TORRANCE — Last summer, the Sparks’ first season without perennial All-Stars Candace Parker and Chelsea Gray, the team went 12-20, finished last in the league in scoring and whiffed on the playoffs for just the fifth time in the franchise’s 25-year history. So the Sparks retooled. Or, as they’d put it: reloaded. On Wednesday morning…
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About 6 million people in Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Ventura counties must cut water use at least 35% by restricting outdoor watering to one day a week or other means, a hard target that could exact penalties or a total outdoor irrigation ban if not met, Southern California’s largest water wholesaler said Wednesday. Officials…
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ST. LOUIS — For the second time in two and a half weeks, Pete Alonso was back in the Mets lineup and playing first base the day after getting hit on the helmet by a pitch. Alonso passed concussion protocol on Tuesday after a Kodi Whitley changeup cracked his helmet in the eighth inning of…
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Giancarlo Stanton had time to anticipate it. The Yankees slugger had gone 14 games without a home run, sitting on 249 career homers. In his first at-bat Wednesday night, Stanton ended the slump and crushed his milestone 350th home run in the first inning. Stanton’s 350th dinger was a 417-foot shot to right-center field that…
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The Chicago Cubs will be waiting a little longer for their short-term injured pitchers to join the team. Left-hander Wade Miley threw 46 pitches Wednesday afternoon, getting in three up-downs during a simulated game at Truist Park. The Cubs want to see how he feels before determining his next steps, but Miley is getting closer…
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Chicago White Sox starter Dylan Cease had a no-hitter through five innings. But nothing comes easy when you’re on a losing streak, and by the time Wednesday’s game against the Kansas City Royals reached the bottom of the seventh, a three-run Sox lead had vanished and the score was tied. Manager Tony La Russa noticed…
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The Chicago Bears held two events Tuesday at Halas Hall. General manager Ryan Poles met with reporters to talk about his plans for his first draft with the team. And members of the organization gathered to honor the recipients of the annual Brian Piccolo Award. Along with Poles’ draft preparation and his thoughts on position…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now MISSION VIEJO — San Juan Hills sophomore Taylor Fox stepped onto the springboards at the CIF-SS Division 1 girls diving finals Wednesday and didn’t wait long before taking flight. “Because I know I’ve done it in practice,” she said, “so I just kind…
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After a little more than a decade, Le Pain Quotidien in Fashion Island has closed. A note on its door indicated its last day of service was Sunday, April 24. “We’ve been lucky to call Fashion Island our home for the past 11 years and humbly thank our guests for helping us build a community…
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Before stopping in a huddle of media members at Leidos Field, Adley Rutschman had to answer an important question from Aberdeen IronBirds general manager Jack Graham: What did he want his walk-up song to be? Rutschman, the Orioles’ top prospect, took his time, answering other questions from reporters before turning his attention to that one…
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