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WASHINGTON, D.C. — For a few minutes on Saturday night, the Lakers let themselves smile a little. After LeBron James chased down Karl Malone to become the NBA’s second-leading regular season scorer, coach Frank Vogel called it “an incredible feat,” and Russell Westbrook called it “a great accomplishment.” Carmelo Anthony thought back to 2003, when…
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Donovan Mitchell demonstrated why he’s a superstar worthy of chasing. But Julius Randle’s struggles—along with his familiar hot temper—didn’t do a good job selling New York as a destination. Mitchell, who grew up close to the Knicks practice facility in Westchester, put on a show at MSG on Sunday night, dropping 36 points and ruining…
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To a cheering crowd, United Mutual Landscape Committee members announced last week that any moves regarding the removal of Canary Island pines in the Village have been halted after a recent uproar. The removal of up to 393 of the pine trees will be discussed later, after resident input on proposals for maintaining the wooded…
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Former Rams tight end Gerald Everett is returning to Los Angeles to wear powder blue. Everett agreed to join the Chargers, his agency announced Sunday. It’s a two-year, $12 million deal with a max value of $13.5 million, with $8 million fully guaranteed, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Everett, 27, played for the Seattle…
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“One of the first lessons in an economics class is every action has a cost,” wrote the great libertarian economist Walter E. Williams in his final column in December 2020, which I ran as the centerpience of the Dec. 13, 2020 Opinion section. “That is in stark contrast to lessons in the political arena where…
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Shootings broke out along a stretch of Katella Avenue in front of a bar in an unincorporated area of Anaheim two mornings in a row over the weekend, and the Orange County Sheriff’s Department is looking for suspects in each of them. In both cases, the victims were left with non-life-threatening injuries near 99 Bottles…
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Night games at Dodger Stadium start at 7:10 p.m. They’ve started at 7:10 for a long time. New Dodgers left-hander Tyler Anderson is very well aware of this. “I’ve heard,” said Anderson who signed a one-year, $8 million contract with the Dodgers this week. “I haven’t forgot about that.” He wasn’t likely…
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Welcome back, March Madness. We missed you. This is the true Madness: Full and noisy arenas, buzzer-beaters, legitimate Cinderellas, even putative home-court (or at least home crowd) advantage in an otherwise neutral-site tournament. We didn’t really have it last year, when every men’s game was in a bubble in Indianapolis, the women’s tournament took place…
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The UCLA women’s basketball advanced to the round of 16 in the National Invitation Tournament with a 61-45 win over Air Force on Sunday at Pauley Pavilion. Forward IImar’I Thomas led UCLA with 17 points and contributed six rebounds. Charisma Osborne added 13 points and Angela Dugalic had 11. UCLA led the game for all…
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TEMPE, Ariz. — The only thing that’s certain about the Angels’ middle infield combination is that David Fletcher is going to be there. The other middle infield spot will be determined by one of the most intriguing battles in spring training. “We have a lot of good middle infielders, a lot of good ones, it…
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