The linebacker position for the Miami Dolphins was one where many believed the team could search for an upgrade this offseason. In free agency, instead, the Dolphins decided to go the route of continuity, essentially bringing back last season’s linebacker corps and allowing the likes of Bobby Wagner (from Seahawks to Rams) and Myles Jack…
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California, which leads the nation in innovation, attracts no more than 1% of new manufacturing investment in the United States. Why? Because it double-taxes production. By that we mean our state taxes both the production equipment and the product. California can attract new production investment if the state removes the tax that burdens manufacturers trying…
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The hunger and the thirst for the game have never waned for Omer Yurtseven, even as the playing time dwindled after a breakout month in the Miami Heat’s absence of Bam Adebayo. But now, as the Heat complete preparations for their Sunday 1 p.m. NBA playoff opener at FTX Arena, another hunger and thirst has…
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John Means was supposed to spend this season pitching well for a bad Orioles team, largely as the only member of Baltimore’s rotation consistently worth coming to see until Grayson Rodriguez, DL Hall and Kyle Bradish joined him partway through the year. The thought that the Orioles could spend the next couple of months with…
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Q: Ira, who you got, Hawks or Cavaliers? — Ed. A: I do not have either, considering I have not made the playoffs. The question is who would the Heat prefer or should prefer? And on that count, I don’t believe it is particularly close. The Cavaliers would just be happy to make it to…
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The finale of the 16th season of “The Real Housewives of Orange County” on Wednesday opened with Gina Kirschenheiter fretting over the existential value of her soul. More specifically, whether the mischievous tommyknockers of Aspen need a bribe of some Veuve Clicquot champagne to leave their gnome-y little paws off her person. Gina, you’ll recall,…
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The Kings’ Viktor Arvidsson shoots the puck into the offensive zone as the Colorado Avalanche’s J.T. Compher defends during the first period on Wednesday night in Denver. (Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) Colorado Avalanche right wing Nicolas Aube-Kubel, second from right, is congratulated on his goal by, from far left, defenseman Erik Johnson, center Andrew…
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ANAHEIM — A 21-year-old Fullerton man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the fatal shooting an Anaheim man in August 2020. Miguel Urbina Pelaez is the fourth person arrested in the Aug. 15, 2020, killing of 28-year-old Edwin Richard Ramirez Hernandez, Anaheim police Sgt. Shane Carringer said. A second man was shot in the gang-related…
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PLACENTIA >> The Villa Park baseball team clinched a spot in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs with a 5-0 victory over El Dorado on Wednesday in a Crestview League game at El Dorado High School. The Spartans (19-2, 5-1), who are ranked No. 4 in Division 1 and No. 3 in Orange County,…
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Thomas Brown has been on the NFL coaching fast track, earning the title of Rams assistant head coach after one year in the league and receiving an interview for the Miami Dolphins’ head coaching job after two. But how far that track will take him, Brown isn’t sure. He was asked Wednesday if he’s optimistic…
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