A flared blooper falling just beyond the outstretched glove of diving Chicago Cubs second baseman Nick Madrigal was the break White Sox outfielder AJ Pollock needed. Pollock entered Wednesday’s series finale at Wrigley Field hitting .184, but a well-placed ball and a little luck put the Sox ahead in the sixth inning. The Sox bullpen…
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TORONTO — Derek Rodriguez got much more than just a baseball. The young Yankees fan became famous overnight for his emotional reaction when a Blue Jays fan handed him the Aaron Judge home run ball during Tuesday’s night’s Bombers win at Rogers Centre. He and his family were back at the ballpark Wednesday night, when…
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TORONTO — It was 11 games, that’s all. The Yankees major-league leading winning streak came to an end Wednesday night because Nestor Cortes was not quite as sharp as normal and the Bombers bats were quieted by Yusei Kikuchi. The Blue Jays held the Bombers off 2-1 at the Rogers Centre to snap the streak.…
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LOS ANGELES ― It wasn’t the best pitch Evan Phillips threw on the Dodgers’ homestand, but it might have been the most telling. It’s called a “back foot slider” in the baseball parlance – a breaking ball that starts over the plate, then veers inside and down – and it isn’t a literal term. Usually.…
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TORONTO — Aaron Boone pulled the wad of gum he had been chewing out of his mouth and tossed it to the left behind home plate as he came out of the dugout in a fury. The Yankees manager had been upset with home plate umpire Marty Foster’s strike zone, particularly against slugger Aaron Judge,…
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The Rams announced on Wednesday that they have signed 17 undrafted free agents, including a Texas placekicker who became an All-Big 12 punter as a senior. Cameron Dicker joins a competition with former New York Giant Riley Dixon to replace the released Johnny Hekker as the Rams’ punter, and he becomes the second kicker behind…
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A union representing about 700 prosecutors has filed a complaint with the Los Angeles County Employee Relations Commission alleging District Attorney George Gascón is refusing to engage in collective bargaining because its members overwhelmingly support efforts to recall him. An unfair labor practice charge filed April 27 by the Association of Deputy District Attorneys claims…
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Nets star Ben Simmons will undergo back surgery on Thursday, adding yet another chapter to the saga that’s been his delayed debut in Brooklyn. The Nets announced Wednesday that Simmons will have a microdiscectomy to alleviate the pain associated with the herniated disc he developed in his lower back after his arrival in Brooklyn —…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now MISSION VIEJO — A youthful but talented group of six divers from Orange County qualified Wednesday for the CIF State championships next week in Fresno. San Juan Hills sophomore Taylor Fox stayed hot by capturing the Southern Section’s six-dive state qualifier at…
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By Clare Foran and Melanie Zanona | CNN House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy discussed the 25th Amendment on a call with GOP leadership days after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and said the process “takes too long,” according to an audio recording obtained by two New York Times reporters and shared with…
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