Knocking off the reigning NBA champions is never a simple task. The Chicago Bulls don’t have an easy road to a first-round playoff win against the Milwaukee Bucks. After going 0-4 in the season series, the Bulls are hoping to reverse the pattern in the postseason. Here are three keys for the Bulls as they…
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The adage is of NBA players waiting for this moment, when the start of the playoffs can begin a trail to a championship. For Max Strus, it is a moment years in the making, nothing close in his basketball career, as he is poised to take the court as a postseason starter for the Miami…
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Yaamava’ Resort & Casino opened its new 2,500-seat entertainment theater with a packed house and a performance by Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The private concert for VIP guests was the first event at the Yaamava’ Theater, commemorating the final component of the property’s $760 million expansion that started…
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Q. Hi Honk: Any chance this could be answered quickly? We’ve just sold our house. Yeah! We’re moving by June and we’ll need to register our vehicles in the state of Washington. Because we just paid California for vehicle registration, any possibility of getting the state to reimburse us for the months of registration we’re…
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Coors Field can be daunting because of its vast outfield and notoriously challenging atmosphere for pitchers. A four-game series against the Colorado Rockies will test the Chicago Cubs’ defense and pitching staff. They survived some shaky moments in both those areas in Thursday’s series-opening 5-2 win. A three-run first inning gave the Cubs enough of…
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It took Keegan Akin a moment before he decided to amend his choice of words. The Orioles left-hander had acknowledged his past issues putting the ball in the strike zone, a side effect of trying to be too fine, too perfect, when on the mound. “It’s kind of gotten me in trouble,” Akin said. Then…
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Q: If Victor Oladipo came back along the Klay Thompson timeline he would be in the rotation, no question. He didn’t have enough time. — Michael. A: Klay Thompson made his season debut for the Warriors on Jan. 9, available to Golden State for more than half the season. Victor Oladipo did not make his…
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Friday is the 75th anniversary of the day Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color line in Brooklyn, and the day that Major League Baseball honors his memory league-wide. But if Jackie were still with us, can you imagine what he’d be saying about the current state of Black participation in baseball? It almost certainly wouldn’t be…
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Southern California grocery workers voted overwhelmingly late Thursday to ratify a three-year labor contract with Ralphs, Albertsons, Vons, and Pavilions. The employees, represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), approved a deal that was outlined in a tentative agreement reached with the supermarket chains on April 4. The contract will go into effect…
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LOS ANGELES ― Freddie Freeman stood on second base, soaking it all in. His first home game at Dodger Stadium had allowed a rare baseball moment, a natural pause in the action as a sold-out crowd chanted his first name over and over. The noise grew loud enough that Freeman had to acknowledge it. He…
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