever – on a…
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The theme of the Yankees’ day, and really the whole week, was injuries. Giancarlo Stanton went on the injured list on Wednesday with a right calf strain. DJ LeMahieu was held out yet again with discomfort in his left wrist. Jonathan Loaisiga was put on the shelf as well, joining Aroldis Chapman and Chad Green,…
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Observations and other notes of interest from Wednesday night’s 93-80 NBA playoff loss to the Boston Celtics: – Basically this was Heat-Knicks, circa late ’90s, without the fights. – Defense ruled the night. – And for as shaky as the offense was, a lot of that had to do with the defense. – The work…
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In the aftermath of the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, national safety experts said the way to make campuses safer was not just bulletproof doors, active shooter drills or security cameras, but better mental health treatment to keep troubled people from becoming killers. Experts note that most shooters broadcast their deadly intentions on…
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Nico Hoerner’s fluky right ankle sprain cost him only two weeks. Hoerner initially feared he could miss more time after colliding with an umpire in shallow right field May 11 in San Diego. He bounced back well, though, and suddenly the Chicago Cubs infield depth is a strength. Hoerner came off the injured list before…
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Chris Duddy, a longtime educator and principal at El Morro Elementary School in Laguna Beach, died suddenly on Tuesday, May 24, Laguna Beach Unified district officials announced. He was 57. “We are deeply saddened to inform you that our beloved principal, Mr. Chris Duddy, passed away last night in his sleep. Mr. Duddy has been…
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By Morgan Lee | Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. — Firefighters have rescued an abandoned newborn elk calf found amid the ashes of the nation’s largest wildfire as calving season approaches its peak in New Mexico and fires rage across the American West. Missoula, Montana-based firefighter Nate Sink said Tuesday that he happened upon the…
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Western High handed diplomas to its graduating class on Wednesday, May 25, at the Anaheim Union High School District’s Handel Stadium. The commencement featured cheering families and smiling grads as the seniors marked the end of their high school careers and the beginning of their bright futures. Students enter the Western High School graduation ceremony…
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The Blue Bayou restaurant in Disneyland’s New Orleans Square will begin a soft reopening on Saturday, May 28 before fully reopening in June, according to Disney officials. The restaurant closed for refurbishment on April 21. It will reopen for dinner only starting Saturday before fully reopening June 8. The Blue Bayou will resume accepting reservations…
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During the Cold War in the 1950s, Bert the Turtle showed school children how to protect themselves from an atomic attack in the nine-minute film, “Duck and Cover.” Some 70 years later, school children are still performing duck-and-cover drills, but now the enemy is different. And so, too, are the measures that school districts are…
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