By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson returned to the Senate for a third day of hearings Wednesday as Republicans try to paint her as soft on crime and Democrats herald the historic nature of her nomination to become the first Black woman on the high…
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The new league year is only a week old, but that doesn’t mean it has been quiet at Halas Hall with the official start of free agency. Readers want to know what exactly is Ryan Poles’ approach to build the Chicago Bears roster and if more could have been acquired in the Khalil Mack trade.…
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Chicago Bulls forward DeMar DeRozan criticized the referees for missing calls in Tuesday’s 126-98 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks — his first game of the season without a free-throw attempt. Baiting opponents into fouls is one of DeRozan’s craftiest skills. He ranks fifth in the league with 20 attempts per game. After going three quarters…
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Q: Boston is peaking. If New York stops the vaccination mandates (well, they have for fans, just not for Kyrie Irving) then the Nets seem to be up there, too. Miami is deep, just don’t think they can compete with shrunken rosters to Boston and Brooklyn. — Martin. A: And that is an element that…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now HUNTINGTON BEACH — It’s been an emotional few weeks for Huntington Beach’s softball team, especially senior Rachael Arnold. The catcher’s boyfriend Joshua Page, 18, and his brother Jeremy, 17, were killed in a car accident earlier this month in Huntington Beach, not far…
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With an effective, frenetic effort, Terance Mann helped keep his side close enough that it seemed, for a fleeting moment, as though they might avoid the first four-game losing streak in his NBA career. But in the end Tuesday, Denver’s Nikola Jokic and the shooters surrounding him were too hot, carving up the Clippers up…
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Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…
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Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region. Each athlete is…
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LOS ANGELES –– The Kings had lost bodies (nine of them) and games (two of two) to the Nashville Predators this season, but that was of little import Tuesday night when they bookended a decisive 6-1 victory over Nashville with three goals in the first 11 minutes of the first period and three more in…
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BRISBANE, Australia — Ash Barty surprisingly retired from tennis at age 25 while ranked No. 1 and less than two months after winning the Australian Open for her third Grand Slam singles title. “I’m so happy and I’m so ready. I just know at the moment, in my heart, for me as a person, this…
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