Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now The Orange County girls athlete of the week: Name: Kaelani Shufeldt School: Marina Sport: Girls wrestling Year: Senior Noteworthy: Shufeldt placed second in the 101-pound division at the CIF State girls wrestling championships in Bakersfield to help the Vikings capture the team title. She…
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Thanks to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s extended State of Emergency, the California State Assembly is turning into a Witness Protection Program. Although, to be fair, most Californians could probably still pick Gavin Newsom out of a line-up. He’d be the one not wearing a mask. According to a recent report from CalMatters, practically everyone in the…
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Disney has made two huge moves with its new Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. The two-day, two-night interactive experience is the most audacious creative production in the history of the Walt Disney theme parks. And it is the most expensive ticket in Disney Parks history, too. Judging from…
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Cardiovascular disease, affecting the heart and blood vessels, remains the No. 1 killer for both men and women in the United States. Paying attention to risk factors and leading a healthy lifestyle can help keep your heart healthy. A staggering one in four deaths in the United States is attributed to heart disease. While the…
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Ryan Poles’ initial assessment of the Chicago Bears roster and overall operation was necessarily critical. It came through clear eyes and without emotional attachments. There were, after all, many reasons major changes were being made at Halas Hall. And Poles had no reservations about sharing his appraisal in a direct, detailed manner that immediately resonated…
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Eric DeCosta expects to have a lot of NFL draft picks this April. He also expects a lot from those picks. At his season-ending news conference last month, the Ravens general manager couldn’t say where the team would pop up over the course of the three-day circus; compensatory picks have yet to be awarded, and…
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By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing disquiet at home and danger abroad, President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address at a precipitous moment for the nation, aiming to navigate the country out of a pandemic, reboot his stalled domestic agenda and confront Russia’s aggression. The speech…
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By YURAS KARMANAU, JIM HEINTZ, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian strikes pounded the central square in Ukraine’s second-largest city and other civilian targets Tuesday and a 40-mile convoy of tanks and other vehicles threatened the capital. Ukraine’s embattled president accused Moscow of resorting to terror tactics to press Europe’s largest…
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Playmakers are useless without protection. And if you are just going by the raw numbers, you would say the Jets’ offensive line play in 2021 was abysmal. Gang Green’s quarterbacks were sacked 53 times, fourth most in the NFL. But hard as it is to believe, the O-line was better than what the counting stats…
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It’s been nearly 10 years since the Ravens won their last Super Bowl, and they still haven’t been able to replace the star talent on that roster. They didn’t need to find eventual Hall of Famers like linebacker Ray Lewis or safety Ed Reed, but rather some players who were simply able to lead through…
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