The next playoff challenge for the Miami Heat will be Joel Embiid, James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers. With the 76ers closing out their first-round series with a 132-97 road victory Thursday night over the Toronto Raptors, to take that best-of-seven matchup 4-2, they now move on to a best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal against the…
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NEW ORLEANS — Chris Paul went 14 for 14 in the best shooting night in NBA playoff history, Devin Booker returned from a hamstring injury to hit a late 3-pointer and the Phoenix Suns beat the New Orleans Pelicans 115-109 on Thursday night to finish off the first-round series in six games. Paul had the…
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The 2022 Stagecoach Country Music Festival wrapped up at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, May 1. Stagecoach is riding into the sunset with performances from stars such as Yola, The Mavericks, Lindsay Ell, Cody Johnson, Smokey Robinson, the Black Crowes and more before Luke Combs closes out the Mane Stage. Over on…
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Members of the Daion Taiko from the Orange County Buddhist Church perform beneath the Giant Wheel at the Irvine Spectrum during the Bandai Namco’s “Welcome to the PAC!” event in Irvine on Sunday, May 1, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) The Hashi family poses for a photo with Pac Man during the…
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LONG BEACH — There were many reasons why UC Irvine’s baseball team was expected to be as good in 2022 as it was in 2021. Last season’s team set a Big West Conference record for most league wins, pushed Stanford to a regional title game, and the Anteaters believed they could spin another season like…
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As Buck Showalter likes to say: “Tell the baseball gods your plans and they’ll laugh in your face.” Dominic Smith may have been on the chopping block, but then he crushed too many baseballs to care. Smith enjoyed a 4-for-4 night at the plate with three RBI and a run scored, helping lead the Mets…
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PALOS VERDES — Marina Alex won the LPGA Cambia Portland Open in 2018 but over the next several years the 31-year-old New Jersey native was severely limited by a back injury, leaving her to wonder if she would ever be healthy enough to play again, never mind win another tournament. Those doubts were all erased on…
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Between the start and finish of the sixth inning Sunday against the Boston Red Sox, more than two hours had transpired. It had begun with a thunderous solo shot from second baseman Rougned Odor and continued with a lengthy rain delay. But when the Orioles retook the field at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, none…
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LOS ANGELES – Don’t let the appearance of the octogenarian in the wheelchair fool you: Dick Barnett still talks a good game. He signed his first NBA contract in 1959 for a modest salary of $7,200, he recalled Saturday, with a somewhat rueful tone. His nickname during his run with the Lakers – but more…
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DNA from a coyote that pounced on a child near the Huntington Beach Pier last week matched samples from one of two shot and killed following the attack, state officials said Sunday, May 1. The 2-year-old girl was just a few steps behind her mother when one of the coyotes knocked her down and attacked…
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