Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now SANTA ANA — Gahr’s softball team felt at home on the road Thursday against Orange Lutheran in the CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinals. The Gladiators found support from their early-arriving and boisterous student section that consisted of softball and baseball players wearing royal-colored jerseys…
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LOS ANGELES — The longer their first-round playoff series has gone, the lower the sword of Damocles has dangled above the heads of the Edmonton Oilers, who faced elimination against the Kings on Thursday night at Staples Center. Few prognosticators picked the Kings to make the playoffs entering the season. Even after a successful campaign,…
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LOS ANGELES ― The last time Yency Almonte appeared at Dodger Stadium before Thursday, he walked two of the seven batters he faced. Of the other five hitters, four struck out. It was a typical outing in many ways for Almonte, whose 2021 season with the Colorado Rockies was uneven at best. Almonte became a…
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The Ravens pride themselves on their winning culture and on-field success, but sometimes losing has its benefits, too. After an 8-9 season that ended short of the playoffs, the Ravens entered last month’s NFL draft with the No. 14 overall pick. (Hello, Kyle Hamilton.) And after finishing last in the AFC North for the first…
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Of the 20 homes that were destroyed in Wednesday’s fire, 16 were on Coronado Pointe, which represents more than 40% of the homes on that street. Homes that were 20% or more in flames were considered inextinguishable. Click over the dots to view the homes. Homes are destroyed after the Coastal Fire moved through…
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Time heals all wounds, so it wasn’t surprising to hear Anthony Rizzo has gotten over his “bad breakup” with the Chicago Cubs. Rizzo on Thursday returned to Chicago, the town he once owned, as first baseman for the New York Yankees, who opened a four-game series against the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. He…
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Observations and other notes of interest from Thursday night’s 99-90 NBA playoff victory over the Philadelphia 76ers: – It didn’t work at the previous stops because Jimmy Butler was so strong willed. – It is working for the Heat for that same reason. – Scoreless second period? – Only increased the hunger in the third.…
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The Jets arguably won the NFL Draft, highlighted by their three first-round picks Sauce Gardner, Garrett Wilson and Jermaine Johnson. But is new and improved Gang Green ready to make a big jump from last season’s 4-13 record? Is second-year quarterback Zach Wilson, the No. 2 pick in the 2021 draft, ready to take a…
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When Sassan Darian looked at the ravaged framework of his home — and the skeletal remains of a Mercedes-Benz in the garage — it reminded him of the ancient ruins in Persia. “You stand there and everything is just demolished,” he said of the home he lived in with his father, 62, and daughter, 7.…
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For the sixth time in 12 seasons and the second time in three years, the Miami Heat are in the Eastern Conference finals. With no need for a detour to a Game 7 against the Philadelphia 76ers. Seizing control in the third quarter, the Heat pushed past the 76ers 99-90 Thursday night at Wells Fargo…
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