Twenty-six years. Sixteen coaches. Ten general managers, including Dale Tallon twice and one set of brothers, Bryan and Terry Murray. There were five owners, not counting the group of eight investors briefly fronted by beloved Miami quarterback Bernie Kosar, who said hockey was his, “first and special love” before fading away to the bigger wallet…
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Observations and other notes of interest from Tuesday night’s 118-107 NBA playoff victory over the Boston Celtics: – For all the versatility of Erik Spoelstra’s roster. – For all the grit, guts and guile elsewhere on the roster. – For all the first-half creativity in this one by Tyler Herro. – And for all the…
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA >> The Tesoro baseball team used a fourth-inning rally Tuesday to beat El Modena 6-4 in the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 semifinals at Tesoro High. Tesoro (24-8) has reached the CIF championship game for the first time since 2004. The Titans will play Fullerton on Friday or Saturday at Cal State Fullerton.…
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Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week Athlete: Kasin Khansarinia School: San Dimas Sport: Baseball Noteworthy: Khansarinia, who is already committed to UCLA, made a huge impact in San Dimas’ 3-2 victory over Arcadia in the first round of the CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs. Khansarinia went 3 for 4 and belted a home run in…
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Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week Athlete: Layla Jelenic School: San Pedro Sport: Softball Noteworthy: Jelenic helped San Pedro to wins over Narbonne and Carson last week that forced a three-way tie for first place in the Marine League. Against Narbonne, Jelenic pitched two scoreless innings and struck out four. The Pirates closed the…
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TUSTIN – The Tustin baseball team couldn’t figure out Burroughs pitcher Nick Forest. The junior struck out 12, including the first nine outs on strikeouts, and pitched a complete game to lead the Bears to a 2-0 victory Tuesday over the Tillers in the CIF-SS Division 5 semifinals at Tustin High. The victory sends Burroughs…
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The suspect in the mass shooting at a Taiwanese church gathering in Laguna Woods Sunday that killed one person and wounded four others was involved with a pro-China organization where a member described him as “too radical” for the group, according to media reports. The Taipei Times in a Tuesday story said that 68-year-old David…
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What began as a raise of the eyebrows and turned into sarcastic cheers developed into full-throated screams at Camden Yards when the ball off Orioles right fielder Ryan McKenna’s bat dropped into left field for a run-scoring double with two outs in the ninth inning. Before that knock, the outcome of Tuesday night’s game against…
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VILLA PARK – JSerra pitcher David Horn picked a great time to have his best game of the season. Horn gave up one run on four hits in six innings Tuesday and drove in two runs in the Lions’ 4-1 win over Villa Park in the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs.…
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Dylan Cease had to deal with traffic in every inning of Tuesday’s start against the Kansas City Royals. The Chicago White Sox right-hander made the big pitches each time. Cease allowed seven hits and struck out nine in 5⅔ innings, leading the Sox to a 3-0 victory in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Kauffman…
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