For two days this week in Los Angeles, Kyle Schwarber reunited with friends. The All-Star Game on Tuesday brought together Schwarber and former Chicago Cubs teammates Willson Contreras and Ian Happ, but by Aug. 2, Contreras and Happ could find themselves in the same spot as the Philadelphia Phillies slugger — as former Cubs. Contreras…
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ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves have sold out the first two games of this weekend’s series against the Angels, likely with many fans eager to get a look at Shohei Ohtani. The weekend couldn’t be going much better for them. A night after watching Ohtani pitch six dominant innings before imploding in a game the…
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The good news is that the Golden Globes are no longer the least credible awards in California. That honor now belongs to the Education Commission of the States, which awarded its 2022 Frank Newman Award for State Innovation to California for its record-breaking spending on education. The Commission said California earned the honor with its…
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LOS ANGELES ― Mookie Betts, Trea Turner and Freddie Freeman have batted first, second or third for the Dodgers in every game they have started this season. That includes the All-Star Game on Tuesday, in which all three represented the Dodgers on their home field. They have been the team’s most valuable players when healthy.…
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AJ Pollock hit a long fly down the left-field line. For a moment, it looked as if the Chicago White Sox were going to take the lead in the eighth inning of Game 1 of a split doubleheader against the Cleveland Guardians. But the ball kept hooking and landed foul. Just the way things have…
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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 Saturday July 23, 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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Dodgers starting pitcher Tyler Anderson throws to the plate during their game against the San Francisco Giants on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) The San Francisco Giants’ Darin Ruf walks back to the dugout after striking out against Dodgers starting pitcher Tyler Anderson during the first inning…
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Tony La Russa called the first game after the All-Star break “one of the most intriguing games of the season.” “Because you really don’t know what you’re going to get, either team,” the Chicago White Sox manager said before Friday’s game against the Cleveland Guardians. “All of a sudden, it switches back on.” The Guardians…
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Jalen Brunson confirmed what some already knew about his attraction to the Knicks. “It’s family,” Brunson said Tuesday. “It’s a comfort level to this and it’s something I couldn’t turn a blind eye to. “That these guys have my interest at heart. I think (Knicks president Leon Rose) probably saw me before my dad did.…
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Admiral Schofield re-signed with the Orlando Magic on a two-way contract Friday evening, the team announced. A league source told the Orlando Sentinel before the team’s announcement that Schofield signed the two-way qualifying offer the Magic extended to him before free agency started, making way for his return. Schofield, a 25-year-old forward who was the…
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