PHOENIX — Charles Oliveira took Justin Gaethje’s best and dished it right back in his effort to reclaim his lightweight title. In a hellacious opening round, a bloody Oliveira survived a knockdown and answered with one of his own, leading to a rear-naked choke submission victory in the UFC 274 main event Saturday in Footprint…
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Kwadwo Opoku #22 of Los Angeles FC reacts with teammate Cristian Arango #9 of Los Angeles FC after scoring against the Philadelphia Union in the Second half of a Major League Soccer match at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 7, 2022. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Carlos Vela #10…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. THOUSAND OAKS — After sweeping its last two opponents, the Thousand Oaks boys volleyball faced a challenge in No. 1-seeded Servite on Saturday night in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 semifinals. Servite used strong serving and quick hits to sweep the…
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Scores from the CIF-SS boys volleyball semifinals Saturday, May 7, and the matchups for the championship games. CIF-SS BOYS VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS DIVISION 1 Semifinals, Saturday Loyola def. Beckman, 25-22, 25-14, 25-21 Newport Harbor def. Mira Costa, 25-20, 25-23, 28-26 Championship, Saturday, May 14 Loyola vs. Newport Harbor at Long Beach City College, 7 p.m. DIVISION…
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Nervous now? Maybe a little? This is something else missing all those empty years, this nervous twitch of playoff hockey, this clammy-palmed anxiety that ups the Florida Panthers’ stakes and your invested symptoms even after one game. “I like to think we’re going to learn a valuable lesson from this,” Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad said…
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CHICAGO – They bill Wrigley Field as “The Friendly Confines.” Clayton Kershaw has never found it to be so. Entering Saturday’s doubleheader, Kershaw’s career ERA at Wrigley Field (4.74 in four regular-season starts) was his highest for any ballpark where he had started more than once and it is one of only two stadiums where…
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The caution sign on the new monster dumpster says: “Keep off! Do not climb in, on or occupy this container for any purpose.” Now let’s see … for what purpose might I want to do any of those things? Maybe in the ‘70s because they were certainly a wild ride — but now I’m in…
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MANHATTAN BEACH >>The first set between the Mira Costa and Newport Harbor boys volleyball teams Saturday night was a microcosm of the entire match. No matter what the Mustangs, the defending CIF Southern Section Division 1 champions, did to claw back, the Sailors showed their resilience and pulled away. To do so in the same…
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All of California’s problems are man-made, and they can all be fixed. Before that can happen, however, California’s political problems have to be fixed. That is what stands in the way of fixing everything else. It’s not as if the voters haven’t tried. In 1911, voters adopted the initiative process to go around the political…
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ANAHEIM ― The Angels will be without their backup catcher for the foreseeable future, and without their sixth starter for another week. Kurt Suzuki was placed on the injured list Saturday. While the team did not specify a reason, Suzuki’s absence is ostensibly related to COVID-19 because he was replaced by Chad Wallach, a catcher…
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