When DL Hall made his 2022 spring training debut, a one-inning cameo that marked his return from injury, it was the radar gun that attracted most of the attention. The left-hander took the mound for the first time in a game since his midseason shutdown the year prior and pumped triple digits with his fastball.…
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Q: Ira, who’s the better matchup for the Heat, the Bucks or Celtics? – Dehr. A: Going into the playoffs, and certainly after the first round, I would have said the Celtics. But they certainly have shown a degree of flaws in their series against the Bucks, including now having to win both Friday in…
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There’s a reason the knife set in our kitchens has a wide range of cutting utensils. It’s because every knife serves a specific purpose, and their use should be catered to those needs. Think of the Miami Dolphins’ crowded backfield the same way. Raheem Mostert should be the speedster to takes an outside run the…
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After angry public reaction to the leaked Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito draft opinion on reversing Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas said: “We are becoming addicted to wanting particular outcomes, not living with the outcomes we don’t like. We can’t be an institution that can be bullied into giving you just the outcomes you…
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The Chicago Bears schedule is set for what is bound to be a rebuilding season under new general manager Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus. That said, the Bears still get the national spotlight a few times this season with three prime-time games — including one against the rival Green Bay Packers. Here’s how our…
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LAKE FOREST – Freshman Camryn Bradshaw delivered a single in the seventh inning Thursday that drove in the game-winning run for El Toro as it rallied for a 4-3 victory over Norwalk in the quarterfinals of the CIF-SS Division 5 softball playoffs at El Toro High. The game winning single by Camryn Bradshaw as El…
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YORBA LINDA >> The Yorba Linda softball team put runners on base in multiple innings Thursday but couldn’t get the clutch hits it needed against Burroughs of Burbank in the CIF-SS Division 4 quarterfinals at Yorba Linda High School. The Bears, however, delivered in the clutch at the plate and in the field and came…
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Scores from the CIF-SS softball quarterfinals Thursday, and the pairings for the semifinals. CIF-SS SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS DIVISION 1 Quarterfinals, Thursday Oaks Christian 9, Murrieta Mesa 0 Los Alamitos 10, Camarillo 7 Eastvale Roosevelt 7, Pacifica/GG 6 Gahr 7, Orange Lutheran 3 Semifinals, Saturday Oaks Christian at Los Alamitos Eastvale Roosevelt at Gahr DIVISION 2 Quarterfinals,…
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President Biden’s honeymoon phase with the stock market has officially ended. In President Biden’s first year in office, the benchmark S&P 500 seemed to only go one direction – up. Markets shrugged off an attempted insurrection, the lingering Covid-19 pandemic, and political deadlock in D.C., and the S&P 500 notched 70 record highs in 2021,…
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LOS ANGELES — There’s an adage in sports, at just about every level, that whatever level of experience a player has at the beginning of a season, he’ll be that much older, wiser and more able to handle situations by the end. There is one exception. It is the postseason, and in hockey, it’s not…
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