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At least they beat Kristaps Porzingis. The return of the savior-turned-villain to MSG became a nail-biter for the Knicks, who defeated Porzingis and the Wizards on Friday night, 100-97, continuing their too-little-too-late surge to end the season. It ended with dramatics, as the Knicks, who led throughout, nearly blew a double-digit lead in the fourth…
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How soon is help on the way? It’s a question that is as pressing as ever for the Lakers, who were only treading water when Anthony Davis was healthy, but have fallen off even more since he got hurt. There’s at least some hope that he’s progressing from his midfoot sprain: Davis took the court…
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A Newport Beach man charged with brandishing a gun at a Black Lives Matter protest in the summer of 2020 was granted a request  Friday to enroll in a pretrial diversion program and if he stays out of trouble will have his case dismissed. Travis Patrick White was charged with drawing, exhibiting or using a…
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By Michael R. Blood | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A close friend and supporter of a Nebraska congressman told a federal jury Friday that he acted as a middleman in a plot that funneled $30,000 from a Nigerian-born billionaire to the Republican lawmaker’s reelection campaign through straw donors. On the third day of Rep.…
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For the rare time this season, the Miami Heat worked two practices into their schedule this week. To an extent, Friday night’s 120-108 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder at FTX Arena felt like a third. This hardly was NBA-level competition, against a team bad when healthy and even worse when shorthanded, as the Thunder…
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On Utah’s side, the concern before tipoff against the Clippers on Friday night was how the Jazz would be able to handle the absences of both Donovan Mitchell (25.7 points per game) and Bojan Bogdanovic (18.1), both sidelined with calf strains. “Obviously, without Donovan and Bojan, we’ve got to score somewhere,” Jazz coach Quin Snyder…
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There was no way the Nets were giving away another game. After Spencer Dinwiddie hit the buzzer-beating shot to win it at Barclays Center on Wednesday, the Nets stared another disappointing defeat in the face, this time against the West’s 12th-seeded Portland Trail Blazers, a team lacking the majority of its main talent, including injured…
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VILLA PARK – On some days it was the hitting, on others it was the pitching that was winning baseball games for Villa Park. On Friday, everything went right for Villa Park in a 7-0 win over El Dorado at Villa Park High. The timing for an all-around performance was excellent. It was the Crestview…
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After receiving an epidural to help alleviate pain and tightness in his lower back, Nets star forward Ben Simmons is further from returning to the floor now than he was two weeks ago. Simmons, the 25-year-old All-Star forward who arrived in Brooklyn from Philadelphia via the James Harden trade, has regressed from just doing individual…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for races on Saturday March 19, 2022. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter and get the…
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