In the conversation Brandon Hyde had with Adley Rutschman before Saturday’s game, the Orioles manager didn’t believe his own advice to baseball’s top prospect. He wanted Rutschman to relax. He wanted Rutschman to pretend this was nothing more than a high school game — that is, to ignore the chants and cheers and commotion that…
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Q: With each day, my admiration for P.J. Tucker rises. Think of all the players who have missed time in the playoffs and then think about Tucker’s refusal. You can see why Pat Riley loves him. – Stephen. A: I’m not sure there have been many over the years with the Heat who have been…
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA >> The top-seeded Capistrano Valley Christian boys volleyball team was at set point in the opening set, about to get a huge momentum boost in the Division III final of the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs Saturday night at Tesoro High. Instead, second-seeded Francis Parker of San Diego rallied to win the…
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NEWPORT BEACH >> After a fierce five-set victory over Loyola last week in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 boys volleyball final, Newport Harbor still had one more goal to accomplish. The encore match Saturday night wasn’t as compelling, but the Sailors still enjoyed their sweep of visiting Loyola 25-15, 25-23, 25-14 to win the…
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ANAHEIM ― Taylor Ward’s collision with the right field wall kept him out of the starting lineup Saturday. The Angels hope that will be the extent of Ward’s absence. Ward passed concussion protocol and is expected to avoid the injured list, Manager Joe Maddon said. He was not available off the bench for Saturday’s game…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now IRVINE — Los Alamitos’ softball team carried a nothing-to-lose attitude into the CIF-SS playoffs after finishing second in the Surf League and being unranked in the final Division 1 poll. But after a string of upsets and more stellar play for most of…
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SANTA ANA — A former boys’ choir vocal coach accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy in Orange County and fleeing the country in 2007 has been indicted for allegedly sexually assaulting another boy, according to court records obtained Friday. Roger Alan Giese, 47, was indicted May 12 on 20 felony sex charges. He was…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Carlos Vela and Jose Cifuentes scored second-half goals and Los Angeles FC outlasted two lengthy weather delays to beat the Columbus Crew 2-0 on Saturday. The two teams waited out a 2-hour, 55-minute delay to begin the match, played for four minutes and then sat for a 70-minute delay before playing a…
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LOS ANGELES — Christen Press draws a lot of attention from the opposing defenses. That was the case Saturday against the Kansas City Current as the forward drew double-team coverage, but in the 69th minute, she made her presence known. Press tracked down a long ball from the wing from Savannah McCaskill and before the…
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ANAHEIM ― Luis Rengifo drove in two of the Angels’ five runs against the Oakland A’s on Saturday, poking a home run over the left-field fence in the fifth inning, and dropping a textbook Baltimore Chop with the bases loaded in the sixth. Rengifo also made an out in his first at-bat of the night,…
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