PHOENIX — UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira lost his title on the scales Friday morning after three attempts to weigh in at 155 pounds for his UFC 274 title fight. Oliveira’s main event with top-ranked Justin Gaethje is still on, but Oliveira cannot win the vacated title. No fine was immediately announced for the Brazilian…
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A hurdle for Joel Embiid has been cleared, with the Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center cleared Friday from NBA concussion protocols, a necessary step toward a potential debut in his team’s Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Miami Heat. Whether Embiid takes the court for Friday night’s Game 3 tipoff at Wells Fargo Center remains in…
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Miami Dolphins safety Jevon Holland will go into his second NFL season finding a little extra motivation from an experience weeks after concluding an upstart rookie year. Holland tagged along with the Dolphins’ lone Pro Bowl selection from the 2021 season, cornerback Xavien Howard, to take in the environment at the Pro Bowl in Las…
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Draft grades don’t mean much a year after the draft, and they mean even less only days after the draft. But with the Ravens eyeing a return to the playoffs, and preparing to build a roster around the looming megadeal for quarterback Lamar Jackson, it was hard not to be impressed not only by the…
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Lakers guard Jerry West drives to the basket as Lakers center Wilt Chamberlain sets a pick on the New York Knicks’ Walt Frazier during an NBA Finals game on April 26, 1972 at the Forum. (AP Photo) Lakers center Wilt Chamberlain plays against the New York Knicks during a regular-season game on Feb. 8, 1972,…
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By CARA ANNA ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — When the moist concrete walls deep below ground and the mold and the cold and the weeks without fresh fruit or vegetables became too much to bear, some in the bunker underneath Elina Tsybulchenko’s office decided to visit the sky. They made their way, through darkness lit by…
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PHILADELPHIA — Rather than having to face Max Scherzer, the Phillies will sit with Thursday’s awful loss for at least another day. Friday’s Mets-Phillies game was postponed due to rain in the forecast, the home team announced. It will be made up as part of a split-admission doubleheader on Saturday Aug. 20 at Citizens Bank…
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Q: I am looking into purchasing a property with three freestanding units and a small amount of common space used as a walking area to get from the street to the units. The selling agent provided the CC&Rs, but the HOA doesn’t exist and has never met for as long as the current owners have…
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After selling out Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium twice last summer, iconic Mexican band Los Bukis are coming back to the area as they add new dates to their “Una Historia Cantada,” reunion tour. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. May 6 to see the Latin music group at the approximately 80,000-person capacity Los Angeles Memorial…
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By CARLA K. JOHNSON and NICKY FORSTER Doug Lambrecht was among the first of the nearly 1 million Americans to die from COVID-19. His demographic profile — an older white male with chronic health problems — mirrors the faces of many who would be lost over the next two years. The 71-year-old retired physician was…
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