The world according to Jim: • This was entirely predictable, and it might say as much about the state of baseball as any statistics about the frequency of warning track fly balls in the first two weeks of the season. The Oakland A’s opened their home schedule against the Baltimore Orioles this week and drew…
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Despite a decline during the pandemic, creating clean energy remains a big job in the U.S. In 2020, the number of clean energy jobs in America fell for the first time since 2015. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic contraction, nearly 307,000 jobs were lost in wind, solar, energy efficiency and other clean energy…
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AJ Pollock faced Lucas Giolito at the Chicago White Sox complex in Arizona earlier this week while both were recovering from injuries. The result of an at-bat depends on which player you ask. “The wind was going 40 mph to left field, so it was kind of cutting balls,” Pollock said before Friday’s game against…
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After one of the most injury-ravaged seasons in recent NFL history, Steve Bisciotti said his franchise had no choice. The Ravens would have to rebuild their sports performance program in 2022. In the early days of the NFL’s voluntary offseason workout program, the bigger structural changes in Baltimore have not yet become apparent to players.…
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Alex Caruso didn’t need the ball in his hands to deliver the final blow to the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 2 of a first-round playoff series Wednesday night. All he needed to do was keep his arms up straight. With the Chicago Bulls clinging to a five-point lead and five seconds on the clock at…
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Restaurants and other food vendors ordered to close and allowed to reopen by Orange County health inspectors from April 14 to April 22. Pho Akaushi, 22641 Lake Forest Drive, Suite B-1, Lake Forest Closed: April 19 Reason: Operating without a valid health permit Reopened: April 20 Bagel Me!, 25461 Alicia Parkway, Suite A, Laguna Hills…
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By JOSH BOAK, CHRIS MEGERIAN and MATTHEW DALY SEATTLE (AP) — With a backdrop of flowering trees, it was a setting fit for the signing of major environmental legislation. Even Seattle’s notorious clouds parted as President Joe Biden stepped up to speak Friday. But when he sat down at a small desk with the presidential…
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Mock drafts are better with friends. For my second mock draft, I asked 25 NFL reporters to help me make the picks, from beat reporters to national columnists to podcast hosts. With eight teams holding multiple first-round picks, some beat writers were assigned picks for teams they don’t normally cover, but that’s OK, it’s supposed…
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On any given day, the Yankees feel like they have 11 capable position players for nine spots. Marwin Gonzalez and Tim Locastro are the only true bench players, in that they typically come to the ballpark expecting to be on the bench. The catchers, Kyle Higashioka and Jose Trevino, are being treated more as a…
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Tua Tagovailoa should be feeling the pressure in 2022. At least that’s one widespread belief as he heads into his third NFL season amid an offseason where the Miami Dolphins have equipped him with what can be considered one of the league’s best group of pass catchers, an improved offensive line and a running game,…
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