LOS ANGELES — Even for those who fervently believe in what we call Lakers Exceptionalism, it is time to face facts. This series, this exercise in futility against the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets, might as well be over now. It likely will officially end Saturday night in downtown L.A., in much the same manner…
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MISSION VIEJO — Entering this week, the Trabuco Hills baseball team was tied for third place in the South Coast League standings and needed to win all three of its games this week to grab a share of the league championship. Trabuco Hills completed the sweep of Mission Viejo with a 3-0 win Thursday at…
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LOS ANGELES — For all of the talk about adjustments and what the Lakers needed to do between Monday’s Game 2 loss in Denver and Thursday night’s Game 3 at Crypto.com Arena to keep themselves from falling into an even deeper hole in their first-round playoff series, star forward LeBron James’ message was simple. “There’s…
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HERMOSA BEACH — Fate can be funny sometimes. When Jared Verse was an unknown outside linebacker at Albany, his head coach was Greg Gattuso, who had been the defensive line coach at Pittsburgh during the freshman season of one Aaron Donald. Gattuso arranged a Zoom call between Donald and his Albany defensive linemen, and Verse…
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Tucked between Brandi Cyrus and DJ Rick Dominguez on Saturday’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival schedule lies a mysterious name: Backwoods Barbie. It’s not abnormal for the festival to bake some lesser-known artists into the schedule. It is, however, abnormal for an artist with almost no digital footprint and virtually no findable music to score a…
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HERMOSA BEACH — The Rams finally broke their streak of no first-round picks, selecting Florida State edge rusher Jared Verse at No. 19 on the first night of the NFL draft on Thursday. Verse, 23, is the prototypical build for an edge rusher at 6-foot-4 with a 79.5-inch wingspan. He had nine sacks in back-to-back…
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UCLA women’s basketball has landed transfer Charlisse Leger-Walker. The former Washington State guard announced the move on social media on Thursday evening. “Catch me in Pauley,” Leger-Walker said in a post on X. Catch me in Pauley #gobruins pic.twitter.com/G9smZJ4Hof — Charlisse LW (@Char_legerwalks) April 26, 2024 The 5-foot-10 guard who calls Waikato, New Zealand, home…
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GARDEN GROVE — A comfortable lead suddenly turned tenuous for the Cypress baseball team in the final inning of its Empire League finale against Pacifica on Thursday at Pacifica High School. A four-run lead shrunk to two and the Mariners had the bases loaded with no outs when Connor Artasere came in to pitch. He…
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El Modena’s London Aldridge, right, rounds third and sprints toward home with encouragement from the third base coach to score a run in the fifth inning against Foothill in a Crestview League baseball game in Orange on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) ORANGE – El Modena’s baseball team was not…
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The Los Angeles Rams celebrated having a first round NFL draft pick for the first time since 2016 with a fan extravaganza on Thursday evening, April 25, in Hermosa Beach. Fans who attended the extravaganza watched the broadcast of the draft, which took place in Detroit, while also enjoying football-related activities, music — including a…
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