Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Santa Ana girls water polo coach Maer Cruz estimates that one or two of his players knew how to swim before entering high school. None of his players, he adds, knew the eggbeater kick, water polo’s other foundational technique that allows players to…
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NEW YORK (AP) — P.J. O’Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who re-fashioned the irreverence and “Gonzo” journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a distinctive brand of conservative and libertarian commentary, has died at age 74. O’Rourke died Tuesday morning, according to Grove Atlantic Inc. Books publisher and president Morgan Entrekin. He did not cite…
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IRVINE — Ducks coach Dallas Eakins could stock the center position with some grizzled veterans for the final 33 games of the regular season, starting with Wednesday’s game against the Calgary Flames, but that would be counterproductive as they continue their all-important rebuilding efforts. Eakins could ice a lineup that includes veterans Ryan Getzlaf, Adam…
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Insomniac’s Nocturnal Wonderland will celebrate its 27th year at the Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernardino County Sept. 17 and 18. The long-running EDM festival has been held at the park in Devore since 2013, but its website states that this year will be its final one at this venue, although this isn’t the…
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When the Seattle Storm drafted speedy point guard Jordin Canada No. 5 overall in the 2018 WNBA Draft, no professional sports team in L.A. had won a championship in the previous eight years besides the Sparks. Fast forward four years and Canada has two titles to her credit as a member of the Storm –…
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Before the Rams won Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, Rams general manager Les Snead was talking about what might come next. That’s a relief for any fans who thought trading more high draft picks to go all-in on winning the Super Bowl in the season it would be played at SoFi Stadium meant the Rams…
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The Miami Dolphins are reportedly turning to a veteran NFL assistant to coordinate the passing game, and coach the team’s quarterbacks. According to multiple reports, Darrell Bevell, who last served as the offensive coordinator and interim head coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars, is the front-runner to serve as Mike McDaniel’s passing-game coordinator, and quarterbacks coach.…
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Calvary Chapel qualified 11 boys wrestlers to compete in the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet, the most of any Orange County team. Servite, Fountain Valley and San Clemente are all sending seven wrestlers to Masters, which takes place Friday and Saturday at Sonora High School. The Masters, which is the qualifier for the CIF State…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now GIRLS WATER POLO Wednesday’s CIF-SS semifinal schedule Open Division At Woollett Aquatics Center Orange Lutheran-Laguna Beach, 5:30 p.m., Foothill-Newport Harbor, 7 p.m. Division 1 At Woollett Aquatics Center Harvard-Westlake-Corona del Mar, 5 p.m., ML King-Agoura, 6:30 p.m. Division 2 Edison-San Juan Hills, at…
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