When your offense is built around a star quarterback, you can’t have too many talented pass receivers. The Rams rode that theory to a Super Bowl championship and look as if they plan to do it again. The Rams announced Thursday they have agreed to terms with former Chicago Bears wide receiver Allen Robinson on…
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GREENVILLE, S.C. — On Friday, the USC men’s basketball team will begin its second consecutive NCAA Tournament, though head coach Andy Enfield likes to point out it would be three straight Big Dances for the Trojans if the COVID-19 pandemic had not canceled the 2020 event. But even after last year’s Elite Eight run, after…
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Austin Overn wants to be known as the best athlete at Foothill High School this school year. And best athlete in Orange County. “Best athlete in the state, too,” Overn said. To solidify his candidacy for such honors awarded by CalHiSports.com and others, Overn made his track and field debut last Saturday in the 100…
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Why is Freddie Mac throwing out automated appraisals for certain refinances that have seemingly worked well for five years? In June 2017, Freddie introduced refinance appraisal waivers on eligible properties, expanding the program to purchase loans by September of that year. On Wednesday, March 16, the same day the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate,…
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IRVINE — What, Max Comtois worry? “I just think it’s kind of funny,” Comtois said Thursday. The NHL’s trade deadline is Monday, and there has been plenty of speculation he could be on the move as Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek gets his first chance to remake the roster. It’s been suggested that Comtois could…
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LOS ANGELES – One thing that Tyronn Lue’s team is not going to do, is complain. Not often, anyway. That chin-up, stiff-upper-lip forward march has helped his Clippers navigate challenges big and small these past two seasons. Take last season’s stringent COVID-19 health and safety measures: “No excuses,” Lue said then. “Whatever the NBA puts…
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Tar balls are washing up at area beaches, first reported last week off Seal Beach and now Newport Beach’s coastline. The blobs of tar have authorities investigating the source, but so far tests indicate it is naturally occurring seepage officials said. Test results from samples collected so far don’t connect the tar to recent spills…
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Tar balls are washing up at area beaches, first reported last week off Seal Beach and now Newport Beach’s coastline. The blobs of tar have authorities investigating the source, but so far tests indicate it is naturally occurring seepage officials said. Test results from samples collected so far don’t connect the tar to recent spills…
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Ronaldo Damus helped lead Orange County Soccer Club to last season’s USL Championship final. The Haitian international scored 18 goals in all competitions and was the MVP in the finals, scoring two goals. Damus, 22, is taking the next step in his career as he was transferred Thursday to GIF Sundsvall in the Swedish top…
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By Angela Dewan | CNN Western leaders and security agencies are spending huge amounts of resources on getting into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s head. It’s a futile exercise — at times when the West has thought Russia’s war in Ukraine might be losing steam, Putin has doubled down, sending his forces to bomb maternity hospitals…
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