COSTA MESA — Demand to speak to the manager. Start a petition. Shoot, write a letter to the editor. Juster Herbert ranked seventh!? Well, OK. The six quarterbacks ranked ahead of the Chargers’ prolific passer in ESPN’s July 11th survey of 50 NFL executives, coaches, scouts and players are on the distinguished side. Just Aaron Rodgers,…
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IRVINE — Matthew Stafford’s highlight throw of Day 4 of Rams training camp was a perfectly placed ball for Cooper Kupp to complete near the left sideline. The play has become routine for Stafford and Kupp, but there’s nothing mundane about a deep throw in traffic that ends with a toe-tap grab. It’s routine because…
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IRVINE — If there is a doldrums in the USA Swimming schedule that zaps enthusiasm and keeps some top racers out of the pool, it’s the middle of an Olympic quadrennial, the midway point of the journey to the next Games. But in every challenge, there’s also an opportunity, for champions and up-and-comers alike. Katie…
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The Yankees were expecting to see Andrew Benintendi on Thursday, they just weren’t expecting to see the All-Star outfielder in their clubhouse. The Yankees announced they had acquired Benintendi in a deal with Kansas City. The Royals, coincidentally, will be in the Bronx for a four-game series beginning Thursday night. ESPN first reported the deal,…
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The Orioles lost their starter, then lost the game with their closer. Orioles starting pitcher Tyler Wells exited Wednesday night’s 6-4 loss against the Tampa Bay Rays with lower back discomfort, the team said. The decisive runs came in the 10th inning off All-Star Jorge López, with Randy Arozarena continuing to haunt the Orioles with…
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Walk-offs are more fun, right? The Mets will certainly take their 3-2, last-minute win over the Yankees on Wednesday, but the events that led up to it were less than ideal. A deeply strange managerial decision in the top of the eighth, a blown chance in the bottom of the eighth and a two-out single…
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The premier of the documentary ‘NYC Point Gods’ brought an NBA crowd Tuesday night to the Midnight Theatre in Manhattan, and the red carpet provided some interesting notes that we’ll detail below. The producer of the film, Kevin Durant, didn’t speak amid his trade request, and his agent, Rich Kleiman, declined to address why his…
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Family members of a man shot and killed at the end of a pursuit and standoff in Santa Ana last year have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the cities of Anaheim and Santa Ana, with claims of excessive force and negligence, among others. The federal lawsuit, filed July 21 on behalf of the parents…
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Fourteen years ago, at the first training camp practice of his NFL career, Calais Campbell remembers walking out onto the Cardinals’ fields under the late-morning Arizona sun, full pads on. A few hours later, he’d do it all over again: more hitting, more sweat, more toil. “The times have changed a lot over the years,”…
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For the next few months, Orange County supervisors can spend their offices’ funding and represent residents in the districts that elected them — as well as their redrawn districts created late last year. That leeway is the result of a months-long kerfuffle between a majority of the five-member board and District 2 Supervisor Katrina Foley,…
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