LOS ANGELES — Natalie Chou scored a game-high 19 points and made five 3-pointers as the UCLA women’s basketball team defeated UC Irvine, 61-48, in a first round of the WNIT on Friday night at Pauley Pavilion. Chou, a senior, finished 6 for 9 from the field, going 5 for 7 from behind the arc. IImar’I…
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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer INDIAN WELLS — Iga Swiatek rallied from a break down in each set to beat Simona Halep, 7-6 (6), 6-4, on Friday night and reach the final of the BNP Paribas Open. Maria Sakkari outlasted defending champion Paula Badosa, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, and will play Swiatek in Sunday’s final.…
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HUNTINGTON BEACH — Senior pitcher Matt Lopez put together a strong pitching performance for 6 1/3 innings and played a role in two of Huntington Beach’s runs in a 3-1 victory over rival Edison in a Surf League game Friday at Edison High School. The Oilers, who are ranked No. 5 in Orange County and…
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — The Tesoro baseball team received some late-game heroics from Jake Lambdin and beat Pacifica 4-3 in 10 innings Friday in the opening game of the Anaheim Lions Tournament at Tesoro High. Lambdin, an Xavier commit, took the mound in the ninth inning with a runner on third base and no outs.…
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ANAHEIM — For the record, the Ducks’ winless streak reached six consecutive games with a 3-0 loss to Florida on Friday night at Honda Center, a game that began with Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad suffering an apparent right leg injury after a collision with teammate Aleksander Barkov. Meanwhile, with the trade deadline looming ever larger…
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The Chicago Bulls returned home empty-handed from a three-game West Coast trip after a 129-102 blowout loss to the Phoenix Suns, sending the team to its third straight loss and eighth in 10 games. The Bulls threw in the towel with four minutes left on the clock as both teams subbed out their starters in…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent State of the State speech was nearly miraculous: at 18 minutes it was remarkably short — and still about 17 minutes too long. Newsom’s monologue was remarkable for its soaring dishonesty, prevarication that reached a peak when he declared that he has sparked a “real transformation of our public education system…
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A San Diego man who survived being shot in the face by police after holding a woman hostage and shooting at multiple people in a Costa Mesa neighborhood was sentenced to 21 years in state prison on Friday. The Orange County District Attorney’s office had asked for a minimum sentence of 35 years to life…
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At least they beat Kristaps Porzingis. The return of the savior-turned-villain to MSG became a nail-biter for the Knicks, who defeated Porzingis and the Wizards on Friday night, 100-97, continuing their too-little-too-late surge to end the season. It ended with dramatics, as the Knicks, who led throughout, nearly blew a double-digit lead in the fourth…
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How soon is help on the way? It’s a question that is as pressing as ever for the Lakers, who were only treading water when Anthony Davis was healthy, but have fallen off even more since he got hurt. There’s at least some hope that he’s progressing from his midfoot sprain: Davis took the court…
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