PHOENIX — Go get it out of the cactus. Facing surly left-hander Madison Bumgarner, the Dodgers hit three home runs off him – two in a four-run second inning – and beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 6-4, on Friday night at Chase Field. The Dodgers’ battles with the former leader of the rival San Francisco Giants’…
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ANAHEIM ― Raisel Iglesias did his job. The Angels’ defense did too – until the ninth inning. An error in right field by Juan Lagares on a playable line-drive single by Lourdes Gurriel Jr. scored Alejandro Kirk with the winning run in the ninth inning of the Angels’ 4-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays…
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Day One of the CIF State Track and Field Championships in Clovis was a good day for many of Orange County’s athletes. Mission Viejo junior Jada Gatlin had the day’s best mark in the girls triple jump prelims that determined who advanced to Saturday’s finals at Buchanan High School. Gatlin’s jump of 40 feet, 9…
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The first welcoming tweet Friday probably was the tipoff. So damn EXCITED!!!!!!!! Congrats and welcome Coach DHam!! #LakeShow — LeBron James (@KingJames) May 28, 2022 “So damn EXCITED!!!!!!!! Congrats and welcome Coach DHam!! #LakeShow,” wrote LeBron James, adding five clapping hands and two hearts, one purple and one gold. If the superstar isn’t just excited…
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PHOENIX — Clayton Kershaw and Andrew Heaney were off to great starts. But both have been on the injured list for a while now. Walker Buehler is still searching for his old fastball. Julio Urias has been good even though he isn’t piling up victories the way he did last year when he was baseball’s…
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Bounty hunter Boba Fett and the mercenary Fennec Shand will join the cast of characters walking around Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland on Saturday, May 28, Disney officials announced at Star Wars Celebration 2022 in Anaheim on Friday. And that’s not all: Later this year, Din Djarin, also known as the Mandalorian, and Grogu,…
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ST. PETERSBURG — Jameson Taillon isn’t about going out and proving anybody wrong. He’s here to prove the Yankees right. The right-hander is about showing the Yankees decision-makers that believing in him and the other starters when others doubted them was the right decision. Friday night, he showed that by throwing eight scoreless innings, combining…
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ANAHEIM ― The most recent photo on Juan Lagares’ Instagram feed was posted on April 19. He’s at a beachside cantina near his home in the Dominican Republic, sipping a beverage. His 8-year-old son is unseen, but father and son were together on the shore that afternoon. It was a good day. It’s not a…
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The Mets are living and dying with Pete Alonso’s power. They have won 10 of the 11 games that Alonso has homered in this season, and Friday night’s 8-6 win over the Phillies fell into the majority. Alonso cranked his 12th homer of the year in the third inning off Bailey Falter, a two-run 400-foot…
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The collapse of Anaheim’s deal to sell Angel Stadium to Angels owner Arte Moreno’s company looks like it will conclude without going to court. Officials for SRB Management, the partnership Moreno formed to buy the 150-acre stadium site, notified the city late Friday that they won’t fight the City Council’s decision Tuesday to void the…
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