LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Bob Baffert has sued Churchill Downs and track leadership in federal court, seeking to overturn the embattled Hall of Fame trainer’s two-year suspension on grounds it violated his due process rights. The suit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court names Churchill Downs Inc., CEO William C. Carstanjen and board chair R. Alex…
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The Orange County boys athlete of the week: Name: Ahmad Hammouri School: Western Year: Senior Noteworthy: He scored 35 points and made six 3-pointers in a 65-49 win over Dos Pueblos in the CIF-SS Division 4A championship game. Hammouri, a 6-3 forward, scored 27 points in the second half. He also had 22 points and…
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Although acting coach Trent Yawney said the Kings would not talk about their 7-0 humiliation at the hands of the Boston Bruins on Monday ahead of their game in Dallas against the Stars on Wednesday, it bore some mention in the context of the team’s worst losses historically. The shellacking marked the 11th time in…
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By RONALD BLUM JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball threatened to let its 5 p.m. Tuesday deadline for a labor deal pass and start canceling regular season games, saying it would make a final offer to locked out players as the clock ticked away. The sides made progress during 16 1/2 hours of bargaining…
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The Miami Dolphins’ new offensive scheme under coach Mike McDaniel could be a key factor in determining what they do with their two impending free agent tight ends. Mike Gesicki and Durham Smythe have been joined at the hip since they entered the NFL together as members of Miami’s 2018 draft class, the last one…
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Russia continues to struggle with its invasion of Ukraine, where troops are meeting stiff resistance from Ukraine’s military as well as civilians armed with everything from rifles to Molotov cocktails. While Russian soldiers are running out of food and fuel, they are also firing rockets into residential neighborhoods and using vacuum bombs to generate high-temperature…
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Editor’s note: This is the Tuesday March 1 edition of the Troy Story USC sports newsletter from reporter Adam Grosbard. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Congratulations. You made it. It is officially the first day of March, the month that lays claim to the most perfectly designed sporting event of…
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By Dina Bass | Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. said Zain Nadella, son of Chief Executive Officer Satya, died Monday morning. He was 26 years old and had been born with cerebral palsy. The software maker told its executive staff in an email that Zain had died. The message asked executives to hold the family in their…
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A couple hundred people start the Oso Fit 5K Fun Run and Community Health Fair on Saturday, February 26 at the Norman P. Murray Community and Senior Center in Mission Viejo. (Photo by Michael Fernandez, Contributing Photographer) Oso the bear chases a runner as a couple hundred people run the Oso Fit 5K Fun Run…
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Like spawning salmon, Alaska’s cruise industry has endured an upstream battle over the past few years. 2020’s cruise season in the Last Frontier was wiped out entirely due to something you might have heard of called COVID-19. In 2021, Alaska’s traditional half-yearlong cruise period raised anchor three months late, and it took another lifting —…
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