Observations and other notes of interest from Sunday night’s 110-86 NBA playoff victory over the Atlanta Hawks: — The Heat’s approach going forward with Kyle Lowry will be interesting. — A hamstring strain, no matter how minor, rarely is merely a matter of days. — And this is a team built for success beyond the…
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The Chicago Cubs dropped the series finale to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field, a 4-3 loss Sunday after breaking out the bats for a 21-0 win the day before. Here are three takeaways from the four-game series in which the Cubs went 1-3. 1. Justin Steele probably won’t look back fondly at his week.…
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United Mutual will spend up to $50,000 to hire a third-party arborist and an environmental specialist for its Canary Island Pine Tree Reduction Project. Money not spent last year on tree trimming will be moved to this year’s budget, Kurt Wiemann, director of Landscape for Village Management Services, said during a regular meeting of the…
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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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