Lucas Giolito returned to the mound but the Chicago White Sox couldn’t return to the win column. The Sox let two late leads slip away and completed a dismal trip with a 6-4 loss to the Minnesota Twins in 10 innings Sunday in front of 16,197 at Target Field. Byron Buxton hit a game-ending three-run…
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When looking back on Jalen Suggs’ 2021-22 season, one needs to break the year up into halves to properly evaluate the rookie campaign he had with the Orlando Magic. It was clear Suggs, like most rookies, was adjusting to the NBA’s pace. The playmaking and defensive skills were evident, but he struggled to find his…
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The 2022 editions of the twin Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festivals are nearly behind us and after a two-year absence due to the pandemic the festival came back with a lineup that included headliners Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and the Weekend with Swedish House Mafia. The festival, which happened April 15-17 and April 22-24…
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The Nets don’t believe they are too far off from being better than the Celtics in their first-round match up. The Nets entered Monday facing an 0-3 series deficit no team in NBA playoff history has ever overcome. They lost Game 1 on a broken-play, buzzer-beating layup, blew a 17-point lead to lose Game 2…
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Like so many people strive to do, the Yankees used their Sunday afternoon to get back on track. The Bombers’ 10-2 rout of the Cleveland Guardians completed their sweep of the series at the Stadium. But they didn’t quite look like the Yankees yet, as the team skittered through extended stretches of dormancy at the…
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Kevin Durant’s former teammate believed the Nets star was beaten down by the Celtics to the point of surrender during his Game 3 dud. “The Celtics have snatched the Nets soul,” Kendrick Perkins said on the Celtics postgame show for NBC Sports Boston on Sunday. “They’re punking them. They’re punking KD. They done made Kevin…
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After longtime Orioles center fielder Adam Jones said on WBAL Radio on Sunday that the club hasn’t invited him to any of its planned events for the 30-year anniversary of Camden Yards, an Orioles spokesperson said the team is still working to invite Jones and other notable alumni from the ballpark’s three-decade history. Jones, 36,…
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Point guard Kyle Lowry was ruled out of Sunday night’s Miami Heat playoff game against the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena due to the hamstring strain sustained during the third quarter of Friday night’s loss. Listed as questionable earlier in the day, Lowry’s status was changed 90 minutes before the 7 p.m. tipoff. It…
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During the past two years, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has paid billions of dollars in secretive no-bid contracts with little to no transparency. Now Newsom is deploying his same secretive approach to a growing number of other public contracts. All Californians, irrespective of party affiliation, should be deeply concerned. Especially troubling is the Newsom administration’s…
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Lucius Fox was not feeling well at all. Two pitches in the Washington Nationals’ game against the San Francisco Giants at Nationals Park Sunday, Fox knew he wasn’t going to be able to play. The Nats’ third baseman tried to make his way back to the dugout from his station at the hot corner, but…
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