“Gooder Friday,” I used to call it on those rare occasions, like this year when Good Friday and Passover fell on the same day. It opened a window of mutual celebration for me with my Christian friends, making it a double Good Friday. As a Jewish minority, both in the town and the school where…
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Former Penn State walk-on kicker Nick DeAngelis, a native of Ramsey, N.J., harnessed the viral power of TikTok for a chance to boot field goals at the Detroit Lions’ Ford Field on Saturday. He built a following of 46,800 fans with videos of splitting the uprights, and he lobbied NFL teams for a chance to…
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No NFL team should ever be in salary cap hell while picking in the top five of a draft. Money is only supposed to run out on contenders who load up for Super Bowl runs, not on a 4-13 team tied for the league’s worst record since 2017 at 22-59. But that’s where the Giants…
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What game do you remember most? It’s a simple question with surprising answers. Melvin Bratton, former University of Miami running back: “It was the ‘Hail Flutie’ game for me in 1984. It was my coming out party. I scored four touchdowns and thought I’d be the man of the week and all the girls would…
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What game do you remember most? It’s a simple question with surprising answers. Melvin Bratton, former University of Miami running back: “It was the ‘Hail Flutie’ game for me in 1984. It was my coming out party. I scored four touchdowns and thought I’d be the man of the week and all the girls would…
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Did you replace your original, dated, marginally functional appliances to get your house ready to sell? This goes a long way toward staving off “low-ball” offers by bringing your home up to some semblance of current style and desirability. If you have made this choice, do you then choose to leave on all the protective…
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A 27-year-old Pomona woman pleaded guilty Friday and was immediately sentenced to 14 years and eight months in prison for a drunken driving, hit-and-run crash in Anaheim that killed three men. Cynthia Lizbeth Ayala accepted a plea deal from Orange County Superior Court Judge Gassia Apkarian. She could have faced up to 21 years and…
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The NFL’s new league year began March 16, opening the door for free agents to sign with new teams or reach agreements to stay with their current organizations. As Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles reworks the roster months into the job, the Tribune will track all of the Bears arrivals and departures and provide…
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A boy was fatally wounded and another boy was recovering in a hospital from a possible gang-related stabbing attack in Santa Ana, authorities said. At about 11:40 p.m. Friday, police received several reports of a stabbing victim at 1600 E. Palm St., the Santa Ana Police Department reported. Officers dispatched to the location reported a…
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There is only one certainty when it comes to locating the broadcast of a Mets or Yankees game this season: You can always find it on the radio. That’s 162 dates of consistency for the Mets, on WCBS-AM, and the Yankees on WFAN AM/FM. Or as one of the mouths who works the Mets on…
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