CYPRESS >> The senior-led Foothill boys volleyball team swept a young Cypress squad, 25-16, 25-22 and 25-20, in a CIF-SS Division 2 first-round match Thursday at Cypress High School. Foothill (19-3) will take on Long Beach Wilson in a second-round match at Wilson on Saturday. Senior outside hitter Isaac Seltzer scored from both sides of…
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Ryan Poles didn’t make a splash on his first draft night as Chicago Bears general manager, but that was expected. The Bears didn’t have a first-round pick because former GM Ryan Pace traded it last year to move up to draft quarterback Justin Fields, and Poles didn’t execute a trade up into the first round…
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After the Ravens made a surprising move by selecting Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton with the 14th overall pick of the 2022 NFL draft on Thursday night, another eye-popping move came soon after. The Ravens traded wide receiver Marquise “Hollywood” Brown and a third-round pick to the Arizona Cardinals for the No. 23 overall pick,…
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Kings can officially wash their hands of the regular season and begin focusing on the playoffs. Brock Boeser scored his second goal of the game with 29.7 seconds left in overtime and the Vancouver Canucks handed the Kings a 3-2 defeat on Thursday night. Kings forward Dustin Brown wore the…
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The first round of the 2022 NFL draft was full of surprises, included plenty of trades, and featured a few head-scratching selections. Some of those surprising picks left plenty of the draft’s top-rated players still available for Day 2, which will feature rounds two and three. Here are the best players still on the board…
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SANTA ANA – Foothill needed to beat Villa Park twice this week to win the Crestview League baseball championship. The Knights did it. They completed the two-game league sweep Thursday with a 7-4 win over the Spartans at Foothill High in the final regular-season game for both teams. Foothill’s Andrew Parker, left, celebrates in the…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now VILLA PARK — Esperanza’s softball team brought the desire of a defending CIF-SS champion, a sizzling offense and its ace to the field Thursday for one last duel for the Crestview League’s final automatic playoff berth. The Aztecs had more than enough to…
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NEW ORLEANS — Chris Paul went 14 for 14 in the best shooting night in NBA playoff history, Devin Booker returned from a hamstring injury to hit a late 3-pointer and the Phoenix Suns beat the New Orleans Pelicans 115-109 on Thursday night to finish off the first-round series in six games. Paul had the…
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The Jets made a huge trade, as FSU defensive end Jermaine Johnson’s meteoric rise continues to Florham Park. The Jets landed Johnson after trading the No. 35, No. 69, No. 163 overall picks to the Tennessee Titans for the No. 26 and No. 101 overall picks. And the Jets used the 26th pick on the…
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The Ravens took Iowa’s Tyler Linderbaum with the No. 25 overall pick Thursday night, adding the NFL draft’s top center after two trades. The 6-foot-2, 296-pound Linderbaum’s arrival suggests the team’s run-game philosophy will change next season. A former wrestler and consensus All-American, Linderbaum was considered a better fit for zone-running schemes during the predraft…
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