LOS ANGELES — Last season was a disheartening one for the USC defense. A unit many expected to take the next step under then-defensive coordinator Todd Orlando instead regressed in confounding areas. Even the pass rush, expected to be the strength of the entire USC team, was confoundingly ineffective as the Trojans struggled with the…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now VILLA PARK — Sydney Somerndike returned to form on Thursday, and so did Villa Park’s softball team. The Arizona-bound pitcher fired a one-hitter with 12 strikeouts and also singled twice to lead the No. 4-ranked Spartans to a much-needed 2-0 victory against No.…
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IRVINE >> The Woodbridge baseball team Thursday beat Beckman 4-3 at Ryan Lemmon Stadium to remain in the race for its second consecutive Pacific Coast League championship. Woodbridge (18-7, 12-3) is one game behind Beckman (19-6, 13-2) in the standings with one more meeting between the two teams on Monday. Both teams have two other…
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For Cam Akers, being part of the Rams’ Super Bowl championship run in his second NFL season was all he could have wished for. The running back’s own performance, though, left something to be desired. That’s why, Akers says, he was back in training long before Rams players and coaches reunited this week for the…
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In a trip marked by sloppy weather and sloppy play, the Chicago White Sox took another hit in the eighth inning Thursday against the Cleveland Guardians. Center fielder Luis Robert exited the 6-3 loss with what manager Tony La Russa called “a little minor groin strain,” according to the initial opinion. While head athletic trainer…
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By AAMER MADHANI, ROBERT BURNS and DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged an additional $1.3 billion Thursday for new weapons and economic assistance to help Ukraine in its strong but increasingly difficult battle against the Russian invasion, and he promised to seek much more from Congress to keep the guns, ammunition and…
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SANTA ANITA LEADERS (Through Thursday) JOCKEYS / WINS Flavien Prat / 72 Juan Hernandez / 63 John Velazquez / 32 Tyler Baze / 31 Diego Herrera / 29 TRAINERS / WINS Philip D’Amato / 35 Doug O’Neill / 32 Bob Baffert / 27 John Sadler / 27 Richard Baltas / 23 DOWN THE STRETCH •…
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By MARLON GONZÁLEZ and MICHAEL BALSAMO TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States on Thursday to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in a dramatic reversal for a leader once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on the drugs. Just three months…
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In a series in which the Orioles allowed just 13 runs across four games, the strong pitching performances were largely overpowered by a lack of offense. Baltimore managed seven runs against the Oakland Athletics, with four of those coming in a 6-4 loss Thursday to close the four-game series. Those 10 combined runs in the…
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By ADAM SCHRECK KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory Thursday in the battle for Mariupol despite an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters still holed up at a giant steel mill, ordering his troops not to storm the stronghold but to seal it off “so that not even a fly comes through.” Putin…
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