Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…
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An exciting trip to a restaurant might cap at a shattering crash of dishes or a flirtatious back-and-forth with the server, leaving behind a scribbled number on a napkin – just in case. Rarely does such an outing involve something like, well, murder. Bringing every server’s darkest fantasy to life, the Theatre Guild invites an…
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By TIM CRONIN The Associated Press CHICAGO — Blake Lizotte scored twice, Phillip Danault had a goal and an assist and the Kings snapped a three-game skid with a 5-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday night. Trevor Moore and Jordan Spence also scored for Los Angeles. Jonathan Quick finished with 18 saves. Taylor…
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The last swing of the eighth inning — a halfhearted check swing on a low changeup — was the last straw for some inside Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Tuesday. As Baltimore loaded the bases and then left them that way with three straight strikeouts, there were boos heard, and more than a handful…
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Kyrie Irving would like to keep it private. Ramadan for him is a spiritual journey to be shared exclusively between himself and God. So when basketball fans on social media refer to him as “Ramadan Kyrie” between April 1 and May 1, Irving appreciates the recognition, but it’s a sacred period of time. “It’s the…
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MINNEAPOLIS — Chippy, tense, physical, sticky – everything you might expect from an NBA play-in game, apparently. The Clippers’ first stab at the play-in – and the Minnesota Timberwolves’ first taste of post-regular-season competition since 2004-05 – pitted the teams in a 7-vs.-8 play-in game that felt a lot like a playoff game. Patrick Beverley,…
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SUNRISE, Fla. — The ice has been tilted in John Gibson’s direction for almost every game since, well, as long as he’s been without a victory, and that’s been since a March 1 win over the Boston Bruins. He has been under siege for the better part of 12 consecutive games, losing 12 in a…
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For three quarters of their 115-108 play-in victory over the Cavaliers, the Nets gave the fans what they wanted. A victory for a championship contender is supposed to feel dominant. It’s supposed to feel effortless. It’s supposed to remove any shadow of a doubt as to which of the two competing teams is better. A…
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PHILADELPHIA — If Tylor Megill’s first terrific start of the season was just a trial-run against a rebuilding Nationals team, then his second outing of the year against a loaded Phillies lineup was a big test. Megill, again unflappable, passed with flying colors. The young right-hander picked up where he left off on Opening Day,…
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Chicago Cubs manager David Ross had been banished from the dugout and clubhouse, forced to watch Tuesday’s series opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates from elsewhere in PNC Park. Ross served a one-game suspension from Saturday’s incident involving right-hander Keegan Thompson intentionally hitting Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Andrew McCutchen with a pitch. That meant as soon as…
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