In a rare media appearance last week, Chicago Cubs President Jed Hoyer said it would be impossible to fully evaluate last year’s sell-off until well down the road. “They’re probably going to be evaluated in 2027 for real, and I think that’s the way it should be,” Hoyer said of the flurry of trades. “I…
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Q: I know the Heat are not the type of team that will look for excuses, but why isn’t more being made about Payton Pritchard’s pulling of Jimmy Butler’s leg, which clearly affected his knee? I suspect that if Gabe Vincent did something similar to Jayson Tatum it would be on the 24-hour ESPN news…
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When Friday evening rolls around, Grayson Rodriguez will take the mound. He’ll be doing so in Norfolk instead of Boston, however, continuing his development with the Triple-A Tides rather than receiving a promotion to the Orioles — a jump that appears on the horizon, likely the next prospect in line for an awaited debut. Baltimore…
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PHOENIX — Not since his rookie season in 2011 had Freddie Freeman hit fewer than five home runs in his first 43 games of a season. The Dodgers reached the 43-game mark on Wednesday and Freeman had just three home runs, none since April 24. Freeman had joked about the lack of homers a few…
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Dallas Keuchel wanted to be the aggressor Thursday night against the Boston Red Sox. “It just seemed like I wasn’t able to get into a rhythm,” the Chicago White Sox starter said. “A few good pitches sprinkled in but a lot of pitches out over the plate and a couple of cutters that really didn’t…
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In a sport that has often seen Cal State Fullerton and UC Irvine usually playing for a conference title or an NCAA tournament bid in late May, the season-ending three-game series that began Thursday night is unique for both teams. There is nothing at stake. UCI, the Big West champion in 2021 that battled Stanford…
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SACRAMENTO – Longtime Anaheim watchers, myself included, need to restrain from schadenfreude – the German word for “pleasure derived … from another person’s misfortune.” We’ve eagerly read the details of a federal probe that touches on a “cabal” of city insiders who, to paraphrase H.L. Mencken, showed as much public-spiritedness as your average streetwalker. In…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Edison’s boys golf team left no doubt on Thursday. Powered by a deep and well-balanced lineup, the Chargers captured the CIF/SCGA SoCal regional tournament by five shots with a 1-under-par 359 at Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena one week after relinquishing the title…
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By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Klay Thompson shimmied his way to 32 points and the Golden State Warriors advanced to their sixth NBA Finals in the past eight seasons by beating the Dallas Mavericks, 120-110, in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday night. Thompson scored 19 points in…
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ANAHEIM — Shohei Ohtani had a rare rough night on the mound. Ohtani gave up five runs in six innings the Angels’ 6-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday night. It was only the second time in Ohtani’s eight starts this season in which he allowed more than two runs. Ohtani actually had…
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