Florida defender Zachary Carter’s long wait during Friday’s NFL Draft ultimately was worth it. Cincinnati selected the Gators’ defensive lineman in third round with the No. 95 pick to help the AFC champion Bengals beef up their defense and support an explosive offense led by star quarterback Joe Burrow. The 6-foot-4, 285-pound Carter produced while…
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LOS ANGELES — Women’s professional soccer finally made an official return to Los Angeles on Friday night at Banc of California Stadium. For the first time since the Los Angeles Sol folded in the now-defunct Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS) in 2010, a women’s soccer team stepped on to a field in Los Angeles. In front…
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When the time finally came for new Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles to enter the 2022 NFL draft — after 38 players had been selected and a dozen trades were made league-wide — the team’s draft board at Halas Hall pointed Poles to a defensive prospect. In the second round Friday evening, Poles made…
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CHICAGO — This wasn’t the game the Angels planned, but it still couldn’t have worked out much better. Forced into a bullpen game because of an illness to scheduled starter Noah Syndergaard, the Angels still beat the Chicago White Sox and ace Lucas Giolito, 5-1, on Friday night, their sixth consecutive victory. Relievers Jimmy Herget,…
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COSTA MESA — The Chargers continued adding to their secondary with their second pick of the 2022 NFL draft. The team selected former Baylor safety JT Woods with the 79th overall pick on Friday night. The 6-foot-2, 195-pound Woods has the size to defend tight ends and the speed and ball skills to create takeaways. Many…
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Here’s what Baltimore Sun staff members think of the Ravens’ selections on Day 2 of the 2022 NFL draft, including Michigan edge rusher David Ojabo at No. 45 overall and Connecticut defensive tackle Travis Jones at No. 76 overall: No. 45 overall: Michigan edge rusher David Ojabo Jonas Shaffer, reporter: It wasn’t long ago that…
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Kyle Bradish skipped over the first base line and gave his glove a hard smack. The excitement of making his major league debut seeped out then, moments before he took the Camden Yards mound for the first time. Any sign of nerves, though, did not show itself Friday against the Boston Red Sox. Bradish became…
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One of the top collegiate pass-rushers in the country and a former St. Thomas Aquinas state champion is heading to the Rockies. Oklahoma linebacker Nik Bonitto heard his name called by the Denver Broncos to end the second round of the 2022 NFL draft in Las Vegas. Bonitto became the 33rd St. Thomas Aquinas graduate…
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For just the second time in the team’s 60-year history, the Mets enjoyed no-hitting their opponent. But this time, it took five arms to accomplish the feat. Tylor Megill, Drew Smith, Joely Rodriguez, Seth Lugo and Edwin Diaz combined to throw a no-hitter across the full nine innings, silencing a Phillies lineup that had arrived…
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North Carolina offensive guard Joshua Ezeudu was emotional on Friday night recounting the Giants’ phone call at pick No. 67 of the third round. “It was very surreal,” Ezeudu, 22, said on a conference call. “You think about it so much, but [when] it actually happens, it kind of socks you. I was speechless. I…
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