LOS ANGELES — Whether April Fools’ Day jokes land can be a matter of taste. Trying to make light of his injury situation, LeBron James landed squarely in this gray area on Friday morning. The 37-year-old Lakers star might have shaken unsuspecting fans for a moment when he tweeted: “I’m out for the season officially,”…
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Trevor Zegras tried a between-the-legs shot from near the right goalpost midway through the first period of the Ducks’ 5-0 victory on Friday night at Gila River Arena. It proved to be too ambitious, given the sharp angle, and Arizona Coyotes goaltender Karel Vejmelka made a routine save. Zegras didn’t flinch, didn’t…
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LOS ANGELES — The Lakers have long contended that as long as they’re healthy together, they can compete. On Friday night, the band was finally back together: LeBron James was tossing chalk dust in the air. Anthony Davis was leaping into the team huddle after introductions. The Big Three with Russell Westbrook got to play…
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The number of Ukrainians escaping their war-torn country and arriving in the United States via Tijuana is growing fast. Early last week, the San Ysidro Port of Entry saw 20-30 people a day; now it’s in the hundreds. And once at the border, the next step to their possible new lives begins with a simple,…
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All the stars were out. So, naturally, an all-star game broke out. The brightest star in the constellation: Robert Covington, who was a supernova Friday. He set a franchise record with 11 3-pointers en route to a career-high 43 points in a rollicking, high-scoring, ultimately lopsided 153-119 victory at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, where the…
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After months of failed negotiations, union representatives for Stater Bros. workers have reached a tenative labor agreement with the supermarket chain. Details of the contract were not revealed, but United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770 announced the update Friday, April 1 in a post on its website. “Your hard work and dedication to standing…
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By JOHN NICHOLSON AP Sports Writer RANCHO MIRAGE — Hinako Shibuno’s first impression of Mission Hills Country Club was far from confidence-inspiring – and, in hindsight, mistaken. “It was a hard course for me. I couldn’t even imagine I could play here,” the 23-year-old from Japan said through a translator on Friday, recalling the initial…
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LA HABRA – Sonora had six infield singles Friday. As Sonora baseball coach Rich Lodding said with a wry smile, “Tomorrow they’re line drives.” Those ground ball base hits that never left the infield were as effective for the Raiders as line drives to the outfield in their 13-4 win over Fullerton in a Freeway…
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Orlando area high school scores and top performers from Friday. You can go to SentinelVarsity.com for more news and look here for previous nightly scores collections: Boys basketball GEICO HIGH SCHOOL NATIONALS At Florida SouthWestern State College in Fort Myers Montverde Academy 62, IMG Academy 57 Buzz: Dariq Whitehead had 21 points for the Eagles…
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By Tom Hays and Larry Neumeister | Associated Press NEW YORK — A U.S. judge refused to throw out Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction Friday, despite a juror’s failure to disclose before the trial began that he’d been a victim of childhood sexual abuse. Maxwell, a British socialite, was convicted in December of helping the…
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