There were times this season when the Chicago Bulls looked strong and sharp enough to match the Milwaukee Bucks. Tuesday night was not one of them. The Bulls dropped their third game in as many meetings with the Bucks in a demoralizing 126-98 blowout, reigniting concerns over their postseason viability after the brief respite of…
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A second suspect sought in connection with the killing of a father of two in Anaheim in December has been arrested, police said Monday, March 21. David Gutierrez Hernandez was a father of two who was shot and killed in Anaheim in December. (Photo courtesy of the Anaheim Police Department) Franky Mejia Echeverria, 20, of…
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Matt Breida has speed, catches passes well, and does his damage as a runner on the edges. That’s interesting because those are some of Saquon Barkley’s key traits, too, and the Giants signed Breida on Monday anyway. Breida also knows Brian Daboll’s offense because he played for him with the Buffalo Bills last season. Breida,…
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Educate students, starting in middle school, about how to avoid becoming victims of human trafficking. Change federal law so traffickers can’t dodge a long prison sentence by claiming they didn’t know their victim was a child. Give money and shelter to teens aging out of foster care so they won’t continue to be top targets…
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As Jalen Suggs missed the Orlando Magic’s 94-90 Tuesday home win over the Golden State Warriors for his fourth consecutive absence because of a right ankle bone bruise, questions naturally arose about his status for the remainder of the season. Suggs sat six of the last nine games because of an injury to the right…
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Trae Young again delivered the coup de grace. Silencing the boos with a fantastic showing at his favorite arena, Young dropped 45 points, including the highlight dagger, and essentially cut the final thread to the Knicks’ playoff hopes. Young’s final field goal arrived with one minute remaining, when he sent defender Taj Gibson sprawling to…
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LOS ANGELES — It was only about 30 feet. But the visual spoke 1,000 words. UCLA star forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. took roughly 15-16 steps from the side exit of the team’s practice facility to the team bus on Tuesday afternoon as members of the media caught video of the fourth-seeded Bruins (27-7) gearing up…
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Los Angeles Unified School District students and staff will officially be permitted to remove their masks indoors starting tomorrow, as the district aligns with the state and county COVID-19 guidance on face coverings. LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho told the Board of Education Tuesday conditions had improved enough to allow for the “significant relaxation of existing…
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — It was a sparse mid-week crowd at Camelback Ranch on Tuesday – boosted by an eight-member contingent from the Freeman family – but they did their best to welcome Freddie Freeman to the Dodgers. His first at-bat in a Dodger blue uniform prompted a “Fred-die! Fred-die!” chant. When he carved out an…
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You’ll almost certainly hear it Friday evening on the CBS broadcast when UCLA and North Carolina square off in the NCAA East Regional semifinal in Philadelphia: “Bluebloods vs. bluebloods.” It oversimplifies things, perhaps, when it comes to the 2022 men’s basketball versions of the Bruins and Tar Heels. “The No. 4 and No. 8 seeds?…
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