The Ravens took Notre Dame’s Kyle Hamilton with the No. 14 overall pick Thursday night, adding a playmaking safety in a mild first-round surprise. After a flurry of trades, the Ravens had the option of grabbing Florida State edge rusher Jermaine Johnson II, Washington cornerback Trent McDuffie or Northern Iowa offensive tackle Trevor Penning. Instead,…
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Here’s what Baltimore Sun staff members think of the Ravens’ selection of Notre Dame safety Kyle Hamilton with the No. 14 overall pick in Thursday night’s opening round of the NFL draft: Childs Walker, reporter: After a rough start, the draft began tilting toward the Ravens with a run on wide receivers that began at…
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The next playoff challenge for the Miami Heat will be Joel Embiid, James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers. With the 76ers closing out their first-round series with a 132-97 road victory Thursday night over the Toronto Raptors, to take that best-of-seven matchup 4-2, they now move on to a best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal against the…
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INGLEWOOD — Many expected the Chargers to find their next right tackle in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft, but they addressed their other offensive line need on Thursday. The Chargers drafted former Boston College offensive guard Zion Johnson with the 17th overall pick. Many draft experts rated the 6-foot-2, 312-pound Johnson as…
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The Orioles will promote right-hander Kyle Bradish, their most major league-ready pitching prospect, to start Friday against the Boston Red Sox at Camden Yards, two sources with direct knowledge of the team’s plans confirmed to The Baltimore Sun. Bradish, 25, was one of four right-handed pitching prospects Baltimore acquired in December 2019 when it traded…
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Franz Wagner didn’t know what to expect from his rookie season with the Orlando Magic. Wagner, the No. 8 pick in last year’s draft, was one of the Magic’s two lottery picks along with Jalen Suggs, the No. 5 pick. They joined Orlando just four months after the team kicked off a rebuild in March…
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The attorney for a Black former UC Irvine student facing jail for allegedly supplying the bottle of whiskey that killed a fraternity pledge has accused District Attorney Todd Spitzer of racial bias, citing comments made by Spitzer in a separate double-murder case. Deputy Public Defender Amber Poston, representing 23-year-old Zavier Larenz Brown, is seeking a…
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A federal grand jury has indicted an Irvine man who served in the Marine Corps Reserve on charges of trying to help two foreign terrorist organizations, including providing information on how to make chemical weapons and bombs. Jason Fong, 24, is accused of attempting to aid Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham between March and May of 2020.…
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If the universal DH is a rule whose time has come, Justin Turner is just glad it didn’t come sooner. At age 37, the arrival of the designated hitter in the National League could help extend Turner’s career, giving him an avenue to stay in the lineup while saving some mileage on his occasionally troublesome…
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MLB has meted out its punishments for Wednesday’s brouhaha in St. Louis, and the league office largely agreed with the Mets’ view that the Cardinals instigated and escalated. Cardinals star Nolan Arenado was suspended two games for “contributing to the incitement of the incident,” also known as barking at Mets reliever Yoan Lopez and then…
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