FONTANA – If you are into demolition derby, or maybe bumper cars, then this weekend’s NASCAR action at the Auto Club Speedway may have been your thing.There was a little bit of racing mixed in with all the bumping and crumpling. There is often more action on Southern California freeways. The crashes and spinouts that…
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Race winner Kyle Larson receives the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Wise Power 400 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG) Race winner Kyle Larson acknowledges the fans after winning the NASCAR Wise Power 400 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana on…
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LOS ANGELES – For a while, Austin Reaves had reason to wonder if fate was keeping him from ascending to the starting lineup. Twice, coach Frank Vogel had told him he was likely to start. The first time in November, Reaves was forced out of action by a hamstring injury for nearly three weeks. The…
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ANAHEIM — John Gibson sat out the Ducks’ 4-0 loss Sunday to the New York Islanders at Honda Center with an illness that the team said was unrelated to COVID-19. Backup Anthony Stolarz replaced him in goal and made 18 saves as the Ducks lost their second consecutive game. As in their 4-1 loss Friday…
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WESTWOOD — The hands of every UCLA gymnast and everyone in the Bruin Den student section flashed all 10 fingers after a floor routine from Chae Campbell. Seconds later, the 10 fingers became a perfect 10.0 score and all that was visible on the floor was Campbell’s ponytail as she was engulfed by her teammates…
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Five Olympic ice skaters, fresh off competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, were celebrated Sunday by hundreds of fans outside the Great Park Ice & Fivepoint Arena, the training home for the athletes. Fans waved mini U.S. flags and held up homemade signs with the names of their favorite Olympians written with multi-colored…
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Foothill did not play in a CIF Southern Section boys basketball championship game. But the Knights were placed in an envious position in the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs. They are seeded No. 1 in Division II. The Knights (27-3), who lost to Long Beach Poly in the CIF-SS Division 2AA semifinals, because they are…
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Los Angeles Galaxy forward Javier Hernández (14) signals to a teammate during the second half of the Los Angeles Galaxy season opener at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. Los Angeles Galaxy defeated the New York City FC 1-0. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr, Contributing Photographer) A Los Angeles…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Orange County girls basketball received its share of respect Sunday in the seeding for the upcoming CIF State SoCal regionals. Rosary and Orangewood Academy earned the top-two seeds in Division I while lower-division, section champions Pacifica Christian and Capistrano Valley Christian — both…
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Big Zu lived up to his moniker Sunday night in Houston. Ivica Zubac had 14 points, a season-high 15 rebounds – and a career-high six blocks, the last of which, on a soaring Christian Wood, was credited after a successful coach’s challenge with 16.1 seconds left and went a long way to securing the Clippers’…
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