The most impactful officiating call of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals was made 1,300 miles from FTX Arena. And it had nothing to do with the reason it was reviewed by the NBA’s Replay Center in Secaucus, N.J. With 11:04 left in the third quarter of what turned into the Heat’s 100-96 season-ending…
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Sparks center Elizabeth Cambage denied allegations that she used a racial slur during a physical skirmish during a closed-door scrimmage between her Australian team and Nigeria before the Olympics last year, writing on Instagram on Sunday night: “I did not use the racial slur towards the Nigerian team that has been circulating.” Cambage, whose father…
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In coming days, weeks, months, there will be time for reflection. Fulfillment, however, can’t be immediate, even after advancing within one victory of the NBA Finals. So, instead, you wind up with Kyle Lowry in the same dark place where so many other Miami Heat players before him have finished, including LeBron James, Dwyane Wade,…
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Angels shortstop Andrew Velazquez fields a ball hit by the Baltimore Orioles’ Ramon Urias and throws him out at first during the sixth inning on Friday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) The presence of Angels shortstop Andrew Velazquez, shown making a play on a ground ball against the Oakland A’s on…
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If the core of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green are going to further etch their names into the NBA’s history books, they’ll have to top one of the league’s premier franchises. The Warriors will take on the Celtics in the 2022 NBA Finals after Boston clinched the Eastern Conference with a 100-96 win…
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When Tony La Russa was hired as Chicago White Sox manager after the 2020 season and his second DUI arrest was reported, free-agent pitcher Marcus Stroman chimed in on Twitter. “Baffling on all measures,” Stroman replied to a tweet by The Athletic’s Keith Law calling it a “bad hire.” A troll followed up by asking…
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On a recent foggy morning, Cheryl Rex drove from the foothills of Rancho Cucamonga to Long Beach to spend some quiet time thinking about her son. At Rosie the Riveter Park, she walked over to a nearly 90-foot memorial that stretches along a wall shaded by trees, created by Honoring Our Fallen. Ahead of Memorial…
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It’s anyone’s guess whether the developer campaign donors who greatly influence California’s huge Democratic legislative majorities will follow suit, but Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget at long last recognizes one reality that has been plain since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic: With hundreds of thousands of white collar office workers switching permanently to home…
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The wisest thing to do with an exceptional increase in the state’s tax revenues is to save it for the time when there is an exceptional decrease in those revenues. There is even Biblical precedent for this common sense approach: Joseph got to be Pharaoh’s chief minister by storing up seven years’ grain surpluses to…
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Here’s how it goes with great players. Everything stops when they shoot for the season. Everyone meets their greatest hopes and worst fears with the ball in the air. “I was thinking, ‘Oh, no,’ ’ the opposing coach said. “When it was in the air, I thought it was the great ending,’ the Miami Heat…
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