The Memphis Grizzlies really have the Clippers’ number this season. To be fair, at 38-18, Memphis has much of the league figured out. The Clippers, though, for certain. With Tuesday’s 135-109 victory at FedExForum, Ja Morant and Co. improved to 4-0 against Coach Tyronn Lue’s squad this season. The Clippers (27-29) were mostly listless, undisciplined…
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By PAT GRAHAM ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — For snowboarder Chloe Kim, it was just a leisurely stroll through the halfpipe on a crisp morning with snowflakes periodically falling. No big risks. No big tricks. Just another routine day at her office. The defending Olympic champion from Torrance cruised through the halfpipe on her first run…
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Editor’s note: Gilbert Manzano, SCNG’s NFL reporter, finally found the coffee station at Super Bowl radio row and spotted several Hall of Famers inside the Los Angeles Convention Center. The atmosphere picked up Tuesday after a quiet opening day. Here’s what Manzano saw and heard from Day 2 of Super Bowl LVI week: LOS ANGELES…
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At the end of an Olympic epic in which Nathan Chen soared like a star shooting through a sky full of brilliance, his sport, like the rest of the planet unable to do anything but look on with amazement, the 22-year-old dropped a hint that he might be human after all. At least off the…
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Anything you can do, I can do better? Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray is the only player to be picked in the first round of the Major League Baseball and NFL drafts, but there’s still time for Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson to prove himself on the diamond. The 2019 NFL Most Valuable Player retweeted a…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Orange County girls basketball was well-represented throughout most of the playoff brackets released Tuesday by the CIF Southern Section. From three teams in the high-profile Open Division to two high seeds in Division 5AA, the county appears to have several title contenders. Orange…
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By Alan Fram | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation the House approved Tuesday. The election-year bill, coming at a time of widespread complaints about slower…
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By SYLVIE CORBET and DASHA LITVINOVA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him that Moscow would not further escalate the Ukraine crisis. Macron also said it would take time to find a diplomatic solution to the rising tensions, which represent the biggest security crisis between…
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As officials battled over Yucca Mountain, temporary storage sites and deep borehole technology, some 190 million pounds of highly radioactive waste piled up at commercial nuclear reactors all over the nation. Workers remove a turbine rotor from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in December. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG) That includes 3.6…
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Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus has hired three new coaches: defensive line coach Travis Smith, tight ends coach Jim Dray and assistant offensive line coach Austin King. Dray has four years of coaching experience, including three in the NFL. He was the offensive quality control coach for the Cleveland Browns in 2019 and for the…
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