Beyond the positions of a handful of players, there were few surprises in the Orioles’ lineup for Friday’s season opener against the Tampa Bay Rays. Facing Baltimore-born left-hander Shane McClanahan, center field Cedric Mullins began the year in the leadoff spot he occupied for all of his 149 starts during his 30-30 season. After setting…
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The Miami Dolphins filled their punter vacancy on Friday by signing veteran Thomas Morstead, according to a league source. Mostead, 36, a longtime New Orleans Saints punter, visited Dolphins facilities on Wednesday before deciding to join the team on Friday. Signing the veteran gives Miami one fewer team need going into draft later this month.…
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The Chicago Cubs’ game Friday against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field was postponed because of rain in the forecast. The game is scheduled to be made up May 30 as the second half of a split doubleheader. More to come ()
By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station on Friday for more than a week’s stay, as NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist destination. It’s SpaceX’s first private charter flight to the orbiting lab after…
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Tim Shaw, a member of the Orange County Board of Education, is likely to face a lawsuit as he seeks election to a seat has has held, off and on, for most of the past two years. California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued an opinion Thursday, April 7, saying there was a “substantial legal issue”…
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What do you do when your once proud baseball team follows a 95-loss year with 21 straight defeats to open the new season? When the franchise, which had secured its third World Series title just five years earlier, manages to acquire one of the most inglorious records for ineptitude in the history of sport? Of…
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Live updates throughout the weekend from the 2019 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Related Articles Motorsports | Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach: Will Power thrilled about nice start after frustrating 2021 Motorsports | Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach: Auberlen, Zanardi inducted into Walk of Fame Motorsports | Acura Grand Prix of Long…
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Dedrique Taylor was sitting in a San Antonio hotel room 13 days after he experienced a rush only a coach in his or a similar mid-major position on the college basketball coaching food chain can relate to. It’s a rush better than anything coming out of a lab or pharmacy could produce. A rush only…
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Liam Hendriks knows not to get too caught up in preseason projections, whether your team is picked to finish first or near the bottom of the division standings. “Projections, that’s all they are, projections,” the Chicago White Sox closer told the Tribune this week in Glendale, Ariz. “They’re not going to be as clear and…
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Years ago, Robert Kerbeck read an early chapter of what would become his new memoir “Ruse: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street” at a writer’s conference. It got a reaction. “People were just fascinated by the world of corporate spying,” the author says by phone from the tool shed-turned-surfer shack at his…
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