When one USC door closes, another one opens. With Trojans all-everything JuJu Watkins having a suboptimal game Saturday in the Big Ten Conference Tournament semifinal, Kiki Iriafen rose to the occasion with 25 points and 11 rebounds in an 82-70 victory that was closer than the final scoreboard suggested at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Iriafen shot…
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THE GAME: Jo Adell’s three-run homer in the second inning put the Angels on top in their 6-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in a Cactus League game on Saturday in Phoenix. PITCHING REPORT: Left-hander Tyler Anderson gave up a pair of solo homers in 3⅓ innings. Anderson also issued a walk. In three starts…
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — So much for getting in your work in the relaxed atmosphere of the Arizona sunshine. All eyes were on Tyler Glasnow’s final Cactus League start Saturday against the Chicago White Sox as the team moved closer to Wednesday’s departure for Japan and the upcoming season-opening games March 18 and 19 against the…
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The Kings perfunctorily crossed the top item off their checklist at the trade deadline and general manager Rob Blake was affable and forthright afterward Friday. That stood in contrast to last year’s deadline, a hostile period of internal tumult and the self-created inability to seek help calming it from without. Yet any consistent observer would…
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Back in the ’90s, the Greek side of my husband’s family would frequent a Greek restaurant in Salt Lake City. My in-laws were chummy with the owner, George. One of our favorite dishes was bifteki, or Greek beef patties, and after years of requesting his recipe, I finally got it from George after he retired.…
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A Cudahy man suspected of shooting and killing a woman in her car in Anaheim earlier in the week was arrested on Friday, according to authorities. At around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4, Anaheim police officers and Anaheim Fire & Rescue personnel responded to a report of a vehicle collision on the 700 block of…
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THE GAME: After taking the lead in the fifth inning, the bullpen allowed four runs in a span of two innings and the Dodgers fell 5-2 to the Chicago White Sox on Saturday at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz. PITCHING REPORT: Right-hander Tyler Glasnow had six strikeouts over a smooth three innings, giving up his…
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IRVINE — A second straight Big West Conference Player of the Year Award likely won’t happen for UC Irvine point guard Déja Lee, but she would trade that prize for another trip to the NCAA Tournament anyway. Lee played her final regular-season game for the Anteaters on Saturday afternoon and contributed a little bit of…
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All-County linebacker Talanoa Ili of Orange Lutheran is in the process of enrolling at Kahuku of Hawaii after withdrawing from the Trinity League school, the junior confirmed late Friday. The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Ili has played at Orange Lutheran the past three seasons. He earned second-team All-County and second-team All-Trinity League honors in 2024. Last season,…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Santa Margarita’s boys and girls swimming swept the team titles at the Capistrano Valley Relays at Capistrano Valley High on Friday. Here are the event results from finals: Girls 4×100 I.M. — 1. Santa Margarita (S. Zhu, R. Salazar, S. Ye, E. Song)…
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