LOS ANGELES ― At some point, some team will score a run against Dodgers pitcher Andrew Heaney without the benefit of a fielding error. It just hasn’t happened in either of Heaney’s first two starts of 2022. Heaney, who was designated for assignment by the New York Yankees last October, has looked nothing like the…
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Part of the experience at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival happens outside of the gates, where thousands of cars and tents fill the campgrounds. Camping at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a vibe of its own. Some groups of friends have been coming for years. Others adopt new friends who…
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LOS ANGELES — Seeking to put last weekend’s derby disappointment behind them, the Los Angeles Football Club needed some time before finding its footing Sunday afternoon at Banc of California Stadium. Finishes from Chicho Arango, Ismael Tajouri-Shradi and Jose Cifuentes offset another slow start that included an unlucky first-half own-goal by defender Diego Palacios. The…
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One team made the most of its opportunities with the bases loaded Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field. The other didn’t. The Tampa Bay Rays drew two bases-loaded walks and scored runs on an error and a single during a four-run first inning. The Chicago White Sox loaded the bases in the fourth and fifth but…
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EL SEGUNDO — When did the Lakers know their season was headed for the rocks? Depends on who you ask. Anthony Davis and Stanley Johnson said they kept believing until the end, until they were eliminated on April 5th in Phoenix. When asked about it, Johnson retorted: “Would you believe if you had LeBron and…
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Chances are likely you’ve never heard of the term “ablaut reduplication.” It was new to me as well when a friend emailed a hard-to-read screenshot of a brief newspaper clipping. Being a word person, of course I had to search around to learn a little-known rule about the order of vowels for two- or three-word…
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Chicago Cubs left-hander Drew Smyly’s curveball always has been one of his best weapons. The altitude-affected Coors Field wasn’t going to change Smyly’s strategy Sunday against the Colorado Rockies. His blueprint for success worked well for most of his start in another stellar outing as he threw 4⅔ scoreless innings in the Cubs’ 6-4 win.…
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ANAHEIM — John Gibson’s statistics could be the worst of his NHL career when the 2021-22 season comes to an end April 29. He took a 17-24-11 record with a 3.16 goals-against average, a .905 save percentage and a 13-game winless streak into Sunday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. “Those are our numbers,” Ducks…
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A Victorville man seen storming the Capitol building along with thousands of other supporters of former president Donald Trump was sentenced to two years of probation and community service last week. Jacob Lewis, 38, who owned a fitness facility in Victorville that resisted statewide orders to close during the COVID-19 pandemic, agreed to plead guilty…
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Observations and other notes of interest from Sunday’s 115-91 NBA playoff victory over the Atlanta Hawks: — First, there has to be the perspective of the Hawks doing this on a 39-hour turnaround, after closing out the play-in round Friday night in Cleveland. — But that is only part of it. — The bigger part…
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