The Chicago White Sox closed their four-game series against the Texas Rangers on Sunday without All-Star shortstop Tim Anderson, who began serving a two-game suspension. Anderson was suspended three games by Major League Baseball and fined an undisclosed amount for making contact with plate umpire Nick Mahrley on July 29 against the Oakland Athletics. Anderson…
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The attorney general is arguably the second most powerful elected position in California after the governor. AGs enforce the state’s voluminous legal code and wield fearsome prosecutorial powers. It’s a political position, of course, but the best attorneys general pursue justice first — and subordinate their partisan interests. Unfortunately, California’s two previous “top cops” —…
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A year after Bam Adebayo shared in Olympic gold with Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics, there will be less foreign intrigue this time around for the Miami Heat. Neither second-year center Omer Yurtseven nor rookie forward Nikola Jovic will play with their national teams in coming weeks at World Cup qualifying games or EuroBasket,…
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Q: So I thought Omer Yurtseven’s play during the regular season was impressive. So much so I had thought he had at least deserved some playing time against the 76ers and Boston, especially during the Celtics series when it felt like we needed a little extra. But, he didn’t get a shot. Why didn’t he…
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Bill Russell, the all-time great Boston Celtics center who won 11 championships during 13 dominant NBA seasons, died Sunday at age 88. The Hall of Famer died peacefully with his wife, Jeannine, by his side, according to an announcement on Russell’s official Twitter page. The 6-foot-10 Russell, a five-time NBA Most Valuable Player, averaged 15.1…
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From the moment Jack Elliott tumbled from the bow of a 22-foot boat into the darkness of a Texas lake, “extreme hysteria” gripped the college friends who had ventured out for a day of revelry on the water. And in their panic, the teens hatched a plan to hide the truth from authorities and even Jack’s family…
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During this uncomfortable summer of blazing temperatures, make sure to thank your local fireman. Adam Ottavino, the Mets’ relief pitcher who’s been asked to get three or more outs in eight of his last 16 games, has been great at extinguishing the other team’s late-inning chances. After a scoreless outing in the first game of…
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Carl Barks, the best Disney artist in comic books (1942-1966), lived in Temecula for a long spell, as I wrote back in May, but he had a longer residency in Riverside County than I’d realized. The Oregon native had relocated to L.A. in 1935 to work as an animator and writer for Walt Disney Studios.…
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This November, Californians will have the opportunity to vote on numerous state and local ballot measures in addition to candidates for public office. The ballot measures include local tax measures seeking approval of various parcel tax hikes, sales tax increases and dozens of other local levies. But some of those taxes, even if passed, may…
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The Wife sent me up to Gelson’s to pick up a few things. It involved vegetables so she wrote out a list. Previous experience had taught both of us this was a wise course of action. As I got out of my car, I noticed the man parked next to me casually leaning on the…
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