The Chicago Bulls entered Saturday’s game against the top-seeded Miami Heat hounded by questions about their ability to compete with the best teams in the Eastern Conference. The game provided the same answer: With one week left in the regular season, the Bulls still can’t beat the best. The Heat started red-hot, opening 12-for-13 from…
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Kelly and Dan McLemore were simply trying to find a few furry friends for Mr. Pickles when they created beach party that has become a corgi rave. Ten years ago, the couple put out a small social media solicit looking for other corgi families who wanted to hang out at Huntington Dog Beach for the…
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Orange County high school softball standings through Friday, April 1. TRINITY LEAGUE League Overall JSerra 3-1 14-6 Mater Dei 2-1 11-7 Orange Lutheran 2-1 15-6 Rosary 1-2 9-7 Santa Margarita 0-3 4-13 SURF LEAGUE League Overall Huntington Beach 3-0 9-4 Los Alamitos 2-1 15-5 Marina 1-2 9-8 Edison 0-3 4-14 WAVE LEAGUE League Overall Fountain…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for races on Sunday April 3, 2022. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter and get the…
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Patrick Williams is beginning to return to his familiar self, and it couldn’t come at a better time for the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls got by without their power forward for most of the season. Williams hasn’t been healthy for a single game. He attempted to play through a sprained ankle in the opening four…
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It’s hard to tell if the Nets are championship contenders or pretenders. The truth, as head coach Steve Nash likes to say, is probably somewhere in the middle. When the Nets took the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks to overtime just to fall short by one point, they looked like undoubted contenders. And when they sleepwalked…
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Observations and other notes of interest from Saturday night’s 127-109 victory over the Chicago Bulls: — For the first time this season, and actually far longer, the Heat had all 17 players on the roster available. — That included Caleb Martin (calf), Max Strus (shoulder) and Gabe Vincent (toe), who all had been listed as…
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And to think that just over a week ago the Miami Heat were limiting their fight and tough-guy routine to their own bench. Now, from a four-game losing streak that included that contentious courtside moment between forward Jimmy Butler and coach Erik Spoelstra and team captain Udonis Haslem has come a three-game winning streak and…
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Here comes Clayton Kershaw to save the day for the Dodgers again. The Dodgers wrapped up their abbreviated spring training stay in Arizona on Saturday and prepare to head into the 2022 season with their thinnest starting rotation in six or seven years. How much more of a soft spot could it…
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Orange County high school baseball standings through Friday, April 1. TRINITY LEAGUE League Overall Orange Lutheran 10-2 15-2 JSerra 6-6 11-9 Santa Margarita 4-5 13-5 St. John Bosco 4-5 11-6 Mater Dei 3-6 10-7 Servite 3-6 8-6 SURF LEAGUE League Overall Huntington Beach 6-0 11-4 Los Alamitos 4-3 10-6-2 Fountain Valley 1-4 7-12 Edison 0-4…
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