By HOWARD FENDRICH BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin completed the super-G at the Beijing Olympics on Friday in a time way out of medal contention — but for the first time in three races at the 2022 Games, she made it to the finish. The two-time Olympic Alpine gold medalist crossed the line at the…
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INGLEWOOD — Rams receiver Cooper Kupp was named the AP Offensive Player of the Year at the 2022 NFL Honors Award Show on Thursday night. Kupp won the receiving triple crown this season, leading the league with 145 receptions, 1,947 yards receiving and 16 touchdown catches while helping the Rams to the NFC West title.…
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The schedule for the Orange County teams in Friday’s CIF-SS boys basketball playoffs. CIF-SS BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS FRIDAY, FEB. 11 All games start 7 p.m. unless noted OPEN DIVISION Pool play, first round Pool A: #5 Damien at #4 Crean Lutheran Pool B: #6 Mater Dei at #3 Harvard-Westlake DIVISION 1 First round, Friday, Feb.…
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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AND JAMES ELLINGWORTH BEIJING (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s right to compete in the women’s event at the Beijing Olympics will be decided at an urgent hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The International Testing Agency — on behalf of the IOC — said Friday it would fight…
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The archbishops of Los Angeles and Cincinnati are getting into the Super Bowl spirit — placing a friendly wager on their respective home teams ahead of Sunday’s big game between the Rams and Bengals. Archbishop José H. Gomez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is putting a batch of baked treats from the famed L.A.…
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INGLEWOOD — Rams offensive tackle Andrew Whitworth cemented his legacy for his charitable work off the field on Thursday night when he was named the 2021 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year at the NFL Honors award show. As the winner of the award, he will receive $250,000 to donate to the charity of…
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A four-time MVP, three Super Bowl players and the beginning of a brother act. The Associated Press 2021 NFL awards had a bit of everything, starting with Aaron Rodgers becoming the fifth player to repeat as most valuable player. Despite the turmoil of training camp and the headlines the Green Bay Packers quarterback created when…
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They lined up at the bottom of Olympic Games halfpipe on a sundrenched freezing morning dusted with a coat of history and emotion, Swiss, Australian, Japanese, German riders, side by side, forming a sort of snowboard honor guard for greatest to ever clip into a board. Shaun White, the three-time Olympic champion, smiled and laughed…
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In Finland, a permanent repository for spent nuclear waste is licensed and under construction. In Sweden, the government has given its blessing to a final resting place. France has identified a site, Canada is in the final stages of choosing one, Japan and Switzerland have started geologic and other investigations. The U.S., meanwhile, has been…
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On football Sundays in the 1960s, Pablo Robertson and his dad made a sport of retreating to their 1961 Chevy Biscayne after church to catch the Los Angeles Rams game on the radio while Robertson’s mom chit-chatted with other parishioners. This football Sunday, Robertson, now 71, and his son will be a little closer to…
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