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Velus Jones Jr. had faced the question during the pre-draft process, so the wide receiver and return specialist from Tennessee was prepared with an answer. “Age is nothing but a number,” he said during a Zoom call with reporters after the Chicago Bears drafted him in the third round Friday night. Jones joins the Bears…
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NFL draft weekend always has been about excitement, the unbridled kind Ja’Tyre Carter felt Saturday afternoon when an unidentified number from Illinois popped up on his smartphone. Carter knew this was his life-changing moment and didn’t care that he had no clue who was talking to him when he answered. “When they were saying their…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Alyssa Grajeda, JSerra, Fr., 1B: Grajeda went 3 for 3 with a two doubles and an RBI triple, and scored the winning run, in a 3-2 win against Mater Dei that helped the Lions finish strong in the Trinity League strong. Ally Guzman,…
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LOS ANGELES — A Southern California man, who worked with his sister to operate a $6 million real estate fraud scam in which homes were listed for sale without the owners’ consent and would-be buyers were bilked out of money, pleaded guilty Monday to a federal charge. Adolfo Schoneke, 44, of Torrance, entered his plea…
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Kings players celebrate a goal during the first period of Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night in Edmonton, Alberta. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP) The Kings’ Sean Durzi, left, and the Edmonton Oilers’ Evander Kane battle during the first period of Game 1 of their first-round…
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The CIF-SS boys and girls lacrosse playoffs are starting this week, and it seems likely that Orange County teams will sweep the Division 1 titles and could surpass last year’s postseason showing overall. Last season, Orange County boys teams reached one of the three finals, but didn’t win a championship. And the county girls reached…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now University’s undefeated boys tennis team on Monday received the top seed, and a familiar, first-round opponent, for the CIF-SS Open Division playoffs. The Trojans (23-0), champion of the Pacific Coast League, the recent Ojai tournament and All-American tournament, will play host to Harvard-Westlake…
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TORONTO — The Yankees showed up Monday night. After months of speculation and concern about whether the Yankees would be able to bring their entire roster through the the strict Canadian COVID vaccine travel requirements for players, the first-place Bombers showed up Monday night with their entire roster. Gleyber Torres homered and singled in the…
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General manager Ryan Poles is working to reshape the Chicago Bears front office and scouting staff after the NFL draft, his second set of moves after hiring some trusted advisers. League sources say the Bears dismissed college scouting director Mark Sadowski, a 1992 St. Rita graduate who has been with the organization since 2005, when…
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Observations and other notes of interest from Monday night’s 106-92 NBA playoff victory over the Philadelphia 76ers: – This is what you wanted to see, needed to see. – If the disrespect for Bam Adebayo was such that the 76ers were willing to start the player formerly known as DeAndre Jordan, then attack mode had…
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