Silver medalist pairs skaters Brandon Frazier, left, poses for a selife after he arrived at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana on Monday, February 21, 2022 after competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Olympic medalist pairs skaters Alexa Knierim, left, and Brandon Frazier are loaded down…
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. — Baseball negotiations resumed with renewed intensity Monday in an effort to salvage Opening Day, and Major League Baseball made slight moves toward locked-out players. With perhaps a week left to salvage Opening Day, union head Tony Clark attended negotiations for the first time since the MLB…
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By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard has been suspended for the final five games of the regular season and fined $40,000 for hitting a Wisconsin assistant in the head, triggering a postgame melee. The Big Ten Conference also on Monday suspended three players one game for…
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By Steve LeBlanc and Danica Coto | Associated Press BOSTON — Dr. Paul Farmer, a U.S. physician, humanitarian and author renowned for providing health care to millions of impoverished people worldwide and who co-founded the global nonprofit Partners in Health, has died. He was 62. The Boston-based organization confirmed Farmer’s death on Monday, calling it…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Dan Albano’s Fab 5 outstanding girls basketball players last week, Feb. 21 Mya Barnes, Rosary, Fr., F: Barnes scored 16 points, including a game-winning layup at the buzzer, and grabbed eight rebounds to help lift the Royals past Windward 60-58 in a…
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The local schedule for the CIF-SS boys basketball and boys soccer games Tuesday. TUESDAY CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL Games start at 7 p.m. Divison 1 St. John Bosco at JSerra Division 2AA Long Beach Poly at Foothill Division 2A St. Paul at San Juan Hills La Mirada at Edison Division 3A Dana Hills at Long Beach…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Monday, Feb. 21. Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. MONDAY’S SCORES BASEBALL PBR TOURNAMENT Capistrano Valley 3, Mira Costa 0 Foothill 4, Chaminade 3
CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS DIVISION 1 ST. JOHN BOSCO (22-9) VS. JSERRA (18-9) Where, when: JSerra High School, Tuesday, 7 p.m. Outlook: St. John Bosco and JSerra split their two Trinity League games during the regular season. JSerra defeated St. John Bosco 63-52 on Jan. 7. St. John Bosco defeated the Lions 59-54 on Jan.…
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It is the time of year we celebrate our presidents, so here’s a 46-question quiz in honor of America’s 46 presidents. Quiz score: 41-46 correct: Two-term president 31-40: One-term president 0-30 correct: Unelected 1. Were any presidents born on Presidents’ Day? Yes, or no. Answer: No. It is always celebrated on the third Monday of…
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IRVINE — If there was one reason the Ducks found themselves in the thick of an increasingly compelling Stanley Cup playoff race Monday, it was their high-powered power play. It was, after all, a significant help through the season’s first 50 games rather than the hindrance it was last season. The Ducks were ranked fifth…
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