I just got handed the list of inductees into this year’s Surfers’ Hall of Fame in Huntington Beach. At the top of the list is one of the greatest big wave chargers of all time, Peter “the Condor” Mel. This dude is a member of a very small group of what I like to call…
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Against a shifting landscape in what is shaping up as an increasingly competitive Eastern Conference, the Miami Heat spent Friday attempting to work on a power play. What they could run into is a power shortage. In the wake of losing starting power forward P.J. Tucker to the Philadelphia 76ers at Thursday’s start of NBA…
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The Mets rotation only has to survive three more days without one of their co-aces. Max Scherzer said he will start for the Mets on Tuesday against the Reds at Cincinnati. Scherzer will come off the injured list roughly seven weeks after he sustained a left oblique strain in the middle of his May 18…
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The Chicago Cubs’ June swoon has cemented the direction of their season. The Cubs finished 10-17 (.370), their worst month so far, as they approach the midpoint of the season. Although the Cubs leave behind a 10-game losing streak in early June as they enter July having won two consecutive series, the clubhouse will be…
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Deliberations began late Friday in the trial of a Long Beach man who ran over and killed a family of three during an alcohol-fueled crash in Bixby Knolls on Halloween night in 2019, as jurors will have to decide whether the driver knew of the dangers of drinking and driving prior to the fatal collision.…
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HOUSTON — Robo Umpires seem to be on the way to the major leagues, and Angels catcher Max Stassi isn’t thrilled about it. Commissioner Rob Manfred said this week in an interview with ESPN that his plan is for some version of the automated ball/strike system (ABS) to be in the majors in 2024. That…
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Sara Kruzan, who served 18 years in prison after being convicted of killing her pimp at the age of 16, received one of 17 pardons granted by Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday, July 1. Prosecutors argued Kruzan lured her former pimp, George Gilbert “G.G.” Howard, to the Dynasty Suites on Iowa Avenue in Riverside, shot…
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CLEVELAND — Aroldis Chapman came off the injured list before Friday’s game, but the All-Star closer was not returning to his familiar role. The 34-year-old has lost his job as the Yankees main closer to Clay Holmes. That is something that Yankees manager Aaron Boone discussed with Chapman before his return “We’ve talked and we’ll…
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Belgian rider Yves Lampaert won the Tour de France opening stage while two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar finished third on Friday. Pogacar placed ahead of his Slovenian countryman and main rival Primoz Roglic, the 2020 runner-up, who was eighth in the time trial. Lampaert is a former world champion in team time…
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All through the years, right to his death of pneumonia, Marlin Briscoe was called, “The Quarterback,” by quarterback legend Joe Namath. They’d see each other at some NFL reunion or social get-together and Namath would greet him with something like, “Hey, how’s The Quarterback doing?” “He remembers,’ Briscoe would say in relating the story. “He…
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