To put the Miami Heat’s variety and depth of defenders into perspective, consider that Erik Spoelstra’s team in Sunday’s 115-91 playoff-opening victory at FTX Arena was able to contain Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young without even utilizing their Young-stopper. Cast in that role during the regular season, as recently as the teams’ meeting a week…
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This was what the Miami Heat needed when they needed it, Sunday’s 115-91 victory at FTX Arena. Not to necessarily set a tone in this best-of-seven opening-round NBA playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks. Not to necessarily stomp on an opponent that had survived the play-in round just 39 hours earlier. And not to necessarily…
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ARLINGTON, Texas — The Angels got a scare when Mike Trout was hit in the left hand by a pitch in the fifth inning of the Angels game on Sunday against the Texas Rangers, but initial X-rays were negative and Trout is listed as day to day. Trout was hit by a 3-and-2 slider from…
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In spring training, Rougned Odor subtly bemoaned his time with the New York Yankees. He described their usage of him at third base as “uncomfortable.” The club’s facial hair policy caused him to shave his signature beard, making him unrecognizable to even his daughter. Sunday at Camden Yards, he got his revenge, drilling a pinch-hit,…
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While artist merchandise has long been a part of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival experience, there’s been a major shift in how the performers present and sell their wares. The main merch tent, which houses hundreds of performer T-shirts, hoodies, bandanas, socks, posters, blankets, stickers, patches and more, had a steady line of…
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Q: I planted two new four-foot avocado trees in the last two weeks. Some of the leaves are turning brown and falling off. I am in zone 9. I am hand watering twice a week with two gallons of water per tree. Any suggestions? A: Depending on the soil drainage, two gallons twice a week…
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The Clippers had 15 players miss a combined 345 games this season, including a couple kind-of-a-big-deal guys named Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, who missed all or most of the season, respectively. And then the team also got boxed out of the playoffs for just the second time in 11 seasons. Bummer, right? But when…
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The Atlanta Hawks had forward John Collins, the West Palm Beach Cardinal Newman product, back in their mix for Sunday’s playoff opener against the Miami Heat at FTX Arena. Collins had been sidelined since March 11 with a sprained right ring finger and a strained right foot. Collins’ return comes in the wake of Hawks…
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We all know the voices that populate baseball’s airwaves during games. They are distinct and they are hilarious. Any given week of the season, we don’t just get the play by play and commentary of the action on the field. We get the stories from their personal lives. We get the jokes they make about…
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Disney has really stepped in it, hasn’t it? The company found itself thrust into the latest culture war trap, the so-called “Don’t say gay” bill. After publicly opposing the law, the company has drawn the ire of the right, from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis threatening to pull the company’s special privilege of operating as its…
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