LOS ANGELES — It should have been a hollow moment, and to a degree, I’m sure it was. The Clippers were one quarter away from an appointment in Phoenix on Sunday night. They’d put together another of the comebacks for which they’ve become known, and they had New Orleans on the ropes … and then,…
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Pop star Harry Styles headlined the first evening of the three-day Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio on Friday, April 15, but he’ll be treating his fans to free manicures for all three days during both festival weekends. Styles’ apparel, skin care and nail polish company, Pleasing, made its festival debut at Coachella…
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SAN JOSE — A.J. McKee said his featherweight title rematch with Patricio Pitbull was going to be icing on the cake But it was the former champion who proved that revenge is sweet. Pitbull cooked up the perfect recipe to reclaim his championship belt, patiently picking his spots to win a unanimous decision and hand…
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IRVINE — The bullpen has been the strength of UC Irvine’s baseball team in 2022, but the vagaries of baseball warn you how quickly that can change. The Anteaters took a 3-0 lead into the ninth inning on Friday night at Cicerone Field with closer Troy Taylor on the mound. But a walk and four…
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LOS ANGELES ― As long hitting streaks go, Trea Turner’s 26-game run has been easy to overlook. It has spanned two regular seasons, bridging a postseason in which Turner failed to register a hit in six games. Aside from a two-homer game in a narrow victory over the Milwaukee Brewers last October, the streak has…
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Throughout the festival’s 21-year history, perhaps no other artist in the Coachella-verse has produced as many of those elusive Coachella moments — those special memories that only happen in the desert — as Arcade Fire. And you can go ahead and notch the band’s surprise set at the Mojave Tent on Friday, April 15 –…
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Justin Bieber has returned to Coachella. During a scheduled performance on the main stage by R&B singer Daniel Caesar, Bieber appeared alongside him for a performance of the duo’s famous song, “Peaches.” It was one of many special guest performances throughout the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Friday, including Snoop Dogg, Saweetie and…
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Coachella attendees got to hear the world premiere of a new song by Harry Styles on Friday when he took the main stage for his headlining performance. The new song, “Boyfriends,” was performed by Styles wearing a disco ball-inspire jumpsuit. “To boyfriends everywhere, (bleep) you,” Styles said as he announced the song. Sign up for…
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Rachel Robinson is three months shy of her 100th birthday. It has been 75 years since her husband, Jackie, played his first regular season game with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking a ban on Black players that had persisted since the 19th century. What he told her that morning – “I’ll be number 42, just in…
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Joe Maddon could sit at his desk after the Angels’ 9-6 victory over the Texas Rangers with the smile of a man whose plan had worked perfectly. Somehow. The Angels manager issued the third bases-loaded intentional walk in the majors since World War II. He had also issued the last one, 14…
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