This wasn’t about style points. This was about wanting to see Atlanta permanently in their rearview mirror for the 2022 playoffs. So in the absence of their floor leader, the Miami Heat reverted to their defensive roots and opted for gritty instead of pretty, in moving to a 110-86 victory Sunday night over the Hawks…
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LOS ANGELES — California’s roller coaster spring continued its swing from wet and snowy to warm and dry on Sunday under a ridge of high pressure. Los Angeles International Airport is the first record to fall with this heatwave. Their daily high of 86 F today beat out the old record of 85 F set…
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ANAHEIM — The St. Louis Blues spoiled Ryan Getzlaf’s going-away party Sunday at Honda Center, scoring four times in the second period, erasing a two-goal deficit and tuning up for the Stanley Cup playoffs next week with a comprehensive 6-3 victory over the Ducks in front of a sellout crowd of 17,446. Or did they?…
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HOLLYWOOD — Carrying a four-shot lead heading into Sunday’s final round of the LPGA DIO Implant LA Open at Wilshire Country Club, Nasa Hataoka’s game plan was simple — play smart and force those chasing her to go low in order to catch her. The 23-year-old Hataoka then went out and executed her game plan…
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At the age of 15 Ben Bernal begged his father to bring him to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Weezer, one of his favorite bands, was performing and since his dad C.J. Bernal was a big EDM fan, he was happy to see Paul Oakenfold, Fatboy Slim and The Chemical Brothers on the…
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Chicago Bears wide receiver Byron Pringle was arrested Saturday in Florida and charged with reckless driving and driving while his license was suspended, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. Pringle was stopped in Wesley Chapel, Fla., north of Tampa, after an officer observed a cloud of smoke, the smell of burnt rubber and tire…
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers famously declared “I still own you” last October after beating the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. But now it appears Rodgers may have to work out a timeshare agreement of Chicago teams with Grayson Allen. The Milwaukee Bucks reserve guard came to the United Center on Friday with a…
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Grand opening, grand closing, and in Brooklyn, it was neither. The Nets have ruled All-Star forward Ben Simmons out for their win-or-go-home Game 4 matchup against the Boston Celtics on Monday. The designation as unavailable to play marks the end of the drama saga that has been Simmons’ road to recovering from a back injury…
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The walks, at the onset and toward the end of Sunday’s series finale, were the kinds of issues that can bedevil inexperienced pitching staffs. They can detract from what was an otherwise impressive outing at the end of an impressive series. That’s what befell the Orioles, with three free passes in the first inning and…
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Hours after Buck Showalter delivered some muddled details regarding Jacob deGrom’s progression, Tylor Megill once again showed that—with him taking deGrom’s place in the rotation—the Mets can afford to bide their time with the two-time Cy Young winner. Megill allowed two earned runs across 6.2 innings, striking out seven, in the Mets’ 4-2 win over…
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