LOS ANGELES ― The Dodger Stadium turf has presented itself every season without assistance since the park opened in 1962. That will change in 2023. The Dodgers announced Tuesday that they have hired a sports marketing agency to “help secure premier worldwide partnerships for the team,” including a “field presenting partner” beginning next season. According…
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Southern California Boys Athlete of the Week Athlete: Miles Hughes School: Carson Sport: Baseball Noteworthy: Hughes helped the Colts pull off a two-game sweep of Narbonne to move into a first-place tie in the Marine League. He pitched a complete game to get the win and reached base three times in a 6-5 win. In…
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Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week Athlete: Jada Villegas School: Cajon Sport: Softball Noteworthy: Villegas has emerged as one of the top pitchers in the Inland area and helped the Cajon softball program once again become a Citrus Belt League title contender. Last week, the left-handed pitcher outdueled fellow sophomore Cambria Salmon to help…
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Cooper Kupp isn’t following the NFL playbook for negotiating a contract extension. Instead of sitting out voluntary workouts while seeking a better deal, as some players on other teams are doing this week, Kupp was an enthusiastic participant when the Rams opened their offseason program on Tuesday in Thousand Oaks. The wide receiver wants to…
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A storm of short duration is expected to bring light rain to Southern California on Thursday evening, April 21, into Friday, meteorologists said Tuesday, April 19. Most parts of the region can expect about one-tenth of an inch of rainfall during the storm, said Brandt Maxwell, meteorologist for the National Weather Service. Coastal mountain parts…
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DETROIT — Gerrit Cole and the Yankees were hoping for a quick night, but never could have imagined anything like this. The ace was chased in the second inning after walking four hitters in the inning — and a career-high five walks total in 1.2 innings — and allowing two runs to score. Cole pounded…
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Chances – and prayers – are that Seal Beach police will never need to apply the skills they honed at McGaugh Elementary on Tuesday, April 19. But, sadly, school shootings have become a recurring tragedy. “It’s the worst scenario we can think of – something terrible happening to our kids,” said Lt. Nick Nicholas. “But…
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Amari Johnson has had to wait his turn. In a new college football world in which players regularly enter the NCAA transfer portal instead of riding the bench, the Miami native has stayed loyal to UCF. Despite a coaching change halfway through his four years and sitting on the depth chart behind wide receivers such…
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center workers plan to picket the Los Angeles facility Wednesday, April 20 to protest workplace violations they say have put them at risk amid the COVID-19 pandemic. State health and safety regulators fined Cedars $97,700 last year for seven citations that were in violation of Cal/OSHA regulations aimed at protecting workplace safety. Four…
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Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn took a break Tuesday from promoting his new TV series about the Watergate scandal and, during a luncheon at Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, sat down with Fox News anchor Bret Baier to promote support for Ukraine and unity for the United States. Penn was in Ukraine in February to film…
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