LOS ANGELES — A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady’s family will plead guilty to fraud, federal prosecutors said Monday. Scott V. Spina Jr. of Roseland, NJ has agreed to plead guilty…
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LOS ANGELES — And Tyronn Lue talked about being frustrated before the game. Just about everything was a struggle for his Clippers on Monday, when they made their final game at Staples Center as Staples Center (it will officially be Crypto.com Arena when the Clippers host Denver on Dec. 26) one to forget. The 116-92…
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The Chicago Bears played Monday night’s game against the Minnesota Vikings without 14 players who were on the reserve/COVID-19 list and a handful of others who were out with injuries. Precision, discipline and anything resembling winning football were missing too. The list of Bears mistakes in the 17-9 loss — which officially eliminated the Bears…
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For more than 30 years, Jim Lindberg has belted out attitude-driven in-your-face skate punk jams. The Pennywise frontman has helped cement a place for the band as genre legends with songs that question authority and testosterone-filled tunes like “Bro Hymn.” With his punk creds fully earned and undisputed, the 56-year-old Manhattan Beach resident took a…
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Ravens offensive snap counts vs. Green Bay Packers 12/19/21 Alejandro Villanueva T 70 Ben Cleveland G 70 Kevin Zeitler G 70 Tyler Huntley QB 70 Bradley Bozeman C 70 Rashod Bateman WR 65 Marquise Brown WR 62 Mark Andrews TE 56 David Sharpe T 47 Devonta Freeman RB 39 Latavius Murray RB 29 Tyre Phillips…
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The Miami Dolphins might be one of the NFL’s hottest teams coming off Sunday’s 31-24 fourth-quarter win over the New York Jets, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Although Miami (7-7) is back to .500 on the season, and the Dolphins are officially in the hunt for one of seven AFC spots in the…
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Call it revenge travel. Nearly two years after COVID-19 first reared its head in the U.S., Southern Californians are eager to make up for the holiday trips they canceled or put on hold last year. Despite a reinstated mask mandate, social-distancing guidelines and the spread of the omicron variant, travelers say they’re anxious to get…
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On a de facto basis, Californians have had a right to shelter for many years. But plenty of unhoused people have never had the opportunity to exercise that right and plenty of others just aren’t interested. Together, these two populations make up much of the approximately 160,000 homeless population in this state on any given…
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Ravens kicker Justin Tucker and fullback Patrick Ricard led the AFC at their respective positions in Pro Bowl fan voting, the NFL announced Monday. Tucker, a four-time Pro Bowl selection, received 186,812 votes, more than double what the Atlanta Falcons’ Younghoe Koo, the NFC’s leading vote-getter, received (80,713). Tucker is 29-for-31 on field-goal attempts and…
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The Miami Dolphins can finally say they aren’t a losing team during this 2021 season. It’s been a long road, but courtesy of Sunday’s 31-24 win over the New York Jets, for at least one week, the Dolphins are back to .500 at 7-7 on the year. One more win and the Dolphins are legitimately…
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