TEMPE, Ariz. — The Angels enjoyed their only off day of the shortened spring training on Wednesday, just more than a week before their April 7 regular-season opener. The break provides a good opportunity to answer some of your questions, starting with the most basic. Q: What’s the roster looking like? (Ty) Buttrey starting in…
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There was no making phone calls, no perusing documents, no pounding away on my keyboard. Instead, there was a firesuit and a helmet and shoulder straps. My office chair was replaced by a race car — and deadline pressure swapped for an altogether foreign kind of adrenaline. Tuesday, March 29, wasn’t a normal day at…
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Dwyane Wade had been there before, anger boiling over at Erik Spoelstra and seemingly all those around him on the Miami Heat bench. So as the franchise icon watched Jimmy Butler simmer last week, he smiled and then reached out to his former coach. “Well, I text Spo right after that and said, ‘It looks…
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Millions flee Ukraine. Where will they go? Some want to come to America. But doing that legally is hard. A complex system is supposed to determine which people deserve to get in line to get in. “The line is broken,” explains Reason Magazine editor at large Matt Welch in my new video. For example, America…
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Some of the most pleasant evenings of Steve Bisciotti’s life are after a win. The Ravens owner will leave M&T Bank Stadium, head to the Inner Harbor, board a friend’s boat, relax in his hot tub and luxuriate in the good vibes. “I’m sitting there with a win and I’m going: ‘This is the greatest…
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Q: Hey Ira, throughout the season I have seen many people suggest replacing Duncan Robinson in the starting lineup and your response was always to say that the lineup was good enough to be in first place. Do you think Erik Spoelstra is tinkering with the lineup due to the recent team struggles and to…
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When Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles met with the media last month at the NFL scouting combine, he stressed that one way to elevate quarterback Justin Fields’ play in his second season is to provide him with playmakers. Fast forward to the annual NFL meetings this week at The Breakers Palm Beach — two…
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SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday blocked parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, reversing a panel’s recommendation that she be freed after spending a half-century in prison. Leslie Van Houten attends a parole hearing at the California Institution for Women Sept. 6, 2017. (Stan Lim/Southern California News Group via AP, Pool,…
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Defining success in public policy is a tricky business. One problem is that politicians achieve success in their careers by evading definitions. Here’s an example. “We must solve the problem of homelessness.” Yes, everyone will agree with that. Now the hard part. Define “the problem.” Many people define the problem as the proliferation of tent…
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THE GAME: Drew Avans’ grand slam in the seventh inning lifted the Dodgers to a 6-4 victory over the Oakland A’s on Tuesday night at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz. PITCHING REPORT: Right-hander Tony Gonsolin faced 14 batters in his second start of the spring and gave up hits to seven of them (five singles,…
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