Trainer Doug O’Neill has won the Santa Anita Derby twice, scoring with I’ll Have Another in 2012 and repeating the following year with Goldencents. He’ll have his hands full Saturday as he goes for the hat trick in the West Coast’s top Kentucky Derby prep. O’Neill, tied with Philip D’Amato atop the Santa Anita trainer…
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Opening Day seemed unreachable a little more than a month ago, when Major League Baseball postponed the start of the season as its lockout lingered. It was a painful blow for Dodgers fans who had waited since their team’s mid-October elimination from the playoffs for another chance and simply cruel to Angels fans whose team…
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Baltimore and Washington might be moving closer to combining their proposals to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Terry Hasseltine, executive director of the Maryland Sports Commission, which is overseeing Baltimore’s campaign, said U.S. Soccer, the national organization, has asked the two cities to begin conversations about what a “re-imagined” joint bid would look like.…
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Asiana Govan made plays on both sides of the ball as Dr. Phillips continued its unbeaten run in high school girls flag football. Dr. Phillips (8-0) beat Timber Creek 27-7 in a battle of unbeatens Wednesday evening. Govan caught a touchdown, threw a touchdown, ran in for a 1-point conversion, passed for a 1-point conversion…
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New York Attorney General Letitia James, joined by five fellow state prosecutors, fired off a Wednesday letter demanding NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell address recent allegations about workplace inequities for the league’s female employees. James and her colleagues from Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington urged the NFL to handle the reported gender-based discrimination, including a…
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By MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Wednesday accused oil companies of “ripping off the American people” and putting profits before production as Americans suffer from ever-increasing gasoline prices during the war in Ukraine. “At a time of record profits, Big Oil is refusing to increase production to provide the American people some…
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The business-minded brothers had a goal – not just introduce a little-known berry to the United States, but to look back in 20 years and know they had made a difference in the Amazon Rainforest. It was the eve of the new millennium, 1999, when Ryan Black and friend Edmund Nichols took a trip to…
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Two new restaurants are coming to the same block in Fullerton. High Horse Saloon and Mickey’s Irish Pub are slated to open June 1. High Horse Saloon and Mickey’s Irish Pub are two new restaurants coming to Fullerton. (Artist renderings courtesy of Architects Orange) High Horse Saloon and Mickey’s Irish Pub are two new restaurants…
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The plan, the offseason — everything, really — came down to this: “Everything is different,’ cornerback Xavien Howard said. “Everyone is happy.” Isn’t that it? Doesn’t that sum up the new direction of the Miami Dolphins — if an emotion can be a direction? Howard, one of the game’s top cornerbacks, stood on a small…
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As the Miami Heat move closer to the playoffs, further clarity is coming into focus regarding rotation plans for the postseason. Tuesday night’s 144-115 victory over the Charlotte Hornets offered further hints, even as injuries factor into the equation. Among the moving parts: Victor Oladipo: After stepping up in the absences of Jimmy Butler and…
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