Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now MISSION VIEJO — Haruhi Yamagata and Kenta Chiyo of Orangewood Academy introduced themselves and their school to the CIF-SS swimming championships on Monday. The foreign exchange students from Japan made a historic first impression, which was the best they could do for now.…
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now Scores and stats from Orange County games on Monday, May 2 Click here for details about sending your team’s scores and stats to the Register. MONDAY’S SCORES BOYS LACROSSE CIF-SS PLAYOFFS Wild-Card Round DIVISION 1 Santa Margarita 13, Newport Harbor 7 BOYS GOLF…
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When fishing boat Capt. Chad Steffen spotted an animal floating in kelp at the surface of the ocean not far off San Onofre, he said he and two deckhands knew they needed sprang to action. “Being out there as long as I have, you sort of know when an animal is struggling,” Steffen said, recalling…
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By CARA ANNA and INNA VARENYTSIA ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia resumed pulverizing the Mariupol steel mill that has become the last stronghold of resistance in the bombed-out city, Ukrainian fighters said Monday, after a brief cease-fire over the weekend allowed the first evacuation of civilians from the plant. Meanwhile, a senior U.S. official warned…
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By BEN FOX, AAMER MADHANI, JAY REEVES and DAN HUFF WASHINGTON (AP) — The planes take off almost daily from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware — hulking C-17s loaded up with Javelins, Stingers, howitzers and other material being hustled to Eastern Europe to resupply Ukraine’s military in its fight against Russia. The game-changing impact…
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LOS ANGELES — Rosters that were expanded to 28 players in the wake of MLB’s lockout had to be cut to the standard 26 on Monday. The Dodgers got there by optioning utilityman Zach McKinstry back to Triple-A Oklahoma City and designating right-hander Carson Fulmer for assignment. Fulmer was a replacement for Mitch White, who…
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Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers spent time Monday morning at FTX Arena ahead of his team’s game-day shootaround talking about mentorship, including his host for the first two games of his team’s Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Miami Heat. The influence of Heat president Pat Riley, Rivers said, has been a touchstone over his…
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Even with their second-round playoff opponent determined, the build up to the Eastern conference semifinals against the Philadelphia 76ers apparently will be a gradual process for the Miami Heat ahead of Monday’s 7:30 p.m. series opener at FTX Arena. Among those held out of Friday’s practice were Kyle Lowry, Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro, P.J. Tucker…
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The Orange County baseball top 25 for this week. ORANGE COUNTY BASEBALL TOP 25 (Records through May 2) 1. Orange Lutheran (24-4): Mikey Romero was 7 for 8 with four runs scored as the Lancers concluded the regular season with a three-game sweep of Santa Margarita. They are seeded No. 1 in the CIF Southern Section…
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Malik McDowell, a 6-foot-6-inch NFL football player who was spotted wandering completely naked in Deerfield Beach, is now being sued by a sheriff’s deputy he’s accused of beating, court records show. Deputy Nicholas Novello has filed a lawsuit against McDowell, 25, the football player who has pleaded not guilty to charges of harming an officer…
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