IRVINE — The UC Irvine baseball team came into the final game of its important Big West Conference series against UC Santa Barbara on Sunday afternoon riding the momentum of a stirring one-run win on Saturday night. Whatever momentum remained dissipated quickly. The Gauchos squashed the Anteaters’ hopes of a series win with a seven-run…
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CHICAGO – Type in promo code NLCENTRAL and collect your free gift. The Dodgers spent about 33 hours at Wrigley Field this weekend and collected three wins, completing a sweep of the Chicago Cubs with a 7-1 victory Sunday night. Add this weekend’s work to their four-game, 26-7 dismissal of the Cincinnati Reds, the lowest…
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This stretch was going to be a test. With two rainouts this weekend, the Yankees’ pitchers were going to be challenged as they tried to cover 23 games over 22 days. Nobody thought it was going to be the offense they had to worry about. The Yankees managed just four runs over 18 innings as…
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Think of it like motocross, but on the water – and instead of a dirt track, the course is the wild, wet ocean. The Huntington Beach Moto-Surf & Freeride event roared into Huntington Beach over the weekend for two days of competition that wrapped up Sunday, May 8, in wild waves, with spectators marveling at…
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PHOENIX — Charles Oliveira might have lost his title on the scale Friday, but by Saturday night everyone knew where the belt belonged. Less than 36 hours after having to vacate his lightweight championship because he missed weight by a half-pound, Oliveira left no doubt who rules the UFC’s 155-pound division with a command performance…
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Erik Spoelstra is not a doctor and doesn’t pretend to be as he coaches the Miami Heat. So whether it is the damaged thumb ligament, orbital fracture or concussion that has had Joel Embiid first compromised and then sidelined during these NBA playoffs, Spoelstra has gameplanned as if the Philadelphia 76ers center could re-emerge in…
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CHICAGO — Blake Treinen’s absence from the Dodgers’ bullpen could extend for months. Victor Gonzalez, meanwhile, might not be back at all this season. One day after saying Treinen was going to have his sore shoulder re-examined Monday in Los Angeles, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Treinen had opted against that and chosen to follow…
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INDIANAPOLIS — Liz Cambage had 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting and grabbed 11 rebounds, Brittney Sykes added 17 points and had five steals and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Indiana Fever 87-77 on Sunday. Nneka Ogwumike had 13 points, eight rebounds and three steals for Los Angeles (2-0), which won its first two games…
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The Orioles’ pitching has been surprisingly strong to start this season. Their hitting, it seems, is beginning to turn around. The club’s fielding, though, remains a work in progress. A pair of poor defensive innings cost Baltimore in a 6-4 loss to the Kansas City Royals to open Sunday’s doubleheader after two straight games were…
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Reports of screaming coming from an SUV parked in Anaheim led to the discovery of a recently deceased man’s body and the detainment of another person who was in the vehicle Sunday morning, May 8. People heard shouting from a parked car in the area of the 1500 block of West Ball Road and called…
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