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The last time the Galaxy won the U.S. Open Cup, Landon Donovan was in his first season with the club after having just returned from Bayer Leverkusen. That was in 2005, a year when the Galaxy also won the MLS Cup. Through the various format changes the tournament has undergone, that remains one of the…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Dan Albano’s list of outstanding softball players last week, April 18: Gizelle Altamirano, Segerstrom, Sr., 1B/C: Altamirano went 4 for 4 with two home runs and six RBIs in a 14-0 win against Godinez as the Jaguars remained undefeated in the Golden West…
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Unfinished business. That’s what Jaime Jaquez Jr. is calling it, and that’s why he’s returning to play for UCLA next season. Jaquez, a Camarillo native, earned first-team All-Pac-12 Conference honors last season as a junior after averaging 13.9 points and a team-best 5.9 rebounds per game. He announced he intends to return to play his…
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BOSTON — Offensive rebounds, turnovers, poor transition defense, and touches for Seth Curry, all underscored by a particularly poor shooting night for Kevin Durant. The film from the Nets’ one-point, buzzer-beating defeat in Game 1 shows a team that fought hard for about 44 minutes. But a three-minute stretch at the top of the third…
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The Mets will wait another day to face off against the San Francisco Giants. Monday’s game, the first of the four-game set, has been postponed because of rain, the team announced three hours before the previously scheduled first pitch. The game will be made up as Tuesday in a single-admission double header, which will start…
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By PAUL J. WEBER and DAVE COLLINS AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Alex Jones’ company Infowars has filed for bankruptcy protection after the conspiracy theorist lost defamation lawsuits over his comments that the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax. Jones filed for Chapter 11 protection in Texas and told his listeners Monday he…
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Here’s the latest installment of our Miami Dolphins Q&A, where South Florida Sun Sentinel writers David Furones and Omar Kelly answer questions from readers. Q: Is there any chatter about a Christian Wilkins extension? His draft class is gonna blow up the DT market — him, Jeffery Simmons, Dexter Lawrence, Quinnen Williams, Ed Oliver…would be…
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Perhaps apocryphally, Albert Einstein is reputed to have defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results. That summarizes California’s approach to fighting poverty well. The state has long had one of the nation’s most generous social safety net. On a combined basis, federal, state, and local governments will…
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Before the 2021-22 season started, it was clear the Orlando Magic were prioritizing the development of their younger players. It was the expected direction after kicking off a rebuild during the middle of last season centered around young talent. Most of the Magic’s roster entering the season were former first-round draft picks — including six…
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The first weekend of the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has wrapped and we explored the art, the music, the fashion and more. Here are the best photos, as selected by our team of photographers and editors in the field. Sign up for our Festival Pass newsletter. Whether you are a Coachella lifer…
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