In the middle of a Broadway production, Clint Barton, otherwise known as Marvel’s arrow-slinging Avenger, Hawkeye, stares blankly at the stage. The singing ensemble is reduced to a quiet drone in the background. His daughter waves her hand in front of his face. “Dad. Did you turn your hearing aid off?” Hearing loss plays a…
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING — The on-the-slopes portion of what Mikaela Shiffrin hopes will be a “reset” at the Beijing Olympics – moving on from early mistakes that eliminated her from two races – began under a cloudless sky with a pair of trips about a half-hour apart down the competition hill…
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Hanover resident Ron Torbert will serve as referee for Super Bowl 56 on Sunday between the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals, an honor he described as “certainly the highlight” of his 33-year officiating career. Torbert, 58, began his NFL officiating career in 2010 after working at the high school and college level for more…
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The United States will compete in curling and ice hockey among other events on Feb. 10. Below is the complete Winter Olympics schedule for local television on Thursday: CNBC 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Women’s Curling – U.S. vs. Denmark 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Men’s Curling – U.S. vs. Great Britain (LIVE) 8 p.m.…
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PORTLAND, Ore. — For once, it wasn’t about who the Lakers didn’t have. Although they played their first game without Russell Westbrook, Portland’s roster, gutted by injuries and a flurry of trades, was resorting to rotation minutes from Trenton Watford, Greg Brown III and Keljin Blevins – all players that Blazers coach Chauncey Billups admitted would…
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By the time Nathan Chen landed the fifth at final quad jump in the Olympic Games free skate Thursday the gold medal was no longer in dispute. The only real question remaining is Chen the greatest of all-time in a sport he has revolutionized? Chen, the son of a daughter of Beijing, completed a journey…
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Chloe Kim’s continued domination of the halfpipe has left her so far above the rest of the sport that she needed just one run to defend her Olympic gold medal. But then again defying gravity has never been the issue for the 21-year-old from Torrance. It was life back down on earth that was the…
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Three years ago, Sean McVay’s voice didn’t show the wear and tear of coaching a Super Bowl team until after the game. This time, he started to lose it five days out from Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI between the Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium. “I feel great, I just sound like (expletive).…
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The murmur of a faint Los Angeles memory is still alive somewhere deep in the circuits of my aged neural synapses: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 1970-something. With dad, a hot dog, and a dream come true — watching Wendell Tyler run. It was Rams against somebody — can’t remember who. But I can still remember…
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PORTLAND, Ore. — On Tuesday night, Russell Westbrook didn’t play in the fourth quarter. On Wednesday night, he didn’t play at all. The embattled 33-year-old star sat out for the team’s game against the Blazers with lower back tightness, his first missed game of the season. ESPN reported that Westbrook first felt the tightness toward…
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