Giants first-year GM Joe Schoen has made four hirings to his retooled front office. Chris Rossetti is the new director pro scouting, Dennis Hickey is the assistant director of player personnel, Mike Derice joins as a national scout, and Scott Hamel comes on board as an area scout in the southwest. Rossetto, a native of…
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Defending a Super Bowl championship is hard. For the Rams, it looks hard from the start. The Rams will face the Buffalo Bills at SoFi Stadium in the NFL season opener Thursday, Sept. 8, the league announced Thursday. The 5:20 p.m. game on NBC will be an immediate test for the Rams, winners of Super…
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The Chargers have mentioned throughout the offseason that they’ve had a hard time processing last season’s heartbreaking loss to the Las Vegas Raiders that kept them out of the playoffs. Cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. said he has a love-hate relationship with the thrilling regular-season finale. Linebacker Drue Tranquill said he let his offensive teammates down…
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”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations, noting that these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data. Buzz: April’s inflation report included a bit of good news for Los Angeles and Orange counties — the upswing in the cost of living slowed a tiny bit. Still,…
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Not-so-slowly but surely the 1,600-acre expanse known as Tustin Legacy is blossoming into a vast residential and business center. On May 3 the Tustin City Council unanimously approved a plan to build a mixed-use project with 1,208 apartments on what is now a 19-acre vacant lot. It will be surrounded by two other neighborhoods and,…
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A car slammed into construction equipment along Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach early Thursday, May 12, killing its three occupants and injuring three workers. The collision happened along the 3000 block of PCH at about 12:45 a.m. Newport Beach police said in a news release. A Tesla Model S was traveling west when it…
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Mortgage rates jumped again this week, extending a steep climb that is shutting some would-be homebuyers out of the market. The average for a 30-year loan was 5.3%, up from 5.27% last week and the highest since July 2009, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday. Rates tracked yields for 10-year Treasuries, which last week…
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House hunters have more than tripled use of adjustable-rate mortgages as overall borrowing costs soar. ARMs — which carry variable interest rates that reset based on the market at predetermined times — accounted for 10.8% of total home-loan applications in the week ended May 6, data from the Mortgage Bankers Association showed Wednesday. That’s up…
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The 10,000-square-foot mansion that “burnt to a crisp” in the Coastal fire was “one signature away” from being sold, says the listing real estate agent. Now, that deal literally is up in smoke. The unidentified owner, who has another home in Canada, watched helplessly from abroad as security cameras showed the fire’s approach and ultimately…
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Jack Mayfield began and ended the season with the Angels in 2021, but in the middle the Angels let him go, and he had a brief stint with the Seattle Mariners. During that 11-game interlude, Mayfield faced Angels lefty Patrick Sandoval. That gave him the chance to see Sandoval’s changeup. Sort of. “I remember not…
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