The last time Allie Quigley participated in the WNBA 3-point contest, she was booed. It wasn’t because of a poor performance last year. Quite the opposite. It was because she went in front of a raucous crowd at Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas after winning the competition and declared she wasn’t going to compete…
Read more
Brice Sensabaugh, this year’s Orlando Sentinel (and state) Lake Highland Prep senior top boys basketball All-Area star, made his senior-season 25.1 points per game average pale in comparison to the scoring show he put on against high-level competition on Sunday. Sensabaugh, a 6-foot-6, 230-pound bulldozer of a guard, has Ohio State fans giddy after pouring…
Read more
“Justice, justice you shall pursue that you may live and inherit the land which the Lord has given you.” (Deuteronomy 16:20) So read the words chosen by Rabbi Joe Mendelsohn of the Reform Temple of Laguna Woods to honor his wife, Linda. They will be inserted into what will soon be a newly repaired Torah,…
Read more
There’s about a seven-month gap between when the Orlando Magic’s 2021-22 season ended and when they’ll start the 2022-23 season. Luckily, summer league will help fill the void. Orlando won’t waste time in getting back on the court. With a roster headlined by Paolo Banchero, the No. 1 pick in the June 23 draft, the…
Read more
Anaheim Police on Wednesday identified the 42-year-old man whose body was found in Ponderosa Park Tuesday morning. Michael Anthony Garcia was found unresponsive near a fence for the playground of Ponderosa Elementary School. Anaheim Police Department investigators launched a homicide investigation after trauma was found on Garcia consistent with homicide. Garcia was described as homeless,…
Read more
EL SEGUNDO — From his neck to his ankles, 6-foot-4 Lonnie Walker IV strolled through the Lakers’ practice facility in purple velvet. The suit, he said, was actually one he owned before the Lakers made him one of their newest players, and he wore it in part because he didn’t have a lot of clean…
Read more
Should the Huntington Beach City Council be able to contract with outside counsel if it feels the city attorney has a conflict of interest? That question will be before voters in the fall. The City Council voted nearly unanimously during its Tuesday agenda meeting to place a measure on the November general election ballot for…
Read more
Eloy Jiménez stood near home plate and waited. And waited. He watched to see if his towering fly ball to left in the fourth inning Wednesday would stay fair. It did, resulting in a game-tying, two-run home run for the Chicago White Sox against the Minnesota Twins at Guaranteed Rate Field. “I thought it was…
Read more
The expansion of Major League Baseball’s playoff field from 10 teams to 12 is, from a competition perspective, a double-edged sword. When more teams are competing for playoff spots in the regular season, fewer teams are inclined to make their best players available at the trade deadline. Fewer sellers means fewer trades by contending teams.…
Read more
The Kings will likely not make any selections Thursday during the opening day and first round of the NHL entry draft and, oddly enough, that might be a welcome change for their fans. While some teams might lack first-round picks because of ill-fated trades, including some in the distant past, or even penalties resulting in…
Read more
