A new face has appeared in the Sea Otter Habitat at the Aquarium of the Pacific. A 4-month-old rescued sea otter pup, who was found stranded without its mother in Caramel-by-the-Sea, recently made Long Beach its home, the aquarium announced this week. The young male pup was found on April 12 at about 4 weeks…
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DEL MAR LEADERS (Through Thursday) JOCKEYS / WINS Juan Hernandez / 15 Umberto Rispoli / 10 Joe Bravo / 9 Ramon Vazquez / 7 Edwin Maldonado / 5 TRAINERS / WINS Philip D’Amato / 8 Doug O’Neill / 7 Bob Baffert / 6 Peter Miller / 5 George Papaprodromou / 4 WEEKEND STAKES AT DEL…
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SAN FRANCISCO — At one point early in Wednesday night’s game, Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman turned around to check on the positioning of right fielder Mookie Betts. He couldn’t help noticing the scoreboard behind Betts. “I looked back to see where Mookie was playing and I saw it was already 5-0 and I was,…
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The consensus box of Del Mar picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Friday, August 5, 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…
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LOS ANGELES — Before he even entered the transfer portal in May, rumors and accusations began swirling around about wide receiver Jordan Addison. The allegations were serious: Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi reportedly believed that USC was tampering with Addison, trying to sway him to USC with NIL offers. Once those rumors hit the Internet,…
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Four years after an explosion at a day spa in Aliso Viejo killed one woman and injured two others, the fate of a Long Beach man accused of creating and placing the deadly home-made bomb that blew up the business will soon be in the hands of a Los Angeles jury. A more than two-month…
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IRVINE — Some receivers take offense if they’re not described as an all-around playmaker, but not Tutu Atwell and he doesn’t care that he’s being labeled as a deep-threat specialist. Atwell is focused on gaining trust from his Rams coaches and teammates and he’s doing that by stretching the field with his blazing speed. “I…
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Something had to give. The Chicago Cubs’ deficiency of infield options, further strained by the lack of position-player trades leading up to Tuesday’s deadline, left manager David Ross mixing and matching lineups to try to find at-bats. The Cubs didn’t suddenly gain a bounty of flexibility like last year, when one-third of the opening-day roster…
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The Mets kicked off their five-game series with their divisional rival Atlanta Braves with a convincing 6-4 win, powered by the long ball, a solid outing from Carlos Carrasco and an electric six-out save from Edwin Diaz. After a 1-2-3 first, Pete Alonso drove in the first run of the night on a line drive…
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Luis Robert walked to the plate in the first inning Thursday against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field, took a practice swing and then stepped into the batter’s box. Robert stepped out momentarily, took another swing, then stepped back in and went to work. Thursday marked Robert’s returned to the Chicago White Sox lineup…
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