By HOWARD FENDRICH BEIJING (AP) — Two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin’s second race at the Beijing Games was over even more quickly than her first. The 26-year-old American skidded out of control about five seconds into the opening run of the slalom Wednesday and was out of the event, just like that. That was even…
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While a recall effort in Westminster took one step forward, another fizzled in neighboring Huntington Beach. On Saturday, Feb. 5, activists looking to oust Westminster Councilman Carlos Manzo left petitions bearing 2,873 unverified signatures – about 700 more than legally required but well under what is recommended by voting experts – at City Hall. But…
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The FBI quietly arrested a man living in Pomona late last month after he apparently attempted to sell gun attachments to a local group of anti-government extremists to make their firearms more deadly and easier to conceal, according to court documents. Matthew Edward Chen was arrested on Jan. 28, about a week after he sold…
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Jessie Diggins, the U.S. cross-country star, showed she is not a one-Olympics wonder Tuesday when she captured the bronze medal in the women’s freestyle sprint at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Center. Her medal was her second in two Games, but the first individual Olympic medal for an American woman in cross-country skiing. The unquestioned…
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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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