The Ravens went into each of the last two seasons believing they belonged on a shortlist of true Super Bowl contenders. With Lamar Jackson at quarterback and former All-Pros at other premium positions such as cornerback and left tackle, they had the luxury of viewing the draft as an accessory package for their Cadillac. That’s…
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Across four paragraphs, white text on a black background posted to Twitter, the gut-wrenching reality settled in regarding what began as forearm tightness and ended as season-ending Tommy John surgery. That’s what Orioles ace John Means posted Saturday afternoon, confirming the worst-case scenario with a succinct update on his impending elbow reconstruction surgery. Means finds…
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Out to dinner with friends the other night, the conversation turned to shared college memories. Three of the four of us at the table had been at UC Berkeley at the same time in the 1970s, though none of us knew each other at the time. Happens a lot to Cal people. It’s a big…
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The Coachella surprises just won’t stop. Headliner Billie Eilish brought yet another surprise guest out at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, one week after bringing Blur and Gorillaz singer Damon Albarn and Khalid to the stage with her. Now, it was Paramore singer Hayley Williams joining Eilish on stage. Sign up for…
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For weeks, members of the hip-hop boy band Brockhampton have had Saturday, April 23, circled on their calendars. They announced on social media in January that their performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival would be their last before going on an indefinite hiatus. The group was formed in 2010 as AliveSinceForever, and…
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SAN DIEGO — After his two-home run game Friday night, Mookie Betts said he had to take “ownership of sucking” during the season’s early weeks. Betts is almost certainly just renting temporarily. But he had to pay the property taxes again Saturday night. The game kept coming to Betts as the Dodgers struggled to get…
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ANAHEIM —Joe Maddon has insisted that the Angels have the ingredients to be a championship team, but he conceded that they didn’t look like one in their 5-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night. The Angels made two critical defensive mistakes that led to three unearned runs in the seventh, just after they…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now OJAI – A historic boys tennis season for University continued Saturday night on the storied hard courts at the 120th Ojai tournament. The Trojans, however, completed the trek with some company from Orange County. Valencia also made history under the lights at Libbey…
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LOS ANGELES — Like the Kings’ postseason fate, their 4-2 victory over the Ducks on Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena went down to the wire in a grudge match befitting retiring Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf’s final game against the Kings. Alexander Edler scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and the Kings closed…
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CARSON — All of the concerns that Galaxy coach Greg Vanney had about trying to break down the Nashville SC defense came to fruition on Saturday night. Nashville, one of the stingiest teams in Major League Soccer, lived up to its reputation, frustrating the Galaxy for most of the match. That was until the 87th…
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