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Each fall, Driveline director of pitching Bill Hezel tries to give the players he works with a week between the end of their season and when he first texts them about training plans for the coming months. The past couple of years, Dillon Tate has beaten him to it. “Both times, it was just like,…
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Q: This series isn’t over. The Heat just held serve at home. Since the middle of January, the Hawks were 20-3 at home. The Heat have played great in the first two games, but they have also been lucky that Clint Capella has been out with an injury. The Capella/Trae Young pick-and-roll has been a…
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The last time the Chicago Bulls were at the United Center, the players were booed loudly by their own fans during an embarrassing blowout loss to the Charlotte Hornets. It figures to be a much different atmosphere Friday night when they return for the first time in two weeks after a pulsating 114-110 win over…
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By all accounts, Terrence Ross provided the rebuilding Orlando Magic with the ideal veteran presence during the 2021-22 season. But Ross has made one thing clear: He’d like to continue his career elsewhere. Before the season ended, Ross told the Orlando Sentinel he expected to be traded in March 2021 when the Magic traded former…
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The first-round playoff schedule is set for the sixth-seeded Chicago Bulls versus the third-seeded Milwaukee Bucks. The best-of-seven series started Sunday at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee with TV coverage on TNT. Games 1, 2 and 3 also will be available on NBC Sports Chicago. Here’s the schedule for the entire series, with times and TV…
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Orange County SC midfielder Daniel Pedersen, right, and LAFC midfielder José Cifuentes vie for the ball during the second half of their U.S. Open Cup third-round match on Wednesday night at Banc of California Stadium. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr., Contributing Photographer) LAFC forward Danny Musovski, left, looks for an open teammate as Orange County…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> Orange Lutheran got an excellent pitching performance Wednesday from Louis Rodriguez in a 4-2 win over La Mirada in the second round of the Boras Classic South at JSerra High. The senior pitched a complete game, allowed two runs on three hits with seven strikeouts. Entering the seventh inning, he had…
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> The JSerra baseball team got production from up and down its lineup Wednesday in a 12-5 victory over St. Augustine of San Diego in a second-round game of the Boras Classic South at JSerra High School. The Lions (14-9) batted around in the first, third and fifth innings, and eight of…
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DETROIT — The Yankees avoided being a side note to history Wednesday night. They will very likely witness it on Thursday. Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera went 3-for-4 Wednesday night and was one hit shy of his career-3,000th hit. “I want to see him get his 3,000th hit. It’s history and he’s one of the best…
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The Mets never looked like they had a real chance on Wednesday night. Not with the way Carlos Rodon was pitching, and especially not after Chris Bassitt gave the visiting Giants three runs in the first inning. The final score ended up at 5-2, with the Giants adding on and the Mets squandering their chances.…
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