The Ducks awoke Friday to find themselves closer to the top of the Pacific Division standings than to the bottom, as it’s been since the early days and nights of the 2021-22 season. But there were reasons for concern as they prepared to face the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. Fault lines developed in their overall…
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In 2004, the Cal State Fullerton baseball team opened the season 15-16. This was unacceptable in any year, but particularly intolerable here, given the Titans’ sheer amount of talent. With that, Ken Ravizza, Cal State Fullerton’s pioneer sports psychologist, put a toilet in the Titans’ dugout. That way, they could “flush” their mistakes away and…
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Rick Wakeman is a serious musician. He’s a renowned keyboardist, composer, songwriter and prog rock royalty who in 2017 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with his band Yes, which he has been a member of on and off since 1971. He’s worked as a session musician playing keyboards for legends…
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Give some thought to the plant life in your house when it comes time to sell, and make sure your Ficus and your flowers match your motif. Sitting where you are now, take a look around and see what kind of score you’d give yourself on the pleasant plant scale. For instance, if you have…
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Q: One of our board members sometimes is not available to attend meetings either in person or telephonically and has asked if he could submit a written approve or disapprove sealed proxy for agenda items when the board votes on them in the meeting. — F.B. Temecula A: While the law allows a member to give…
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The Olympics, ostensibly and even officially not about politics, is of course almost always about politics. From the raised black gloves of Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the medal podium in Mexico City in 1968 to the very fact that current-day Russia, due to the government-run doping program aimed at giving its athletes…
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Paul McCartney just announced dates for his Got Back Tour, the former Beatles’ first performances since his 2019 Freshen Up Tour, which sold-out Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The 13-date Got Back Tour will kick off in Spokane, Wash. on April 28 and make its way to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on May 13. Tickets…
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Recently, the Republican National Committee took the extraordinary step of publicly censuring two House Republicans with the purpose of “No Longer Support(ing) Them As Members of the Republican Party.” So what does it take to get kicked out of the party? Well, Congressman Matt Gaetz is still a member in good standing despite being under…
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Liz Angeles, they’re calling it. The Sparks made it official Friday morning: They’ve signed Liz Cambage, the dynamic Australian center and four-time All-Star – an addition they hope will put them in title contention to bring a fourth WNBA title to Los Angeles this season. After missing the playoffs for the first time in a…
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An all-time cornerback combination for the Miami Dolphins is reunited on new coach Mike McDaniel’s coaching staff. Patrick Surtain is joining the Dolphins as a defensive assistant, according to a league source. The news on Friday, first reported by Fox Sports 640, comes days after Miami hired his Dolphins teammate Sam Madison as cornerbacks coach…
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