With two bids to the NCAA Championships on the line, it came down to the final two gymnasts in the final rotation of the Raleigh Regional Finals in North Carolina. UCLA’s balance beam score and Missouri’s floor exercise score would be the determining factors. The Bruins huddled together Saturday, awaiting the final numbers after No.…
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By ANDREW DeMILLO | Associated Press PINE BLUFF, Ark. — Chris Jones would seem to have an ideal biography to run for governor, a job that’s wide open in Arkansas for the first time in eight years. He’s both an ordained Baptist minister and a nuclear engineer who can talk about his faith as easily…
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The growing pains for Angel City FC continued in its fourth game of the NWSL Challenge Cup. For the third consecutive game, Angel City allowed at least three goals, losing to fellow expansion team San Diego Wave FC 4-2 on Saturday at Torero Stadium in front of 5,158. The teams opened the Challenge Cup against…
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By The Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian troops retaking areas around Kyiv and Chernihiv are not allowing Russians to retreat without a fight, but are “shelling them. They are destroying everyone they can.” Zelenskyy, in his Saturday night video address to the nation, said Ukraine knows Russia has the forces…
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NEW ORLEANS — Kansas and Villanova waged a 3-point shooting contest at the Final Four with one of them racing out to a big lead in the opening minutes and the other spending the rest of the night trying in vain to catch up. It all may sound familiar to basketball fans. But in a…
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Albany’s Big Ugly, where all the difficult votes get hidden inside of the budget and sweetened by new spending, is officially late as of Friday, as the political conversation here feels increasingly unhinged from reality. New York’s motto is “Excelsior” (Latin for “higher”), and the high-stakes game of chicken between different factions of the Democratic…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Saturday, April 2. Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. SATURDAY’S SCORES BASEBALL RYAN LEMMON TOURNAMENT Trabuco Hills 1, Laguna Beach 0 TH: Read (W, 5IP 2H 0R).…
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From the outside, it’s easy to see the changes at USC the past four months – from the hiring of new head coach Lincoln Riley, to the coaching staff he hired, to the influx of new players they have recruited since their arrival in Los Angeles. And when the spring game rolls around in three…
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By SAMY MAGDY | Associated Press CAIRO — The Muslim holy month of Ramadan — when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk — began at sunrise Saturday in much of the Middle East, where Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent energy and food prices soaring. The conflict cast a pall over Ramadan, when large…
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MINNEAPOLIS — It’s one of the most remarkable records in sports. Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies are 11-0 in NCAA championship games. The Huskies will look to continue that run when they face South Carolina for the women’s basketball title on Sunday night. Auriemma always downplays his role in the undefeated mark saying it’s…
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