Editor’s note: Gilbert Manzano, SCNG’s NFL reporter, finally found the coffee station at Super Bowl radio row and he spotted several Hall of Famers and current NFL stars inside the Los Angeles Convention Center. Here’s what Manzano saw and heard from Day 5 of Super Bowl LVI week: LOS ANGELES — Washington Commanders coach Ron…
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THOUSAND OAKS — There have been enough unexpected heroes in Super Bowl history that the NFL could honor them with a short Walk of (Overnight) Fame. If any Ram plays that role in Sunday’s Super Bowl against the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium, he might properly be termed an unlikely hero – but not quite…
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ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Lindsey Jacobellis has won her second gold medal of the Olympics, teaming with 40-year-old Nick Baumgartner for the title in the new event of mixed snowboardcross on Saturday (Friday night PT). The 36-year-old Jacobellis took gold earlier this week in the women’s event; it came 16 years after a late showboat move…
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LOS ALAMITOS >> Playing on the road has proven to be an advantage for the San Clemente boys soccer team this season. The Tritons came away with their biggest road victory of the season Friday in the first round of the CIF SS Division 1 playoffs against Los Alamitos. The Tritons scored two late goals…
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ZHANGJIAKOU, China — U.S. Ski & Snowboard is investigating allegations of sexual misconduct by longtime coach Peter Foley and the use of racist language by Olympian Hagan Kearney, both of whom are in China this week. Former snowboardcross rider Callan Chythlook-Sifsof, a member of the 2010 Olympic team, wrote in an Instagram post that Foley…
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Opponents of a proposed desalination plant in Huntington Beach have released a 3-D simulation of how water inching inland as sea levels rise in the future could flood the area to help make their argument against the project. Poseidon Water’s proposal for the plant is working its way through various agencies getting approvals necessary to…
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LOS ANGELES — Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire described Mike Kafka to The Daily News on Friday as an indispensable and detail-oriented coach who will elevate the Giants offense to new heights. “The New York Giants got an absolute stud,” Kelce said of Brian Daboll’s new offensive coordinator.…
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Trenton Irwin and Josh Tupou have taken several flights to LAX, but this was the first time they arrived in nifty white jumpsuits with photographers surrounding the plane. “Dang, there’s the media as soon as you arrive at the airport,” Irwin said about the Cincinnati Bengals’ airport arrival on Tuesday. “I still don’t know if…
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At least two sets of lifetime passes to the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival sold for more than a quarter of a million dollars in the festival’s NFT auction, which closed Friday, Feb. 11. The long-running music festival, which happens at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, first announced a venture into the NFT…
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THOUSAND OAKS — Time ran out Friday on the Rams’ hopes of having tight end Tyler Higbee and offensive lineman Joe Noteboom ready to play in the Super Bowl against the Cincinnati Bengals. Both were placed on injured reserve, Higbee with a knee sprain suffered in the Rams’ victory over the San Francisco 49ers in…
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