Steve Fryer’s list of outstanding baseball players last week: Xavier Cardenas, Servite, Sr., P: Cardenas allowed only one hit with nine strikeouts over 5.1 innings in the Friars’ 7-2 win over Santa Margarita, the first of their wins in a three-game sweep in their Trinity League series. Jackson Freeman, Tesoro, Jr., OF/P: He was 4…
Read more
“It stinks.” That was Ryan Poles’ reaction when he learned the Buffalo Bills matched the offer sheet Ryan Bates signed with the Chicago Bears last week, giving the first-year general manager more work to do to upgrade the offensive line. The Bears were optimistic they would land Bates, a versatile lineman that generated solid interest…
Read more
This week’s CIF-SS baseball polls, released Monday, March 28. CIF-SS BASEBALL POLLS (Selected by the CIF-SS Baseball Advisory Committee) DIVISION 1 1 Orange Lutheran 2 Harvard-Westlake 3 Yucaipa 4 Servite 5 Santa Margarita 6 Villa Park 7 Cypress 8 Huntington Beach 9 Corona 10 Notre Dame/SO Others: Trabuco Hills, ML King, San Dimas, La Mirada,…
Read more
From the start of the season, folding Nikola Vučević into the offense has stumped the Chicago Bulls. In December, coach Billy Donovan admitted he still hadn’t found the right role for the center. Vučević’s 18 points per game represent a major dip in scoring from his previous seasons as an All-Star with the Orlando Magic.…
Read more
TEMPE, Ariz. — Early in spring training, Mike Ashman, one of the Angels batting practice pitchers, came up to catcher Anthony Murine, and asked how his shoulder was feeling. Mulrine just shrugged at yet another case of mistaken identity. No, he’s not Chris Rodriguez. “It happens all the time,” Mulrine said. “I’m convinced people have…
Read more
Mike Tomlin says he did not hire Brian Flores as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers out of sympathy for the former Miami Dolphins head coach. Tomlin, who like Flores is Black, did so because Flores is “a good coach.” That Flores had sued the NFL and three teams — the Dolphins, Giants and…
Read more
Saturday, April 2 marks the start of the second season for KFI’s (640 AM) “Unsolved” series hosted by Steve Gregory. The program runs every Saturday from 8 to 10 p.m. “Unsolved” tells the story of major crimes that went cold. They remain on the books of local and federal police agencies – LA County Sheriff,…
Read more
A large fire damaged a furniture store in Santa Ana on Monday morning, March 28. Firefighters were called to a blaze at Z Furniture Outlet in the 1200 block of W. First Street at around 7:25 a.m., according to Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Greg Barta. Firefighters battled a “significant” amount of fire at the…
Read more
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Dodgers traded reserve outfielder Matt Beaty to the San Diego Padres for a minor-league pitcher Monday. Beaty, 28, was designated for assignment last week when the Dodgers needed to clear a roster spot for Hanser Alberto. The right-handed Alberto is projected to fill a bench role for the Dodgers while Beaty…
Read more
PLAYA VISTA – Forward Nicolas Batum is not among the people who believe that Sunday’s stunning Oscars moment when Will Smith smacked Chris Rock was staged. No, the slap was too hard. Clippers coach Tyronn Lue took his own swipe – verbally – before practice Monday, playing some fierce defense in response to a critical…
Read more
