Mets fans should savor this, at least for now. Their favorite team is really, really, really good. It’s not just the National League-high 20 wins and the plus-36 run differential. The advanced stats love these Mets, too. Their hitters have put up more Wins Above Replacement than any other team in the NL. They also…
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By KIM CHANDLER and MIKE BALSAMO The murder suspect and his jailer who evaded authorities for more than a week after walking out of an Alabama lockup were carrying $29,000 in cash, four handguns and an AR-15 rifle and were prepared for a shootout when they were captured, an Indiana sheriff said Tuesday. The escaped…
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By Dave Gil de Rubio Last year’s “Made of Rain” was officially 29 years in the making as the follow-up to the Psychedelic Furs’ seventh studio album, 1991’s “World Outside.” During that time, grunge, rap-rock and a number of other music scenes arose and petered out, five American presidents served and the internet turned the…
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Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles ended the draft with 11 new players, but that wasn’t enough to fill his roster needs. So he set out to add depth by signing a number of undrafted free agents. Poles said he wanted his staff to sell players on being able to compete for opportunities. “It is…
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Jameson Taillon isn’t giving anything away this season. The Yankees right-hander has battled back from cancer, two Tommy John surgeries and last season’s unusual (for baseball) ankle injury. Coming off October 2021 surgery to repair that ankle, the Yankees did not know what to expect from him coming back this season. The 30-year-old is simply…
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There was no waiting game for Kyle Lowry on Tuesday morning, no Game 5 for the veteran Miami Heat point guard on Tuesday night. Rather than hold off on decision with Lowry’s balky left hamstring, the Heat announced at their gameday shootaround that Lowry would sit out for the third time in this best-of-seven Eastern…
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It’s not often that this editorial board sees eye-to-eye with leaders from the California Legislature, but it’s apparent that legislative leaders are rightly skeptical of the high speed rail project, a fact confirmed by recent reporting by CalMatters. “There is no confidence in the project,” Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon told freelancer Ralph Vartabedian at…
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The shooter responsible for killing Adriene Payne — a former college basketball star and briefly an Orlando Magic player — told deputies he shot Payne in self-defense, but a detective for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office determined he wasn’t justified in his actions, court records show. Lawrence Dority, 29, was arrested Monday on a first-degree…
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Disney has made a strong claim for the best new theme park attraction of the year with the debut this month of Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Epcot’s first roller coaster is Disney’s second attraction themed to Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, following Guardians of…
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The Masked Man stayed behind the last time the Philadelphia 76ers visited FTX Arena. But even then, even before Joel Embiid was sidelined by a concussion and orbital fracture for the first two games of this best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series, the Miami Heat recognized the challenge ahead, knew the havoc wreaked in the opening…
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